WGR this morning

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 minute ago, ALLinALLEN said:

Ross Tucker is the worst guest they bring on, hands down. I can't believe he does play by play.

It's either CTE, or he's got a snootful when he calls the B&S afternoon show.  Maybe his bosses have him take a breathalyzer before doing play by play.

[ALLinALLEN]

Just now, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

It's either CTE, or he's got a snootful when he calls the B&S afternoon show.  Maybe his bosses have him take a breathalyzer before doing play by play.

I actually genuinely like the two main shows they have (morning/afternoon), but turn both off whenever I hear:

• Ross Tucker
• Paul Hamilton
• Sal
• The typical callers (one guy from FL who rants, the Gina from Delaware lady, and one other guy who mumbles)
• The same audacy app ads that never end (I'm an out of towner)

 

[RobbRiddick]

12 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

If you dislike the announcers, that's fine.  Dragging their families into it is bush league.

Someone was barking on a radio station. Dogs bark. One of the hosts is called bulldog...

 

ah never mind

[boyst]

1 hour ago, Bruffalo said:

Jeremy and Joe are the best show on WGR. All the shows that Joe has touched got way worse after he left. The extra point show is basically unlistenable. Does the Nightcap even still exist? The afternoon show was way better when he produced it. 

 

The callers are awful, but they don't choose those. They mostly skew on the homebound retiree or habitual drunk spectrum regardless. 

 

I still like the morning show as much as any Bills podcast. Podcasters often take themselves way too seriously and conflate subjective opinion with fact. 

Agree with all of this. I've never listened to and will never listen to the afternoon show. Post game is usually only worthwhile because it's up to date news. I don't know anybody beyond the post game and morning guys.

 

Sal has sold out. I don't blame him, he gets money and his dream job. 

 

The podcasters are too smarmy, as you said full of themselves.

55 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

It's either CTE, or he's got a snootful when he calls the B&S afternoon show.  Maybe his bosses have him take a breathalyzer before doing play by play.

Tucker is good on Sirius which is odd. 

[DrDawkinstein]

2 minutes ago, boyst said:

Agree with all of this. I've never listened to and will never listen to the afternoon show. Post game is usually only worthwhile because it's up to date news. I don't know anybody beyond the post game and morning guys.

 

 

I tune into the post game to hear the player/coach interviews. Once they start taking calls, right after a game, it's time to turn it off and do something else.

 

The morning show on my commute to work is still good.

[Bruffalo]

9 minutes ago, boyst said:

Agree with all of this. I've never listened to and will never listen to the afternoon show. Post game is usually only worthwhile because it's up to date news. I don't know anybody beyond the post game and morning guys.

 

Sal has sold out. I don't blame him, he gets money and his dream job. 

 

The podcasters are too smarmy, as you said full of themselves.

Tucker is good on Sirius which is odd. 

I agree about Sal. I don't find him objective at all anymore, he's way too close with the team and it makes biased.  Like you said, it makes sense and it's hard to blame him for it. 

 

The afternoon show is two guys who just don't want to be there anymore. Mike Schopp obviously has a lot of contempt for Buffalo in general and thinks he's too good for the market. Bulldog just needs to retire but for whatever reason can't. I don't hold it against him, I actually like his takes when he bothers to throw one out there.  

 

 

[Bills fan since 87]

I dunno, I love both the morning and afternoon shows.  Do I always agree with the hosts? nope.  But it wouldn't be good radio if I did.  There are tiems I get annoyed with some of them but more often than not I enjoy both.  

 

Now the Audacy app?  that can go to hell

Edited 20 hours ago by Bills fan since 87

[RiotAct]

1 hour ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

It's either CTE, or he's got a snootful when he calls the B&S afternoon show.  Maybe his bosses have him take a breathalyzer before doing play by play.

he sounds like a 45-year-old frat boy 😂

 

I listened to the 1st quarter of the Houston-KC game on Westwood One and actually thought he did a pretty good job as a color analyst.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

5 minutes ago, RiotAct said:

 

I listened to the 1st quarter of the Houston-KC game on Westwood One and actually thought he did a pretty good job as a color analyst.

 

I wonder if Tucker isn't a similar situation to Steve Tasker.  He's not the best 'off the cuff' - extemporaneous speaker, but given a few notes regarding players and game situations, their colour commentary adds to the game.

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

On 1/20/2025 at 10:14 AM, MikePJ76 said:

Sal is already great this morning.  
 

 

Is this Sal’s burner account?

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

On 1/20/2025 at 12:03 PM, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

 

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Yurz droolee,

Mar-DEE BOO-ron

P.S.  Tabarnak! 🤬

This made me laugh because it reminded me of when WGR produced great song parodies and bits … whom ever did them must have left.  Greg Bauch perhaps? Hase-oki was great, as well as the song parody “I’m inLove with Dick Jauron” sung to the tune of “I’m in love with Stacys mom”

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

46 minutes ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

This made me laugh because it reminded me of when WGR produced great song parodies and bits … whom ever did them must have left.  Greg Bauch perhaps? Hase-oki was great, as well as the song parody “I’m inLove with Dick Jauron” sung to the tune of “I’m in love with Stacys mom”

I recall Bauch's 'Greg Buck the announcer' routines; he might well have done those song parodies.  Unfortunately, all the 'Greg Buck' recordings seem to have disappeared from the web.

