Thanks for the recap Roxygirl. I have been listening to him for about 5 years now and absolutely love his show. I love the humor he uses, the fact that he degrades his listeners as Clones and I truly love the way he gives interviews. I will say that he is one of the best interviewers out there and does laps around Dan Patrick. Rome will stick with questions that we want to hear while Patrick asks the most useless questions like "Beyonce or JLo"...who gives a flying frank. Patrick is a horrible interviewer since he thinks that since he is Dan Patrick that he can ask any type of question and it is going to be worthwhile. He is aweful.
Now Rome may be against gambling and may be ragging on Phil about that. Yet Rome does show the bad side of gambling in the fact that he has had a guy from the Columbo family...Michael F(somthing) on his show a number of times talking about the hazards of gambling on sports. He shows the dangers of gambling while ragging on people that gamble. Now if you are ripping him for gambling himself, well that is calling the kettle black. Who hasn't laid a bet while in vegas come on now. Even our grandmas and grandpas have done that.
Rome likes to give another side of people when all the other media outlets like to glorify them. Phil has a ton of ability yet has one major? Why? Don't know and don't care. But the fact that you guess are ripping Rome for having the only UNIQUE show out there is hilarious. There are plenty of shows out there that are cookie cutters of themselves and Rome is the only one that allows his listeners to be a part of the show while using their creative humerous side at the same time. I mean he has a smack off coming on May 6th that is entirely there for the listeners. Do you think that any other show out there would devote an entire day to his listeners? Patrick...hell no since his ego wouldn't allow it......Mike and Mike....no(a very good show though)....James Brown....not a chance.
Let Rome be the one guy out there not following the herd in terms of sports radio and if he gets on an athletes case big deal. Are you guys going to jump up with a thread for every athlete that he rags on? Probably not. No one is immune to Rome's wrath so don't make a big deal out of his ragging on Hefty. Besides...Hefty is the biggest choker in sports!!!
Now Rome may be against gambling and may be ragging on Phil about that. Yet Rome does show the bad side of gambling in the fact that he has had a guy from the Columbo family...Michael F(somthing) on his show a number of times talking about the hazards of gambling on sports. He shows the dangers of gambling while ragging on people that gamble. Now if you are ripping him for gambling himself, well that is calling the kettle black. Who hasn't laid a bet while in vegas come on now. Even our grandmas and grandpas have done that.
Rome likes to give another side of people when all the other media outlets like to glorify them. Phil has a ton of ability yet has one major? Why? Don't know and don't care. But the fact that you guess are ripping Rome for having the only UNIQUE show out there is hilarious. There are plenty of shows out there that are cookie cutters of themselves and Rome is the only one that allows his listeners to be a part of the show while using their creative humerous side at the same time. I mean he has a smack off coming on May 6th that is entirely there for the listeners. Do you think that any other show out there would devote an entire day to his listeners? Patrick...hell no since his ego wouldn't allow it......Mike and Mike....no(a very good show though)....James Brown....not a chance.
Let Rome be the one guy out there not following the herd in terms of sports radio and if he gets on an athletes case big deal. Are you guys going to jump up with a thread for every athlete that he rags on? Probably not. No one is immune to Rome's wrath so don't make a big deal out of his ragging on Hefty. Besides...Hefty is the biggest choker in sports!!!
this i got talking to billy ray smith one night at a riptide game and after hearing him it all made sense. when 690 made the move to L.A. and bill werndl elected not to move with them hartman needed a partner. many guys auditioned with hartman but on the horizon was talk that 690 would become 570 and thus become the lakers station.but 690 management needed to sell themselves to the lakers and knowing this they brought back a laker from the past in thompson. in him they had a link. and thats when the relentless butt kissing began for the lakers and its was sick how hartman,vic and mychal sided with mitch kupchak in getting rid of phil jackson and shaq.and when kobe had his problems they called the female accusor a moneygrabbing whore.kobe was mistreated according to them. they finally got the laker deal and mychal became the radio color guy even tho he cant speak clearly and faults everyone BUT the lakers for thier failures. in between interrupting each other all thru thier lame show they still defend kobe and trash shaq,and has had kobe on a few times and hartman and vic proceed to make love to kobe the entire time.so mychal thompson was brought there to seal the laker deal and not because of his vast sports knowledge.690/570 whored themselves out for the laker broadcasts and in the process became just another los angeles radio station. thier listenership beyond anaheim is non existent.hartman disappoints me greatly.i thought he was a better man than that to become a comical shill.1090 has thier faults too. i cant listen to ted leitner and john frickes no longer in town.tough business eh?winkyduck said:
Jim Healey was the original king of southern California sports on radio. That was when he did a five minute monologue...
