Dallas Sports Radio

[Danny White]

I suggest going to dallascowboys.com and listening to their media podcasts... the Lunch Break and Talkin Cowboys. It's the equivalent of really good Cowboys talk radio, but with the advantage that you can pause it if need be and listen to it whenever is convenient for you.

 

[cobra]

Exactly. I guess I'm a bore, because I could listen to talk about the Cowboys all day long -- especially this year when we're kicking butt.

There'll be far too many days in the long, long offseason when there won't be a word about football.

Look, I love the Cowboys as much as anyone, and I love hearing talk about them. But you can't talk about the team and the next game all day long. It's impossible. There isn't that much to talk about it.

Take a look at this message board. This is a Cowboys message board which is for people who love nothing more than pouring over every piece of news about the team. And look at the threads we have: (1) ever been to a game?, (2) Cowboys Christmas ornaments; (3) Matt Moore in Carolina; (4) video dls; (5) tv map; (6) question about uniforms; and on and on.

There is simply not enough news in a given week to talk about it all day long.

There is a finite amount of time you can spend talking about it.

 

[jterrell]

I suggest going to dallascowboys.com and listening to their media podcasts... the Lunch Break and Talkin Cowboys. It's the equivalent of really good Cowboys talk radio, but with the advantage that you can pause it if need be and listen to it whenever is convenient for you.

Sadly I can't get that from work or the car.

It might get drastic enough that I need to dl them from the previous day and load them in the ipod for the next day.

 

[Danny White]

Look, I love the Cowboys as much as anyone, and I love hearing talk about them. But you can't talk about the team and the next game all day long. It's impossible. There isn't that much to talk about it.

Take a look at this message board. This is a Cowboys message board which is for people who love nothing more than pouring over every piece of news about the team. And look at the threads we have: (1) ever been to a game?, (2) Cowboys Christmas ornaments; (3) Matt Moore in Carolina; (4) video dls; (5) tv map; (6) question about uniforms; and on and on.

There is simply not enough news in a given week to talk about it all day long.

There is a finite amount of time you can spend talking about it.

That may be true, but it's also true that the Dallas-area sports talk is deficient.

I'll compare it to the other region I know about... here in Washington D.C.

On the main Sportstalk station -- 980 -- you have the Steve Czaban national Fox show from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. where they talk about all manner of sports, but also do some pop culture. Then from 9-noon you have Doc Walker's show which is 75% Redsk*ns and 25% other sports. Noon to 3 is Dan Patrick's national show. 3-5 is John Thompson which is exclusively serious sportstalk with a heavy local tilt. Then 5-7 is Sports Reporters which is all sportstalk at least 50% of which is Redsk*ns related during football season.

You also have the official Redsk*n station, which has an afternoon drive show hosted by Riggins which is 90% football.

Compare that to both the Ticket and 103.3, which seem to be about 25% Cowboys at the BEST of times.

I've stopped even trying to listen to them outside of postgame programming, and I only listen to DallasCowboys.com when I'm looking for Cowboys news now.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I hear you, Cobra.

I guess I'd just say that if I get tired of sports, I'd rather change the channel than hear the so-called sports station go into a bit that isn't usually that funny.

But I've been in far too many Ticket arguments on this board to get into another one. I'd say Mick and jt summed up my opinion pretty well.

 

[Dodger12]

No I just get tired from seeing the same stupid-arse thread every other week in which people make incorrect statements (they never talk sports) and complain that it is not something it never intended to be (nothing but sports).

It is what it is. If you are one of those bores who could listen to people talking about a game for 5 straight days, then you won't like the Ticket. If you like hearing other guy talk, then you will like it.

But the continued ***** about it is getting obnoxious.

It would be as if people made a thread every week complaining that HBO doesn't ever show movies because they show all of these original programming shows and boxing and sports and comedy specials and other things. The logical response would be: HBO doesn't bill itself as only movies, so if that is what you want, then go elsewhere and quit complaining it is not something it never has tried to be.

