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On Fan 590 Tonight-
- Grapeline with Don Cherry & Brian Williams at 4:45
- Bob McCown’s co-host from 5:00 to 7:00 is John Shannon
-Stephen Brunt & Dave Perkins join on the roundtable
On 640 with Brady and Watters thanks to Mike S.:
- Bill Watters is on vacation in Florida so Greg Brady is solo today
- Ron Wilson, head coach of the Leafs
- hockey insider Darren Dreger at 6:10
So many of you have emailed me about this that I thought I had better put it up. Doug Gilmour was on with Greg Brady today who was flying solo on the Bill Watters show. Brady was a tad bit fired up on the hockey and headshots things. In any event Gilmour who is usually a lousy interview in my opinion was beyond good especially when he talked about violence in the game. Certainly worth a listen.
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Both drive home shows today took on Colin Campbell and the NHL on the hitting gate. Jim Kelley joined Mccown early on and their take was a failure at the top of the NHL to deal with the issue. Kelley talked about how someone(s) above Campbell was pulling strings and Kelley thought that Colin was either going to quit or get fired over this issue. The Fan 590 doesn’t have the Kelley audio up, however I thought Kelley was good on this point.
Up the dial, Brady went postal on the issue. Imploring that the execs in the game were ruining the game. On a few separate occasions calling for heads on platters. 640 Toronto doesn’t allow for all segments to be downloaded, however I suggest you take a listen in here for all the Brady stuff- it’s certainly entertaining, I’ll leave whether or not you think it’s accurate up to you. I will say this, if you are going to fly solo, you may as well come out firing like he did today. The best solo show he has ever had.
Speaking of good, did anyone hear Don Landry sign off on the big early this am, it was pretty funny. He was talking about the Texas Rangers manager, Ron Washington, the guy who tested positive for cocaine last year at the ripe old age of 57. Landry was really funny saying how, Washington had never done drugs before in his life and at 57 woke up and decided to try cocaine. The best part is that Washington came out tonight and admitted to smoking dope years ago in addition to popping a few pills. What’s next, he’s going to claim he was a Vietnam Vet?
Does anyone think I am nuts on this, but why do morning radio shows end at 9:00? No seriously. I drive my kids to school. I drop them at 845-850. I don’t really get into my car much before 8:30. Now, I understand tons of people drive a hell of a lot earlier than I do. However, based on the number of people dressed i work attire I see dropping their kids off with me in addition to the amount of traffic I see in the city heading downtown when I am, why not extend the morning drive to 10 am? Thoughts?
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On Fan 590 Tonight-
- Grapeline with Don Cherry & Brian Williams at 4:45
- Bob McCown’s co-host from 5:00 to 7:00 is John Shannon
- Jim Kelley
- Darren Rovell
- Nik Kypreos
- David Branch
- Jerry Colangelo
- Buck Martinez
On 640 with Brady and Watters thanks to Mike S.:
- Bill Watters is on vacation in Florida so Greg Brady is solo today
- Doug Gilmour
- hockey insider Pierre McGuire at 6:10
- Jolly Jonas Siegel from the ACC to preview tonight’s Leafs-Devils game
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On Fan 590 Tonight-
- Grapeline with Don Cherry & Brian Williams at 4:45
- Bob McCown’s co-host from 5:00 to 7:00 is John Shannon
4:10 John Mascia, Remy’s Sports Bar In Boston
4:25 Bruce Dowbiggin, Globe & Mail
5:25 Doug Smith Courtside
5:45 Kevin Koe
6:06 Pat Gillick, Phillies Senior Advisor
6:30 Dan Shulman, ESPN
6:45 Bert Sugar, Boxing Historian
On 640 with Brady and Watters thanks to Mike S.:
- Bill Watters is on vacation in Florida so Greg Brady is solo today
- Tyler Bozak of the Maple Leafs
- hockey insider Pierre McGuire at 6:10
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As promised, today we taped the first episode of the TSM Pressbox. Today’s guests were Jim Lang from Sportsnet and Greg Brady from the 640 Toronto’s The Bill Watters Show. Pardon the rookie in me, I hope to only get better. Huge thanks to both Jim and Greg and all the folks at The College of Sports Media.
We will be trying to do this every week, if you have any ideas or thoughts please pass them along.
