Beginning this morning, 1080 The Fan has been dishing mad hype for their "New On-Air Lineup", which is "Coming Soon".

Hmmm. Hopefully they ARE getting rid of that Stephen A. Smith show, that's for sure. How anyone can like Mike Tirico is beyond me, so he can go too.

Maybe they really liked (KATU Sports Director) Katy Brown when she filled in a couple/few weeks ago...

Coincidentally, Isaac Ropp happens to be right in the middle of some time off during this ruckus.

Hmmmmmm......

EVERYONE'S FIRED!

You mean they would drop part of ESPN or??

BREAKING NEWS!

http://1080thefan.com/ reports the line-up change is coming in one week on 10/22/07.

One of the graphics on the home page has a pic for each radio personality (Colin, Rome, etc.) and the Stephen A. Smith one has a red circle around his dome with a line through it.

Wowza.

I miss Dan Patrick!

Stephen A Smith is horrible. I still cant figure out how this guy got any tv/radio gigs.

My guess is that they'll either put a young, cheap person in there to fill the gap or simply an hour of arm fart jokes. That would be par for the course.

maybe bring back greg robinson?

They will probably carry the extra hour of Cowherd.

Colin mentioned last week there was great news out of Portland that he couldn't mention yet. I would guess they add the last hour, delay Rome from 10-1 and then run Tirico from 1-3 until Primetime.

Scoop:
Colin will run from 6-10, Rome will be on last two hours of his show and then they will put his first hour on in the third hour and then Turico and the bozos locally after that.
Got a source at Autzen.

I can live with that. Colin is, simply put, really good. I don't like the Rome tape delay, or any tape delay, but I'll take that over Stephen A. Smith any day. (I wonder how this potential change would affect "Chad in Portland"?)

Oh--the "bozos" comment is not necessary.

Colin has not posted here in quite awhile, has he? I guess he has "quit" us.

Judging by the attitude of some of the folks here (entire "Politics and Other Things" section, the "Come work for the Boss!" carnage, etc.), it's surprising anyone posts here anymore (oh wait... I'm posting here right now... that's right, I'm nobody! ). Can't we all just agree that we disagree and get back to discussing radio?

Have not heard Smith on radio but he had a TV show on for quite awhile.....Sat in on a taping last summer a couple blocks from Madison Square Garden...

newflyer,

You must be rather new here. The fact of the matter is this: PDXradio is a rather healthy forum and has been for quite a while. You're not the first person to ever raise these issues, but keep in mind that for whatever reasons, LOTS people still come here everyday. That's the nature of the beast.

Speaking of "chad in portland" I haven't heard him doing the morning updates in a long time. The guy they have in his place is better, but still is not very good.

Well, since "Chad in Portland" called into Rome within the last hour with his latest blast, perhaps he is now spending all his time honing his takes and recording his song parodies.

Actually, I think I have heard Chad doing the updates during the Saturday show the past weekend or two..

Chad Doing is producing Sports Saturday these days.

Anybody know what Greg Robinson is up to these days? I loved his work on the original Fan back in the early 90s--he did such a great job of having a strong presence as the host while letting people have their say,while also being a very good editor of people who were not really contributing to the program

5 PM Friday, they will announce the "new line-up" on The Fan.

I have to think there are more changes than adding an hour of Colin and dropping one hour of ESPN......that wouldn't be worth all the hype...

I used to love Colin, but lately he seems to want to become the Bill O'Rielly of sports radio. Ranting, repeating, ranting more, cutting off callers, etc. When he focuses, he's still great. But those times seem fewer and fewer.

Just my opinion, which is what this board is all about.

They need to get rid of Suke. The guy is clueless and has to try to hard to be funny. I'd much rather have Isaac & Gavin as the hosts of Primetime.

And according to today's Oregonian, when the new Comcast sports channel goes live, they will simulcast "Primetime" from 3-5 every day. Another window into radio opens up.

The funniest thing is that these two think they're good. If they were good wouldn't ESPN have given them a look. Instead they bash Stephen A Smith. A guy who is a national host and making big bucks. These guys are lucky if they're pulling in 50k. And that's even not a lot of dough for drive time talk show hosts in this market. Oh by the way, The Fan guys aren't being paid a cent more for doing this Comcast show. Nice negotiating fellows.

In the six o'clock hour on Wednesday evening the two goons were discussing what they know best...ass wiping. No kidding, it even digressed into the shower. One good thing about this, even they are beginning to realize that they don't know crap about sports...just know about crap. I am beginning to realize why infomercials can find an audience.

I'm sure the guys at Comcast will be glad to hear that.

Yeh...I'll admit I could do without "The Club" (their 6-7 PM guy hour). On Tuesday they were talking about Ropp's "vacation sex". I can do without hearing about that.

But, I don't hate these guys. I think Ropp does his homework and sounds reasonably intelligent (minus the guy talk). On the other hand, Suke sounds like he watches a lot of sports on TV and maybe just rolls in every day a couple minutes before the show starts...

I didn't want to resurrect the Canzano thread just to say, "he's good", but--he's good. He had someone on from the MLS earlier this week and the guy was just giving them the total run-around in terms of answering Canzano's pointed, direct questions. Canzano, he's obviously a no-BS guy, he literally hung up on him. They came back from the break and revealed that they'd just got a VM from this guy's handlers, or the MLS, saying how unprofessional it was.

Slightly unprofessional, maybe, but it was damn good radio.

6-10, Colin
10-1, Rome (12-1 is replay of 9-10)
1-3, Tirico
3-7, Primetime

Can't believe they haven't been running Colin till 10 already!

Get XM and listen to Fox Sports Radio on Ch. 142.

thats awseome...so the entire midday from 12-3 is pre-taped.....thats quality talk radio right there, the only pre-taped midday talk in the market, and the bozos in drive time survive...unbeleiveable...just makes me miss the Parker/Kermit/Mychal era that much more.....

They made such a big deal for THAT? What total crap. If everything is taped why not tape Primetime, have them come in the AM of air and record their show and then you can have just about the whole day tape delayed. BIG F****** deal. The PD should be neutered for the type of bogus BS "Big Announcement" He is a spare with no balls to make a real change. He must be just a lakey witha a title. Because programming that way doesn't take very much talent. Pretty lame.

Tirico isn't very good and they had an opportunity to fill it with local talent or bring someone in for a local show. LAME LAME LAME

1080 is just that, a series of missed opportunities...it peaked in the mid 90's and has been alternating between treading water and gasping for air ever since. Portland may not be a sports town, but i would like to think it deserves better sports talk options than this!

WELL. . . at least, Stephen A. Smith is GONE!
He is such an arrogant, condescending blowhard.
A Legend in his own mind! Possibly the worst radio show ever heard.
Now, if ESPN would only get the message.

stephen a smith has a strong voice i think the fan should keeep him colin is very arrogant,thats why i dont tune in no more then move jim rome show to noon is clueless to me the fan will drop more in ratings

get rid of Colin move Rome and bring in Mike Parker and the Joe Beaver show and get rid of Whine time

Parker and the Beavers???
LOL
How about Jerry Allen and the FREAKIN #5 IN THE NATION DUCKS SHOW!!!

Go Ducks!

Let's see where The Fan is these days

-3 hours in the afternoon tape delayed
-Canzano and Quick gone
-the worst local tandem this market has ever seen
-the stupidest and most juvenile hour of radio anyone has ever heard (Club 1080)
-putting the local guys on Comcast Sports for free

-the worst local tandem this market has ever seen

I don't follow the numbers/ratings any but I have heard Ropp tout on at least a couple occasions that their own afternoon show is the highest-rated show The Fan has ever had (as I believe he put it).

Ddjj ffrreesshh is high again!!! SAS should NEVER and I mean NEVER be able to be on the radio ever again! And as for TV.... WOW! SAS should be banned from ESPN studio's for life!
AWFUL!
Does this man know English? If so then someone should tell him TO SPEAK IT!

"<<get rid of Colin move Rome and bring in Mike Parker and the Joe Beaver show and get rid of Whine time"

uh huh...yeah...Let's get rid of ESPN's most entertaining (IMHO) host(Colin) and replace him with a show that only half of the sports fans in Oregon will connect to. Sounds like a sure way to get that coveted 0.5 rating next period.

I do like Mike Parker and the "Joe Beaver Show," but not everybody is a Beaver fan, this is probably the kind of thing that really can only fly in Corvallis on a regular basis, but I could be wrong.

Portland is the kind of sports town that requires flexibiity in a station like The Fan. I don't envy the job of those who are in charge of programming that thing. Its not like The Team 1040 in Vancouver where you can talk about All Canucks/BC Lions all the time.(They don't, but they could easily get away with it.)

Take the NFL, for example. I would imagine that most PDX NFL fans are interested in the Seaschlocks. After that probably the Niners and Radiers(God help us...). But since PDX has no NFL team, and more than a few "immigrants" have moved here from out of state, bringing their varied and disparate NFL allegiances, there are many fans of just about every NFL team here.(except for maybe Detroit ) So, The Fan cannot just talk about the Seahawks.(or even the Blazers for an NBA example) They have to be flexible.

Sometimes there is just not that much scintillating news in the world of sports. That's where I think Colin shines as a host. He can comment on a myriad of subjects outside of sports when the occasion arises. ESPN knew what they were doing when they hired him. If I remember correctly, his "Gutterball of the Week", or day, whatever it was, wasn't necessarily about somebody in the sporting world.

About "Prime Time"...I'm never near a radio at that time of day to hear it, so I can't comment on it.

Marley, you made some judgements which are factually incorrect. I will assist you on the facts and my own opinions as a newbie:

A - Yes, three-hours is delayed on KFXX, but it was when Dan Patrick was one. Now, Colin Cowherd is on for the full four-hours and they got rid of Stephen A. Smith. (good ridance) I'm sure the station makes more money on Colin than it does Rome and Mike Tirico. Colin is hertage and the move makes sense. I feel for the Rome fans, but I'm not fan of him, so whatever.

B - Canzano is gone (no big loss, 6-8pm who cares) and Jason Quick is not. Jason still does his deal with Primetime and they said he'll be joining them all Blazers season.

C - Worst local show? You obviously haven't seen the numbers for this show over the past year. According to my sources, this is the best/top-ranked show ever in this time slot. You might not like them personally (you've made that clear in a myriad of email) but it's interesting that you call them "worst tadem ever" when in fact, they have the best ratings success of the 16-year history of the station.

D - Club 1080 - not for everyone, I'll give you that, but read C for my answer on that.

E - Not sure what you mean by putting them on "for free" what do you care? Point is, there going to be on TV (Blazers Station) live each day. Thousands of people will be watching them before Blazers games. I bet Comcast picked up the bill. Oh I see, you have a problem with radio stations branding themselves and getting more publicity without spending money.

Marley, piece of advice. When you state an opinion, that's fine. But don't start quoting things about other stations when you don't have a clue. In the future, just post that you don't like most things about KFXX, we're all clear on your personal agenda to beat up the station as much as you can. I'm sure you're an ex-employee or you have a friend that's an ex. Stop being so transparent.

I look forward to taking you on and all others that have been abusing your rights to be an American in this fine forum.

jenifermarlow,

One of your facts is wrong! When Mychal Thompson and Kermmit Washington sat in the chairs at the Fan between 3-7, it was #2 with men 25-44 in several books. They were the best tandem to ever to a sports talk show in Portland.

