Semi-OT Detroit has a new sports radio station
I didn't see anything posted about this yet, but today at 3 PM, 105.1 officially became a sports news radio station. They become the second FM sports radio in metro detroit and seem to be pretty good from what I can tell. They just had Lloyd Carr on for about 20-30 minutes talking about Michigan, the day Bo hired him, and several other topics. I just thought I'd pass this along to the MGoFaithful.
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/detroit/index.ssf/2013/08/hear_launch_of_new_detroit_spo.html
http://www.freep.com/article/20130812/ENT03/308120106/Drew-Lane-Detroit-Sports-Radio
Edit: Here is a video about it and they will be Detroit's ESPN affliiate so there will be a ton of live sports game they brodcast and the daily schedule is:
6-10 AM Mike and Mike
10 AM-noon Colin Cowherd
Noon-3 PM Ryan Ermanni and Rico Beard
3-7 PM Drew Lane and Marc Fellhauer
Local Sports updates 3 times an hour,
August 12th, 2013 at 7:12 PM ^
Jealous.
August 12th, 2013 at 7:15 PM ^
MLive's Eric Lacy had a short writeup on the launch here - LINK
It included some commentary on the highlights of Drew Lane's debut:
When a caller mentioned other sports stations in Detroit, Lane playfully responded like he didn't know each existed. "Is there another sports station?," Lane said. "Seriously?"
Yes, this alternative will do nicely...
August 12th, 2013 at 7:24 PM ^
About time. 97.1 became unlistenable to anyone with an IQ over 40 about 5 years ago.
August 12th, 2013 at 7:53 PM ^
Wojo is good, but that's it.
August 12th, 2013 at 9:49 PM ^
August 12th, 2013 at 10:41 PM ^
Sounds like the lovechild between a muppet and a chimpmunk.
August 12th, 2013 at 11:08 PM ^
I can think of another a bit closer to home.
August 13th, 2013 at 12:08 AM ^
Oh, come on. Who doesn't like the sound of Kermit the Frog?
August 12th, 2013 at 8:14 PM ^
In general this town has Whitney ignorant and easy to inflame sports fans. As a consequence all the local guys basically troll is all day. I am convinced 97.1. Does all the Detroit city news specifically to put Rae's. of people against one another...
August 13th, 2013 at 2:32 AM ^
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August 12th, 2013 at 9:25 PM ^
I agree with your sentiment. I really don't hate it as much as the Mgoblog general population. Valenti is awful when talking about college sports for obvious reasons, but other than that I don't really mind 97.1. When I'm listening to sports radio, I'm not really looking for great intellectual conversation anyways.
August 12th, 2013 at 9:31 PM ^
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August 12th, 2013 at 9:34 PM ^
Valenti was actually really good years ago when he was on middays. He's a talented radio guy but over the last few years it seems like he just wants to put a wet blanket over every topic.
August 12th, 2013 at 10:09 PM ^
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August 13th, 2013 at 8:00 AM ^
I agree. I actually started to like Valenti since he has aged, especially for pro-sports. He is the only one that doesn't buy into the sunshine blowing from the Det News or the Freep about the Lions and the Pistons.
Of course, he is unlistenable when it comes to college sports when his inner sparty comes out. His sparty schtick is a complete act to drum up mouth breathing callers from both sides of the aisle. That is usually when I switch off to satellite radio.
Would be nice to have a rational sports show in the afternoon with WTKA airing The Huge Show. I can't stand Bill Simonson.
August 13th, 2013 at 8:22 AM ^
I'll go one step further. I don't even get that mad at him when he defends Sparty. When all the idiot Michigan fans call in and have diahrea of the mouth about the past, I can't blame Valenti for telling them to shut up.
He can go to far, don't get me wrong. But I think most M fans get annoyed with him because they don't like hearing the sometimes negative truth.
Valenti is quality entertainment.
August 13th, 2013 at 7:29 AM ^
There was a time where Valenti was appearing on ESPN with the Colin Cowherd's of the world and seemed poised to make the jump to big time national broadcaster, but it's never happened. Listening to Valenti now, he sounds like a guy who just loathes his job and is just going through the motions.
August 12th, 2013 at 7:29 PM ^
I tried listening to it on my way home from work today and it was kinda unlistenable. The hosts seemed like they tried too hard to fit "drops" into calls and were snickering like school kids nearly every call.
Granted they just started Saturday and this could be growing pains until they hit a rhythm and flow, but it was kinda grating today.
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August 12th, 2013 at 8:33 PM ^
I listened for a few minutes this afternoon on the way home from the office. Drew was going on and on about all the women JFK Jr had put his meat whistle into before dying. I have no idea why, but if he's going to do that for 3-4 hours a day, he's not going to be there long, either.
August 12th, 2013 at 8:40 PM ^
do without Rico Beard. He's as bad as Valenti is when it comes to Sparty slappiness.
August 12th, 2013 at 8:47 PM ^
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August 12th, 2013 at 9:11 PM ^
Definitely wouldn't mind him replacing Rico. I usually liked him on 97.1, too
August 13th, 2013 at 8:03 AM ^
I thought Dery was hired by the Pistons to host their pregame,halftime, and postgame segments.
August 12th, 2013 at 9:30 PM ^
Matt Dery is currently serving out his no-complete cluase in his contract. He'll be here eventually.
August 12th, 2013 at 9:00 PM ^
an M Season Ticket holder. So maybe we can get some balance.
August 12th, 2013 at 9:35 PM ^
owns a house right across from the big house and throws partys for every home game.
August 12th, 2013 at 9:01 PM ^
August 12th, 2013 at 9:24 PM ^
I hope that this station doesn't turns out to be a good alternative. I expect it to be more of the same.
August 12th, 2013 at 9:29 PM ^
This is great. Maybe we can actually get some quality Michigan football coverage now in the afternoons.
August 12th, 2013 at 9:43 PM ^
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August 12th, 2013 at 10:07 PM ^
Anything that can force Valenti to actually not troll for calls again is a welcome addition. Will be interesting with Ermanni who is a total homer at all costs, but considering 97.1 is mainly Sparty slurping I can live with it.
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August 12th, 2013 at 11:37 PM ^
Baligian also subs for Matt Shepard on 11.30. For those who don't know 11.30 is another "local" sports station.
It would be good to hear Sean without an app.