Daniel

Just to offer a little criticism to your media criticism – I read Shi’s piece very differently than you did. Your feels like you tried to find any language that seemed ambiguous, so you could suggest Shi was […]

I recall a PTS producer tweeting a response to the Wilner thing once. He basically said the show felt that Wilner and Bob didn’t have good chemistry, and that’s why they didn’t book him. Simple as that.

I wrote this is in a different post – but considering the way Rogers let Bob go (a cost cutting move after all these years) the Fan has really lost me as someone who would go out of my way to give each Fan show a […]

@Gary M – fair point, i didn’t realize that.

I think I’m just bothered that a guy who was as important to the industry as Bob, as a guy who listeners clearly have deep long running connection with, wasn’t allowed […]

@Ryan Marks – I totally share your sentiment. Since this blog’s inception, a large part of it has been people complaining about Prime Time (but I always took that as a sign that it was just basically the city’s […]

It’s interesting that TSM has tweeted TSN Radio would have no interest in McCown. For that station’s entire existence they have managed to find one show that draws more listeners than an all traffic station (or […]

“However with the Jays toiling away at a rebuild Bob is simply out of his depths on many of the big stories in the marketplace, especially hockey. With the Leafs moving back into the spotlight and TSN’s strong h […]

Maybe it’s a silly reaction to a sports radio show being cancelled – but the Bob news has definitely made me sad. He’s been a constant, there during the Blue Jays World Series years when I was a kid, all the way […]

Whoa – TSM tweeting that this could be Bob’s last week on PTS? Damn. I know this forum loves to complain about PTS, but I’d be truly bummed if the show ended abruptly like this. Been listening to Bob since I […]

6.4 million for the Raptors game last night – that is insane. Here is a comparison to other recent major sporting events:

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#Raptors Gm 6 clincher national average 3.1M viewers

'18 Ovi Cup clincher 2.7m
'18 gm 7 #Leafs #Bruins 4.18m
'18 #Jets #Preds game 7 -2.2m
'15 #Jays gm 6 vs KC 5.12m
'15 Jays bat flip gm 5 – 4.88m
'11 #Canucks #Bruins gm 7 (highest ever NHL) 8.76 m

— Andrew Walker (@AndrewWalker650) May 27, 2019

Been listening to more local radio lately because of the Raptors. I’ve said this before but – I just don’t think JD Bunkis has the right personality to drive a show. He definitely knows his stuff, and I’m sure […]

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).