*
EDIT: I just ran a 'Greg Buck' search at YouTube, and did find some of Bauch's recordings, but not the funniest.

Edited 19 hours ago by Ridgewaycynic2013

[John Gianelli]

A few years ago I started listening to BET QL's The Daily Tip in the morning on 1520. Michael Jenkins has a great sense of humor. Chelsa Messinger is the most knowledgeable and entertaining woman in sports broadcasting, by a long shot. They're witty, well informed, down to earth, and easy to listen to. And they talk about the Bills a lot.

[ControllerOfPlanetX]

On 1/20/2025 at 9:21 AM, RobbRiddicksTDLeap said:

I was born and raised in Buffalo. Moved away in my 20’s for work, and thanks to the internet, I can listen to WGR for sports talk about my favorite teams. 
 

However;

 

This morning show is awful and the callers are even worse. Maybe everyone is sobering up, or maybe they’re still drinking. But Jeremy and Joe are hard to listen to. Maybe it’s the podcast era, but these guys just aren’t leading the conversation. It’s as if they’re having their own sports talk, and the rest of us are just listening live. At least they’re talking sports. WFAN in NYC is talking about who takes ED meds and gambling and the Inauguration. 
 

I don’t know why Im posting this. Maybe someone here can explain it to me. 

well, I understand WFAN’s predicament….would you want to talk Jets or Giants?
 

[Estro]

Podcasts have certainly changed the game because you now have a menu of options and you can kind of go after whatever you want to consume.

 

Joe Marino is best on class when it comes to a concise, informed, intelligent podcast. He knows football, he watches film, he comes to his own conclusions....and he communicates it all on a high level.

 

I live in South Jersey and I like to tune into Schoop and Bulldog in the afternoons here and there. I know Schoop is a polarizing figure in Buffalo, but I'm a big fan of his. Like Joe Marino I think he's pretty informed and he has his own thoughts..like it hate some of those opinions he's at least authentic and he's a good communicator. Bulldog paired with Mike is good too. Bulldog on his own, when Mike is out is a trainwreck. He's nervous and the show is a tough listen. It's weird when I tune in to the afternoon show I can almost immediately tell if Mike is out because Bulldog just has a much more nervous style when he's out .

 

 

[Buffaloflash]

On 1/20/2025 at 9:21 AM, RobbRiddicksTDLeap said:

I was born and raised in Buffalo. Moved away in my 20’s for work, and thanks to the internet, I can listen to WGR for sports talk about my favorite teams. 
 

However;

 

This morning show is awful and the callers are even worse. Maybe everyone is sobering up, or maybe they’re still drinking. But Jeremy and Joe are hard to listen to. Maybe it’s the podcast era, but these guys just aren’t leading the conversation. It’s as if they’re having their own sports talk, and the rest of us are just listening live. At least they’re talking sports. WFAN in NYC is talking about who takes ED meds and gambling and the Inauguration. 
 

I don’t know why Im posting this. Maybe someone here can explain it to me. 

I can't be as bad as listening to Shoop and the Bulldog talk about food shopping and cooking for the kids.

[LabattBlue]

The only people who enjoy Schoop are the gambling and fantasy football addicts.   Mr Mensa hasn’t been interesting in years now. 
 

Bulldog…just sides with Schoop. Is he still announcing from home?  Good gig for him if so. 
 

Howard Simon was the last legit broadcast host on the station.  

Edited 18 hours ago by LabattBlue

[TheFunPolice]

Podcasting eats away at talk radio talent these days. I bet 50% plus of all radio is consumed through streaming, even in the car.

 

I live in WNY and when I listen to WGR these days it's almost always through the app streaming to speakers around the house. 

 

Talent doesn't need the radio station anymore unless they want to play music. 

Edited 18 hours ago by TheFunPolice

[KOKBILLS]

39 minutes ago, Estro said:

Podcasts have certainly changed the game because you now have a menu of options and you can kind of go after whatever you want to consume.

 

Joe Marino is best on class when it comes to a concise, informed, intelligent podcast. He knows football, he watches film, he comes to his own conclusions....and he communicates it all on a high level.

 

I live in South Jersey and I like to tune into Schoop and Bulldog in the afternoons here and there. I know Schoop is a polarizing figure in Buffalo, but I'm a big fan of his. Like Joe Marino I think he's pretty informed and he has his own thoughts..like it hate some of those opinions he's at least authentic and he's a good communicator. Bulldog paired with Mike is good too. Bulldog on his own, when Mike is out is a trainwreck. He's nervous and the show is a tough listen. It's weird when I tune in to the afternoon show I can almost immediately tell if Mike is out because Bulldog just has a much more nervous style when he's out .

 

 

 

100%

[RiotAct]

13 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

The only people who enjoy Schoop are the gambling and fantasy football addicts.   Mr Mensa hasn’t been interesting in years now. 
 

I miss his ad spots for Naturally Nude Pajamas.  He didn’t do them this holiday season, and I was kind of disappointed.