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Rhyno716

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  1. 10 minutes ago, Jrb1979 said:

    IMO the reason they talk about gambling so much is it's a draw for the younger sports fan. Sports radio is not as popular as it once was. I'm in my 40s and I only tune in once in awhile. I find that Satellite radio is much better for NFL and NHL talk. 

    The gambling talk has gotten more and more frequent because that's where they make most of their ad revenue from. Pretty much all of their sponsors now are sportsbooks and fantasy sports companies. It's only going to continue to get worse.

     

    Local sports talk radio is slowly dying off. Most of the callers are dumb anyways. Podcasts are the way to go now for coverage.

     

    I moved away from WNY so I don't listen much anymore because the Audacy app is garbage and every time there's an update it somehow gets worse.

     

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  2. I don't like the constant gambling/fantasy discussion on WGR either but since Audacy owns Betql unfortunately it's not going anywhere.

     

    As for the morning show Howard is going to be missed when he leaves for good. The 3 day arrangement Howard made is only through football season and he will decide if he's staying or going to do something else after the season is over according to the Buffalo news article that came out after he announced his new schedule. Even though I liked Sneaky Joe on the afternoon show and the nightcap he sucks with Jeremy . I say this because he is a carbon copy of Jeremy. They both have the same talking points and opinions on almost everything and to me that doesn't make compelling discussion when the 2 hosts are always agreeing on everything.

     

    As for the afternoon show Schopp can be interesting until he goes down the gambling/fantasy rabbithole. I can appreciate his contrarian view on almost everything because at least it creates interesting discussions with whoever is co-hosting with him. He's cringeworthy with callers but lets face it most of the callers are terrible.

     

    When Howard does eventually leave they should really consider moving Bulldog to the morning show with Jeremy and move Sneaky Joe to the afternoon show with Schopp.

     

    I like Sal but he's such a homer. It kills him when he actually has to criticize the Bills for anything and it's obvious. I'm surprised the Bills haven't hired him away form WGR for OBL.

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