WSCR Scores With Mac Attack
When I interviewed for the PD job at WSSP in Milwaukee, I was asked what my idea of a good sports talk show was. Without any hesitation, my answer was "Mac, Jurko and Harry", then the afternoon show on ESPN 1000.
Now, Dan McNeil is headed back to where it all started for him, WSCR.
I have always been a huge admirer of Dan McNeil. The guy brings it everyday and has some really witty pop culture references mixed in with a solid knowledge of sports. Mac always lets you know where he stands on a particular issue, be it good or bad and does so with a great deal of intelligence. I have missed Mac since he was unceremoniously dumped by his previous employers in January.
I think the "wild, wild, West" atmosphere of the Score will be a great boon for Mac as opposed to the uptight, corporate atmosphere of ESPN.
As happy as I am to see Danny Mac gainfully employed, I am pained by the collateral damage. Holmes and Hampton did nothing for me, so their reassignment is fine by me. However, over the last couple of years, I have become a huge fan of Mike Murphy. Murph does a radio show the way an average fan would. He ain't pretty, but his unbridled enthusiasm in the usual world of pedal to the metal sports talk hosts is refreshing. I'll miss my Friday afternoon "Tool of the Week", one of my favorite radio bits and one I vow to steal if I ever get another whack at sports radio again.
My other concern is with Danny Mac being given a four hour soap box, Boers and Bernstein has expanded to five hours. Five hours is too long for a talk show, especially that one. I wish them well, but I've got to think another move might be pending. If It were up to me, I would have run Danny Mac 9 to noon and left Murph where he was. However, given this economy, I'm sure the CBS bean counters had something to say about it.
Just the nonsensical ravings of a (now) armchair PD.
Now, Dan McNeil is headed back to where it all started for him, WSCR.
I have always been a huge admirer of Dan McNeil. The guy brings it everyday and has some really witty pop culture references mixed in with a solid knowledge of sports. Mac always lets you know where he stands on a particular issue, be it good or bad and does so with a great deal of intelligence. I have missed Mac since he was unceremoniously dumped by his previous employers in January.
I think the "wild, wild, West" atmosphere of the Score will be a great boon for Mac as opposed to the uptight, corporate atmosphere of ESPN.
As happy as I am to see Danny Mac gainfully employed, I am pained by the collateral damage. Holmes and Hampton did nothing for me, so their reassignment is fine by me. However, over the last couple of years, I have become a huge fan of Mike Murphy. Murph does a radio show the way an average fan would. He ain't pretty, but his unbridled enthusiasm in the usual world of pedal to the metal sports talk hosts is refreshing. I'll miss my Friday afternoon "Tool of the Week", one of my favorite radio bits and one I vow to steal if I ever get another whack at sports radio again.
My other concern is with Danny Mac being given a four hour soap box, Boers and Bernstein has expanded to five hours. Five hours is too long for a talk show, especially that one. I wish them well, but I've got to think another move might be pending. If It were up to me, I would have run Danny Mac 9 to noon and left Murph where he was. However, given this economy, I'm sure the CBS bean counters had something to say about it.
Just the nonsensical ravings of a (now) armchair PD.
I'm guessing the 5 hr B & B show will only last through the baseball season. Many days the show is cut short by baseball either starting late or ending early so rarely will the show actually run 5 hrs. Plus the show's first hr will include McNeil in crosstalk according to Mac & B & B. So those are things to consider.
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I, like most of the non-vocal majority will miss Mike Murphy. There is now nothing of value to listen to on WSCR except the Sox broadcasts.
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I could never understand radio guys who admit to being boosters of one team or another and flaunt it. In so doing they automatically turn off a goodly percentage of their audience in Chicago.
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Excellent point. I agree. I think when Score has a guy on who is a big Cub fan and they flaunt it, it's silly. We can all get behind the Bears, Bulls and Hawks, but with baseball, better to remain neutral than sound like a dope.
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