Radiohead,

What year was that? Rank or Numbers? Primetime has both. And to my knowledge, they care about Men 25-54 and not Men 25-44. For the record, Primetime has been #2 in Men 25-54 (according to my sources) for the last four books. That's how long the show has been on and no one can challenge that, including M & K period.

You can try and take me on, but all I have are the facts. If you're going to challenge me, state specific facts and not something out in the wind (several books) what the hell is that? Trying prove your argument through a random thought. I don't make many mistakes. Rarely happens.

By the way, stop clinging to the past like those ridiculous posts about Mike Parker or M & K. That was old sports talk radio and wouldn't work any more, in my opinion.

Whoa, who didn't take their happy pills today?
Where's mrs m when we need her?

"Where's mrs m when we need her?"

Not at the get-together today!

She was sorely missed ...

I really, really tried to make it today. I was distraught at not being there, but Baby M ruled the roost today and it wasn't pretty. She won.

That being said:

Jennifer/Claire, you're not off to a good start here. There's a lot nicer way to get your point across without sounding so bitchy.

Here's my advice whether you want it or not:

Take a Midol or 10.
Take a deep breath and let some of that hot air out of your ego.
Nobody likes a know-it-all sports witch.
You need to earn it here.
And you haven't.
Start over or shut the hell up.

To quote the famous Mr. King from 1992...

"Can't we all just get along?"

Mrs. M, you should have brought Baby M...she could have ruled the roost at the Rock 'n Roll Cafe(and we really were in a "roost"...balcony seating...HOO-RAH!)

So, which one of the afternoon guys at The Fan is "Jennifermarlow?" It couldn't be more obvious that it's someone over there. It could even be Glasgow.

I still recommend the Midol®!

Thank you mrs m, I knew you could put it right!
I think Paul is correct it is probably one of those goofs at the fan.
They learned how to use a computer and look what happens?

More "Chad in Portland" talk today on Rome (10 o'clock hour), during which Rome took an aside to declare he knows "all about" what's going on in Portland (with the first hour being tape-delayed) and that he is VERY UNHAPPY about this.

I believe The Fan's desire was to tape delay the entire Rome show by one hour so that it would run in sequence, but that Premiere would not allow this. And I believe Mr. Glasgow stated they would revisit this subject after the end of the year.

Heck, I wouldn't mind just going back to the original morning arrangement. I like Colin plenty, but three hours of just about any radio show is just about enough...and tape-delayed programming is just lame.

Chad in Portland needs to go away. How did he keep his job after ripping the boss on national radio? I couldn't be happier I don't have to listen to him in the mornings anymore.

Again why have a PD for a Sports station when you have very little local programming. Save the dough and can the PD. As far a tape delay, too many hours tape delay. You might as well record everything in the correct sequence then play it back the next day including the PM show.

Jennifer Marlow (aka Isaac)

You are right. Quick is on your station. That's only because his bosses wouldn't let him go to KXL.

Comparing Mychal and Kermit's numbers to yours is an apples and oranges comparison. Right now you have ESPN Radio and Mariners. Back then they had nothing.

As for the Comcast show. The fact that you guys are getting paid nothing shows me that you have no leverage. Comcast is selling spots for that show. It is making money. Why wouldn't you and your partner be able to share in that revenue stream ? It's because you guys have zero juice. I dare you to walk into your boss's office and demand to get paid for that show. And don't feed me the line that you're doing it for the publicity. Publicity doesn't pay the bills. You guys are getting worked and you can't do a thing about it. Comcast will make thousands and thousands of dollars off your show and you won't see a dime. Nice negotiating job by you and your bosses.

CNW 14 is gone! I don't see any revenue continuing.

Does anyone know if The Playhouse gets $$ from Comcast for its TV show?

It's Comcast Sportsnet on channel 37.

C'mon Isaac the boys in the office say you're on this site all the time. No money for 6 hours of tv. You really drive a hard bargain.

Maybe they get Comcast cable at Entercom and at home for free.

This from All Access: (Man is this strange!)

-------------Prisoner Sues ESPN's Cowherd For 'Ear Poisoning'-------------

The inmate who files outlandish lawsuits against celebrities has struck again, and this time the defendant is ESPN RADIO's COLIN COWHERD, who is being accused of "ear poisoning."

DEADSPIN reports that JONATHAN LEE RICHES, who lists himself as "d/b/a Dr. Blood's Orgy of Organs," has filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of CALIFORNIA against COWHERD and ESPN RADIO seeking $25 million, alleging that he listens to COWHERD on his Walkman because it is the only show to come in clearly at his SOUTH CAROLINA prison, where RICHES is in solitary confinement. RICHES also claims that COWHERD stole his weekly "Wheel of Genius" game from him, discriminates against PHILADELPHIA sports teams, and is having a "secret affair with AMANDA from the show, saw them at a (sic) OHIO STATE BEST WESTERN together." Among other allegations, RICHES claims that contrary to COWHERD's claim to go to the gym after work, RICHES saw him at STARBUCKS with former MICHIGAN football coach LLOYD CARR; RICHES also charges that COWHERD is a "double agent," working for FOX SPORTS NET as well as ESPN.

RICHES has sued PEREZ HILTON, GEORGE STEINBRENNER, ISIAH THOMAS, President BUSH, MARTHA STEWART, BRITNEY SPEARS, BARRY BONDS, BILL BELICHICK, TOM BRADY, RANDY MOSS, and MICHAEL VICK, among others, in handwritten lawsuits filed in several different jurisdictions. He is serving a sentence for wire fraud in Federal Correctional Institution WILLIAMSBURG in SALTERS, SC.

Tax dollars hard at work right there.....

on a side note, Cowherds show is about entertaining as watching paint dry, although I can see why he isnt on TV any more with a face like that. Radio is a good place for him.

We'll see how fast this suit gets thrown out...

utterly ridiculous...actually Cowherd's show is one of the good things ESPN Radio has going for it.(IMHO)

on a side note, Cowherds show is about entertaining as watching paint dry, although I can see why he isn't on TV any more with a face like that. Radio is a good place for him.

MC!!! Too many of your chemicals have ruined too many neurons.

His show may be one of the good things going for ESPN but is that really saying much when everything else completely sucks balls?

When Cowherds nuts grow in and his voice deepens then maybe ill listen.

I will say his show is atleast better then that ass clown Rome. ERRRRRRRRRRR have a take and dont suck Chad in Portland.

Will say his show is at least better then that ass clown Rome.

We agree on that....

Unless I was hearing things, this morning Mike & Mike lasted till 7 AM, and Colin didn't kick in till then (should've been on @ 6). And instead of Rome @ 10, it was Tirico and I don't think Rome even came on today.

Sooo bang on Colin & Rome all you want, but I like my routine and I don't know what the heck was going on over there today...

Good Question I was wondering that too

Didn't think this warranted its own thread since it's happening in Medford, so I threw it on this thread:

This from All Access:

-------------KEZX "Talk Radio 730" Medford To Flip To Sports--------------
OPUS BROADCASTING SYSTEMS Talk KEZX-A/MEDFORD, OR will flip to Sports on FEBRUARY 4th as "FOX SPORTS RADIO 730 AM," using FOX SPORTS RADIO and PREMIERE's JIM ROME show.

CLEAR CHANNEL Talk KHBZ-A/HONOLULU also adds FOX SPORTS RADIO's "OUT OF BOUNDS ON FOX WITH CRAIG SHEMON AND JAMES WASHINGTON" for 4-7a, beginning JANUARY 28th.

I heard Jim Rome will be removed from the Fan lineup in the coming weeks...anyone know what the replacement will be? I'm hoping for a local show with some decent talent...

C'mon Isaac aka Jennifer Marlow-- tell us more

Kenny Vance and Kermit Washington????

Why would they take Rome of the Fan? He, along
with Colin are the only two things on the station that has any quality to it. Rome is the most famous talk host in the United States.

No matter how much the Fan and Comcast try to pump up Suke and the other guy--it is minor league talent.

I do believe that a equal number of people hate Rome just as much as those that listen.

Personally I cant stand him.

I'll watch "Rome is Burning" on line at espn.com.

When Jim is held to a script that he's written and has to keep things to a sound byte I find I can handle him easier. Outside of that, all his catch phrases and attitude do nothing for me.

Rome is the most famous talk host in the United States.

You have got to be kidding?? RIGHT?

FYI, kenny Vance currently covers High school sports for the "reflector" a weekly north clark county newspaper

Really? Wow! talk about fallen on hard times...

Maybe they could revive the Stan Love Show

A friend of mine who knows someone who knows someone....um something like that? Says Rome will be taken off...replaced with Dan patrick at some point....and The bland Mike Tirico show will be live. Will they ever have a morning update reporter on the air for longer than 3 months?

bring back the SPORTS BABE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How 'bout Greg Crawford?!?!?!?!

My friend tells me Gavin Dawson has been fired...

i would suspect the Dan Patrick Show resurfaces on the Fan.....that makes total sense. Of course, if it were up to me, i would blow up the station and rebuild around that.....

I've been out of the loop...

What happened to Kenny Vance at KFXX, what is the story?

Nice guy...entertaining broadcaster

i would suspect the Dan Patrick Show resurfaces on the Fan

NNNOOOOOOOOOOO!

dont know the particulars on why Vance is gone <but Vance was the MAN as far as NBA insiders go. very easily the most sourced sports guy ever to play this town........

Hey, I still miss Dream Weaver. His sense of humor is awfully close to my own!

Canzano remains the best local sports show in the market. When the Fan brings him back it will have a stranglehold on the market.

I wonder how long until 970 flips and makes this a race?

This will be my last post on this fantastic board, as this will be taken off very soon for the things I'm about to post, but it's all the truth (in my opinion).

Amante212, Marley, Radoh, Mc74, Ness are all idiots and wannabes. I've never read a more pathetic bunch of jokers that write like they know this market or any nuance of sports radio. You know nothing about the business and show it every time you write on this board. Your goof-ball comments about KFXX over the past two years have shown me that you have no clue when it comes to successful sports radio with ratings and revenue.

I'm out for good!

Jennifer Marlow

Oh the drama!

X2

I wonder how long until 970 flips and makes this a race?

LOL!
You just pulled that straight out of your ass! WOW!

I don't think they have the signal anymore to compete.

So which one of the Prime Time host is Jennifermarlow? Big cry baby.

It's Ropp.

His arrogant, cocky ways are a dead giveaway.

I love how the guy tries to act on air like he doesnt ever go on message boards but yet here he is under a fake name.

The thing that gave it away for me was the "Your goof-ball comments" line. He has used that on air many times.

Jen is Ropp?

WOW!

If Ropp only knew who I am!

The word on the street that is gaining momentum by the day is that The Fan will be crippled in the next few months. Losing Jim Rome is supposedly just the first domino to fall.

I know that neither Ropp or Suke post here. I'd honestly be surprised if they read this forum.

Suke reads it, has so said on air. Shows what you know.

Dberichon.....
Are you and Amante212 the same person? Do you even listen to KFXX?

So if The Fan does in fact choose to not air Rome anymore... do you think anyone will pick it up?

Jennifer Marlow... "idiots and wannabees"? Really. Wasn't so long ago that you were a lowly update guy, underpaid, overworked, and unknown to everyone. Have you forgotten your roots? How close we all are to unemployment? That would be gobs of gel on your hair, not rose petals.

Yup, he was an intern. And he is just one firing away from being an intern again.

I post under my real name here, and I don't post as anyone else.

