Good news for U-M football fans who listen on the radio

[moldyoldie]

Now if only George Blaha would hang 'em up for MSU football. And also Pistons TV, for that matter. He was good back in the day...no more.

[moldyoldie]

Have you never cared for Mr. Blaha's work, or has his performance slipped in recent years due to his age?

Definitely the latter. He was on top of the action in real time when he was at his best. I never see/hear that anymore; it seems he's always several seconds behind the action now, if he's on the action at all! He needs to retire.

Whoever thought he'd be good at football PBP was sadly mistaken...big time!

[Matt]

Jim Brandstatter - who was a very capable color commentator but is a truly awful play by play man - is retiring at the end of this season.

Let's hope his successor is someone far more talented (hopefully it's not the guy who does play by play for basketball these days; he sucks).

Unfortunately, the excellent Dan Dierdorf is also retiring at the end of the season.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sport ... 729905001/

I'd be shocked if Jon Jansen isn't the new color commentator.

[Gertner]

Dierdorff and Brandy both sound like they are about to die on air. Especially Brandy huffing and puffing his way through the game.

[Sgt. Sackto]

End of of an era should always be respected and savored. I remember listening to HOF Ron Santo's last broadcast for the Cubs on an overcast fall day and it being his last.

[Mega Hertz]

Here's a question

I was streaming WWJ this afternoon and they had the game audio. At halftime, I went to my mother in law's house and turned it off. When I left and attempted to stream it again, it was coverage of that Godawful CBS Sports Radio programming. AM in my car can be flimsy at best, so I was happy to hear it streaming. I got there just as the half ended so it should have been the 3rd quarter. Tell me it's an Audacy fuck up.

[Colonel Flagg]

Here's a question

I was streaming WWJ this afternoon and they had the game audio. At halftime, I went to my mother in law's house and turned it off. When I left and attempted to stream it again, it was coverage of that Godawful CBS Sports Radio programming. AM in my car can be flimsy at best, so I was happy to hear it streaming. I got there just as the half ended so it should have been the 3rd quarter. Tell me it's an Audacy fuck up.

All of the Tech Ops positions at WWJ were eliminated long ago. In the past, there was always someone there to fix a problem like that. Or, prevent it from happening in the first place.

[Matt]

Whoa - that's wild. Not sure what happened there.

97.1 The Ticket aired today's game in entirety, so AM radio wasn't your only option in terms of terrestrial radio.

Doesn't one of the FMs in Ann Arbor also carry the games?

I believe WTKA 1050 carries the game.

[Kennelly Heaviside]

No need to guess.

https://mgoblue.com/sports/2017/6/16/fo ... ation.aspx

[BillT]

It could be much worse, they could hire Lomas Brown to do the games!!!

[Mega Hertz]

Matt's right, 1050 airs them.

I had NO idea they were on WXYT FM. I listened on WWJ at home before we left, and figured if it's there, at best it's on WOMC and it wasn't. Wish I would have checked

Edit: I'm fairly sure I've heard UM hoops on W4 but that could be a lapse in memory. Wouldn't hurt W4 to carry football games; God knows they're not the ONLY choice fot country music around