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. Born in the USA deserves all praise it gets. It's got me tuning in even though I don't like most american sport.
If you really dislike him so much, why do you keep listening to his show??...Nearly all your posts are about Doran.....save yourself the angst, dont listen....problem solved!!
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I like the content as he covers other sports not just AFL. Being at work, it's a long day without listening to anything in the afternoon.
What does she say in that ad, "you deliver, you d.ck--no, you don't!". Or am I hearing things? And yes, it doesn't sound like a dad-daughter relationship, more of a "who's your daddy?" situation.
Yes, surely you jest.
There’ll be more than one hour, though. Storm players will in interviewed across the schedule; Brian Waldron is on KB’s show on Fridays and Sen has general talkback segments on any topics - the floor’s yours and other Storm fans.
I still say they give decent coverage to a variety of sports. The targeted demographic will only suffer so much of what they’re not interested in. Nothing in Melbourne says turn the dial like Super 14s.
I agree. But these guys are not professionals in their attitude. They’re rarely researched or prepared and will always return to what they feel comfortable with. The daily papers are their CliffsNotes and from there they just wing it. When I used to regularly listen to them, Brownless, often during interviews with athletes he new nothing about would continually try to talk crap under his breath in a bid to be funny or occupy his own mind, which became a habit that led to the infamous and still-denied Slug Jordan snicker incident. And if one is to talk motor racing, one better be prepared.
Interesting analogy, albeit nonsensical. Unhealthy for whom? SEN generate revenue and interest with their healthy obsession of AFL; the paparazzi make millions with their financial obsession of Britney and Lindsay. Maybe these gals should be subjected to a healthy: a) curfews, b) dress code, c) salary cap, d) draft, e) restraint of where you work, etc, just like AFL footballers and there would be no obsessions in Hollywood.
You would but the majority might not…Vixens, huh? What’s that, a strip club like Spearmint Rhino or something? Doran will never cover it.
Catholic church’s new eighth mortal sin: criticizing Mike Sheahan. Penalty: having to read his columns and watch re-runs of On The Couch.
It’s that or go out of business. Take your pick. Having to listen to Rex Hunt ever again would be pathetic.
Er, Umm, well you know…umm, you’ve got me there. But you know what I meant, no blood ties kinda thing; Australian born, maybe.
This is basically my point. I couldn’t care either, but in a city that has nine AFL teams in its sports market, there is going to be mass saturation of AFL and the stars with a marginal revenue product influence. All sports are keen for themselves to get exposure on SEN and the AFL is not No.1, it’s number one, two, and three. Pretty much like Ferris, I tuned in to hear whether Judd actually played, did the groin again, stunk it up, or, totally dominated! I can’t remember ever listening to The Run Home before (with Leach and Schwartz era).
I think he does more than a good job, he’s great, and he has to be, as he’s syndicated on around 160 US stations and soon do a pilot for his own TV show on ESPN. That’s why I listen to him. Unlike Doran, if CC stinks, he's out. Imagine Doran doing this: Ricky Weed or Rule 4. I prefer a radio sports jock who can cover sports seriously yet argue with e-mailers on how hot Jessica Simpson is or how overdressed hot women are in US winters to a point that “they look like the crab fisherman down the end of the bar.” Sexist? Probably to some. Targeted demographic - definitely.
Although many people disagree with us on this point, SEN has been targeting the 25-54 male demographic since its inception as world radio sports stations do, and yet it still gives coverage of various sports including this weird thing they call netball.
SEN's multimillion-dollar foray in a market dominated by 3AW and Fox is aimed at men aged 25 to 54 and their fixation with bum-slapping locker-room banter, corked thighs, strained groins, footballers' hairstyles and Gary Ablett's glory days…
Twenty-four-hour stations in Britain and the US, on which SEN models itself, thrive on the continuous live match broadcasts. The big test for SEN will be during the football season, when the diehards seek live matches on 3AW, 774 ABC Melbourne and Triple M.
The reason I’ve gone somewhat off-topic for this thread by bringing up US radio hosts is because they are artisans of their profession. Their actual shtick may not actually be suitable to an Australian sports culture, but it does highlight the deficiencies in some 6a.m. to 11p.m. on-air personal at SEN. Kevin Bartlett (927) and Leach (JJJ and ABC) are probably the only ones with a true background in radio, the others are just journalists or ex-athletes. With the exception of Mark Fine it’s all mostly safe fence-sitting stuff. There’s no I-better-listen-or-I’ll-miss-something WOW factor radio. I don’t believe the station can grow a broader male oriented audience without incorporating entertainment and non-sport analogy subjects. I just thought of something but I'm not going back to the sports world's lamest website to see if Bruce Eva's picture is still there.
And that insular thing is by design. I wouldn’t call it a theory, more like a fact. The major sports leagues are in partnership with the media which creates blanket coverage which squeezes out minority sports. The NFL moves from Super to Pro Bowl, on to free agency, on to the scouting combine / draft, on to mini / pre-season camps, on to exhibition season (out rates NBA play-off games on TV) - then - hello new season. Good luck MLS getting media coverage; that’s why they got Beckham.
It’s a key reason the NBL and the A-League play a spring-summer schedule trying to exploit the AFL off-season to get coverage and maximize revenue streams. SEN in particular is important to soccer as the sport is not conducive to free-to-air TV coverage. Therein comes the NAB Cup and it’s importance to the AFL. Just when the NBL play-offs hot up featuring the Melbourne Tigers, the A-League finals kick into gear, and Rugby starts, they all get slam dunked by footy and marginalized by an AFL-centric media. Feel free to explain your "Bandwith" theories to some of your SEN colleagues to hopefully save me from anymore talkback whining on the NAB Cup.