And I don't listen to the fan all that much these days since I now live in Centralia where the reception isn't very good. But I did work closely with Ropp and Suke for a year and a half.

As I said, I'd be really surprised if either one of them posted here.

This from All Access:

-------------------KFXX PD Glasgow Joining Red Zebra--------------------
ALL ACCESS hears that ENTERCOM Sports KFXX-A (SPORTS RADIO 1080 THE FAN)/PORTLAND PD DENNIS GLASGOW is exiting to join RED ZEBRA BROADCASTING in WASHINGTON as VP/Operations.

GLASGOW will start at DANIEL SNYDER's radio group on MARCH 17th.

And so the decline of 1080 begins...

Captain jumps ship before it sinks.

Glasgow knows when to get out. I program director has little to do. No creativity wanted from them, no decision made by them. I'll be they don't hire a replacement. Its another chance to cut expenses.

KFXX is hanging their hats on a very weak afternoon show. Its hard to listen because there are so many inside jokes that seem only relative or funny to the hosts. I get the idea that they have an arrogance that is the result of not really understanding their audience. But, it doesn't seem to matter, the sales staff is selling the product. However, it is difficult to stay with them because of the 9-minute spot breaks that includes a headline sports update that permeate the program. Glasgow knows it and that is why he sought employment elsewhere. Can you blame him.

Furthermore, the untimely release of the much-revered and journalisticaly savvy Gavin Dawson is a symbol of the willingness of Entercom to again put money in front of ethics. It seems the corporate folks don't esteem talent as they once used to. I guess it is easy to find those with little talent or experience to fill positions in which their competence sorely lacks. I believe that management has the game plan that centers around the concept that listeners don't care who it is thats on the air, they will listen anyway.

If you want a sports update, Scott Lynn, at "The Big One", does it best. One of his strong suits is his coverage of local events other than the Blazers.

Just announced by Mr. Ropp: coming Monday (3/3), "NEW ON-AIR LINEUP".

Just a guess:
The Herd - 6-10 Live
Tirico - 10-12 Live
Dan Patrick 12-3 Taped
Primetime 3-7 Live

So where is Rome going to end up???

Burning?

I would bet too that Rome is adios. When the last HUUUGE lineup change occurred, I thought they had committed to playing it LIVE 10-12, then replaying the first hour (9-10) from 12-1. Now, it appears they are playing all of it one hour behind, none of it live. As I recall from the on-air banter right after the HUUUGE lineup change, they (Ropp, Glasgow) thought the 10-12 live and 9-10 replayed at 12-1 was dumb, but they were bound to do it. Sounds like they decided to give Rome the finger because they knew another HUUUGE lineup change was forthcoming, and this HUUUGE lineup change no longer involved Rome.

That would mean that The Fan is going up in flames.....

I thought ESPN affiliates were not allowed to carry Dan Patrick. That's why Patrick is mostly on Clear Channel affiliates.

i hope that dcgolf is wrong, as embarassing as it is to have as much taped show as they do now, having a 6 hour old mornding drive show in middays is pure radio suicide...

(February 28, 2008) Radio station Sports Radio 1080AM The Fan in Portland, OR, part of the Entercom Portland radio group, announces a new lineup beginning Monday, March 3, 2008. ESPN’s The Mike Tirico Show can now be heard live weekday mornings from 10AM –12 noon and the newly added The Dan Patrick Show can be heard from 12 noon – 3 PM. Premiere’s The Jim Rome Show is removed from the line up. Morning and afternoon drive time shows ESPN’s The Herd with Colin Cowherd and local show Primetime with Isaac and Big Suke remain in their respective time slots.
Sports Radio 1080AM The Fan Program Director, Dennis Glasgow comments, “This is a stellar lineup for The Fan and we are really excited to have Dan Patrick back on board. With our top-rated drive time shows and now Dan in the mid-days, The Fan will continue to grow as the top-rated sports talk station in the market.”

More recent milestones with Sports Radio 1080 The Fan include the addition of the Comcast SportsNet simulcast of Primetime with Isaac and Big Suke from 3-6 PM weekdays. The final hour of the show from 6-7 PM, the popular “Club 1080” featuring “anything guys want to talk about”, still runs live on Sports Radio 1080 The Fan.

The new line-up as of Monday, March 3rd at 6 AM is:
• The Herd with Colin Cowherd (ESPN syndicated): 6AM – 10AM
• The Mike Tirico Show (ESPN syndicated) 10AM – 12 noon
• The Dan Patrick Show (The Content Factory, syndicated): 12 noon – 3 PM
• Primetime with Isaac & Big Suke (KFXX local): 3PM –7PM

ok....so apparently 6 hour old morning shows in middays ARE ok....weird radio world we live in...

Congratulations Dcgolf on your accurate prediction!

Any chance another station in market will pick
up Rome? He normally comes back when a local
(not always smartest guys in town) drop him.
Plus, he will start ripping KFXX on the air right away. . .

This is brutal, Dan Patrick is so boring. This will improve Emerson's ratings, I will listen to him now. I am a sports radio junkie and I was bored to tears listening to Patrick and his lame topics.
KFXX was one of the first affiliates for Rome, he has been on that station for 15 years. They must have pissed him off royally for him to give them the boot. These A-holes have now ruined this station.
The station has two personalities and one local show, that is a long way from 10 hrs of local programming and a myriad of personalities.
I mean Isaac and Suke probably make 100 grand combined, if they are lucky. I mean that was half of what Colin made when he did the three hour morning show.
Entercom is a joke, they are earning their reputation as the cheapest company in radio.
This Glasgow guy looks hideous on TV with his bleached hair...that is a mid-life crisis right there, what a tool bag. He probably has the Porsche Boxster out front.

Do we really need a local show? I mean hell, they spent an hour once talking about Big Suke taking a crap outdoors.

If they make 100,000 combined then someone at that station needs to be fired. That is a minimum wage job at best.

Too bad they'll need to alter the line up again when 95.5 FM changes to a rumored all sports format this summer and gets all of ESPN's programming in the process.

Thanks Semoochie. Everyone gets lucky. Now for those lottery numbers.....

For everyone who complains about hearing a show live I have one question:

How many times have you called in?

dcgolf, its not just about calling in, although i have called into my share of live talk shows in the past, local and national, its about information. Its about news development, and how there are far more likely to have been developments in the sports world in the 6 hours between each hour airing. As far as i am concerned, no self respecting talk station of ANY type has any excuse not to be live most, if not all of the day. MAYBE you can get away with tape delaying a show one daypart, and play it 3 hours later...but *6*???? Thats only tolerable after 9pm, when a lot of stations roll tape...not noon-3

BUT if the rumors are true in the Dan Patrick thread, about 95.5 getting ESPN and Rome, it could be very well that the lineup will look like this sometime soon

6-9 Patrick (live)
9a-3pm Fox Sports Radio
3p-7p The Dumb Local Show
7p-6a Fox Sports Radio

or something like that...so if KFXX knows its losing ESPN, then this is actually a brilliant move, oddly enough, because it brings back the Patrick name brand and preps people for the eventual new lineup

You idiots are such dumb-asses and armchair quarterbacks. ESPN Radio is going nowhere period. If a station flips in town to sports then so be it. But these ridiculous rumors that you numbnuts spread is childish and unfounded.

If Jammin or any other station decides to go down this road, it's going to be partnered with Sporting News Radio or more likely Fox Sports Radio.

Rome is gone as of now on KFXX and Dan Patrick starts 12-3pm with contract in hand I'm sure. Along with ESPN Radio intact. If Rome finds a home at this new station or an existing one, then good for him and his clones.

If you would just use your brains for a second and stop hating on KFXX to look at the big picture that ESPN would not want to go anywhere with heritage on The Fan and not to mention the great relationship it has with said station for many years and 50,000 Watts. You couple that with a live lineup of ESPN Radio from midnight to 12noon and then all the play by play they carry and clear. There would be no reason to leave. I repeat none. Including the great relationship that I'm sure Entercom has with ESPN Radio around the country.

If you clowns think that a morning show with Ron Pivo and Gavin Dawson, Jim Rome in mid-days and Canzano if in afternoon is good radio, you should have your head examined!

Last point. Two sports stations usually don't work. And yes there are exceptions. But in most of the best "sports cities" in our great country, two or more sports stations in the same city not only don' work, but fail within the first one to two years. Not to mention that there are only a few sports stations that work on the FM side and that is Dallas with ESPN Radio. And Portland aint no Dallas man.

I get that most of you don't dig KFXX for whatever reason. But for heavens sake, come to the table with some more than, "I heard a rumor" "and this is the new lineup that I heard was coming to the new sports station" give me a break with your breaking news B.S.

Here's some advice, go gossip to your little friends in mom's basement instead of starting idiotic rumors that you have no business or expertise on whatsoever. At least post that you heard from a reliable source or a PD or someone that's worked in radio more that two months when you start spouting off about things you think you know about but don't.

I thought you were done with this place Mr Prime Time host.

Cant stay away can you?

All Access has a listing for PD at the fan....

Seriously would like to see it go ALL local hosts, but PDX doesn't have the professional teams to support that route. Because of that, A Portland All sports station can only be a place holder for a cluster.... Syndie sports talk is generic at best. Never see it sell big on the "LOCAL LEVEL" Hint to new guy. Build a strong local news tie in....... Or not, just an opinion.

I am not Isaac Ropp and have never met him and most likely never will.

If you all think that sports radio is so easy then why don't you apply the next time a job opens up. I'm not saying that Isaac doesn't have faults because he does but I'd like to see you try it and have as much success as you think you will.

see thats the thing lady_bug...most of us, well at least I knw, its not something i am good at. But being able to do it and knowing what is good and bad are two different things. I've listened to sports talk all over the country, listening to KFXX since it began, and I know what i like. And i know i don't like the current show. It sure doesnt take doing it to know what you like.

Jennifer Marlow....

You clearly have NO idea what you are talking about. Go look and see how many markets have 2...even 3 sports stations...then tell us how it doesn't work. ESPN is trying hard to get on as many FM's as they can, and are willing to pay to get out of their contract...especially because 95.5 is 100,000 watts 24/7.....1080 is 50,000 part of the day.

Niether dawson, nor pivo will be getting his own show...expect dawson in a producer/sidekick/update role.

Even without taking espn, 95.5 would have pbp rights to the ducks, blazers and seahawks....plus rome, canzano afternoon drive, and a rumored return for a former portland voice in the evenings...all at 100,000 watts. sounds like a pretty damn good start to me. Rome has already signed, since KFXX breaking the contract agreement waived the 6 month no compete clause.

I like KFXX, i don't want to see it go anywhere, but the Jammin' flip is anything but a rumor.

Jennifer Marlow:

Okay...I'm a LISTENER - not a Clown - and I'm coming to the table with some ideas.
1.) Local Hosts in the Morning: When did I like KFXX? When Colin Cowherd worked as a LOCAL host in the AM. Find someone - either locally or who wants to move to Portland - to do a morning show in Portland. Make sure this person/team has a rolodex with great sports contacts from around the country. Sprinkle in local and national news.

2.) At least 2 more local shows during the day. I don't care about the time of day - just bring on some local programming. Checkout 1460 the Fan in Columbus, Ohio, or WFNZ in Charlotte, NC for examples. And, I'm not a PD, but you don't have to have local Portland folks do the show. There are talented people in other cities who could move here to do the shows. (Yes, I'm saying the local talent pool has been unimpressive. Just my opinion.)

