Whitt's End: 1.28.11

105.3 The Fan is perfect for those mental midget sycophants from Pleasant Grove that idolized unfunny Russ Martin and his 7th grade boys bathroom humor.

Dear RW, Will you please address the visiting gluttony of guests with a speech summarizing the virtues of North Texas? Please tell them WE don't acknowledge Garland (part of Oklahoma), and I have never seen neither a horse in the street or someone waving a gun.

ps-Please don't make any mention of that toilet called Lake Lewisville.

1. Five hours of RAGE is one or two hours too much.B. Stop taken opposite positions just for the sake of a generic sports argument. It's amateur radio and everyone listening knows that you don't really mean it. If you're not gonna have ratings, at least have credibility.3. I'm glad you stopped reading so many fan texts and are taking less calls.

Super Bowl III - Colts 16, Jets 7. Are you effn serious? Arguably one of the greatest upsets in sports history and you fumble the score.

Read your column and all the comments and none of you amount to a huckleberry in a teddy bear's afterburner. Get a life.

The Ticket's ratings slump takes place when all their hosts are on vacation yet, they still destroy The Fail. Nice try P90X Douche.

The Fail signed you to a new contract? That's flushing money down the toilet however, great news for The Ticket.

i've said it b4 and i'll say it again:the show which stood to gain the most by losing an hour was given an extra hour and its painfully obvious that there isn't enough content.the show might work if it was a 2 hr midday show in wichita falls but it aint "BIG MARKET/BIG TIME".

richie, go get your shinebox.shine em up good, b/c i'll soon be dancing on your radio grave and the epitaph will read:

"here lies richie:a face for radio,a voice for print,a mind, like his body, ...underdeveloped"

when its all said and done (and it won't be too much longer if the ratings continue to nosedive) the Tardline will go down as the worst show in metroplex sportsradio history.yes, even worse than michael irvin and kevin kiley.and richie whitt will surplant me as the worst sportsradio host of all-time.

I totally disagree about Barea. I think it's great to know that when other guys are having a bad night he can drop in 30 points and steal a game.

I'm an old school guy and not part of the demographics that sports talk radio craves. But I do and have listened to a fair amount of sports talk radio and I do have opinions. To wit:On the Ticket, The Musers is smart, quality radio and keeps me interested for long stretches; I'm a Norm fan, but that's largely because I go way back with him, plus he makes me laugh by just being Norm; BaD Radio is unlistenable. Dan McDowell is incrediblly unlikeable and Sturm is way too pompous; The Hardline still has its moments, but Corby is terribly miscast as a host. He was great as a yuk monkey.On 103.3, I'm still amazed by Galloway. He's pretty much the only real journalist on local sports talk radio. Plus, he makes me laugh. But, again, like with Norm, I go way back with him and I can relate a lot the things he says and his delivery to shared experiences from the past. Mosley is a lightweight and doesn't do it for me. Same with Tim McMahon. Cooperstein is bright and knowledgeable, but too defensive about the Mavericks. I do like Elfenbine and hope his show has staying power.As for the Fan, it's just not on my radar. Richie and Greggo try, maybe too hard. For one thing, Richie just doesn't have any pizzazz as a radio personality.

the Fan should focus on using its 100k watt signal to appeal to small towns south & east of here since its simply not working in DFW.its unphathomable that their #s are so bad.this is the equivalent of having erick dampier's size, but like damp, u have toaster hands and cant play.like having the dong of lexington steel, but cant get it up.im not sure i can explain how having 100k watts as your ace in the hole in a top 5 market and cant do better.100k watts should get you a 5 on accident.its ALL about the hosts.

the flagships of any radio station are its drivetime shows and the Fan's drivetime shows are its weakest.the numbers show that the best show on the station time & time again is newy ever since he got rid of richie.

josh & elf have a chance to strive, but they are saddled with an instant punch out called lacy gee.

lastly, i know some think bruce gilbert is a PD genius.let me remind you that while he was PD @ ktck they were alrdy an unstoppable, dominating force.his sole stroke of genius while there was hiring dan mcdowell and pairing him with bob sturm.the quintessential definition of caretaker qb.i wonder how handcuffed is bruce by cbs in regards to having the ability to unload on air "talent" as in order for him to save that station, it MUST be done.

Hint for radio....whenever you're stretching to make up content to fill 5 hours...it wreaks of desperation, people notice, and tune out....

