Why I Mostly Agree with Baseball Oakland: 95.7, A Diatribe

CT is the only one worth listening to at this point. I don’t even bother with anyone else.

 programming was on and was less then impressed. Not that say KNBR is a beacon of good radio but with 95.7’s current lineup I’m more apt to listen to something over there if I’m looking for a sports radio fix.

I’m not a fan of CT at all but the other clowns they have on there are far worse. I cannot even listen to that idiot Monty anymore. Rob & Arnie is dreadful as well.

The morning show sucks. It’s 90% Giants talk. I don’t even bother listening to Scott Jackson or Rob & Arnie.

other than CT,the station is not great,basically if an A’s game aint on or Townie it sucks mindless dribble.I do not like how much time they spend talking about the Giants,KNBR is full of homers so i was excited that the A’s got their own station but sadly it isn’t vary good,and on top of that Giants talk.I have listend to knbr and the A’s are only metioned when the the Giants are playing them,or Eric Byrnes defends the A’s thats about it,Oh and when douche bag giants fans call in complaining about how dumb A’s fans are.Other than that the A’s dont exist.

have you guys listened to Marty Lurie lately? i did a while back i cant stand him anymore,as soon as he signed with the giants he became a total homer douche that puts the A’s down all the time.Its like WTF you had no prior radio expirance the A’s gave you a shot,you did well now you bad mouth the organization??? i swear it has to be a giant thing,as soon as you put orange and black on you turn into a moron.(or moran)

I quite like Sports Radio 95.7 FM, particularly CT and Monte and Dibs. Maybe it’s because they talk about the A’s more than others.

to find the “shock jock wannabes” making fun of Buster Posey for writhing in pain after the collision rather than “manning up”. I have not tuned in again.

Perhaps it is something that needs to be done from a political “I want to keep listeners for my program” sort of deal but I hate when there is even a shred of credence given to nonsensical arguments like completely changing guys positions as if you can just plug them in wherever and it will be met with instant success. Like any sports radio they are highly reactionary, but I find it really annoying listening to conversations about trading David DeJesus for a power bat. DeJesus is signed through the end of the year, thats it. If dealt he is going to go to a team that thinks they can contend this year, that team will want to keep their power bat.

Also Townsend at times doesn’t seem to get the whole 25-man roster/40-man roster option thing either. You can’t just like send guys down because you don’t like them, or they aren’t performing. There are reasons deadwood sometimes sit on a roster. Frankly this is why I love AN so much, you can come here and have conversations that are backed up with some sort of info and true knowledge. Maybe I just ask too much out of a radio program?

about them talking about the Giants too much.

They are so obviously Giants homers. Last week before the Giants series, they were compiling a roster with players from both teams, and they picked Vogelsong over Cahill and Whiteside over Powell. :P

What do I hear on 95.7, sports talk radio?

Monty talking about a new type of condom.

Seriously.

Done with this shit.

Oh, and while looking down the street at KNBR… Perhaps they will notice that there are some under served teams. They could very easily differentiate themselves from KNBR by putting emphasis on the A’s, Sharks, Raiders and Warriors. They can still talk Giants if someone calls in to talk Giants, but no need to make that the focus of your shows. In short, instead of trying to differentiate themselves by bringing typical Sports Talk, differentiate themselves by appealing to a different audience

I understand that there will be Giants talk, and sometimes the A’s will not have any news or issues to talk about, so I don’t mind that they talk Giants. The problem is that Monty always wants to talk Giants. I don’t understand if that’s to counter-balance the fact that the A’s get more time on CT’s show or not. This could all very well be the idea of the station programmer to pull more Giants fans over from KNBR. But that sucks.

Not sure if Monty is in the long-term plan. I hope Jackson isn’t, since he’s not local. RA&S isn’t that bad if you don’t take their shtick seriously. They’re jerks, but I think that’s just their on-air characters for entertainment purposes. Still trying to figure out where they’ll stick Dibs’ show.

But not much more time. Monty has to go. The afternoon misogyny hour has to go. Until those things happen, I will be listening to the station for baseball games only.

But he’s hugely uninformed, and spouts Giants talk all morning. The thing about Ellis just playing 3rd drives me up the wall. Why yes; Ellis should just play 3rd because it’s the infield. Facepalm.

