Is Don Martin KILLING Fox Sports Radio

[socalguy]

Content Factory sold them to DirecTV.

[snelson]

KLAC bailed on PMS tonight, mid-show, to carry the Monday Night Football game.  I believe that's the 1st time they've done this (this year).

[socalguy]

MNF would normally be on Progressive Sports 1150...which is airing the Kings game tonight (paid programming).  So LA doesn't hear PMS so Don can clear MNF and get the network compensation.

[sportsGM]

What is this Lanching Pad show/formate?

is that myers and harman and MARTIN ?

This has Martins finger prints all over it
even Tony Bruno has to be laughing at this one

[sportsGM]

Hartman is not happy about this new Fox show idea ...

rumor is Bruno will replace him

[snelson]

I really like Hartman and have followed the 'loose cannons' for years.  He sounds like he's trying really hard to make this "launching pad" idea work, and even myers (who I can't stand) seems confused by it all.  Hartman is guy who wants to talk local sports only and was good at it (hence the 'cannons' success for years).  Spending an hours talking about The Cowboys, Phillies, or Georgia football has to be driving him crazy.

It's unbelievable that KSPN talks more local sports the KLAC.  Strange days indeed.

[radio1015a]

From the same genius who gave us "Mancow" and "Roggin and Simers (x2)" and now the ill advised and painful to listen to duos of "Diarrhea of the mouth Hartman and (yawn) Myers" followed by "PETROS (CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW) and Money", Don (thank goodness my wife has a clue how to program or I'd be workiing at Dairy Queen) Martin is at it again.  Of course, you can't make a national show sound local or make a local station sound vanilla enough to fit in anywhere without alienating...everybody - but leave it to DM.  Now without any team "hook", the numbers are already starting to crater.  Tough being in the big time, eh? 

[calguy]

You guys are really giving Martin too much credit.  Do you think he really has the power to make these moves on his own?  I'm thinking that a lot of this is dictated to him from someone higher up anyway...

[snelson]

You guys are really giving Martin too much credit.  Do you think he really has the power to make these moves on his own?  I'm thinking that a lot of this is dictated to him from someone higher up anyway...

I never criticized DM directly.  I've only questioned the direction of the station & the decision to go to a national format (and keeping Myers employed). I imagine the whole FSR thing had to come from Clear Channel management above DM.  Whoever thought the way to combat KSPN getting the Laker's rights was to bail on local talk & go national needs to have their head examined.

[mahon52]

Check this out.

Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton, who was first victim in Don Martin purge at 570-KLAC, is doing afternoon drive on XX-1090 Sportsradio out of San Diego, afternoons 3 to 7pm..

The XX signal is 50,000 watts, just like the legendary XTRA 690 used to be, and is strong in Los Angeles and Orange County.

Real sportstalk competition now for listeners who want to talk real sports.