3.) Weekends: How about a local show to talk college sports in the area? How about a fishing show? How about a racing show? How about anything but ESPN?

4.) Nike and Addidas are both big employers in Portland. There's one pro team (Blazers), several minor league teams (Lumberjax, Beavers, Timbers, Winterhawks) and several colleges in the area. Since pro, minor league and college sports are all really a business - much like radio - how about a business of sports show? The one that is on 750 KXL sucks. How about doing one right?

Sorry to ramble. I've lived all over the country and miss good sports radio. The potential for KFXX is great - I would just love to see it maximized.

Kanawha28

Kanawha28.....Okay...I'm an ex-radio guy

EXCELLENT IDEAS!!!!! Were I the PD, I would carefully consider incorporating some form of your suggestions.............

Gavin Dawson in studio this evening as Canzano's sidekick for a couple segments. Sounded pretty good.

Canzano also just mentioned that KXL is streaming Jim Rome 9AM-noon daily.

Let's tackle one at a time shall we...

1. Local hosts vs. National (Colin)
ESPN Radio is free (with barter I'm sure) so why would KFXX pay salaries to at least two air talents for a morning zoo crew show when they get it with a heritage classy and entertaining announcer like Colin. Especially with all the money that comes into the station no doubt due to one Colin Cowherd like it or not kids.
Advantage = National Host (ESPN Radio)

2. More local shows
It's been documented an fact that the afternoon drive up until the current one has been average at best in the ratings over the past 6-7 years. The current model is not broken love them or hate them. As for another show. The only place I could see is in Tirico's place from 10am-12pm which I would enjoy. That way you get national, local, national local and an even-keil lineup. Glad you stated your not a PD with your suggestions, it's obvious.
Advantage = Another local show would work middays

3. Weekends
They did have this smart guy. Gavin Dawson was let go, hence no Sports Saturday. Which was a good show in all it's forms over the years. But if the station is making cutbacks, don't expect to see any local shows in the near future. As for a fishing show, there is one from 6am-7am with Lance Fisher.
Advantage = Not right now, but yes in the future

4. Business Sports Show
Would be good. The one on air with Brian Berger (is it still on) is brutal at best. But would it make money, the answer is no.
Advantage = No

And your not rambling Kanawha28. At least you took your valuable time to do something constructive unlike the other lemmings in this forum who bitch and whine what's wrong with radio or KFXX and come off as former radio wannabes. "A" for effort even though I disagree on some of the points.

One more note. If Jammin' flips to sports and every indication is that it will. Good luck! After the shiny new car smell wears off with the "new sports station" thing. Fox sports radio along with Canzano (I hear up against Primetime) will get murdered. Listeners will see that it's sub-par radio and KFXX was and is will be the only all sports station with good or great programming. But I say bring on teh competition. It will be fun and great for everyone. Can't wait for "Mr. Personality" John Canzano to "Entertain" listeners for three or four hours. It will be the world's biggest train-wreck and be fantastic! Good luck Rose City Radio. Apparently Tim "I'm Crazy" McNamara doesn't care about billing almost 6-million dollars and wants to throw it in the toilet so he can have yet another toy to lose money. It's Rose City at it's best ladies and gentlemen!

It would make an interesting combo buy with KXL AM-FM complementing one another, like they used to. We'll just have to see how things shake out.

Isaac (aka Jennifer Marlow)

Arrogant, naive, and condescending is no way to go through life.

Marley,

Instead of trying to out who I am, why not try to talk radio and give us something instead of the same old Portland Radio Message Board kid stuff and step up to the adult table.

I see wimps like you so worried about who's hiding behind their monikers, instead of just talking radio.

But that would be too much to expect from a wannabe wouldn't it? Try and stop being so predictable for once and surprise us.

jennifer says
One more note. If Jammin' flips to sports and every indication is that it will.

WOW I've heard rumors that Jammin will be flipping formats but I thought they were only rumors. It sounds like with the declined ratings they may actually be flipping.

Wow.. calling out Tim McNamara... the state's most successfull radio executive... the man who oversees a $150 million dollar cluster...

If the above poster really is Isaac Ropp...

I think that's what they call career suicide

I thought they were just rumours as well.
If 95.5 flips, then who will pick up the Urban CHR format? Anyone care to discuss?

Long time lurker, first time poster here. I've been reading this thread for a long time and I've got a couple of takes so here goes. First off, my cup of coffee in the biz ended about a decade age when I decided I wanted to do something where I could make money so I'm not a KFXX employee. Having said that, Primetime is about the only show I really listen to on the Fan. I don't mind Issac and Suke mainly because they talk a lot of NFL and College Football which are my two passions. Sometimes they get on topics I could care less about like steriods in baseball, but that's sports.
On the negative side, I can't stand Cowherd. Didn't like him in Portland and can't stomach him now that he's Tony K junior on ESPN. Outside of college football (on which he is outstanding) he's a two trick pony. NBA= Kobe and MLB= Yankees / Red Sox. Neither topic do I give a flying monkey turd about. He has totally bought into the ESPN way which is basically top 40 radio, Spice Girls and N'Sync. He wouldn't know anything about the NFL if it hit in the shins. I'll never forget whne he was in Portland and he went on about his trip to the zoo with the fam on a SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE FALL. Sports talk guy should be in front of the TV September through January not the monkeycage.
Anyway the point to the whole thing is the Fan PD made a point on primetime the other day that he thinks sport talk is more about entertainment than anything else. He's right, kind of. You have to entertain, but when you go down the raod of who's your favorite Peanuts character instead of a real sports topic, you alienate your fan base. I think a competing station may do well over time vs. the Herd if they actually talk sports. I think some of the people have missed the point about why primetime is popular (taking their word for it) they actually talk sports. I've seen people bash Suke on here, but since had some experience in pro sports, he gives great insight. My only complaint is that they should focus a little more on Seahawks.
To summarize: The Fan is ok. Colin sucks, Primetime is pretty good. A new station, if done right can hurt the Fan in the morning, but Canzano is going to have to stop sounding like he's reading everything if he's going to compete with Issac and Suke. Hope this made sense. If not, blame it on the cold medicine.

Sundaymorningpolkashow,

This is one of the best posts I have ever read on this board, well done!

Jammin' isn't an Urban station. It's a Rhythmic CHR. An Urban station is aimed at the African American community whereas Jammin' is after a mainstream audience. I think the most likely scenario would have Z100 taking up as much of the slack as they deem to be important. Rap, as a genre, has been losing some steam lately and they might want to just stay on the sidelines and see what happens. I don't really see anyone being in a position to launch a full scale attack right now and that's what it would take for another station to be successful with the format.

am i the only one who thinks its funny that "Jennifer" said the following:

"I see wimps like you so worried about who's hiding behind their monikers, instead of just talking radio. "

So instead i guess he wants us to hide behind his moniker like him and talk about how great he is. Thats what he's doing anyway.

For the record, i will be happy too address some of his issues...

1) "Heritage". KFXX has undergone so many changes that there is no resemblence to the former product. Sure, it sounds better, presentation wise than it did in 1991, but by no means are the hosts better. As far as retaining ESPN, who knows, Ropp could be right, but it won't be KFXX's legacy that keeps ESPN in place, it will be where they think the best ratings and $$$ for their advertisers will be. As for the other nationals...Fox Sports Radio is basically superior, except for Cowherd, who while i liked him as a local better, is probably the best national show out there these days. Sporting News Radio, except for former ESPN host Todd Wright, who i always liked, well...it stinks too. Thankfully Paul Allen no longer owns SNR so that drops the odds significantly that it will wind up in Portland.

2)Who's zoomin who? Whether or not ESPN jumps, it sure seems like Jim Rome did. The timing of his departure is suspicious at best, especially with his temporary move to KXL's stream. Which is funny, cause i dont mind personally, cause i am not a big Rome guy at all. Personally, i would like the overall KFXX lineup (save for the Primetime hosts), if it werent for the massive tape delay on Dan Patrick. When news like the recent HGH hearings, and day baseball around the corner and other things, a lot can happen in those six hours, even you can admit that Jennifer...no?

3) Ideas. You think we are all whiners and haters. Oh boohoo. You don't have to be a program director or a program host to know what you like Jennifer. It doesnt take an expert to dislike a host.

4)Local Vs National. On this i actually agree with you. The national product IS superior, and that is most definitely the case in afternoon drive, when as a sports fan, i want to hear about the games that night, not chicks. Primetime is not AWFUL radio, but it's very small market, and its definitely not a show with growth potential..what you see is what you get...and thats fine, but its yet another example of Portland selling itself short on local coverage. Can Canzano do better? Shrug...who knows...but I know that my desire for real sports talk and dislike for the past few Primetime Hosts (actually I did like Glasgow, oddly enough, but the guys around him ruined the show for me...) caused me to PAY for my sports talk, and invest in an XM...i'm much happier as a sports fan with that decision than i was when KFXX was my only option. KFXX was great once....and the world of radio will prevent it from being great again..but hey, as long as you get a lot of cluster buys for porn shops, i am sure you'll keep billing big....good luck with that....i won't be listening, but i am sure that doesnt pain you in the least.

and finally....

5)Can 95.5 survive as sports. Not sure, but if it will, its going to take moving the sports properties over there, including Ducks and Blazers. If they can and want to. KFXX's BIGGEST strike, has been the inability to air LOCAL sports content. They've never been in the game for a Blazer contract (and rightfully so), they cant get the Ducks or Beavers, they even lost the Portland Beavers. Never had the Winterhawks... now i recognize the PDX Beavers and Winterhawks arent exactly moneymakers, and the Mariners probably are...but its not like stations were fighting for the M's.....they were on KUIK and KVAN prior....not exactly big stations. That being said, if KXL doesnt consider at least simulcasting those properties onto 95.5 and creating perhaps some 95.5 specific Blazer programming, then it will be as low in the ratings as KFXX with half the billing. And a failure, duh.

does that meet your criteria for talking about radio Jennifer? or am i just being a whiney boy?

Meets it just fine Destiny! Finally, we're talking radio and good points all around whether we agree or not.

"You idiots are such dumb-asses and armchair quarterbacks. ESPN Radio is going nowhere period. If a station flips in town to sports then so be it. But these ridiculous rumors that you numbnuts spread is childish and unfounded...."

M'kay, so your insults and calling of what I assume to be everybody here names somehow *isn't* childish and unfounded, am I correct? Is there some double standard here that I'm just not seeing, or what??

Jennifermarlow, would you please kindly explain your reasoning for and/or logic behind this?

He can't Moto!

I can't wait for the Marlow apology when ESPN actually does flip....sooner rather than later.

Just out of curiosity, and I am in no way intending to sound like I am attacking here, but do you have a source giving you information, or are your posts strictly your opinion?

If you have a source that is feeding you conflicting information from mine, it makes me question the credibility of the person I speak with....

If Jammin' flips to sports and every indication is that it will.
A few years ago, after 106.7 flipped from Smooth Jazz to 60s/70s, there were reported-to-be-true rumors that 94.7 was going to dump Modern Rock for Smooth Jazz. Didn't happen.
The only rumors in radio these days seem to be in Fleetwood Mac and Banannarama songs.

Ropp,
Was has happened to ya? You where such a nice guy in Radio Broadcasting classes @ MHCC back in the day. Why so bitter now?



