re: Listening to 104.9 ESPN, it feels like Jimmy Ott cant get on the Texas root hard enough

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I business travel across the South and nation, Baton Rouge is a great sports radio town. When you factor-in per capita we may have the best sports radio in the country. But we sure to love to trash every guy that has a show.

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Absolutely!

You don't even have to leave the state. Travel 45 minutes west of BR and listen to God awful sports radio in Lafayette.

There have been more than one occasion I've personally heard where the host is discussing a topic such as the Saints, NFL, NBA, LSU football, etc and he opens up the phone lines to the very first call who says (in a ridiculous cajun accent). "Uh yeah. Do da lady Cajuns have a softball game tonight? Oh. Dey do? What time is da game?"

The poor host is trying do discuss a topic and some dumbass calls in asking for information he could have found with a quick google search or by just opening a newspaper

I can’t stand Ott. He constantly interrupts Hanny. Hardly ever finishes a thought and challenges Hanny on EVERY frickING THING HE SAYS. I honestly don’t know how Charlie sits there every day! Charlie knows more about sports than Otts dumb arse will know

11-1 is the only two hours of BR based radio I can handle

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I’d much rather listen to Hunt Palmer or solo Hanny actually talk about sports at lunch time than listen to Ott talk about horse racing over a bunch of handicappers. And when Hannigriff does actually try to talk sports, Ott still turns everything into a conversation about odds.

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I agree with this 100%. I love listening to Hannity, but just can’t listen to him and Ott together. That lunch hour show would be much better with just Hannity or him and anyone else but Ott or Condon (who ruined the after football game show when he was on that with Hannity).

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11-1 is the only two hours of BR based radio I can handle

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To each their own. I really liked when Hanny and Ott talked about sports! Now all that show is 2 hours of sports betting talk. I liked when Hanny was by himself.

Say what you want about Hunt, but his show isn't bad and he has a lot of knowledge. I really enjoy when he talks baseball. For me now, it's Culotta in the morning then I kinda just jump around and listen to OTB. Today's shows are no where near as good as the shows use to be during the day.

Most of the people on here have no clue what it takes to be on the radio for 3 hours much less by yourself. Mascona can be a ham sometimes but for the most part he has a good show. I don't mind a little odds talking in addition to the basic sports. Problem here is you have a bunch of bleeding vaginas who never ran anything and never accomplished anything judging others as if they could do better. Would love to get one of you wankers and put you in the seat and watch the rain wreck. LOL. And yes i've done it before. Used to host a Fantasy Football show with Hannity way back in the early 90's when he was just getting started. I can assure you after 1 hour I was ready to hit the door as it was on Sunday nights right after my bball games. It is not easy to talk for 2-3 hours and Rush Limbaugh was the king at that.

Everyone has their preference.

I enjoy listening to T-Bob and Hester. I can’t stand Matt. Ott and Hanny are okay. The betting stuff is getting out of hand.

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To each their own. I really liked when Hanny and Ott talked about sports! Now all that show is 2 hours of sports betting talk. I liked when Hanny was by himself.

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in their defense, the time period from when baseball ends and until football starts back up is a pretty dead period. there are only so many local things you can talk about on a daily basis that dont change so it becomes repetitive. a lot like the 12 hours of local radio of all shows talking about the same things. i personally like the different nuances that each show has. they all talk about the same stuff the majority of the time, but all coming from different angles and styles. i do my fair share of gambling so i dont mind the gambling content that they provide but once football starts back up they do localize thier content more but still do the gambling stuff. overall i think its a great lineup and more often than not, people just have to bitch about something instead of simply not listening to it.

Me when I’m 13 and don’t understand how modern business works

T-bob: fun entertaining spazz who pumps sunshine
Hester: he’s kind of just there. But he’s Hester so it’s fine.

Ott and Hanny: just two ole heads who ramble about a wide variety of sports and gambling. They never really break news or have hot takes. Kinda boring

Palmer: deep diving nerd who is overly objective. Kinda boring

Matt Mascona: love him or hate him he’s the most polished radio talent they have. Hot takes, arrogant rants, good interviews and guests. He has the most haters by far and I personally can’t stand how many ads and plugs he does. But haters and advertisers in that industry is just a sign of success $$$$