First off, I haven't seen a thread regarding the Ticket. I'd just assumed, obviously erroniously according to you, that when you turn on sports radio, then they'll talk mainly sports. If I wanted to hear someones review of American Gangster, then I wouldn't tune into SPORTS RADIO. We came off a big win and we've got a huge game for the NFC East lead coming up, I just thought that might be a more important topic on the premier Dallas Sports Radio station then the constant blabber of the hosts. Guess I was wrong again.

If you don't like a thread, then don't read it and, more importantly, don't reply to it. But I don't characterize other poster's threads or posts as stupid because I may not like it. That's what's obnoxious and, quite franky, that's what irks me about some people here.

According to you, anyone who listens to game talk for 5 straight days is a "bore". Well then, I'm a bore. Some people may think we're sick for being on this site as often as we are, but we are. I'm a fan, I like the Cowboys, and I want to hear about sports when I tune in Sports Radio. If that offends you, then you can take your lame HBO analogies and obnoxious responses and move on.

 

[TonyRomo#9]

is that THE cobra??

 

[CATCH17]

I like implant talk, fart noises, potty humor, burping sounds, Entertainment News, Girl-On-Girl talk, etc with a little sports thrown in. It's different

That Generic Sports talk on ESPN blows chunks.

Are you reading your own thoughts?

What a noob!

 

[CATCH17]

I hear you, Cobra.

I guess I'd just say that if I get tired of sports, I'd rather change the channel than hear the so-called sports station go into a bit that isn't usually that funny.

But I've been in far too many Ticket arguments on this board to get into another one. I'd say Mick and jt summed up my opinion pretty well.

Ill sum it up for you.

The ticket sucks 90% of the time. The other 10% is sports talk and its not that bad.

 

[HighTechDave]

Are you reading your own thoughts?

What a noob!

who are you? What are you?

 

[DallasCowpoke]

You were lucky.

When I drove into work today at 6:45 AM, I got the dreaded Muse in the News.

One of the most annoying things about The Ticket is they will say they are going to have on someone like Jerry Jones or a prominent players and it turns out to be some stupid bit .

- Mike G.

That's weird, 'cus that comes on at 7:10 EVERY day. From 6-6:30, they talk almost exclusively sports, likewise 7:35 to 7:50 daily. Shall I go on?

7:50, they had the weekly Wade Phillips show, followed at 8:50 by the weekly Jerry Jones show.

Tomorrow, they'll have Troy on at 8:10 for his weekly show. But honestly, I can see how you'd be confused, after all, you apparently have to "sign" every post you make here, to remind yourself who you are.

- Not Mike G.

p.s. You seen Greggo?

BTW: The Wade PC is on the non-sports station, as we speak.

 

[InmanRoshi]

Actually, Dallas has several "sports" stations. The Ticket just kicks all of their butts because nobody listens to them. They just had one shut it's doors after getting a 0 share for the last 6 months. They're the latest in a long line.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

Actually, Dallas has several "sports" stations.

Really? Care to name those?

 

[jterrell]

That's weird, 'cus that comes on at 7:10 EVERY day. From 6-6:30, they talk almost exclusively sports, likewise 7:35 to 7:50 daily. Shall I go on?

7:50, they had the weekly Wade Phillips show, followed at 8:50 by the weekly Jerry Jones show.

Tomorrow, they'll have Troy on at 8:10 for his weekly show. But honestly, I can see how you'd be confused, after all, you apparently have to "sign" every post you make here, to remind yourself who you are.

- Not Mike G.

p.s. You seen Greggo?

BTW: The Wade PC is on the non-sports station, as we speak.

What sports did they discuss this morning when there was not a coach or player/Mickey Spagnola calling in?

Greg Williams is apparently back in rehab if you believe the various boards.
The ticket does carry the press conferences. They are good at covering sports so long as their hosts do not have to comment on it. The press conference will be on 103.3 as well.

 

[jterrell]

Really? Care to name those?

If you listened to the Ticket this morning they covered a few of them and where they had ex-employees go to work et al.