Take it for what its worth, but guys on a few sports message boards that I frequent are hoping this rumor is true. I know, "who cares about message board geeks", but those geeks are huge sports fan and are the target audience of stations like The Fan. 90% of the guys on these message boards HATE The Fan, and most of them seem to dislike it because of Big Suke and Mike Tirico. I'm not a big Suke fan myself, but his insight on the ins and outs of the NFL is interesting and compelling sometimes. Other than that, he doesnt bring much to the table in my opinion.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The Fan should have let Suke go and put Gavin with Ropp. That would have been a great show.

Is Dan Patrick's show available online thru The Fan's website? I cant seem to get it, which sucks because Stephen A Smith on ESPN RADIO is my only other option at noon here at work.

Actually Radoh, I can't wait to have you admit that your source doesn't know what the hell he or she is talking about and I do.

There is no way in this lifetime that ESPN Radio is going to leave Entercom for a start-up FM Sports Station. You apparently don't realize how politics works in radio, if you did, you would do your homework that ESPN has a long-standing relationship with Entercom and that relationship would certainly never be re-visited with Entercom, EVER, if ESPN Radio decided to go to this so-called start up sports station. Even if they would offer to clear more programming then KFXX, which they wouldn't.

So when you're talking to any former Entercom employee like Gavin Dawson or some ex-jackass producer that worked here, don't bother listening to their gossip, that's all it is. Same goes for Tim "I'm Crazy" MacNamara or any other clown at Rose City Radio.

Can't wait to fear lame Fox Sports Radio on with the popular Jim Rome flanked by Mr. Personality John Canzano up against Primetime. And then mornings with Mr. Douchebag Ron Pivo

My source is right there in the thick of this matter and yours isn't. If they are, they're lying to you.

another class act post

I do agree, no way ESPN bails on Entercom.

This is pretty fascinating stuff.

I've liked Ropp over the years, I listen every day, so I sure hope this mean spirited person calling themselves "Jennifermarlow" is NOT Isaac. That would be very disappointing.

Carry on folks...

what sucks is the underlying meanness in these posts... starting to get as ugly as THE BOSS THREAD and we know that one got locked from further posts..... Opinions are fine, right or wrong, inside info or conjecture. Keep the personal name calling out please...

It would surprise me if it was Isaac. I spent a lot of time with Ropp in class at MHCC for about a year, and he didnt at all come across as a guy who would type/say this type of stuff. But that was many years ago, so who knows what he's like now. He was a real nice, laid back guy back then and people I know who have worked with him and still do at Entercom all say he's a good dude.

Oh please, Ropp is massively insecure and he's two-faced. Let's not cloud the issue here. Everyone who's worked with him or around him knows it. He kisses up to people ot their face, and turns and talks smack the second he's out of their earshot. Ask Ian Furness, who groomed Isaac. As soon as Furness was gone, Isaac was trashing him. Ask Gilbreth, too. Ask Dennis Glassgoe, who Isaac calls "a f-ing tool" behind his back. Isaac even still trashes Big Suke whenever Suke isn't around to defend himself. Calls him dumb, and talentless behind his back. I've heard it and so have others. He's so woefully insecure that the possibility of this whole end of The Fan fear has driven him to a message board to post and vent and try to reassure himself that it can never happen. It's sad people sad sad sad.

Actually I 100% support Jennifer Marlow's presence on this board. I have long campaigned for PEOPLE WORKING IN RADIO to come and input on this board. If it's Ropp then so be it .if its not then I will accept a well informed, analyical "surrogate" above all the wannabees/neverwillbees who have infested this board for years.

Sure seems to me that she/he "knows" (can opine with apparent authority) more about a large element of PDX radio better than 75% of the trolls on this board.

For example, above is a post from Amante212 trying to rip "ropp" a new one but in his/her post he refers to KFXX PD as "Dennis Glasgoe" If you worked at KFXX or anywhere in PDX radio you would know it's "Glasgow" with an "w".
You just keep sending in your tapes to a PD with the wrong name on the label.

Kids...... read the fable of the King's clothing before posting....

Whether Amante works in radio or not, everything he/she said is 100% true.

Arbyboy,
Tell Jennifer Marlow that it's "Tim McNamara"... not "Tim MacNamara". Anyone working in PDX radio should know that.

DING!!!
Nice one Ness.
Anyone who really works in PDX radio wouldn't be posting half the crap that has been posted lately.

I will give The Fan credit. Several of their "Whiner Line" calls they air are of people bashing the station for various reasons, and many of the recent ones talk about Rome being gone. How many other stations would air voice mails of people bashing the station?

Ropp also deserves some credit. The guy started at The Fan as an intern, and has worked his way up the food chain to be one of the highest paid guys working for The Fan. Not bad, not bad at all.

I have read all of JenniferMarlow's posts and as I read them it seems to be more of Big Suk's style than Ropp's. I think all the references to Ropp are off base. Big Suk doesn't have much class on the air so it isn't a big leap for him to post when he starts his hunt and peck on the keyboard.

I agree with the above sentiment that Ropp and Dawson would have been a much better show. I don't think wiping your ass counts as show prep like the Big Suk does. Riveting radio, really.

For a fact, I know that Isaac is the most professional, reasonable, and mature broadcaster to come through that station in a loooong time. Any station in any market in any format could put him to work and he would be an asset. It's really not his fault that his cohost has the motor mouth and ego of a lead host, but lacks radio savvy and falls in love with what he's saying. Suk should watch how golic plays off greenberg. The two should be working together to create a great product, not seperately. I think Ropp gets that.

If anybody listened yesterday, I thought there was a great balance of actual sports talk and guy stuff.

Make no mistake, guy stuff needs to be there to spice it up and fill in the holes on slow sports days. Some days theire schtick just takes over and anybody tuning in would think the program would be a waste of their time M-F.

I don't think Marlow's comments are that inflammatory anyway. Just gamesmanship.

If ESPN does flip to 95.5, it won't even be close. For Isaac...er I mean Jennifer's sake, I hope ECOM can hang on to their cash cow.

Also, I and S, there is a pro sports team in town. It would be nice if the majority of passionate and informed blazers fans didn't know more about the team than you. There's literature on the interwebs.

Finally some great posts on this site about radio! I might not agree with most of you, but candid fresh radio takes are what most of us want (at least in my opinion).

Good post Hankandsuz.

Another rumor hitting the streets as today; KFXX is going after KXL PD James Derby to be their new Program Director with Glasgo leaving for his new gig.

What? No Swygard? I heard everybody that works with him loves him and it makes sense for them to just move him right up!!

Jokes aside, that would probably be the best jack move of management since they took Hubert from the Blazers.

Good luck Fan folks. I grew up listening to that station and it wouldn't be right if it fell on hard(er) times.

Why would Derby leave for KFXX when all signs point to him running the new sports on 95.5 and still remaining PD at KXL. Doesn't make any sense....

Well it is Entercom so maybe they will fire 12 more people to make room for another huge salary slot for a redundant management position,

Anyone who really works in PDX radio wouldn't be posting half the crap that has been posted lately.
With what this site's become (mostly the Politics forum), I'm surprised anyone actually currently in radio has anything to do with this site at all.

ESPN will be leaving KFXX for 95.5.

Ms. Marlow is hoping against hope that it doesn't happen, but it is. When that change is announced in the next couple of weeks, I'm betting that Jennifermarlow will disappear from this board, never to be heard from again.

Paulwilson,

I happen to know for a fact that ESPN Radio is "NOT" I repeat "NOT" leaving KFXX. So stop spreading SH**Y rumors about that.

ESPN has not requested nor contacted Entercom Portland on this matter you jackass. Nor will they period!

This is why the board gets a bad name, ass-clowns like you saying anything that comes into your little mind.

New flyer says >>>
With what this site's become (mostly the Politics forum), I'm surprised anyone actually currently in radio has anything to do with this site at all <<<

Posting wise they don't.

But the vast majority of PDX radio people read this board and know what's being said. Everyone loves gossip..it's the human condition.

"This is why the board gets a bad name, ass-clowns like you saying anything that comes into your little mind."

Still waiting for your explanation, Marlow........

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tick...tick...tick...tick...tick.... . . . . .

He is on the air right now doing a show, give him time...

I do think its sad he hides behind a fake name.

I'm not sure who Marlow is. But if it is Isaac, let me draw a sports comparison.

player X. Hey g.m./ coach, you aren't going to trade me right?

G.M., oh no you mean too much to us. Keep workinug hard and let's do this!!

player, whew. I got worried there for a sec. I'll go back to working hard.


lesson here.

Marlow is hearing news from people who want to make sure adevertisers don't bail out and the employees don't shut it down.

If ESPN doesn't leave now or in the next two months, they will eventually.

you just can't turn down a 100k watt F.M. for a 50k watt A.M....that's bad biz. No matter how loyal you are, and I believe we are all well educated about that. Like, not at all.

today, two months, shoot--two years from now. Whenever it is, the folks at The Fan will have to get very creative if they want to lock horns with a billionaire!!!!!!

Whatever the case. Ropp will be welcome anywhere in town that still employs actual radio people. So he's in good shape.

And luckily for Suk, there's enough nascar dads in gresham, clark county, woodburn, and salem to keep his stuff afloat.

and luckily for swag, there's enough bosses who like to have their butts kissed and have the mundane aspects of their job done for them.

I hear Marlow aka Isacc was suspended today....

It's a simple matter of clearance and politics kids. With the Seahawks, Ducks Sports and especially the Blazers, KFXX will "ALWAYS" be able to clear more ESPN regular and play by play programming than the alleged new sports station.

And just for the sake of argument, let's say ESPN Radio did bolt to Rose City. You can count on Entercom across the nation "NEVER" working with ESPN ever again with any Entercom current or future station. And that would be bad business on ESPN Radio's part folks, and they just don't do that.

So all your 100k watt and Paul Allen talk show that once again, you don't know what your talking about when it comes to sports radio.

One more point, look across the nation of sports stations with at least two in each market and you'll see that the "original" almost always wins out in that war to the new kid on the block.

I'm glad I'm here to educate you chimps on radio.

Hankandsuz, great comparison. I'm sure that Erin Hubert, Sam Hicks & Dennis Glasgow are all doing their job by telling the KFXX staff that ESPN will never move off their station.

I'm sure that Entercom will let some of their other sports stations across the country suffer because ESPN moved off a borderline AM station for an FM station with three franchises. That makes absolutely no sense. C'mon Jen, you can do better than that!

I dont think that Entercom would ruin its relationship with ESPN over Market #24. ESPN is the company with the pull and the power....Sorry..this isnt NY. I would ask aloud though, how many ESPN affiliates are owned by Entercom and in what markets? I'm not saying that ESPN WOULD pull from KFXX, i just know enough about business to know that its "relationship" with Entercom is hardly a lynchpin in any decision like this.

Isaac: Did Erin and Jack not tell you. It's official. ESPN has left the building. Start thinking about what you're going to be doing in six months, because it's sure not going to be a sportsradio talkshow.

Wanna bet Rome will be on the FM?

So if ESPN makes the switch I imagine KFXX would then air Dan Patrick live?

jake- thats why i think they brought it back to begin with.....they had to know it was a possibility....it makes sense.

You jackasses are so clueless. They brought it back because Rome was going away and needed to fill the void.

ESPN is now live from 7pm to 12noon the next day. Which means there isn't another station in the market that can deliver that kind of clearance.

Jake, don't think, just read my posts because they're correct and the other wannbes are not.

