Comments on: Thoughts on 98.5 FM – One Week In

By: ChewBAKKa

ChewBAKKa — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:50:38 +0000

You are right. 98.5 is WAY BETTER!! They are fresh, interesting, and do not try to make everything controversial, in the sense that you are an “idiot” if you don’t agree with Holly, Callahan, or Big-Blow…..

By: Brendan in R.I.

Brendan in R.I. — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:45:12 +0000

98.5 has been a breath of fresh air so far. I am proud to say that I have not listened to WEEI for sports talk in nearly three weeks now.

Toucher and Rich have been great making the transition from Rock Radio to Sports Radio. As a past WBCN listener of T & R, I can say that anyone who follows the Bruins will find that Toucher and Rich are big supporters of the Bruins. How can people not find “Dating on Demand”, “Pink Hat’s”, “Drunken Red Sox Recaps” and “Rich’s Movie Review” to be funny? My mornings are now free of the Right Wing Propaganda!

As for the other shows, WEEI has become extremely stale. So any alternative is refreshing. I am not the biggest fan of Tanguay, Felger, or Massarotti. However, I do find them to be more intelligent than the Big O, Pete Shepherd, or the dumbest of the dumb “Smerlas and DeOssie”. I love the DA show, and Trupiano and Hardy are great. I also have not had to hear that moron know as “Frank from Gloucester”. Ciao!

By: Alpine McGregor

Alpine McGregor — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:32:21 +0000

Funnily enough, I heard that show as well and thought it was irreverent and hilarious. Granted, I’m 29.

T&R have been surprisingly good so far – I expected not to like them, but they’re winning me over.

Dale and Holley are still the best in the midday, Tanguay is a doof and Zolak is a little too pumped up for my taste.

Felger and Mazz rule the afternoons, and the evening is no question, I almost feel bad for Mikey and his tired act at this point.

WBZ for the win.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:31:33 +0000

Two things:
1. T and R was better on WBCN. Especially during afternoons. Part of the problem is that the Chili Guy has apparently gone back to Kentucky Alabama and they’re missing the great interviews they used to have with Kadolfo. Secondly, less Adolfo. He’s comedy gold when you used correctly, unlike John Wallack who adds a lot sports content wise, but isn’t a comedic whipping boy. Third, I don’t know how you get the Gunner to call up drunk at 7 in the morning. I see signs of them breaking back into form. A day dedicated to Crash’s awful lifestyle today was just what the show needed…

2. D and C’s lame Hannity/Hannity impression is not as offensive as their absolute hatred of Boston sports and it’s fans. I tuned them out permanently when they started whining about the Pats running up the score and late NBA start times. Wah wah wah… go play 18 holes and shut the **** up.

By: Jason Coyote

Jason Coyote — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:09:13 +0000

JayCee, if someone hadn’t brought this up I was planning to.

While I’m sure most would agree that the Jimmy Fund Radiothon might be the best two days of the year to tune in to EEI, it’s not if you’re yearning for plain old sports talk. The SportsHub will have a good opportunity presented to them later this week, and I hope for their sake being ’smart enough to exploit it’ simply means they have their two best days yet on the air (not some bizarro marketing campaign where they put down EEI for what they’re doing).

I think the producers and hosts of 98.5’s Thursday/Friday shows should work hard to get interesting guests and create entertaining (but not contrived) sports discussion. Of course they’ll also get some help from the Patriots-Redskins preseason tilt Friday night.

Gotta love T&R continuing to goof on Tanguay. I wonder if they are reading any of these comment boards.

By: JayCee

JayCee — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:57:50 +0000

A lot of people will be checking out 98.5 this Thurs & Fri when EEI goes into telethon mode. It could be a perfect opportunity to reel in some new listeners if they’re smart enough to exploit it.

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:03:39 +0000

Done and done.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:00:50 +0000

T&R has been the biggest disappointment, because I LOVED their old show on WBCN. Wish they just did that, and left sports to the updates. But will still listen more than to D&C, which is fine until they delve into wingnut politics (without a dissenting opinion, of course)

By: Al

Al — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:10:28 +0000

in a nutshell, here’s how the stations contrast while listening for a bit just before 7 PM. DA is discussing the Red Sox rotation and whether or not Beckett might need a bit more rest. Mikey is talking about how he hopes CC Sabathia strains his ass and then posits that he thinks his ass weighs 80 lbs. Brilliant sports talk.

DA is the best new sports radio host in this area in a long time.

By: mandb97

mandb97 — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:17:36 +0000

Jason, I think a year ago I would have agreed with you on Felger. He would give thought to his opinion and even if you did not agree you could not argue that there was reasoning for his belief. Now he just screams and spews without any thought which is Ordwayesque. If he could go back to that same person that was around a year ago, he would do serious damage to Ordway and possibly force a format change on the big show in which all listeners win. Right now he has not given any reason for the Big Show to change.