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Down Fido!!.....I really couldn't care less whether you or anyone else have a different opinion to me.....you are certainly entitled to them...as I am.....What I was questioning was how anyone (other poster in this case) could listen to someone who so obviously annoys the crap out them..........Simply because I couldn't!.....Would drive me up the proverbial wall!!.....If I dont like someone's show, I just dont listen, even if they do have good content....then I dont get any angst, or high blood pressure, or feel a need to complain ..... I just dont listen....And by the way, I'm not a huge Doran fan, by any stretch, but I dont dislike him either, and what I hear of his show, I find o.k......no more no less....So save YOURSELF some angst, and stop being an A-Hole!!Well, well, looks like someone's not entitled to an opinion. This thread is to critique SEN. Your posts are all positive for the Double D. If you dislike negative posts of Doran so much, why keep reading and posting your dislikes of others opinions? Save yourself the angst, just listen and enjoy, don't post - problem solved.
Cheers
Down Fido!!.....I really couldn't care less whether you or anyone else have a different opinion to me.....you are certainly entitled to them...as I am.....What I was questioning was how anyone (other poster in this case) could listen to someone who so obviously annoys the crap out them..........Simply because I couldn't!.....Would drive me up the proverbial wall!!.....If I dont like someone's show, I just dont listen, even if they do have good content....then I dont get any angst, or high blood pressure, or feel a need to complain ..... I just dont listen....And by the way, I'm not a huge Doran fan, by any stretch, but I dont dislike him either, and what I hear of his show, I find o.k......no more no less....So save YOURSELF some angst, and stop being an A-Hole!!
Cheers.
Urban rumour? Don’t deal in them.
Ray "Slug" Jordan - one of the all time footy good guys - suffered a stoke, which sadly left him with slurred speech.
Did Brownless really do it. Dunno. He denied it vociferously. If he did I’m guessing it was just insensitivity by yapping while a guest was talking. But it wouldn’t be the first, or last time, Billy’s brain may leave him high and dry on the radio. This may of happened because he’s not a professional comedian and that’s what he’s expected to be on SEN.
Often the only thing he can offer is to take the piss, and it will get him into trouble. Seinfeld had 27 writers; Letterman and Leno each have dozens; Billy has…Osca and Max?
And I don’t know if Jordan has ever been on MG since. Food for thought?
Urban rumour? Don’t deal in them.
Ray "Slug" Jordan - one of the all time footy good guys - suffered a stoke, which sadly left him with slurred speech.
Did Brownless really do it. Dunno. He denied it vociferously. If he did I’m guessing it was just insensitivity by yapping while a guest was talking. But it wouldn’t be the first, or last time, Billy’s brain may leave him high and dry on the radio. This may of happened because he’s not a professional comedian and that’s what he’s expected to be on SEN.
Often the only thing he can offer is to take the piss, and it will get him into trouble. Seinfeld had 27 writers; Letterman and Leno each have dozens; Billy has…Osca and Max?
And I don’t know if Jordan has ever been on MG since. Food for thought?
if that's true then he is a knob. slug's done more for footy than brownless and the premiership hangover thing on the footy show has been done to death too.
Urban rumour? Don’t deal in them.
Ray "Slug" Jordan - one of the all time footy good guys - suffered a stoke, which sadly left him with slurred speech.
Did Brownless really do it. Dunno. He denied it vociferously. If he did I’m guessing it was just insensitivity by yapping while a guest was talking. But it wouldn’t be the first, or last time, Billy’s brain may leave him high and dry on the radio. This may of happened because he’s not a professional comedian and that’s what he’s expected to be on SEN.
Often the only thing he can offer is to take the piss, and it will get him into trouble. Seinfeld had 27 writers; Letterman and Leno each have dozens; Billy has…Osca and Max?
And I don’t know if Jordan has ever been on MG since. Food for thought?
Knowing Billy Brainless and his ineptuitude bogan/hillybilly style yokel humour, I would suggest that Billy B probably did ..
The man has the intellect and emotional capacity of an 12 year old school kid .
So, what you are really suggesting is, that if I DON'T have the same opinion as you, then I shouldn't post on this thread, because it is for, what was it you said? ah yes, critiquing......Now, a while ago,I posted that I loved B in USA with Steve + Mark......no criticism from you then on my post, or did you agree with me?? Ah see, its YOU who doesn't like a different opinion....thats the crux of the matter!!.......go crawl in your little hole, you twerp!! .... and just accept that others might differ in opinion....actually, I wasn't even differing, only curious is all....but hey, what does it matter...By the way, my angst is o.k. and so is my blood pressure, thanks for your thoughts to that regard....A-hole? You obviously do care. Hypocrisy! Kevieyang had a different opinion to you. You suggested he stop listening and save himself some angst. I 'm suggesting if you don't like people's critiquing in this thread, save YOURSELF some angst, and practise what you preach. Oh, better still, there's an ignore list option at Big Footy - simply try using it. You don't have to like something to listen to it. The world's full of people critizing things they don't know anything about. SEN has numerous talkback with regular callers constantly AFL bashing. What, they should stop following AFL footy? If everyone followed your thinking, SEN's ratings would drop below 2.1 Hmmm, reads like I've got your angst and blood pressure up, though.
Opinions are like A-Holes, everyone has one - me, Doran, and even you.
....cheers..