Continuing on the rumor front, with the posting of the PD job, I hear that Entercom is going to offer Derby a nice pay raise to program just one station instead of the rumored two that he would take on. In fact, and this is me speculating now instead of in-the-show, I wouldn't be surprised if they go back after Canzano and pair him up with Quick or a local athlete before this is all said and done.

Question, has anyone bothered to email Entercom management or the PD and just ask the question about ESPN and other things?

Do you really expect anyone to take you seriously when you hide behind a fake name?

This is a natural move for Rose City radio. They own the rights to the Ducks and the Blazers and can offer a station now that they don't need to interrupt their news programming. Plus its sports on the fm dial... No offense but if you're going to do a club hour, fm is always better to play stupid 80's music.

I don't think Entercom is going to lose ESPN... right away. I think what we will see is a total decimation of their ratings and the loss of their afternoon show (which the deal from what I hear is to be reviewed each and every summer) on CSN NW and a further attachment to Rose City Radio. The Blazers and RCR can simply put a vice grip on CSN to put their new afternoon show on the air instead, completing the circle.

Tim M has nothing to lose by flipping to an all sports network on the fm dial because he has the backing of Paul Allen. Allen used to own the sporting news and although he sold off all of those properties, he still has some big connections. The Sporting News still runs the old One-on-One sports network, something we used to see on the old fan back in the 90's. I'm betting an equal chance we will see either this or fox sports based on existing agreements with fox news on the am dial.

What I think was a big mistake was the original programming change made on the fan back in October. If Rome hadn't been rearranged, we probably wouldn't be here today and Jammin would be looking for another format or to tweak the current. When you are thrown something in your lap that does have guaranteed ratings (may not be the best, but it does bring in the listeners), it only makes sense.

And Jennifer, I don't want to jump down your throat like everyone else here, but just because ESPN gets a live feed from 7pm to noon does not mean it is higher ratings in a market. I could do live farm reports for Portland for 16 hours a day but it doesn't translate into ratings.

Oh, and if I emailed you asking if you were going to lose your husband to an affair because you've been married for over 10 years would you categorically deny it no matter whether it was right or not?

Read my posts, I know they are way more accurate.

Marlow, dude, are you intentionally ignoring me or are you just trying to (rather successfully) be some of the exact same things you call other users?

In any case I am still waiting for you to explain your rationale..........















































No hurry Marlow, please do take your time.....



























*looks at clock on wall*

You jackasses are so clueless.

I wonder if this assclown is Arbyboy?

Trixter and company,

Since it's so important to the unemployed lemmings that still live in Mom's basement on this board. I will reveal who I am in due time. Or as soon as KXL gets ESPN Radio.

Your first clue for most of the dumbasses on this board, I can assure you I am not Isaac Ropp, so lay off the guy clowns.

jennifermarlow

*Since this particular post has descended to a 2nd grade level, I offer my opinion.

Marlow is a fat intern looking to make his/her way in a dying business. Chances are it's a weekender who gets paid $8/hr to watch automation do it's thing and as a special treat, gets to load spots into the system. It doesn't have a computer at home so it has to wait till Saturday to go in for its 6 hour shift. Which is why we're blessed with its presence this evening.

And before we get to your all-too witty comeback, no I'm not unemployed...I have a real job and a house I don't rent.. All you 28k'rs/yr need to get laid.

Oh those banners are crooked, also you need to start handin out stickers when you get a chance. Thanks, keep it up and they might actually pay you.

And no, radio isn't actually considered a real job.

Show of hands, how many of you actually have health insurance? More importantly, how many of you have to wait to spend money till payday because you have a bill to pay and you're hovering just above the red?

*cough as I bow*

Oh this should be good...

Wonder if I should bow too..

Maybe we should offer more dis qualifiers? Do you own your car(s) outright? Do you play any sort of online game during the day?

An actual question from the 1970 U.S. census form:

"Do you have a flush toilet?"

Bonger - While you're repeating second grade... you might want to learn not to equate fat with stupid!

1080 The Fan thread channels the boss...THE BOSS THREAD LIVES ON.... (in spirit)

mean

mean

mean spirited....

Since it's so important to the unemployed lemmings that still live in Mom's basement on this board.

Hey shit for brains... That's my line! How long have you been here... 5 months??
Thanks for all your insight Jenny.

Oh that's right, "Trixter the Great" coined the phrase. Once again, even the legends on this board more enamored with coined phrases than taking radio. Brilliant! (I'm sure that's someone's too) And no fare calling me what my Mom and Dad use to call me growing up. That's their coined phrase.

Another hint to my identity; I am not Trixter nor could I be, but I have been on this board much, much longer than 5 months.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Jennifer+Marlow%2C+portland+OR

I like this thread, it makes me laugh. Especially Trixter's last post.

Keep swinging the clubs boys (and/or girls), it's no fun until there's blood.

have been on this board much, much longer than 5 months.

As someone else? JHC on a popsicle stick dude WTF!! Hiding? WonderFinful....

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(Trixter, judging by the "quality" and "intelligence" of Marlow's posts I find it plausible that Marlow may be Jakman's alter ego.....................)

Motozak2,
You may be waiting along time for an answer. I addressed JM's points one time politely on 11/17/07 and never got a response. I don't have any insider info on this subject so, I'm just waiting to see what happens with the Fan.... The only point I would make to JM is you can scream the world is flat but, that doesn't make it true. Time will reveal the truth one way or another. I just hope if your wrong you will be as quick to apologize for your rants as you are to criticize. In addition IMO I think an FM Sports talk.... would be fantastic. A powerful signal, no drop outs while driving, a crystal clear signal. I'm not sure there is a down side. Times change, sorry if you lose your job.If your that good you don't have any worries any way. It's radio you'll be let go from many other stations before it's over. It's the nature of the beast.

Marlow may be Jakman's alter ego.

You might be right....

Final Quiz and Hint:

Who am I?

A) John Canzano
B) Jakman
C) Allan Davis
D) P/T at KFXX
E) Jason Scukanec
F) One of Trixter's 17 illegitimate children
G) Ex-Entercom Employee

I could be one of these people. But if you have another guess, willing to take suggestions.

JM

F!!!!!

H) Bitter human being that got fried from his high level exectutive job at Entercom and now pumps gas at 76 on Canyon in Berverton....

Hmmm, let's see--B??

Stiiiiiillllll waiting, Marlow.......

Here is my guess. You are pathetic loser who thinks he knows more then he really does.

I am starting to think you are a 12 year old boy, now you are playing guessing games. Lame.

Well, two losers and wannbes have chimed in. Anyone else?

JM

Who cares?

I thought name-calling was taboo with Mc74 and everyone else.

And talk about pathetic, you have offered nothing to this thread punk.

Apparently I got into your kitchen Mc74, which shows you are weak.

WOW!

I'm reaching for Chuck Barris' gong right now...but I can't find the danged sledge hammer!!

delete

Ok, this is just turning sad. The guy clearly wants attention that mommy or daddy did not give him at home.

With that being said, I can not wait for this idiots next post.

hey Marlow,

I'm going with....

H-A giant douche.

ROTFLMFAO!

Couldn't resist, my bad, all in good fun. yada yada yada. Good luck to you and the big man. IMO, the second best show ever in that slot.

just can't beat Kermit and Mychael. Mighta sounded about as janky as a 68 chevelle with a volkswagon enginne, but it was fun, passionate, and (gasp), they actually knew about the one pro league portland represents.

No worries though, I know the nba is irrelevant. Just ask the guys at The Fan. Ah, the good ol days.

I like what Mrs. M said a while back to Jenny.



Take a Midol or 10.
Take a deep breath and let some of that hot air out of your ego.
Nobody likes a know-it-all sports witch.
You need to earn it here.
And you haven't.
Start over or shut the hell up.

GOLD!

I vote for:

I) A Nanci Donnellan wannabe - but without even 1% of the cleverness.

"Well, two losers and wannbes have chimed in. Anyone else?"

Ahh........Loser, huh?

So tell me, did you win the ABA state MTB 26" class championships at Emery Park in Olympia, 1999-2003, Marlow? Noop, didn't think so.

ONE OF THE VERY GUYS YOU CALLED AN "UNEMPLOYED LEMMING" ABOVE COULD VERY EASILY HAVE BEEN THE DUDE WHO SERVES YOU COFFEE DURING YOUR BLOODY LUNCH BREAK!! (not that you'd care obviously, based on your past responses.)

Better watch who you call a loser Marlow, the very user you slam may end up being the very co-user who out-runs you with his bike, runs you over with their car or possibly even unspeakably worse in the real world, with neither of you possibly even knowing. (Generally speaking of course--that could be/happen to anyone, really.)

Now think about that for a while Marlow, assuming you are capable of doing so, of course.

(That's why I make it a habit not to meet those who I converse with on the Internet in real life! Could ultimately end up being bad n00z..........)

Be careful, Marlow.

Is KFXX ever going to hire anyone who can actually read the sports update?

A typical update:

I'm Travis Demers/Joel Gunderson/Jeff Rush with your 20/20 sports update. The Twolves are ahead of Minnesota 45-40 in the 2nd quarter. The Pistons, err, Pacers are up on the Wizards 62-66 in the third . In NFL news Randy Moss has resigned with New England with a 3 year, excuse me 4 year deal worth 36 billion, I mean million.

They fired the best 20/20 update guy they had in Gavin Dawson.

Ya gotta give these guys a little bit of a break. This is their first taste of being on air.

yea give them a break. Its so hard to read off a screen...

Here's what will happen:

-95.5 flips to sports without ESPN (and will never get it)

- Listeners will sample horrible product

- Rome, Fox Sports Radio, Canzano and any other wannabe they can dredge up will be bad radio all around

- Listeners will come to their senses that there could be something better than KFXX and will return to the Heritage Sports Station in the market

- FM Sports Stations don't work, if they did, we would have quite a few of them around the country and we don't

- The transparency on this board is unreal when it comes to wanting another sports station to work and have KFXX fail. How about this, stop being the laughing-stock of the sports world and get a second pro team in the city. Which will be baseball in about 10 years

I have never read so many loser posts and mis-informed jackasses in my life!

Make no mistake, there will be no espn radio for the new sports station. It will be bad sports radio. It will not bill. It will not get ratings. And in less than two years, it will fail.

When are you message board clowns going to realize that you don't know anything about radio and that's why you're not in it anymore.

Punks!

Having multiple pro teams doesn't nec. equal ratings.

I imagine if you had a station heavilly promoting the Portland Trailblazers, University of Oregon Ducks and Seattle Seahawks you would have a fairly decent base. Especially during football season.

Just a thought.

Strum 40....don't forget about the perpetually incorrect Chad Doing.

JenniferMarlow....if you are so frustrated, then why do you continue to come back here and read the posts? Does it really matter to you THAT much to be right, and have everyone here think that your really cool? Or at least your alias is, since we don't know who you really are? Do you continue to repeat the same post over and over and over again to try and make yourself feel smarter?
ie....
Sports on FM will never work, 1080 will not lose ESPN, john canzano and gavin dawson suck, you are all stupid and I know everything.

You may be right, and I personally don't care at all if you are or not. I hope for your ego's sake you are exactly right on and continue to pump yourself up to deal with your lifetime of letdowns. I am going to go in my parents basement and play dungeons and dragons now...wan't to join? Oh sorry, I can't I am going to work...you will have to play with yourself as usual.

New station will have Trail Blazers, Ducks, and Seahawks.

