OT: Drew Lane Out at 105.1 Because He Didn't Want to Talk More Sports
For the handful of people who listen to this Detroit sports talk station, Drew Lane is out because he didn't want to talk more sports on the sports talk station. Matt Dery is filling in in the interim.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/television/2015/10/19/dr…
October 19th, 2015 at 2:51 PM ^
Drew blows.
October 19th, 2015 at 2:53 PM ^
What do you know? You wash yourself with a rag on a stick.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:01 PM ^
Bettererer when your comment is read on a smartphone and can't see the avatar.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:40 PM ^
Dancea Balls?
October 19th, 2015 at 2:58 PM ^
Matt Dery is almost unbearable. I thought I saw a Twitter post by Gerg Henson that 105.1's rating were on level with EMU's student station. I'd be shocked if that station survives another year as-is.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:00 PM ^
October 19th, 2015 at 3:05 PM ^
October 19th, 2015 at 3:37 PM ^
October 19th, 2015 at 3:47 PM ^
October 19th, 2015 at 3:30 PM ^
Dery is a troll. He spouts inflammatory nonsense trolling for people to call in to his show. He has no business hosting a show all by himself.
Having "Maz" chime in is helpful, but not enough to save that dying show.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:42 PM ^
Still better than Valenti...
October 19th, 2015 at 3:47 PM ^
October 19th, 2015 at 3:49 PM ^
Exactly what I was going to say. Dery is a Valenti wanna-be. He just doesn't have the chutzpah that Valenti does.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^
October 19th, 2015 at 3:48 PM ^
I liked that Lane talked about issues other than sports. If you're listening to news talk or sports talk all day, by the time 3:00 rolls around everything has been talked to death. It was refreshing to have him talk about different things.
It was also a nice alternative to that dickhead, Mike Valenti.
October 19th, 2015 at 2:58 PM ^
October 19th, 2015 at 3:12 PM ^
I'll punch that kid in the throat.
October 19th, 2015 at 2:58 PM ^
As long as Drew Sharp has guest appearances on that station I'll continue to not listen.
October 19th, 2015 at 2:59 PM ^
October 19th, 2015 at 3:08 PM ^
Sports talk radio is great when your team(s) win(s). It's also great when other topics (unrelated to sports) are mixed, though. The show can be sports-centered, but it does not have to be entirely about sports. The kinds of shows that literally will not talk about anything but sports are (usually) really bad and boring.
Now, a guy who does not want to talk mainly about sports on a sports talk show should definitely not be working there anymore. It's called sports talk radio for a reason.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:10 PM ^
your team wins. * I won't be turning on any sports radio for at least a week, possibly two.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:47 PM ^
Same here. I tuned to WTKA this morning and it was nothing but a bunch of babies calling to complain about referees and how classless MSU is. I don't care about that shit. Winning is what matters and MSU (with 100% luck) did just that.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:00 PM ^
Hard to believe, in a town as sports crazy as Detroit, you can't easily assemble a roster of solid on-air talent. But 105.1 has struggled, mightily. Ryan and Rico are terrible lowest common denominator stuff, and Dery only really knows pro basketball.
Oh well -- that's why podcasts, Pandora, etc were invented.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
the best they have, though that is not saying a whole lot.
Jamie and Wojo is the best detroit sports talk radio show I have ever heard, and they are relegated to 6 PM.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:07 PM ^
is still the gold standard for Detroit sports talk radio. Jamie's shows on WDFN and 97.1 now are probably the best thing going today for wide ranging topics.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:12 PM ^
is Jamie on DFN? (I think Jamie and Wojo are better than Stoney and Wojo. I have always found Stoney very weird, and somewhat creepy).
October 19th, 2015 at 3:16 PM ^
probably should've inserted a comma or something.
"WDFN, and 97.1 now,.."
October 19th, 2015 at 3:19 PM ^
Stoney being weird and creepy is what made him Stoney. He was self depricating and the kind of guy who never makes eye contact (as he was often teased about) Never understood why that show went off the air - agree with guy above you, perfect pair. Stoney was a big sports nerd who did the research and would watch hockey or baseball games 3 time zones away (East coast guy) and Wojo was funny Midwest guy who knew enough about local sports but just about nothing nationally. They were not so pro Spartan or pro Wolverine, just fun. Unlike the current pair at that time slot who is also east coast but a snob and the midwest guy who is not funny.