For the love of god, you bring up Josh Hamilton having the sniffles almost as much as the Tardline talks about Bob Dylan. Pick a topic and do your best to turn a non-event into a story if you're that desperate for material, but let it go eventually, dude.

signing a new contract is irrelevant. k-104 just took their lead morning drive host and demoted him to overnights due to ratings. its not all your fault, richie. you obviously need ALOT of polishing. yet, you were given (yes given) pm drive solely for resurrecting greggo in hopes that greggo could draw listeners. sadly, its not working. greggo lost his fastball just like josh hamilton lost his immune system...blame the drugs. the deal is bruce shouldve paired greggo with a lead host and not someone who needed a yr or 2 working wknds to learn the ropes. i try and try to listen, but its god awful. it sounds like the highschool students on KEOM @ times. the ratings show 2 transplants in gavin & gregg were better and they didnt have the benefit of a rangers world series appearance.

while he may be extremely westcoast generic (way too much jim romeish), dawson has something.gregg was worthless and thats why he was jettisoned to jagger.jagger's show is where failed hosts go to die.

the problem with the station in general is that there is no one there being honest with themself and no one in mgmt is giving the hosts, screeners, and producers an honest assessment.but guess who is giving your station an all but too honest assessment?the listeners or lack thereof.

I usually listen to 105.3 now that Cumulus has quit streaming The Ticket on AM1700. That is the only channel that really broadcasts out to East Texas. Now that channel is streaming 570.

It certainly seems like the Hardline upped their game slightly in recent months. But they still slip into quick derailments or get caught up in old people rock too often. I stopped bothering switching to The Fail as an alternative, I just hope Galloway is mellow for the time I need to bail on The Ticket. We all know the Musers can't be touched, but give me something better than Golic's ego and references to playing 20 years ago when they're on break.

Greggo is genuine, but everything else about RAGE is fake. It's radio personas and pretentiousness and trying too hard...it's basically the radio equal to a 30k millionaire who lives in Addison and leases a BMW and thinks Blackfinn rocks. The real Richie is probably a good dude worth listening to, but radio Richie seems to have taken over and tries to scoreboard the world. The Ticket works because the guys are genuine.

--Mavs definitely still have issues. Don't want Barea at crunch time after February. Someone claimed Iggy was a given though...

--Your Micheal Young point sounds alot like all our MY points yesterday now. You're already Wilonksy's blog bitch getting paid too much as it is.

--Trying to care about Pro Bowl...not happening.

--You getting a new contract proves terrestrial radio is run by morons and Stern was right. Also proof the Observer should look at solutions to your shitty writing. Over/under on you working weekends at KISS? 2 years.

--We don't care where Romo ate. But I did notice you shill a link in there. You're a hack.

--I don't remember you saying anything about Aikman in November nor do I care. You had time to do that between going down on Garrett?

--I don't believe for one second you recognized any of the majors.

--Why can't dudes in their 30s be fast? Didn't you claim you could outrun a bull or something?

Wow, I was kinda pissy. Can't wait for pitchers and catchers to report, I'm looking forward to the baseball season. And I really want to see 127 Hours. There, ending on a positive note.

TCU isn't the only team that has slipped alot on grass fields. I assume Nike was the culprit then as well. Knight must've crapped when he saw his Ducks slipping all over the place with his shoes.

I'm all for kicking RW in the nuts from time to time, but god damn...the constant talk about The Fan sucking and The Ticket being supreme is getting really tired. NEWSFLASH: The Ticket sucks ass and all of the hosts are so cocky its unbearable to listen to. The only reason many of their listeners still tune in is b/c people are creatures of habit. They have been listening for years, so why stop now? People don't like change.

Also, even if you listen to the Ticket, isn't it nice to have other options like ESPN and The Fan? Something to switch over to during breaks or when the Ticket has something bad on? Why wish failure on other choices?

Whether you mailed it in, or need help with the blog, it's Davy's turn:

* I think JJ showing what he's got is a good thing, Richie Whitt. It certainly can't hurt.

* So now you're taking Sam Merten's stance on Michael Young? Get a clue, or an original thought.

* Not saying anything new regarding the Pro Bowl. Yawn.

* "But the good news is I just signed a new contract that gives me plenty of time to get better" And it gives Ticket lemmings like us more time to ignore your show and more time for you to mail this blog in each and every day.

* Drew Pearson almost dropping the trophy? Meh. Meh. Meh.

* You've even become lazy with your hots 'n nots.

* So Tony Romo shouldn't play golf, basketball and now you're making a big deal about him going to dinner?

* "Some of you will remember back in November when I remarked that something seemed fishy about Aikman." Dude, all I remember is you mailing this shit in and thumping your chest when you get lucky and hit on something. You're probably just jealous that you didn't get a chance to write about Aikman.

* You're also probably jealous that you don't have a posse of dudes in suits following you around.

* Who cares what Erin Andrews has to say? Really.

* I believe a generic white dude can run fast just as much as I believe you mail this blog in.

* Grow your hair out and see if your dates go from doing puzzles to doing chicks.

* I don't know enough about Jimmer Fredette to punch you in the nuts on this one.

* Agreed about Starplex.

* Do be a stranger? I always am.

Methinks the holidays and the fact that every show on the Ticket was on vacation could attribute to the dip in ratings. Don't get too excited. The Fail is still clutching to its 17 listeners and 17 line-up changes.

Always gloating about something...congrats to the Ticket and ESPN on your new contract. They have no worries in afternoon drive for a long time!

Touche my ass is here first..haven't seen the rest of me though...