The Fan has Mariners.


It's obvious which station will come out on top, especially in a few years when the Trail Blazers are one of the best teams in the NBA.

one more thing:

While The Fan is airing boring Mariner baseball... the new sports station can air NBA Playoff games (via Westwood One). Even without the Trail Blazers in the playoffs, my guess is that most sports fans would rather listen to a playoff NBA game then a boring regular season Mariner game.

The fan only has the Mariners for this coming season. Then after that they have Big Suke taking about talking a dump while out running in his hick neighborhood.

meanwhile the other new station will have Blazers, Ducks, and Seahwaks? No reason not to listen

And Marlow really thinks thats what ESPN wants?

PUNKS!

ha ha ha ha

WOW!

westwood one doesn't air NBA playoff games. ESPN radio has exclusive rights....which the FAN owns. So they couldn't do that.

JenMarlow is what we in the old-school game call a "Troll". She/He/It is just yanking your chain, people. Is there an ignore button on this place?

Ignore Button

The latest sports station will have Tim McNamara running the sales side. This guy is smart, smooth and can make a compelling case for his product. He hires a similar type ad sales people to apply his marching orders. McNamara sees something that the marketplace wants and has the awareness and talent to get advertisers to agree with him.

Chris--

Precisely!! We used to get Trollish types quite a bit at the Muzak Forums. People used to make fun of us because we were/are a bunch of dudes who liked Muzak, satellite broadcasting (that was a BIG topic being discussed around there, naturally), SCA etcetera.

you don't know anything about radio.....

Personally, I have a brilliant radio mind and am saddened when threads go bad and degenerate into "My mom can whup your dad", playground boasts.

Be glad that the FAN thread had enough interest to generate 230+ posts....Calling people PUNKS does nothing to advance the station, or the conversation....................

Quotes without comment:

Jen>> FM Sports Stations don't work

Pocketradio>> HD Radio is dead

Can I point out the main reasons The Fan has been so good in the ratings?

1=Oden and Blazers rebound.

2-mariners in the playoff hunt for most of the summer.

3-Seahawks success boosting already good NFL interest in Portland.

4-and it's a distant fourth. A better job by KFXX at relating to listeners, imaging,and a commitment by the employees to work more hours than 95-percent of on air people in Portland.

That said, I think the ESPN thing will be huge. Whoever ends up with Collin will have an early advantage. In the long run, ESPN won't be able to deny the advantages of twice the wattage and three oregon teams, oh yeah and it's F.M.

Don't underestimate Paul.

-Would he import a mega talent to work locally opposite Herd?

-Will he actually (gasp) market the product on t.v., newspapers, buses, etc...?


Don't underestimate the tie ins with the Oregonian and Canzano. In the end, like it or not, HE sets the tone and often sets the platform for sports conversations in Portland.

Great post Hankandsuz.

1 - the new sports station will have more access to Trail Blazer players than The Fan does now - advantage new station.

2 - Mariners... boring. The new station gets the advantage for NOT having to air Mariner games.

3 - Same as with Trail Blazers... new station will have more access to Seahawk players etc. than The Fan will ever have. Advantage new station.

Ducks - new station will have more access to Duck players than The Fan. Advantage new station.

Bad and uniformed post Nessy

1 - Blazers around.500, who cares, but it's the Blazers I guess

2 - I agree with Mariners eating up valuable time on KFXX - but so will Ducks Baseball and who knows if the Basketball team will be any good next year

3 - Seahawks don't do interviews and if they do, it will be players no one cares about

Ducks - cannot wait to hear U of Oregon Baseball as space & time will break open after we hear 3+ hours of brutal college baseball coverage

Glad I got in your kitchen Playdoh, you have no clue on what's happening hear. Sports properties in the end don't mean squat. And when you jackasses find out that Rose City will not get ESPN Radio that will be that. It's all about content kiddies, and 95.5 will not have content close to KFXX.

I also find it interesting that punks like Mc74 1/2 is complaning about Suke, but yet listens and that's exactly what they want. Timmy can go ahead and put Clownzano up against Primetime and we'll see what happens. These two guys relate to listeners and no one on this new station will have that kind of mojo. You scholars don't realize that takes at least one year to cultivate talent to retain success and these two have had it right out of the shoot for the last year and a half.

The numbers to their show are fact. If you're going to post hear and tell me that John Boy or any other local media ass-clown is going to knock down the second best rated 3-7pm program in Men 25-54 averaged over the past 5 books, you're kidding yourself and proving that once again you don't know what you're talking about.

college baseball on 95.5?

and you say ness has no clue?

ESPN is going to get bullied by entercom over a property that doesn't mean "squat"? contradictions again.

are you the type of guy that makes claims and statements, then lies to fill in the details? You must be in management at a corporate cluster.

Anyway, watching it all unfold will be fun. Hopefully nobody else has to lose their gig over it.

peace.

He might not be one of the prime time host but I bet he has a set of knee pads with Sukes name all over them.

I think Marlow is Suke. He says "in your kitchen" on the air all the time.

Couple things Suke, your hair plugs look hideous. Also, nice snaggle tooth. Holy S**t, did your parents hate you and decide that was not worth fixing when you were young.

It pathetic you douche-bags dont get paid by Comcast for being on tv. You guys are losers. I am sure Colin would have done that for free if he was still at the FAN. Dorks.

Isaac, that voice, you sound like a sixth grade girl, get some bass.

JM,
Who cares about the Trail Blazers? Since you seem to be "in the know"... take the time and look at the ratings, especially TV and you'll see that LOTS of people now care. The CSN ratings are even good, and they dont reach a large portion of the market due to the Dish issue. Ratings are much higher this year then they have been in years past. Also, read some of the articles about season ticket sales... and again you'll see that LOTS of people now care about this team. I'm pretty sure a large amount of your audience tunes into KXL when the Trail Blazers play on the east coast (4:00-4:30) start time.

I highly doubt the new station will air any Duck baseball games, at least not until the team becomes relevant. They may air the first game, because its sort of a big deal, but I really doubt they air anything beyond that.

KXL didnt air Ducks basketball games until the team became relevent, correct?

Seahawks dont do interviews? I'll bet if their OWNER tells them to do an interview with HIS station down in Portland, they will! There are more Seahawk fans here in Portland then there are fans of any other NFL team. Research proves that. The NFL is huge, by far the most popular sport.

Looking forward to you telling me I'm "uninformed" again.

I only have one thing to add:
could someone please take the time to SPELL correctly?
Hear=ears, listening, sounds
Here=place, location, station
So, jenn/suke/ropp/blowjoe, please use proper English when typing. It only takes a few extra seconds to check your grammar and spelling and it goes miles towards showing your educational progress.
Thank you, thank you kindly.

here's a fair question....if Comcast Sportsnet NW is the TV flagship of the Blazers and the new sports talk might be the flagship of the Blazers, and Isaac and Suke arent paid for their TV, why would Comcast keep the show? It would seem beneficial to them and the Blazers to dump the flagship teams "competition" and carry one of their shows...

that being said, Marlow is cracking at the seams here, which is kinda sad, no matter who they are, i enjoy hearing the opinions, mainly cause i think they are wrong and biased, but fun none the less.

I wish Marlow would make a bet with this board to reveal themselves, if KFXX does lose ESPN.....

For the record, i am predicting the following lineup for KFXX by the summer....if only JUST to annoy Marlow..lol

6a-9a Dan Patrick
9a-12p Steve Czaban
12p-4p Chris Myers
4p-7p Primetime (although i wish they'd dump that for Andrew Siciliano)
7p-11p JT The Brick
11p-3a Jorge Sedano

the kicker is as a sports talk fan, even with Primetime in there, its a lineup that would not only put KFXX back on my presets, i might actually listen to it more than 95.5.....FoxSports Radio simply seems to have a better product these days....thats why i've been hoping the ESPN to 95.5 are wrong...i dont think they are...but i would rather have Fox Sports (apart from Cowherd, who is better than anything on either network...although Czaban is a reasonable replacement for Cowherd, and if KFXX gets Fox, Rome would be up against Czaban, his former main guest host...

if nothing else, this will all be very interesting......

Ducks Football and Mens Basketball have always been on KXL. Even the years when the program wasn't good.

05_legal_id (BC)! How are ya?!?!

Wow. What a pukefest. Mc74 is worthless and Amante212 is really annoying with the stupid blank page area BS. How can you rail against someone for posting under an assumed name when you are doing the exact same thing? Check-valve MFers!

But all of that drama aside, I do like the talk about a second sports talk station in the market. Even if it never happens its good fodder for discussion. So lets try to keep the conversation going and if the trolls above would at least TRY to add something to the discussion instead of detracting from it, this would be a better place.

And now that the trolls will lash out at me: I am still working in radio, but I worked for The FAN for many years in the 90's.

And I can only say one thing to about Entercom: If they aren't the cheapest SOBs on the planet, I defy you to show me anyone who is worse.
My all time favorite quote from Joe Fields after using the handicapped access bathroom at E-PDX: "Dammit! I could put 2 studios into that amount of space!"

I hope everybody is having a great Friday!

I am posting under my real name dummy. MC is my initials and 74 year I was born.

Jenny is now The special master?

WOW!

There are only three people left working at The Fan... Suke... Isaac and Swagard. JenniferMarlow isn't difficult to pick out of that group, for those of you who know all three of those people. Everyone knows that Entercom is absolutely wetting itself at the thought of being made irrelevant by the incarnation of a second sports station. Absolutely wetting itself. The Fan has been drafting on Blazers/Ducks coverage for three years, and the dolts at The Fan all along have believed the reason they were getting any numbers at all was because they're good (really, there hasn't been anywhere else to go and they're only worth listening when they have QUick or Canzano or a major guest on the show). The Ducks/Blazers flagship could put on FOX sports with a couple of local shows and the flagships and still bury The Fan. That Primetime show is unlistenable most days.

Shouldn't they both be more worried with the XM/Sirius merger? Some of the sports nuts I know went Satellite radio for sports. And with the possibility of lower costs lots of other people may make that move as well. Something an AM sports station will not have, should an FM sports station decide to go HD, they will pickup those listeners by default!

no merger, merger bad, they promised no merger when they started up, and I'm holding them to it in my new self appointed position as "broadcast medium overseer, and unnoficial recommender of decisions to maintain commercial broadcast viability". I am available should the FCC need to check in with me for my input!

"If they aren't the cheapest SOBs on the planet, I defy you to show me anyone who is worse".

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I wonder if someone IMPORTANT at the Fan noticed Jenny's posts???
We haven't seen her punk ass here for a while....

I'm here. Just nothing to post about until the ESPN Radio thing comes to a logical ending, which is to stay at Entercom.

When will this become "official"?

Right after Jenny is let go....

Nessy,

I'm glad you're coming to me for the correct information instead of spouting off about things you don't know about.

This should happen within the next week or two.

Also, Rose City might not be moving to sports as we have all thought. Rumor has it that Vulcan nixed the idea for now.

I have spoken.

JM

Also, Rose City might not be moving to sports as we have all thought.

We??? INCLUDING YOU??? WTF??? YOU SAID it wasn't going to happen EVER!

So..... you were WRONG!

The ESPN contract will have to expire with KFXX and all the money in PA's pocket won't matter....
Until then???