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On Fan 590 Tonight-
- Grapeline with Don Cherry & Brian Williams at 4:45
- Bob McCown’s co-host from 5:00 to 7:00 is John Shannon
4:10 Richard Griffin, Toronto Star
5:25 Jim Hughson, Hockey Night In Canada
5:45 Richard Gardner, Bodog Sportsbook Manager
6:06 Bob Nicholson, Hockey Canada President
6:30 Kevin Koe, Alberta Skip & Brier Champ
6:45 Iain Page on Tiger coming Back
On 640 with Brady and Watters thanks to Mike S.:
- Brian Duff of NHL Network on hockey
- Jolly Jonas Siegel from Ottawa to preview tonight’s Leafs-Senators game
- hockey insiders Darren Dreger & Bob McKenzie at 6:10
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On Fan 590 Tonight-
- Grapeline with Don Cherry & Brian Williams at 4:45
- Bob McCown’s co-host from 5:00 to 7:00 is John Shannon
5:25 EJ Hradek, ESPN.com
5:45 Daryl Jones, Ice Edge Holdings
6:05 Paul Beeston, Jays CEO
6:30 Kevin McDonald, CFL’s Director of Football Ops in Studio
6:45 Don Banks, SI.COM
On 640 with Brady and Watters thanks to Mike S.:
- Larry Brooks of the New York Post
- Cliff Fletcher, member of the Maple Leafs front office
- Bruce Boudreau, head coach of the Capitals
- hockey insiders Darren Dreger & Ray Ferraro at 6:10
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On Fan 590 Tonight-
- Grapeline with Don Cherry & Brian Williams at 4:45
- Bob McCown’s co-host from 5:00 to 7:00 is Stephen Brunt
- Bob Mccown takes calls
- Roundtable with guests Gord Kirke and Bruce Arthur
On 640 with Brady and Watters thanks to Mike S.:
- Pat Quinn, head coach of the Oilers
- Ron Wilson, head coach of the Leafs
- hockey insiders Darren Dreger & Scott Morrison at 6:10
So apparently one or two people were listening to the Olympics on the radio. Not that radio ratings are akin to a boxing match, but this was as close to a knockout in the business as you can expect to see. The Fan enjoyed a huge ratings boost for the Olympics, the question of course is, what relevance will that have on advertisers and their tight budgets. I mean, the Olympics are over so there is no reason to expect similar numbers post Olympics. Advertisers know that, what this does help is for the next time there is a large event like this in Canada to guestimate what rates should be given approximate ratings.
Men aged 25-54: 6-9am
640= 5.2
590= 5.9
Overall, the Fan show, according to Zelkovich jumped from a 5.8 to a 7.5
Men aged 25-54: 4-7pm
640: = 3.8
1010 = 4.5
590 = 9.2
Overall, the Fan show, according to Zelkovich jumped from a 7.2 to a 12.0
Men aged 25-54: 1pm
640: 3.0
1010: = 3.9
590 = 5.3
the Fan show, according to Zelkovich jumped to a 5.7 in hour #2
Zelkovich has the bullpen getting an Olympic boost going to a 5.7 from 4.4 and the Game Plan saw a similar raise heading to a 6.2 from a 4.8.
The Olympic gold medal game landed the fan a 40 share! Huge numbers to say the least.
So what have we learned? Mccown is still on top. Hockey central at noon continues to blow Leafs Lunch out of the water. At some point, probably after the summer, if this continues, I would think that the folks at 640 are going to have to make a change to Leafs lunch. I don’t know how many times I can say it but Dreger isn’t a host and Watters all the time isn’t a good thing. Rotate the hosting duties amongst other talent and then put Wilbur on when and only when there is something really unique to talk about.
Zelkovich’s blog can be found here
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On Fan 590 Tonight-
- Grapeline with Don Cherry & Brian Williams at 4:45
- Bob McCown’s co-host from 5:00 to 7:00 is Stephen Brunt
- Lester Munson from ESPN on NHL lawsuit vs. Phoenix Coyotes
- Bryan Colangelo
- Guy from Frameworth on popularity of Sidney Crosby memorabilia
- Dan Shulman
- 2 Members of the Arkells- Juno nominated band
On 640 with Brady and Watters thanks to Mike S.:
Brian Lawton, GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning
- Jolly Jonas Siegel from the ACC to preview tonight’s Leafs-Lightning game
- hockey insider Pierre McGuire at 6:10
- show ends at 6:30 to make way for the Leafs pre-game show
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