 

[InmanRoshi]

Really? Care to name those?

The now-no-more 990 AM was going to be "real sports and real X's and O's", and they proclaimed that they were going to "show The Ticket how it's done" because "the Dallas area is starving for REAL sportstalk", blah, blah, blah. They broadcasted The Sporting News Radio nationally syndicated shows like Tony Bruno. They also had some other local sports personalities to talk about local sports like the Cowboys on their drive time. They had to close their doors last week, because they couldn't get over a zero share for the 9 months of their existence. In other words, as far as the Arbitron Ratings System was concerned, exactly zero people listened to the station. Most of their employees reportedly haven't been paid yet.


103.3 FM is Dallas' ESPN Radio affliliate. Aside from ESPN radio programming like Mike & Mike and Mike Tirico, they have local programming with Randy Galloway during the afternoon drive and the recently departed Little Ball of Hate so they can specifically focus on Cowboys, Mavs, Rangers, etc. They typically get 1/3rd of The Ticket's ratings, despite the fact that they're on the FM dial and have a far better signal. FWIW, ESPN hired KTCK's former program director, Bruce Gilbert, several years ago to run their entire national radio network. Kind of astonishing, because ... you know, KTCK are such amateurs.

These are just the latest in a long line. Dallas is the 5th largest radio market in the nation, with a huge interest in sports. The Dallas area has sports franchises in all four major professional sports including one of the most visible franchises in the world, the Texas Motor Speedway which hosts huge NASCAR events, several large PGA national tournaments, a rabid thirst for college football (UT, OU and Texas A&M), an MLS team, a gigantic horse racing track ... on down the line. Basically, if you're interested in any kind of professional sport, Dallas has got it. So of course some program director who's had success in Detroit, Sacramento or Portland think to themselves "I'm going to go over to Dallas, show those amateurs at The Ticket how real sports radio is done, mop the floor with them and make a gazillion dollars". They all get promptly steamrolled, and usually they don't make it past their first year.

I guess my question is ... if KTCK "never talks about sports", why aren't more people (especially in the key male demographic) flocking over to the "real sports talk" to get some sort sports information?

 

[AmishCowboy]

Norm is good on the Ticket, on Sat Morning's on WIP Glenn Macknow and NFL Film's Ray Didinger are great and Mike and the Mad Dog on WFAN weekday afternoon's are good also, if you can put up with Russo.

 

[QT]

I got tired of listening to the little Ticket. They talk about non sports related stuff too often, for instance, "What's on his Tevo?" Who the cares? Not I. Also Hardline talks about non sports stuff too often. The commericials on the little Ticket are like 5 minutes long. I can care less what these people did on the weekends or whatever, talk about sports. Cowboys and Mavs, not whats on your TV or what you did last night.

103.3 is what I choose. What happen to the JFE show?

 

[Bungarian]

The gay not gay thing was funny until they got politically correct.

 

[theebs]

wow, what no texas stadium sucks, roy cant cover or Parcells doesnt know how to draft topics to discuss?

If you think the Ticket stinks thats fine.

I have listened to alot of sports radio all over the country, I will take what they do here in Dallas thanks.

I have tried to listen to those shows in dc and wip but those are all generic sports guys, there horrible.

I like mike and the mad dog but I am not going to sit on the internet and listen to them, chris russo is almost enough to make me insane, I do like to listen to francessa though. Anyone who goes by the name MadDog is a rick with a p.

and as far as 1033 being a real sports station, I am sorry they are lazy and just repeat the same topic all day with different people. galloway has some good guests like mortensen, laufenberg, sham, ed werder etc, and I prefer his cowboys coverage to the hardline, but the hardline is not a sports show.

oh and Apparently John Rhadigan has taken over for jen engle and has moseley on with him. Want to see a program go off the air fast, tune into that one. It has disaster written all over it.

I thought laufenberg was getting his own show on 1033, if he does I will listen everyday. Until then I will take the ticket because norm and bad radio are great.