Tricky Dick,

If you look at my posts Trixy, I stated that it was always rumored and that you lemmings thought it would happen. The only thing that I agreed to that it might happen and if it does, it would fail within one to two years. And that you're arguing semantics at this point and not addressing the real issue of Jammin' not turning to sports is indicitive of you and this board not balling up to the facts and the conversation at hand, will they won't they. Don't hear much out of your fat yapper on that rumor goofball.

Now that you're hearing this rumor that it might not happen, I don't see you flapping your fat PDX Radio gums about that douche.

When this all comes down, you lemmings will bow to me that I was always in the know and that FM sports cannot work in Portland or and second sport station for that fact in markets all over our great country.

When are going to realize that you don't know what you're talking about and I do. When you come to that conclusion, you'll be much better off doofus.

Tell you what, why don't one of you insiders just call or email James Derby or John Clownzano and ask them yourself, you might get the truth.

Yap, Yap, Yap Trixy, your jammed up that you're not in the know and I am, and that you're not going to have another sports station.

But I could be wrong.

JM

You have to be 12 years old. There is no other possible explanation for your post here.

Grow up.

Yap, Yap, Yap Trixy, your jammed up that you're not in the know and I am, and that you're not going to have another sports station.

WOW!
You got me....
I just don't know what to say to your dumb ass after that 4th grade response.

Hey assclown! Your the nimrod that said>>>>

If Jammin' flips to sports and every indication is that it will.

Now I could just leave it at that but I think I'll ask PK in the morning what to say next....

I'm in your kitchen and it bugs you. Plus you're getting defensive knowing that I'm probably right and have been all along. Outsider.

JM

Wow, Jennifer - haven't seen so much vitriol in one place since the first Democratic Presidential debates.

You know, you might try to ratchet down the insults and barbs if you want anyone on this board to take you seriously. But I know you're too smart for that.

PK said....
During the next break he's going to walk over a plant his foot in your ass....

"You know, you might try to ratchet down the insults and barbs if you want anyone on this board to take you seriously."

It's WAY too late for that to happen.

JM,
I think you are wrong. It still will happen.

I'm closer to this whole situation than you think. Assuming you work for Entercom, I'm closer than you are. I just dont spout off about what I know/dont know as much as you do. I've learned to keep my mouth shut regarding inside info on message boards. Sometimes its better to just "play dumb".

learned to keep my mouth shut regarding inside info on message boards.

As I've been asked to do today....

BYE!

Well Nessy, if playing dumb is what you've been doing, you sure were playing the part. Or maybe you're a dumbass.

As for "I'm closer than you are B.S." All I still continue to see is a lot of posturing and wannabe behavior. If you're so close, then break the story. The most we (including me) have all done is state our opinions and claim we are right. Which I happen to be and you're not.

But don't come with your tiny threats or telling me what to do you little punk. You have no idea who you're talking to. I don't care if you're the "never talk about offspring" of Uncle Tim or not, you don't have any inside information that I would have. There's no one that is talking to you that has the real dope on this, but I do.

Tell you what, let's see if you can stop spouting off for a week, leave Mom's basement, get some fresh air and stop surfing for hours on porn sites and pdxradio.com and become a real human being. I know you have enjoyed Mom taking care of you and living on min wage, but it's time to be an adult. Which I doubt you can do as a part-time wannabe.

And for the first time on this site (that I have seen) all of a sudden, Tricky Dick and Lock Nessy want to play their cards close to their vest and not break a story on pdxradio.com. For the love of god, it's loserville on multiple levels. This is a rumor board hammerheads, not The Oregonian. Either come to the table with something or piss off!

JM

I wish there was a tracking device so we could bust Jennifer "slimeball" Marlow.

I wish that you clowns would talk some radio instead of worrying about who I am.

But apparently that's too much to ask.

JM

I know some people who can take care of this guy if anyone needs that?
They're under union contract so no problem. afamule

I know some people that wish not to discuss radio and want to threaten people. Are threats real or fake allowed on this board?

JM

We all wish you where not allowed on this board.

Grow up, please.

Is the JM the alter ego roid rage of Big Suke err Big Suck?

Maybe radio isn't your game Ike. I know! Lets have a spelling contest!

Oh I see, we're not in America with free speech anymore, it's the PDXradio.com club. And only your opinion and statements (and your threats) are allowed and mine statements whether you agree or not, aren't allowed, are we in USSR?

Don't you realize that's why people in the industry have the opinion that they do of you guys (as a group) because of that kind of behavior. For the love of god, grow up and stop worrying about me and talk some radio Lock Nessy.

Nessy quote, "We wish you would just go away"

Boo Hoo

del

As much as I am opposed to defending Jennifer simply based on her lack of board etiquette ...rumor has it (from an inside, inside source) that Marlow may very well know what she is talking about. The whole sports deal has fallen a part for Rose City and we will be subject to the Big Show with Jenny & Big Suke as well as that hip hop crap on Jammin' for years to come!

Despite all your cryin' you actually may know what you are talkin' about Jennifer!!!

Would it be too much to ask for a piano to fall on JM head?

The guy comes in here with a "guess who I am" multiple question post then bitches about people wondering who he is.

if it does fall apart, thats too bad, cause i actually think KFXX wouls sound better in some day parts. That being said, i wonder what that means for the contract with Premiere with Rome.

Anyhoo, its win/win for me, with ESPN and Fox Sports both on my XM....i can listen to Dan Patrick live if i dont feel like Cowherd, and i can listen to real sports hosts in afternoon drive (if i am not listening to play by play action)....sat radio is a blessed thing for the sports and sports talk lovers...who needs local...seriously...this ain't a sports town really, anyway

That is too bad the 95.5 deal is falling apart. I was really looking forward to some fresh material and possibly expanded coverage of the Oregon Ducks.

Maybe it is time to plunk down the $$ for Sirius as I certainly am not interested in the daily BMs of a certain afternoon talk show host or a debate on which one of the South Park kids gets more tail.

It's interesting. How you this board gives credit in a cowardly way, but I'll take it.

As for XM/Sirus, it's going down sooner than later, especially if they merge. So get ready to miss out your "Pay-Per-Listen" Radio.

As for the afternoon show, I'm confused. Three hours of Sports Talk and good local and national guest, and the abuse that the show takes?

So the Club (guy hour) is not your cup of tea, I get that. But dismissing the other three hours that is good radio with social topics, good national guests (please don't make me list them) along with local NW flavor when needed is above average.

I get you want choices, who doesn't. But to put these guys in the light that some of the "experts" on this board is unfair. Your opinion, but unfair at times. But to each his own and I'm probably not going to get points across with rational at this point of the game.

I have heard sports radio all across the country and these two are better than most in any small or large market that I have heard, in my opinion.

Back to the point at hand. Looks like I'm going to be right, and the wannabes will have to eat crow to much delight very soon.

Enjoy your snack children!

Oh, an a message for McGoofball and his and of merry girls. I hope you move out of Mom's basement and someday you can listen to the only sports station in Portland (KFXX) while you move pianos for a living. That will be a step up from what you're doing now. Which is nothing but living on this board, "and being closer to the situation than I am", jackass kid. Take my advice McPrick, lift a weight, look at a girl or throw a ball, it will do wonders for you.

JM

Well said. I don't know why you gotta get all personal and immature, but whatever it is kinda funny.

Good pts on the afternoon show. I still need about 15 percent less about them, and 15 percent more ownership of sports knowledge. Seriously, outside of suk and tackle football, what other leagues or associations are they an authority on?

I'm not saying these guys need to know it all, but having equal knowledge as the average sports enthusiast should be required.

Yes, I know it's about relating to a demographic. Yes, they do a very good job at it. but where is the substance? Where is the insight?

If they are getting record setting numbers now, I can't imagine how good they would do if they took the job seriously.

I think I got to Marlow. For all that talk about "being in ones kitchen"

hillarious. He hides behind a fake name then pretends to preach to us about what and how we should post on here.

My favorite part is the anger. Reminds of the old school newsrooms with ap copy printers being thrown and vulgarity laced irrational tirades.

The word "punk" seems to be a big favorite of his. My neighbor who was recently released from prison uses that word alot.

I wonder if there is any similarities.

"First Democratic Presidential Debates: Who was Thomas Jefferson debating?

KXJM keeping "Jammin" after the lobby damage incident? :-)

Jennifer-
there will always be national "pay for play" options, even if sat radio goes away...long ago in a lab somewhere, Al Gore invented the internet, and its continued growth shows us what we can acheive...and now with internet radio on cell phones, and iphones, the average person may still go broadcast, but the discerning types will always look for, and find, something better than their local options

i used to only listen to local radio for traffic and news...now i get my news online, and my traffic fed into my built in GPS, in my XM equipped rig....

JM has got to be an intern or a board op. Would someone of importance in the PDX Radio world lower themselves to posting the stuff he has posted on this board?

JM, all we ask is for some respect. Someone states something in a constructive manner, and you respond by name calling etc. etc. If you are gonna dish it out, expect to take it in return.

If you are correct about the Jammin thing falling apart, props to you. I hope your wrong, only because I want the Trail Blazers and Seahawks games on FM.

I have grown to enjoy Prime Time more and more, and have become more tolerable of Big Suk. I do like the fact that their first segment of the show is around 20 minutes long, but the 6 minute commercial break after it sucks. I guess I cant have my cake and eat it to.

I'll give The Fan props. Looks like they'll have NCAA Tourney games on today. I assumed they'd carry their regular programming. Glad I was wrong!

I think that JM feels isolated and powerless. It makes perfect sense to create controversy here in, what seems to be, a safe place.

Nobody knows who it is behind the criticism that spills out. Down deep, JM wants connection with others, but it seems that becoming vulnerable to accept the faults others is too big of a risk.

To accomplish that, it would mean that JM would have to take a look at him/herself as the source of the critical assessment of those who disagree. That is where his/her fear is.

So, JM is going though life in a place of loneliness and isolation; a difficult task at best.

Dearest Jennifer-
Have you ever heard the old saying: Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered? Maybe you could simply stand up and take a bow instead of getting so personal? Even better, come out from behind that girly name of yours?

As for the self-impossed props to the quality of your local sports show. On my drive home yesterday I tuned out of your "Club Thang" and tuned into Canzano interviewing PSU legend Freeman Williams live. On the eve of PSU's NCAA birth? ...now that is journalism!

Perhaps you should spend less time on the boards and more time putting together a good sports show.

For the rest of us, let us all get down on our knees and pray that Entercom has enough good sense to put a good sports station on. I am not ready to surrender to satelite!

KYKN in Salem is also carrying most of the March Madness games. So, if you tire of the "fan" switch on over!

Another piece to the McGoofball puzzle comes into place. Now that we know a neighbor that's next to your Mom's basebment lives a convicted felon. Nuff said on that one.

To the other post since my last. All good opinions and we're talking radio, good stuff.

Ahhh, thats good material Marlow.

I feel sorry for the real Jennifer Marlow, her name will forever be associated with an idiot.

I love how "marlow" claimed that the switch "would never happen", then changed his mind to it "might happen" and now is back on the "I told you it would never happen" bandwagon.

Congratulations "marlow" you have now passed Herb as the most hated person on here.

Ya know. Not getting another sport station..I've come to terms with it. Sucks, but maybe some other time.

But JM being right???!! Haunting my dreams.

we all should bow at the all mighty.

I just wanted to support Jennifer Marlow giving her honest opinion and I don't like the name calling, the self-pity and the screaming of banning her for having a different opinion. How soft of a society have we become if we can't take another constructive point of view.

Kevin,
"constructive" point of view?