Anyone remember...
"Dateline...."
Hacksaw then came around from Ohio on XTRA 690 when it was an oldies station and followed Wolfman Jack. Then XTRA went all sports around a year or so later, and who would've thought we'd end up like this.
Anyway, No. 1 right now for me here in SoCal is Dave Palet and Jeff Dotseth on ESPN 800 1-4 p.m., but the signal is weak for most. These guys have been around the dial, but this is there home now since Dave is GM.
Anyone remember...
"Dateline...."
Hacksaw then came around from Ohio on XTRA 690 when it was an oldies station and followed Wolfman Jack. Then XTRA went all sports around a year or so later, and who would've thought we'd end up like this.
Anyway, No. 1 right now for me here in SoCal is Dave Palet and Jeff Dotseth on ESPN 800 1-4 p.m., but the signal is weak for most. These guys have been around the dial, but this is there home now since Dave is GM.
very good! even hacksaw trips out he once worked with the wolfman.lol.i love dotseth the guys the funnyest man on radio. palet is just his ed mc mahon. palet does sports for fox6 news here but hes real stiff. espn800 is run out of eastlake which is near the border.wow,you went in to the way-back-machine for this. i love it!ramonscottsports said:
all these names bring back memories - even though i am only 29 
as for rome - please keep in mind in order to succeed in the business - you basically need to be a motherf****r! nice guys (for the most part) end up eaten up and spit out. having worked in bristol for the worldwide leader in sports in can you most of upper management are guys i would NEVER turn my back on - not for 1 second. they are the kind of guys who'd push you in front of the bus w/o a second's hesitation.
as for some names mentioned:
Dave Smith - simply put - a dog with fleas. has an "audience" of about 10 people yet think's he is god's gift to mankind. 1540 has NO ONE lisntening to it - and i can't even get the signal - which sucks because i wanna listen to tony bruno - simply put - one of the smartest and best sports talk show hosts EVER!
john fricke - for some reason - can't hold a job. i am told he now works for the espn station in denver. back in december - one saturday i am reffing some NJB games at El Toro HS (roxy and company know where this is). i am on the baseline when suddenly fricke walks right by me. i was stunned - wondering what the hell he was doing there - even though i know he lived in nearby san clemente (he's said that on-air many times). he went over to the next court and watched that game. no clue if it was his nephew or a family friend or... i have always liked fricke - and fricke is like al michaels and brent mushmouth in that he KNOWS what the line is for the games!
Stu Nahan - known him since my days at KTLA. the stories i could tell about him and the stories i heard him tell me. most of them can't be printed here. i was at ktla on friday's and stu would show up about 8P for the 10P show. he got there and about 5-10 minutes after getting there - he would offer to buy us all frozen yogurt or ice cream - since his wife wouldn't allow him to eat it at home (to try and lose weight). one day he comes in and says he had to cancel a meeting the next week with our producer because he was having lunch that same day with johnny carson and fred decordova (exec producer of the tonight show) - and said it like it was nothing. best known for the rocky movies. best story i can tell here about stu: 1992 i am playing a hardball game at dodger stadium with the group i belong to (the BEST part of this group - by far - was playing this hardball game ON THE FIELD at dodger stadium - something most people would KILL for!). i lead off the 2nd inning and bloop a hit over the first baseman and into RF. the SECOND i hit it i am thinking "2" - as in a double. stu is coaching 1st base. so i round 1st and slide into safely slide into 2nd and the ball gets away so i hustle over the 3rd. i score 2 batters later and get high fives in the dugout. the inning ends and i go back out to the field. i come back at the end of the inning and i am told stu wants to see me. i am thinking to congratulate me for my hit and baserunning. instead - stu is PISSED! he tells me "didn't you see me try and stop you at 1st on that hit?" (for those who have never met stu - he is about 6-feet in both directions - so he is not very easy to miss). i honestly tell him i didn't - but then i tell him, "stu - even if i did see you i was running anyway because i had it in my mind i was going for 2 all the way." stu does NOT want to hear this answer and benches me for the next few innings until the catcher starts dying of heat and i go into play catcher despite the fact i have never done so before and wasn't wearing a cup. i end up making the play of the game - when i see the runner heading from 2nd to 3rd and no one is there and i hustle over there in my catcher's gear and make the putout to save the game. funny how stu liked me then!
Jim Healy - DOMINATED L.A. radio like NO ONE ever has - or will! simply put - in L.A. - 5:30P was JIM HEALY TIME! if you were in a meeting - that meeting was over by 5:25 or you left so you could be near a radio at 5:30P to hear Healy. he always had fun with "the dreaded 6 o'clock tone". when he died they did a special sho on Healy recapping all of his great moments. I have that show on CD and listen to it a lot (Roxy - if you wanna copy - e-mail me and we can talk).