Dibley is cool, and I’m hoping he and Tittle replace Monty and JD when KTRB goes to Spanish.

95.7 is a music station down here, anyone aware of different dial for the central valley? I haven’t been able to listen at all. The fact that the A’s have a sports only station is awesome, but of course, no reason to think it is any more intelligent than the mindless banter on other sports radio programs.

They changed formats very fast, and they didn’t have a program director in place until a week or so ago. So it made sense to pick up stuff that already existed like Rob & Arnie until the PD was on board…it’s filling time with little or no investment, they can drop it the day as they have a new host or show ready to go. But if they don’t get some better programs on soon, I’ll stop listening except for games and CT.

Radio is a conversational, intimate medium, which at its best can give the listener the impression that the people on the radio are speaking to them directly. I don’t get that feeling when I listen to the non-A’s-related programming on 95.7. I get the feeling that I’m eavesdropping on some guys having a guy conversation that doesn’t include me because I’m a woman. I don’t mean that the station has to go out and hire some women hosts — they should, if they find some good ones, but not for diversity’s sake. It’s okay with me if all of their hosts happen to be middle-aged heterosexual white men whose first language is English and who’ve been passionately interested in sports since they were three years old. It’s not okay with me if the hosts convey the impression that those are the only people who are, or ought to be, part of the sports conversation. I’d like to hear something different….something that isn’t More of the Same Sports Radio (Now in FM!).

I tried not to, but he is too good-natured and too engaging for me to be upset because he likes the Giants. He seems to like the A’s, too. He’s a Raiders fan, which bodes well for football season, and he seems to match well with Dibs.

Love Townsend, don’t appreciate the format he’s been asked to maintain this year. Last season was magical wrt our postgame show. He had as much time as he wanted and let callers go for as long as they wanted. The whole “abandoned movie house” feel to the show appealed to my outsider sense that I think a good number of A’s fans relate to. This season, it’s a lot more structured. Also, they need to limit the number of 12 year-olds that get on the air.

Monty was talking about the Giants catching situation and just COULDN’T BELIEVE how the A’s were looking like they are trying to compete but the Giants are in shambles and having problems.

Fuck that. I’m done with it. CT and A’s games is all I’m interested in listening to, it’s becoming KNBR lite already. Bullshit.

Sports radio is loud, ignorant, and obnoxious.

Did someone not already know that?

He doesn’t talk enough A’s, and doesn’t have his facts straight.

When he tweets, he tweets stupid facts we all know. he doesn’t understand that as a radio person, he form of communication on air and on twitter should be professional. Instead, he doesn’t get anything across.
I’ve gotten into some Twitter talkbacks with him and he continues to try to back up his argument with facts that don’t exist. He’s not even from the Bay Area, so he doesn’t have any connection to the Bay and he doesn’t care about the A’s.

Monty & JD has grown on me a little, and Dibs makes the show so much better. Since the station is already trying to lure away people from KNBR, I’d love it if they got Fitz and Brooks. Huge upgrade for the afternoon hours. Though they’re not A’s fans, Bob and Rod aren’t Gnats homers and they sound pretty knowledgeable about (most) sports.

I think it’s good that they include the Giants in their daily discussions. I listen in the mornings and they equally talk about both baseball teams. I use to listen to KNBR years ago, and the reason I stopped was because they almost never talked about the A’s. So I said, fcuk em, why should I listen to a station that never talked about my team. I think the morning guys do a good job of discussing issues and topics concerning both Bay Area teams. I’ve only been following the A’s this past decade, so any A’s talk is awesome in my book. I typically don’t call or text them unless they get their facts wrong. Imo, a new station would be doing itself a disservice by only talking about one team when they are in a 2 team market, esp when that dual market happens to have a larger share of Giant fans. And frankly, the A’s alone do not have enough going on to warrant being talked about all day. I don’t follow the Giants at all, but it’s kinda nice to hear what they’re thinking about doing with Zito when he returns Or wtf is wrong with Lincecum? I really could care less but don’t mind listening to it.

So you want to go back to the status quo and listen to KNBR and hope they talk about A’s baseball? Beggars can’t be choosers. And who listens to NPR anyway? Talk about drivel.