So check this out. I often email my comments to Kevin Graham of 1280 the zone ( an AM sport talk radio station here in Utah). I sent one today in regards to the station straying away from actually talking about sports and talking more about other useless banter.
My email is as follows:
To: kevin@1280thezone.com
Subject: where is the sports? (as per the norm)
OK Kevin…I’ve got a bone to pick.
Why aren’t you guys talking about sport any more? I at one time was a true “P1″ listener. I would tune in to the show every single day. Then, it suddenly became aware to me in my daily drive home that you (the big show) were not talking about sport any more. Topics from show-tunes to ice cream and the ballet( to name just a few ) seemed to become ever more common within each segment.
I decided to turn it off. Well…to tell the truth, I turned the dial up to 1320.
Yesterday, I tuned back to 1280 to see if the format had changed at all since now at 1320 there is more competition…and thus perhaps prompting a change at 1280. Your “big show” was on and I told myself that I wouldn’t change the dial for at least 3 segments…no matter what the topic was for that segment. I must say Kevin, I couldn’t do it….Halloween candy for a full segment? Susan the truth machine? C’mon….lets hear some sports! Until then, I’m headed over to listen to some sports talk on 1320.
Dan
So Kevin politely replies:
Dan,
Appreciate the input and thoughts. “As per the norm� when there are big sports issues to discuss we do. That’s always been the case with the station. Yesterday we spent a good chunk of time on the Jazz game and yes we had some fun on Halloween. Susan the Truth Machine has been a very popular segment with the P1’s. I realize we can never please everyone but I do appreciate the opinion and thank you for listening.
Kevin
Kevin Graham
Program Director
Big Show Co-Host 3pm-7pm
1280 The Zone
515 S. 700 E., Suite 1C
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
DL: 801-325-3198
Fax: 801-521-9234
I replied and told Kevin that more sports on “sports talk radio” is always better than not. I mean why call it sports talk if they are talking about something other that sports more often that not talking about sports?
I have decided to talk a little poll/survey with Kevin’s program “The Big Show” and see how often each segment is off topic (“off topic” meaning mostly about something non-sports related). Now, I can’t say that I’ll be listening ALL the time…since I have a life. But I’ll report my findings from each day I do listen to “The Big Show” on 1280 AM to let you know.
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