inkman Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 I know the sample size may be rather small on this one, but for any WHTK 1280 listeners out there I'd like to hear your opinions on this. I personally think this couldn't have been a much worse pick. DiTullio is a newscaster blowhard that sounds like a dog swallowing a cat. He just recites stats from the last 50 years without any real knowledge of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheRocks Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 I know the sample size may be rather small on this one, but for any WHTK 1280 listeners out there I'd like to hear your opinions on this. I personally think this couldn't have been a much worse pick. DiTullio is a newscaster blowhard that sounds like a dog swallowing a cat. He just recites stats from the last 50 years without any real knowledge of the game. 770661[/snapback] is DiTullio the confirmed choice to replace Davies fulltime? Of is he just doing a "tryout" this week? I like DiTullio. I have only listened for a few minutes today and a little yesterday. He is hard to listen to. But he is likable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted September 12, 2006 Author Share Posted September 12, 2006 is DiTullio the confirmed choice to replace Davies fulltime? Of is he just doing a "tryout" this week?I like DiTullio. I have only listened for a few minutes today and a little yesterday. He is hard to listen to. But he is likable. 770724[/snapback] I talked to the "G-man", a frequent caller and owner of my local Subway. He says that Jeff Howlett, the station Gm hired DiTullio fulltime. I wonder if he will still do R-News? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheRocks Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 i think he is ok. i hope it puts an end to some of the marathon calls they permit "Dom from East Rochester" to go on for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted September 12, 2006 Author Share Posted September 12, 2006 i think he is ok. i hope it puts an end to some of the marathon calls they permit "Dom from East Rochester" to go on for. 770734[/snapback] It's only going to get worse because they are both Yankee fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 I'm assuming this is the John Ditullio who shows up on Wease's show and does sports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted September 12, 2006 Author Share Posted September 12, 2006 I'm assuming this is the John Ditullio who shows up on Wease's show and does sports? 770837[/snapback] Word to your moms. Except you will no longer hear him in that capacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACor58 Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 I really don't like Ditullio. I think that its his voice that drives me nuts. I was hoping that they hired Carl Faulk, who did a great job filling in for Brad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted September 13, 2006 Author Share Posted September 13, 2006 I really don't like Ditullio. I think that its his voice that drives me nuts. I was hoping that they hired Carl Faulk, who did a great job filling in for Brad. 770945[/snapback] That is exactly what I thought. Dude has good takes, is funny, and is nice on the eardrum as opposed to Gargoyle head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 I really don't like Ditullio. I think that its his voice that drives me nuts. I was hoping that they hired Carl Faulk, who did a great job filling in for Brad. 770945[/snapback] Why not Carl Mauck? I'd think he'd be rather... entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Never heard the guy, but I know he's from Erie, PA, so I support my brotha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicBills Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Knowing both, Brad will be missed. John is great, knows his stuff but doesn't have the same on air relateablity that Brad has. I think it's because radio is different than TV, though working with Wease helped JD tremendously I think. It'll be interesting to see how it all shakes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 I really don't like Ditullio. I think that its his voice that drives me nuts. I was hoping that they hired Carl Faulk, who did a great job filling in for Brad. 770945[/snapback] I like him. But good god I can't imagine him doing a four hour talk show. Is it a sports talk show even? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted September 13, 2006 Author Share Posted September 13, 2006 I like him. But good god I can't imagine him doing a four hour talk show.Is it a sports talk show even? 771443[/snapback] Yes. It's 3 hours. It's where you can hear a 40 something guy frequently use terms like douche, reek, and sissy. I tried to give it another chance today and he spent 20 minutes doing his pro-Yankee rant, during football season in Western NY. When college basketball and hockey start, his ignorance will be evident. I'd be shocked if he was still doing this show 1 year from today. He is not charasmatic, not insightful, and just plain annoying. I don't know the ratings work but I will be anxious to see how they fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicBills Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Yes. It's 3 hours. It's where you can hear a 40 something guy frequently use terms like douche, reek, and sissy. I tried to give it another chance today and he spent 20 minutes doing his pro-Yankee rant, during football season in Western NY. When college basketball and hockey start, his ignorance will be evident. I'd be shocked if he was still doing this show 1 year from today. He is not charasmatic, not insightful, and just plain annoying. I don't know the ratings work but I will be anxious to see how they fair. 771566[/snapback] Probelm is, there is no real competition in Roc for Hot Talk. He'll be given time to get his feet wet. Who are his producers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 he spent 20 minutes doing his pro-Yankee rant771566[/snapback] Standby for the rath that is AD... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACor58 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Yes. It's 3 hours. It's where you can hear a 40 something guy frequently use terms like douche, reek, and sissy. I tried to give it another chance today and he spent 20 minutes doing his pro-Yankee rant, during football season in Western NY. When college basketball and hockey start, his ignorance will be evident. I'd be shocked if he was still doing this show 1 year from today. He is not charasmatic, not insightful, and just plain annoying. I don't know the ratings work but I will be anxious to see how they fair. 771566[/snapback] Great analysis. I think that he is trying to bring Wease's unfunny brand of radio to his unfunny show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kegtapr Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Word to your moms. Except you will no longer hear him in that capacity. 770937[/snapback] Can we get wease to go with him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 Yesterday, a caller took him to task about the terms "douche bag" and "scum bag". He was trying to explain why those terms were degrading when DiRetardio tells him their not and to "bite him", before hanging up on them. I really hope this jackass keeps this crap up, he'll be crawling back to wease soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheRocks Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Yesterday, a caller took him to task about the terms "douche bag" and "scum bag". He was trying to explain why those terms were degrading when DiRetardio tells him their not and to "bite him", before hanging up on them. I really hope this jackass keeps this crap up, he'll be crawling back to wease soon enough. 780314[/snapback] sorry i missed it. i might have called in and jumped on the bandwagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 This is funny... A week and a half ago or so I heard a commercial on WHTK with John DiTullio. What in the blue !@#$ is this? I know he is a "sports guy" around town and did the sports on 96.5's Brother Wease Show (and don't even get me started on that) but to get his own show? I never heard him once carry 3 hours. At this point, the only think I know about Johnny-D is that because he French's Wease's balls is probably the only reason he got the job. Listening to this guy talk is painful. He sounds like a Wease wannabe with that raspy voice but worse. Have you ever bumped into that 83 year old woman who is a 57 year veteran of smoking? You know that voice right? That’s DiTullio. Its like O.J. Simpson carved up his throat then some back woods doctor used constantina wire to stitch him back together. Its just brutal. Plus he is a Yankee Fan. What Western NY Dago isn't right? Well, except for me anyway. I tried to keep positive about this though. By last weekend I had forgotten all about this. Monday morning though, reality came crushing in on me like one of the Fat Boys rolling off a couch. I had my radio on at work as I always do listening to Mike and Mike. At 9am the station drops the Mike and Mike feed to start their own local show. I wasn't paying attention to the time when my radio went to sh--. All I heard was brutal static. AM radio isn't exactly FM Stereo quality sound to begin with, so this wasn't new to me. Plus working in a RF Communications Company I catch interference all the time over the AM bands. It was different this time though. I moved my radio around. I repositioned the antenna. I moved away anything that might cause interference. I drop kicked my radio and gave it a flying plancha for good measure and nothing. Just a sound of static and scratching in an epic battle for superiority. My ears were going nuts. Nothing was making it go away…!@#$ - Its John Ditullio. The Brother Wease Graveytrain rider has arrived. Once I pulled out the exacto knives that I slammed into my ears and took a couple valium's I calmed down and tried to listen to the show. It !@#$ing sucks. The only thing good is he keeps a leash on the callers. This is important when that walking Italian stereotype from E.R. Dom calls. Somebody sanction a hit on that guy already. Seriously Dom. Calling the Buffalo Bills "Flubbalo" is NOT clever. Its actually pretty lame. Take your weak smack to your Cleveland Browns circle jerk and leave it there, but I digress. In a stunning display of creativeness, Johnny-Boy has come up with his "Douche Bag of the Week". Brilliant. Way to jack Mike and Mike's "Just Shut-up" award and turn it into complete crap. You know who should win the Douche Bag of the year award? John DiTullio of course. I mean hell, it sounds like he has a couple dried up (used of course) douche bags lodged in his throat. After the Brad Davies era, how can they user in a new era with this guy? In John's promo's for the show, he says "I've been living in Rochester for NINE years now, and I have always wanted my own show". Really? I've living in Rochester for 23 of my 30 years and I'd love to have my own show yet the monkey isn't dropping me a line! Maybe I could stat my "Dillweed of the week" award to have that catchy gimmick the public will just sink their teeth into. Perhaps I could give Wease oral a couple times a day and form my own "throat condition" to sound like I had a tracheotomy performed by Michael J. Fox. The easiest thing to do would be to just wait it out. Too bad the regular callers are all kissing his ass to get more air time and I just don't see another city beating a path to Johnny's door trying to steal him away anytime soon. Things come and go and apparently it just wasn't refreshing am radio's time here in Crapchester. In the meantime I will be trying to figure out how to get reception for my Sirius radio here at work. I'm 150 plus feet from the nearest window. Hopefully I will be bestowed with a flash of brilliance and come up with an easy solution. God help me if I have to resort to FM radio for 3 hours a day again. Thanks for nothing 1280 WHTK. War permanent laryngitis for John Ditullio. Out-freaking-standing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Have you ever heard Scotty Farrel? Farrel on the bench. He must be a brotherds because he has that grovel voice too. Ink that is a pretty funny rant to the station. Is that yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 Have you ever heard Scotty Farrel? Farrel on the bench. He must be a brotherds because he has that grovel voice too. Ink that is a pretty funny rant to the station. Is that yours? No, mine would be more obsenity laced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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