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So I'm Listening to KxNO's Sport Fanatics Yesterday

Jan Itor

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.....and they're talking about Iowa's RBs for the upcoming season. They talked about Canzeri, Daniels, and some kid that they're converting from WR to RB. But no mention of Wadley. I see he's still on the roster. Am I missing something, or are the Sports Fanatics clueless? Wadley seemed like he had a lot of potential last year as long as he doesn't fumble and learns when to use his spin move and when not to.
 
Originally posted by Jan Itor:

.....and they're talking about Iowa's RBs for the upcoming season. They talked about Canzeri, Daniels, and some kid that they're converting from WR to RB. But no mention of Wadley. I see he's still on the roster. Am I missing something, or are the Sports Fanatics clueless? Wadley seemed like he had a lot of potential last year as long as he doesn't fumble and learns when to use his spin move and when not to.
Didn't catch that segment yesterday but probably because it looks like the two guys you listed will account for 80% of the carries this year. They mentioned DMJR most likely because it is pretty newsworthy for a WR that many believed would be pretty productive to switch to RB. Wouldn't surprise me to see Wadley get 5-6 carries a game, but from what has been released depth chart wise, and his size (already playing behind another smaller RB in Canzeri), I don't see him playing near as much of a role as those guys.
 
If they can get him to take care of the ball better i would love to see him and Canzeri on kickoff returns.
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Originally posted by swagsurfer02:
Originally posted by Birky:
I have completely quit listening to their local sports shows. Absolute trash.
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I've always liked listening to Ken Miller but I tried tuning into Marty and Miller one day and was reminded what a blowhard Marty is. I could not stand more than one day of him. Went back to KXNO where although Chrissie Williams is there to promote all things Cyclone, at least Ross and producer Andrew Downs are Hawkeyes. I really wish they could get Steve Deace back at least during the football season. While I don't agree with all of Deace's political views, I have never heard anyone that has as much college football knowledge.
 
I was listening to Murph and Andy the other day and forgot to change to 1700 and the Sports Fanatics came on...I've not recovered yet, that's bad radio.

Still looking for a new morning show since heather/travis took over the Morning Rush. Ross/Travis I could do, but I'm just not on board with KXNO anymore.
 
If 1460 wants to really compete, they absolutely have to get Deace back. If they want to hit a homerun they would need to pair him up with Jim Brinson so he could bring those contacts back. Either that or they need to offer Marty and Kenny a contract and pay for them to leave 1700.
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It amuses me when people get all bent out of shape over local radio shows. It's just noise in the car on my commute, if it's mildly entertaining it's a bonus.

If I really care about listening to something I stick to podcasts.

Podcasts will be the nail in the coffin to traditional radio.
 
I have become more of a podcast guy too. That said, I still enjoy local sports radio if it is listenable. They are talking about what happened last night, and is usually something I can't get out the podcast. Bad is good enough, but they have fallen below bad on KXNO...way below bad.

Murph and Andy are the best they have now by a pretty wide margin. They can be entertaining, but their sports knowledge falls somewhere between my eight year old son, and my four year old Boston Terrier.

It doesn't make me mad, it is just too bad it has fallen so far. I listen to 590 out of Omaha now before I would listen to 1460.
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Yet Murph and Andy (who I hardly listen to anymore,somehow did that once) were telling how the 4PM show was going so great sponsors were lining up for it.
 
It's the Cyclone Fanatic effect. Similarly to that radio show, it is absolute trash, but it is a goldmine. Catering to the lunatic fringe of Cyclone Nation is a lucrative and deplorable act. It's the porn industry of sports radio/websites. Cash the check, take a shower, pray for forgiveness.

Am I exaggerating? For once, maybe not.
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Originally posted by swagsurfer02:
If 1460 wants to really compete, they absolutely have to get Deace back. If they want to hit a homerun they would need to pair him up with Jim Brinson so he could bring those contacts back. Either that or they need to offer Marty and Kenny a contract and pay for them to leave 1700.
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Deace would absolutely destroy Brinson because although he has a lot of contacts, he oozes BS and Deace would call him on it (which would be amusing). Anyway, I think Brinson went down south to run a chain of sports stations so doubt he would come back unless he fails there.

I agree they need to find a way to get Deace back on the air if they have any hope of regaining status as a top sports station in the market. Their line-up is really weak right now.
 
Originally posted by TankHawk:
Originally posted by swagsurfer02:
Originally posted by Birky:
I have completely quit listening to their local sports shows. Absolute trash.
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I've always liked listening to Ken Miller but I tried tuning into Marty and Miller one day and was reminded what a blowhard Marty is. I could not stand more than one day of him. Went back to KXNO where although Chrissie Williams is there to promote all things Cyclone, at least Ross and producer Andrew Downs are Hawkeyes. I really wish they could get Steve Deace back at least during the football season. While I don't agree with all of Deace's political views, I have never heard anyone that has as much college football knowledge.
Totally agree. Ken is great. Marty is awful.

Ken never gets a word in because its just non stop blabbering about nothing from Marty and the same annoying sayings over and over and over again.

Chrissie is pretty hard to stomach because hes an unabashed cyclone lover and Ross just plays nice with him and lets him dominate the conversation with isu talk.
 
Yeah, gave up on KXNO a long time ago. Murph and Andy are a variety show. Heather and Travis in the morning are a big "yawn" ... and the afternoon show is absolutely horrible. I get it ... local radio is taking a hit with the technology available to all of us today ... It's just frustrating when you do turn on the radio in the morning and hope to see some good local discussion about local athletics and instead you hear Travis asking Heather if she thinks a certain athlete is "hot" or not.

It's just bad radio. I used to really enjoy MIller and Deace ... At least they talked sports and they knew their stuff ...
 
Originally posted by DesMoinesHawki:
Yeah, gave up on KXNO a long time ago. Murph and Andy are a variety show. Heather and Travis in the morning are a big "yawn" ... and the afternoon show is absolutely horrible. I get it ... local radio is taking a hit with the technology available to all of us today ... It's just frustrating when you do turn on the radio in the morning and hope to see some good local discussion about local athletics and instead you hear Travis asking Heather if she thinks a certain athlete is "hot" or not.

It's just bad radio. I used to really enjoy MIller and Deace ... At least they talked sports and they knew their stuff ...


You hear their podcast? They are brutally honest about the football program. Lots of stuff they said made sense concerning Kirks latest presser about why he decided to name CJ the starter. Absolutely no reason given.
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