540 ESPN to have post game show...

[Madtown Bomber]

Just heard on Homer that 540 ESPN in Milwaukee will be starting a post game show to compete with 1250 WSSP. Homer stated that starting March 31st they will be hosting post game shows with hosting duties going to Homer, Bill Johnson, Lance Davis, and Matt Salmon on a rotating basis. Homer and Lance Davis are upgrade over other post games but I do without Johnson who always is negative and I never heard of Matt Salmon.

 

Also a buddy of mine who works in marketing for Good Karma Broadcasting said that they are close to announcing a new mid-day show in place of Mike Tirico. It is going to be a noon to two show hosted by Trenni Kusnierek and Jason Wilde. Interesting combo.

 

I know WSSP is partner/sponser of the board but just what I feared when WAUK went 24 hours, and that isn't good for the future of WSSP.

[AJAY]

I just love that more stations are interested in talking baseball. This is good for the team.

[BrewCrewForever]

I will stick to listening to 1250's show. I like Tim and Sparky. I don't care at all for any of the local guys on ESPN.

[trwi7]

I'm sticking with 1250. I don't like Homer and Bill and I haven't heard of the other two.

[MadScientist]

Any chance it will be picked up on ESPN 1070 in Madison. On rare occasions I've been able to catch snippets from 1250, but I'd much prefer something on a local station.

[bucks2281]

Sorry, but WAUK sucks. I was listening to the Marquette game on Thursday afternoon on 540 in Milwaukee County. Everytime I went under a bridge, the signal went completely fuzzy. I'm sure it'll be hard to hear through the fuzz at night.

[BadgerFan]

I'd rather listen to Harry Caray talk Cubs baseball with Ron Santo than listen to "Homer" for five minutes. That guy is truly unbearable.

[Invader3K]

I don't know, I enjoy Homer, but that's just me. Doesn't matter...living in Jefferson County I won't be able to hear it at night anyway.

[MessiahRp]

Each station has it's drawbacks. Cliff and Sparky are annoying as all hell on WSSP but Homer is flat out the worst. In fact the national ESPN programming is the only reason I ever listen to WAUK. Mike and Mike in the Morning is by far the best morning show and Tirico is pretty decent. Replacing him with the charisma-less WAUK guys is suicide.

Also who's the guy on WAUK with the horrific lisp? No offense but when you're on radio it's probably not a good idea to have a speech impediment.

Plus since they switched to 540 the signal is weak as hell. I lose it quite frequently on my way back and forth from my home near 27th & Layton and my work in New Berlin.

I'll stick with WSSP's Brewers' show.

Rp

[billyhallfan]

i think the people over on 540 are a whole lot more intellegent than sparky. say what you will about homer, but he at least knows what .ops, i remember last year when a caller called in and said we need to get so and so in the lineup because of their .ops, and sparky said that their ba sucks, they shouldn't be on the team, i think it was gross, but i don't remember.

 

i think tim allen is great, but whenever sparky is on, i have trouble listening, but homer, i can deal with. i think it is kind of sad how egotistical he is though...although sometimes i think it is all a joke...

[billyhallfan]

messiah, you can still get it on 1510, maybe the signal still sucks, i don't know, but i enjoy the d-list, i could listen to dan needles all day... but i haven't listened in a long time because i am always in school...

[dadofandrew]

I can't imagine it being worse than 1250. I've heard statements on there I would have thought were ridiculous when i was 9.

[Madtown Bomber]

540's signal is a million times stronger now the it was at 1510. I don't know how everyone has problems. I can pick up 540 in Northern Indiana, I have picked it up in Madison on numerous occassions, and Green Bay is clear as day.

 

As far as the overall quality of programming at 540 I can't agree totally with everything you all say. Mike and Mike are ok, The D-List is solid as hell...for the exception of Bill Johnson. Drew Olson is the best host in Milwaukee IMO. The midday show stinks with Tirico. Dan Patrick leaving really hurt. Homer is good because he gets the best guests period. Getting Haudricourt was a coup and Jason Wilde is great.

 

The guy with the sorta lisp is the owner of the station Craig Karmazin, who's Dad is the owner of Sirius and soon to be XM radio.

[piccione88]

"sparky said that their ba sucks, they shouldn't be on the team, i think it was gross, but i don't remember"

 

I remember distinctly Sparky, ranting about Gross, and how he should not be on the team. It was right after they had sent down tony gwynn, who had got hot for about a week. Sparky, and Tim, who I like, but never agree with anything he says(i.e bunting helps score runs, and stealing is a big part of an offense.) was on board with him.

 

I cant listen to any sports radio shows, but the ones on 1250 are the worst. In the morning that have that doug russell guy, who never knows what he is talking about, and his lame sidekick, who's name escapes at the moment who only talks about how drunk he got over the weekend. The afternoon gets a little better but not by much. Gary is all right if you like football, I guess, but anything else he knows absolutley nothing, and Cliff is whiney little know it all, who actually knows nothing.

 

Only time I would listen to them was in the car. Not anymore I cant take it. So all that gets played now is good ol Magma CD's.