Comments on: Felger, 890 ESPN To Part Ways

By: ted

ted — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:13:09 +0000

Now i’ don’t have to hear felger bash college football on 890 ESPN.

By: Lance

Lance — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:02:03 +0000

Ha! Ever read a blog called Reiss’s Pieces? No? Well Felger’s fans are the “best and brightest…”

By: Jackson

Jackson — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:10:07 +0000

As much as I can’t stand Felger’s sanctimonious, smarmy, contrarian act, he would be a slight improvement over the 2 ex-NFL dopes who are on Patriots Monday with Ordway. If I hear DeOssie gloat once more about his kid’s SB win, I’ll vomit. Should be a great fall with “dumb and dumber” since there’s a presidential election upcoming in November.

By: Angry Old Bastard

Angry Old Bastard — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:58:29 +0000

….doesn’t this all seem a bit incestuous?…..good grief…. what’s the next, “Breaking News”?….SHANK SHAUGHNESSY TO JOIN WEEI AS NEW FLASH BOY!! ???

By: NASCL

NASCL — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:26:29 +0000

He’s waiting on six unreturned emails.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:49:09 +0000

Also, it seems Shotts has backed off the Felger to weei.com rumors.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:47:33 +0000

Kevin Winter as a flash guy? Passable.

Kevin Winter as a host? An insult to Marconi. No personality and no command.

This news makes me incredibly bleeping bleeped. If this town is so sports mad and so sophisticated, it should be able to support two sports radio stations. Felger wasn’t great but he was a mile or two better than the Big Show, relying on interviews with people who knew things, no mentally challenged teleprompter readers (except for Bobo Halloran), and no celebrity callers, instead people who cared about THE GAMES and were knowledgeable.

A list of cities with more than one sports talk radio station (according to wikipedia):

St. Louis
Houston
Dallas
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Washington/Baltimore (4 stations)
Detroit
Tampa
Indianapolis (maybe)

I realize that a lot of these cities are bigger media markets than Boston and that some of the stations listed on wikipedia may be the equivalent of the Zone. I do know that cities can support two sports stations and that considering the success of Boston teams and the relative affluence of the market, Boston should support two.

DO NOT SUBJECT ME TO A LIFE OF NOT LISTENING TO WEEI.

By: JohnnyApps

JohnnyApps — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:17:06 +0000

Felger knows football and the Patriots better than anyone in the Boston market…this will make WEEI better.

By: media-tor

media-tor — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:13:29 +0000

Felger’s name has already been removed from the ESPN 890 Boston site, although oddly enough the Patriots Friday link remains. The new afternoon drive show is going to be called Prime Time Live with a yet-to-be-named host.

By: media-tor

media-tor — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:49:04 +0000

If Felger is going to rejoin ‘EEI I would think it’ll be more on the dot-com side because his CSN-TV commitment would prevent him from returning as a regular guest on the Big Show, unless he became more of a regular on D&H (where he’s worked with Holley on CSN).

In contrast I could envision Bradford dabbling on the radio side more in addition to his blogging on the new ‘EEI site.

I will believe these new ESPN 890 shows when I actually hear them. Wonder if management’s thinking is the ratings stunk with Felger, why not go with cheap relative unknowns (i.e. Kevin Winter or Mike Salk) in midday and afternoon drive? Or…could they be considering getting someone like Bob Lobel to fill a slot?

I think Gresh and Russillo work too many shifts at Bristol flagship to be considered option at 890.