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1310 The Ticket - Hardline Question

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Craigy
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Legal Custodian said:

Craigy said:

Didn't Matt and DJ at ESPN go up against Donnie and Norm?
I just remember Matt and JJT's show on the weekend/fill-in. I always remember listening and enjoying Matt but hating everything about JJT.

Really glad Matt is back as it's kind of new blood and he has a great radio voice as opposed to Mino and Sean.

If played correctly, it wouldn't shock me if they are the heir apparent to the Musers.
Yes JJT is a condensing turnoff and I really enjoyed Matt.
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I thought the same thing especially after seeing him announce some mini podcasts this past weekend. He always wanted to hit 50 years doing Dallas radio. Believe he hit 48.
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Yes, I was expecting him to reach 50 years based on how he always talked about it, and I'm sure Sirois was too
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DannyDuberstein said:

Btw, with Norm's retirement timing syncing with the end of June, I do wonder if his contract cycle sync'd with Dan and Jake's and an unspoken factor was that he wasn't happy with his renewal either. He said he wasn't even thinking about retirement until a few months before he did it, which makes you think a less than appetizing offer kicked it off. His last day sync'd exactly with their last contract day.

Have no idea if they synched or not but he's been on pretty short contracts for a while. We know he wanted to make 50 years, but I can see the recent departures causing Cumulus to make an offer that was less attractive to Norm and speed up his retirement decision
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I like Matt and Donnie.

They are a really good pairing, and play off each other well.

Sean and Mino are gonna be pretty spare, but honestly, what do we expect for a 2 hour mid-day show? Who knows, maybe they'll surprise me. I think they'll need to come up with some regular/entertaining bits, and nto just be straight sports guys. They need to work in Monty quite a bit.

Going from Musers to Matt and Donnie will keep the listeners around. HZ will get listeners because they're drive time. They just needed someone to fill a couple hours.

All in all, makes sense, and not too bad the way it all shook out.
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All that said, I'll still miss Dan and Jake, and I wish Sirois could have been retained for those two hours.
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Hincemm said:

side note...dumb zone up to about $240k annual gross.
I wouldnt think about projecting their subs out to a whole year yet.
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1:00-3:00 is terrible, of course I try it and all I hear is baseball talk. The two most boring guys talking about the most boring sport, solid choice Cat!
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I'm not overly excited about 1-3 but they are new hosts so they may find their place over time.

That said Ben and skin already got most of my time in that slot so not much of a change for me.
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t - cam said:

I'm not overly excited about 1-3 but they are new hosts so they may find their place over time.

Their place is weekends and dry dock. They've both had years of on air time, and have shown repeatedly that they are the radio equivalent of watching paint dry.
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a lot of ticket pay talk on today's pod. also great hearing akaash on there.

sounds like they were big time low-balled (and/or not getting raises)
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Hincemm said:

a lot of ticket pay talk on today's pod. also great hearing akaash on there.

sounds like they were big time low-balled (and/or not getting raises)
Today's Dumb Zone podcast is fantastic (and free). Hopefully they find a consistent third contributor really improves the whole dynamic.
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When I listened to last week's free Dumb Zone episode, when I played it in my truck through my phone it would stop any time the screen saver came on (so every 15 seconds or so). Is there a way to prevent that? Or is there an app or something where we can listen to it?

I tried Youtube, and it seemed to work a little better but wasn't great.
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is it on youtube? i subscribe (humblebrag), so i have the rss feed, and get it through podcast app
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752bro4 said:

t - cam said:

I'm not overly excited about 1-3 but they are new hosts so they may find their place over time.

Their place is weekends and dry dock. They've both had years of on air time, and have shown repeatedly that they are the radio equivalent of watching paint dry.


Yep, they've had years of being bad weekend shows. Monty has a little something and they put him in the background. Really makes no sense but Blake would be an improvement to the Hardline, so maybe that's a win
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I think some of it has to be a shot at the folks who went to The Freak. Look what you missed out on by not showing patience/loyalty like these guys did.
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hoosier-daddy said:

I think some of it has to be a shot at the folks who went to The Freak. Look what you missed out on by not showing patience/loyalty like these guys did.