Jaime bores me.
#STANTHRAX
October 19th, 2015 at 3:21 PM ^
Stoney is just the 60 year old who makes everything a sex joke.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:40 PM ^
when I get that old I'll still be throwing in "that's what she said" into as many conversations as possible.
October 19th, 2015 at 4:37 PM ^
Agree. It was dissapointing when their show went off air. I found them to be an entertaining listen. I can still sing their cheesy little theme song. When listening to most of the other guys in Detroit radio I find their voices hurt my brain.
October 20th, 2015 at 2:02 AM ^
October 19th, 2015 at 3:00 PM ^
that it is actually probably two-fold. He did not talk sports, and when he did, his "takes" (if they can be called that) were so uninformed that they were at times embarrasing. He could talk a lot of old sports, like old baseball stats or hockey stuff, but neither he nor Mark had enough of a working knowledge of current sports events that it was kind of embarrasing for the station I think. The Harris polls and stuff were funny but it is a sports station and they are really bad at talking sports.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:08 PM ^
Can't be as bad as Terry Foster. It's abundantly clear he just doesn't watch sports very often, save for big Michigan/MSU games or a little Lions and Tigers. At least you can tell Valenti does him homework and watches a lot, looks at stats, etc.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:16 PM ^
has been relagated to basically nothing more than Dery used to do there are the "third voice" in the room. A lot of times both Mike Sullivan and Hatchett are bigger contributors than Terry Foster. He is really just a prop for Valenti to make politically correct racial jokes to fill up time because nobody calls there anymore.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
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October 19th, 2015 at 3:05 PM ^
was a weird hybrid of trying to recreate Drew & Mike but with more sports. Ended up being Drew's ramblings about baseball or uninformed HOT TAKES most of the time, interspersed with Drew doing his good funny interview segments or tired BOOBZ prank calls. There were times I'd be entertained, and other times I'd just switch the channel immediately. The last couple months, it was more of the latter, increasingly so.
I miss the good ol' days of WDFN. Jamie Sammuelsson in the mornings with Henson were a good pair, Stoney & Wojo were entertaining on the drive home, Dery was kept behind an update desk, and Caputo was exiled to Saturday afternoon slots. I even liked Baligean occasionally. Sad to say that worst parts of Old WDFN are the only thing left, and 97.1 will be the leftover. Thank goodness I live in an area with good 1050 AM reception so I can hear Sam & Ira in the am at least.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:19 PM ^
liked Baligean occasionally."
You take that back right now. You want to talk about the ultimate #hot take guy. Never has there been a person both so highly opinionated and consistently wrong in the history of radio.
October 19th, 2015 at 8:06 PM ^
Man, you are so right. The late 90s era at WDFN - for exactly the reasons you stated - was the golden era in Detroit sports talk radio.
We need a diary or something that goes through the whole history of Detroit/Ann Arbor sports talk radio. Start when WDFN first went on the air in the early 90s with a weird lineup (Van Earl Wright had a show!), go through all the changes at WTKA (the Dave Shand/Bill Martin incident).
Somebody needs to do this. Get going, somebody.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:06 PM ^
I'd rather eat a turd sandwich.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:16 PM ^
They are doing to sports radio what Netflix did to appointment TV viewing.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:54 PM ^
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October 19th, 2015 at 3:11 PM ^
of what his prime exactly was
October 19th, 2015 at 3:41 PM ^
Nor sure about his prime, but he's way past his expiration date
October 19th, 2015 at 3:10 PM ^
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October 19th, 2015 at 3:11 PM ^
Who get tired of doing what they do and then start to half ass their job, Sharp has always half assed his job. Guy is a clown.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:12 PM ^
Grew up on Drew and Mike in the mornings. Loved it.
Thought the afternoon show with Drew and Marc was horrid. Outside of random trivia this is not his niche.