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Agree that it would be nice to listen to these podcasts on other players.

Having said that – I think it’s an interesting endeavour on their part. I’ve listened to Birds All Day for years and I’m happy to keep […]

It seems like at this point, TSN Radio is basically becoming a station you would turn to hear breakdowns about the Leafs, but basically not any other sport or team in the market. It’s three Leaf focussed shows now […]

If TSN is moving Leafs Lunch to 12-2, and have essentially nothing 2-4, maybe just make Overdrive 2-6? A lot of drive home shows are in that time slot (it doesn’t HAVE to be 4-7). Maybe TSN doesn’t care enough, […]

@Original Mitch – in terms of an eventual Bob replacement, I could see Tim & Sid moving back over to radio some day to take that slot? Perhaps they’re too big for mid afternoons at this point, but drive time […]

I was sort of expecting a more dramatic reversal on PTS/Overdrive based on TSM’s tweet about it. It’s still McCown up by a chunk in a book where the whole Fan lineup seemed unusually low.  I’m pretty sure […]

Maybe it’s just that he’s new on the job, but anyone else think the new Sportsnet president didn’t really impress in his PTS interview? It was kind of awkward for what is essentially a promo. It was kind of amusi […]

Also, maybe just me – but to the local media types who are going to tweet ‘lots of empty seats at the Jays game tonight’ over and over again all summer… isn’t it kind of established at this point that if the […]

I try my best to avoid all local sports media on NHL trade deadline day.  It’s just the worst of hockey overkill, and nothing interesting happens anyway.

Thumbs up on The Fan hiring Ashley Docking. Now maybe […]

(Unless were talking an upstart or company that might not be around in a couple years obviously. But there’s no real career status downgrade going from TSN to Sportsnet).

“I can’t imagine ANY TSN major personality signing with Sportsnet.”

Cmon. I’m sure there’s something to the idea of liking your work environment or coworkers and not wanting to leave, but 90% of the time peop […]

Whoa! This is big news.

Adnan was a big deal at ESPN. They’d talk about him on Lebatard about how crazy versatile he was, and one of the rising stars at the network.

If he’s willing to come home, TSN or […]

Off topic – it would be nice if it was a bit easier to find previous posts on the site? Once a new post comes up, it’s kind of confusing to find the last one (where you might have had a discussion going). thanks!

@Chris – I think it’s a good point that, part of why Overdrive has been good for TSN (even though it’s not to everyone’s taste), is that it’s a VERY different show than PTS. If they tried to do the same thing Bob […]

Yeah, I don’t really get Overdrive.  Bit too meathead/bro talk for me?  But also I’m not very interested in hockey, so I’m sure that’s part of it.  At least TSN has finally come up with one radio property in 5 (? […]

@Jim  – Not to be a ‘well actually guy”, but if you look back through this site, Blair’s consistently had big ratings. If I recall correctly he’s been the only show in the lineup with numbers like the ones McC […]

Looks like I called it re McArthur being the new Jays Talk host:

If Rogers would like to pay me to consult I am available.

Multiple sources tell me that @ScottyMacThinks is your new host of @BlueJays talk post game on @FAN590 starting sometime later this spring. Replacing @Wilnerness590 as long time host. Told Wilner remains in broadcast during games. No confirmation as of yet ..

— jonah (@yyzsportsmedia) January 16, 2019

And speaking of local sports radio dropping the ball – apparently Scott MacArthur has been let go from 1050. His show was a little dry but hardly seemed to be part of the problem with that station. I’d like to […]

I do think the popularity of podcasts do reflect that over the air sports radio has gotten stale. Maybe it’s that radio is forced to try to appeal to a mass audience, whereas podcasts can cater to pretty specific […]

I think Sportsnet has done a good job with podcasts. I like the strategy to make just a few high quality options rather than overload with average stuff (Personally, I think The Lede, Swing and a Belt, and At The […]

I wonder if part of why the Fan seems to be punting a bit on afternoons (Good Show MUST cost a lot less than Tim & Sid did) is that they’re spending a lot more on podcasts? 31 Thoughts, Swing and a Belt and The […]