re: Departure of Gus Kattengell @ WWL

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Well everyone has an opinion on what is good sports radio. I guess a better question JAYDEAUX should have been, what do you think makes good sports radio?

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I would point to the national shows as they all seem to be on the ball. I like Hebert also. What I want is local radio that knows the local teams. I don't like Deke only due to the perception that he isn't behind the local teams. Gus knew the NFL, IMO, and wanted the best for the Saints.

haha then i think you would like our show haha. Maybe one day we will be down there. There was talks about this coming football season but looks like the economy has put a stop to that for now.

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Its like listening to two shrimpers talk over the VHF radio while you are fishing. It makes you want to change the channel for something that is easier to understand, like a Latin Mass.

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Not the G-KAT...

I loved Buddy D's pickem show on Friday evenings.

He'd get some hard core bookies and oddsmakers on from all over the country and have them give their top plays of the week. It was good stuff and you got some scoop that was worth a lot of money.

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From someone in the business.. I ask you LSUfan..Would you know good sports radio?

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from someone who was in the business, yes i do

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Your right about keeping some idiot callers short

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deke just keeps caller short who disagree with him, regardless of whether or not they opinion is valid

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We also treat people with respect and not try and dumb them down.

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depending on where your show is, it is very possible your listening audience is different from the one in new orleans

the new orleans "sports" radio market is WWL. it is all most people over the age of 50 know.

all they had for years was saints...thats it

the station that talked saints was WWL. the person on that station who talked saints was buddy d

so, for years, buddy d and WWL became the home of sports talk radio in new orleans....which is an absolute joke!

WWL has branded themslves and to veer away from that now would compromise too many of their listeners. they don't want to be a true sports talk radio station, and i can't say i blame them. they're making tons of money being a news station with a few crappy sports talk sessions

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I have had Gus on my show every week for 3 years

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and i'v known him since i was 11 years old

if you have had any close to the amount of conversations on wwl, deke, kenny, hoakie you would know how he feels/felt about the whole situation (before his being let go. i have not talked to him since)

Deke on the radio = me listening to my Ipod

Chifici did great when he filled in for a week not so long ago. GKat was great at what he did.

WWL Firings I would most like to see:
1. Deke-For obvious reasons
2. Monica Pierre-She's a parrot for her cohost. Yet to add anything of substance.
3. Don Debuque-I get it. Hunting and fishing.
4. Spud-I can't stand to think about that disgusting slob. Does do a good job discussing happenings in Baton Rouge.

I can deal with Bob Del solo. Garland is OK.

Tommy Tucker and Rob Couhig should be on full time.

Best hope is Benson decides to compete w/WWL in sports market. He would destroy them.

Like I said LSUfan4444. I should have asked, "what do you think makes for good sports talk". My bad for how it came across. I think you gave some excellent answers. And i have had many conversations with Gus about this before it went down. I havent know him as long as you, but i do know him well enough that he is coming to stay up here with me and the wife and cohost the show this weekend. Thanks for the reply. I'm sure my audience is a little different from WWL but the main topic of conversation is Saints, hornets and LSU.

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am i the only one who finds it horrible?

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yes.

i was listening to Fox on the way on from Houston on my XM, and they were talking about the draft, and they couldnt even pronounce the players names.

they were talking draft, and about Crabtree, and the guy was like "Graham Ha-ha-ha Hairel or however you say it"



and when they used to come on 1280 in the morning, teh guys tried to turn it into a comedy show and they just fricking sucked. Craig Shemann, James Washington, and those douches

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Craig Shemann, James Washington, and those douches

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yeah, they're terrible

but before i got XM it was either that or mike and mike and that hasn't been a good sports show in quite a while either

now, its bill king on the way to work every morning and wwl when he is at commercial



and back to wwl bashing

look at their logo



news*talk*, THEN sports

even on their commercials they say, "the news, talk and sports leader"

look at this link from their site...when talking "about us" they list and discuss news, talk, traffic and weather all before sports and it shows in their product

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