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Postby Nittany Ned » Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:35 pm

"Uhhh hey boss, by the way, I have 90% of our target demo blocked. Really looking forward to working with you!"
Maybe it’s debatable as to why the Athletic even chose to add Pirates coverage, but Rob is by far the best left in the city that covers the team, so it still makes sense that he would be the guy.

As for the Fan, I share most of the same criticisms as you all. But I read some of that old thread from like 8 yrs ago when the station is new... a bunch of people seemed to wonder if it would last, and now here we are. They must be doing something right?

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Postby shafnutz05 » Mon Feb 12, 2018 1:03 pm

That comes across making The Athletic look insanely bush-league and amateurish. How could they even agree to such an absurd stipulation?

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Postby NailedPenguin » Mon Feb 12, 2018 3:31 pm

Benz kicking off his guest host week with Sid vs. Mario calls. Mmmmm boy

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Postby Silentom » Mon Feb 12, 2018 3:35 pm

Forgot Madden was off. iPod it is.

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Postby pens9192 » Mon Feb 12, 2018 3:41 pm

Hah, That’s something I would expect from DK though.

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Postby NailedPenguin » Mon Feb 12, 2018 3:52 pm

hahah i think the Athletic deleted the Beer Temple tweet

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Postby Morkle » Mon Feb 12, 2018 3:55 pm

So what was the athletic twitter thing? I just saw someone posted, but it's been deleted.

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Postby Stoosh » Mon Feb 12, 2018 3:58 pm

"Uhhh hey boss, by the way, I have 90% of our target demo blocked. Really looking forward to working with you!"
As for the Fan, I share most of the same criticisms as you all. But I read some of that old thread from like 8 yrs ago when the station is new... a bunch of people seemed to wonder if it would last, and now here we are. They must be doing something right?
I don't know if it's "doing something right" as much as it may be some other things.

First and foremost, they mostly lack competition in the market. Sure, they have to deal with Madden but that's only from the 3-6pm time slot every day. There's only one other "full-time" conventional sports radio station that covers their market and that's ESPN Radio 970. 970's local programming is limited to:
- Savran, who I think is solid.
- Two hours in the morning of Tunch & Wolf & 5000 Anecdotes About What Chuck Noll Said. I know this town is bat$hit Steelers crazy but if I wanted to listen to two guys reminisce about how great things always were back in their day, I'll go to a bar where at least I can have a beer.
- Crowley in the late afternoon/evening. I've tried to listen to him and he's not...bad, at least when he's not wasting time dodinting/bragging about his latest slapfight with some yinzer on social media. He's not the only one that does it, but he seems to do it more than just about anyone else I've heard in the area. I'm sure that Twitter war with StillerzFan69 was riveting when it actually played out on his phone, but listening to him yammer about it for three full minutes on the air is like listening to someone brag about their fantasy football team.

The Fan also benefits from ridiculous signal strength. I think that makes them very attractive as an advertising medium, especially if you're looking to hit the "sports talk radio" demographics. On days when I've driven to/from Erie and the weather is clear, I've been able to get 93.7's signal well north of I-80. On the flipside of that, ESPN Radio 970's signal is comically bad. Heading home from work, I lose their signal once I'm north of the Hopewell exit on 376 West.

I do like a few people that are regularly on the Fan during the week. OK, I like two - Colony and Mueller - and I'll listen to Zeise because he'll talk college sports more than just about anyone else. I also think their weekend programming is strong, even stronger than some of their weekday stuff.

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Postby NailedPenguin » Mon Feb 12, 2018 4:00 pm

So what was the athletic twitter thing? I just saw someone posted, but it's been deleted.

They essentially offered the city of pittsburgh the generous offer of being unblocked by Rob Beirtempfel if they prove they subscribed to the site. :lol:

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Postby NailedPenguin » Mon Feb 12, 2018 4:04 pm

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Postby Morkle » Mon Feb 12, 2018 4:06 pm

oh lol that's awesome.

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Postby columbia » Mon Feb 12, 2018 4:11 pm

That comes across making The Athletic look insanely bush-league and amateurish. How could they even agree to such an absurd stipulation?

this. It's pretty clownish.

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Postby Morkle » Mon Feb 12, 2018 4:17 pm

I honestly can't say I've seen many Yohe Twitter posts since his move.

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Postby RonnieFranchise » Mon Feb 12, 2018 4:49 pm

The most annoying thing about the Paul Zeise show is Paul Zeise.

The second most annoying thing about the Paul Zeise show is Paul Zeise.

The third most annoying thing about the Paul Zeise show is when he finishes a thought and they break into a commercial cold.

The fourth most annoying thing about the Paul Zeise show is Paul Zeise

The fifth most annoying thing about the Paul Zeise show is schultzford.com

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Postby iamjs » Mon Feb 12, 2018 5:04 pm

So what was the athletic twitter thing? I just saw someone posted, but it's been deleted.

They essentially offered the city of pittsburgh the generous offer of being unblocked by Rob Beirtempfel if they prove they subscribed to the site. :lol:
I told them to just leave me blocked, only to find out that he had unblocked me either today or sometime recently.

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Postby NailedPenguin » Mon Feb 12, 2018 5:05 pm

So what was the athletic twitter thing? I just saw someone posted, but it's been deleted.

They essentially offered the city of pittsburgh the generous offer of being unblocked by Rob Beirtempfel if they prove they subscribed to the site. :lol:
I told them to just leave me blocked, only to find out that he had unblocked me either today or sometime recently.

He blocked a bunch of my friends so I just asked him why he's being such a dick to my friends and that back me blocked.

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Postby MR25 » Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:20 am

Apparently DK is creating burner Twitter accounts and harassing his old employees

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:24 am

Apparently DK is creating burner Twitter accounts and harassing his old employees
Where are you seeing this? Voy?
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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:27 am

I'm not sure what is weirder, voy or any time when media personalities visit lgp or 5af

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Postby Morkle » Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:37 am

Voy is incredibly hard to use or follow anything relevant.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:38 am

I also wouldn't put it past some of the DK groupies to don fake accounts to troll former employees either...some strange folks over in those article comments.

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Postby Troy Loney » Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:46 am

I'm amazed Dejan finds the time to write articles about sports.

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Postby MR25 » Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:57 am

Apparently DK is creating burner Twitter accounts and harassing his old employees
Where are you seeing this? Voy?

https://twitter.com/EvilNeal/status/959142778356760576

There's another account in there that knows a surprising amount of information that only started tweeting when the allegations against DK came out too.

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Postby NAN » Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:57 am

I'm amazed Dejan finds the time to write articles about sports.
I don't think he does anymore. The content on his site is down to like 3 articles a day from the entire staff. Once my sub runs out this summer I'm done.

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