All I can say for Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton is - the next story he doesn't make up - will be the first. Heck - even his name is made up. His real name is
Paul Mahan
his brother Larry Mahan is involved in the rodeo circuit
as for rome - please keep in mind in order to succeed in the business - you basically need to be a motherf****r! nice guys (for the most part) end up eaten up and spit out. having worked in bristol for the worldwide leader in sports in can you most of upper management are guys i would NEVER turn my back on - not for 1 second. they are the kind of guys who'd push you in front of the bus w/o a second's hesitation.
as for some names mentioned:
Dave Smith - simply put - a dog with fleas. has an "audience" of about 10 people yet think's he is god's gift to mankind. 1540 has NO ONE lisntening to it - and i can't even get the signal - which sucks because i wanna listen to tony bruno - simply put - one of the smartest and best sports talk show hosts EVER!
john fricke - for some reason - can't hold a job. i am told he now works for the espn station in denver. back in december - one saturday i am reffing some NJB games at El Toro HS (roxy and company know where this is). i am on the baseline when suddenly fricke walks right by me. i was stunned - wondering what the hell he was doing there - even though i know he lived in nearby san clemente (he's said that on-air many times). he went over to the next court and watched that game. no clue if it was his nephew or a family friend or... i have always liked fricke - and fricke is like al michaels and brent mushmouth in that he KNOWS what the line is for the games!
Stu Nahan - known him since my days at KTLA. the stories i could tell about him and the stories i heard him tell me. most of them can't be printed here. i was at ktla on friday's and stu would show up about 8P for the 10P show. he got there and about 5-10 minutes after getting there - he would offer to buy us all frozen yogurt or ice cream - since his wife wouldn't allow him to eat it at home (to try and lose weight). one day he comes in and says he had to cancel a meeting the next week with our producer because he was having lunch that same day with johnny carson and fred decordova (exec producer of the tonight show) - and said it like it was nothing. best known for the rocky movies. best story i can tell here about stu: 1992 i am playing a hardball game at dodger stadium with the group i belong to (the BEST part of this group - by far - was playing this hardball game ON THE FIELD at dodger stadium - something most people would KILL for!). i lead off the 2nd inning and bloop a hit over the first baseman and into RF. the SECOND i hit it i am thinking "2" - as in a double. stu is coaching 1st base. so i round 1st and slide into safely slide into 2nd and the ball gets away so i hustle over the 3rd. i score 2 batters later and get high fives in the dugout. the inning ends and i go back out to the field. i come back at the end of the inning and i am told stu wants to see me. i am thinking to congratulate me for my hit and baserunning. instead - stu is PISSED! he tells me "didn't you see me try and stop you at 1st on that hit?" (for those who have never met stu - he is about 6-feet in both directions - so he is not very easy to miss). i honestly tell him i didn't - but then i tell him, "stu - even if i did see you i was running anyway because i had it in my mind i was going for 2 all the way." stu does NOT want to hear this answer and benches me for the next few innings until the catcher starts dying of heat and i go into play catcher despite the fact i have never done so before and wasn't wearing a cup. i end up making the play of the game - when i see the runner heading from 2nd to 3rd and no one is there and i hustle over there in my catcher's gear and make the putout to save the game. funny how stu liked me then!
Jim Healy - DOMINATED L.A. radio like NO ONE ever has - or will! simply put - in L.A. - 5:30P was JIM HEALY TIME! if you were in a meeting - that meeting was over by 5:25 or you left so you could be near a radio at 5:30P to hear Healy. he always had fun with "the dreaded 6 o'clock tone". when he died they did a special sho on Healy recapping all of his great moments. I have that show on CD and listen to it a lot (Roxy - if you wanna copy - e-mail me and we can talk).
All I can say for Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton is - the next story he doesn't make up - will be the first. Heck - even his name is made up. His real name is
Paul Mahan
his brother Larry Mahan is involved in the rodeo circuit
It's pretty obvious Rome doesn't like Phil Mickelson. The other day, he had a hilarious segment about John Daly, and his new Hooters sponsorship. He said that the only other potential fit on the tour would be Hefty, although "Hefty could also work there as a waitress." Rome was talking about how Daly was the perfect fit, saying he drinks too much, eats too much, and hangs out with skanks. "But at least Daly is a sincere guy with a good heart, and loved by all on the tour." It was a clear jab saying that Mickelson isn't, but it was very subtle. Rome is a snake, but I can't help but love his show.