That seems like a really, really stupid way to run a business dependent upon talent.
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mavsfan4ever said:

When I listened to last week's free Dumb Zone episode, when I played it in my truck through my phone it would stop any time the screen saver came on (so every 15 seconds or so). Is there a way to prevent that? Or is there an app or something where we can listen to it?

I tried Youtube, and it seemed to work a little better but wasn't great.
I believe this is a youtube thing. If you have youtube premium you can keep listening when its not active on screen but otherwise it pauses.
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hoosier-daddy said:

I think some of it has to be a shot at the folks who went to The Freak. Look what you missed out on by not showing patience/loyalty like these guys did.
Getting back at the spite station by making a spite promotion. Genius
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GarlandAg2012 said:

mavsfan4ever said:

When I listened to last week's free Dumb Zone episode, when I played it in my truck through my phone it would stop any time the screen saver came on (so every 15 seconds or so). Is there a way to prevent that? Or is there an app or something where we can listen to it?

I tried Youtube, and it seemed to work a little better but wasn't great.
I believe this is a youtube thing. If you have youtube premium you can keep listening when its not active on screen but otherwise it pauses.
Seemed to work fine streaming directly on the patreon page and doesn't stop when you minimize the window like YT does. The free eps are available there as well
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hoosier-daddy said:

I think some of it has to be a shot at the folks who went to The Freak. Look what you missed out on by not showing patience/loyalty like these guys did.


Sirois put in more time than anyone.
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Yeah, the dude did great work for $40k a year since 2008. And he was basically a 3rd host on Norm's show being paid like a producer. To contrast what Dave does on the Hardline as a host to what Sirois did on Norm's is the real joke. He was a host and a producer.

It's not a message. It's a company going cheap and probably not paying those 3 a dime more
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powerbelly said:

hoosier-daddy said:

I think some of it has to be a shot at the folks who went to The Freak. Look what you missed out on by not showing patience/loyalty like these guys did.


Sirois put in more time than anyone.
And if he wasn't at The Freak, he'd be a Ticket host today.
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And still making $45k a year based on how they are running that place now
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hoosier-daddy said:

powerbelly said:

hoosier-daddy said:

I think some of it has to be a shot at the folks who went to The Freak. Look what you missed out on by not showing patience/loyalty like these guys did.


Sirois put in more time than anyone.
And if he wasn't at The Freak, he'd be a Ticket host today.


Which is why Sirous leaving is almost completely on Cat. Norm wanted to keep working, but Cat couldn't get him to agree to a date down the road and announce Sirous as his successor. Instead he lost his best guy off the bench and the old guy was still forced out.
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Norm wasn't forced out.
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Dumbzone episode that dropped today (recorded last week) gets really into the whole move from the Ticket.

Akaash was apparently a big voice in getting them to think about their futures.
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dave94 said:

Dumbzone episode that dropped today (recorded last week) gets really into the whole move from the Ticket.

Akaash was apparently a big voice in getting them to think about their futures.
yup. Akaash told them very specifically what he made on his podcast, which prompted a WTF moment from D&J.

Even if they can't monetize the podcast, they have the freak as a fall back imo
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Hincemm said:

dave94 said:

Dumbzone episode that dropped today (recorded last week) gets really into the whole move from the Ticket.

Akaash was apparently a big voice in getting them to think about their futures.
yup. Akaash told them very specifically what he made on his podcast, which prompted a WTF moment from D&J.

Even if they can't monetize the podcast, they have the freak as a fall back imo
Isn't Akaash on a top 100 podcast? That is almost impossible for a local radio show to match. Where are they going to get that many downloads?
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they talked about that....did you listen

i don't think they're trying to match, per se, and i've never listened to akaash's podcast.

maybe they'd be happy with 5k subs...which is doable, i think, and would probably get them to their mometary goals.

it was akaash (not me) saying they are very undervalued.
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Hincemm said:

they talked about that....did you listen

Obviously not.
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His contract was up. He said he hadn't even though about retiring until a few months ago. Sounds to me like they told him they would not be renewing.
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5:30-10
Junior, Jub Jub, and the Great Gordo

10-12
Norm, Donny, and Mike Sirois

12-3
Bob, Dan, and Jake + Julie

3-7
The Old Grey Wolf, Snake, and Danny (meh compared to what it once was, but I'd take it in a heartbeat now).

We took it all for granted and now the station is dead.
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Easily a million more annually than what they're paying the lineup now.
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