In case you haven't noticed

[PriceyGopher21]

GO KFAN! lol

 

[bassy123]

are Dave Lee, Dan Gladden and Paul Allen. Perhaps I'm out of touch, but these three guys annoy me like no other announcers ever have. I have to believe Paul Allen has some sort of personality disorder.

all of my friends think paul allen is the best play by play guy ever. i try to tell them how awful he is but they won't hear a word against him.

 

[howeda7]

Moving off of WCCO would be a huge mistake. Whatever it's faults, KSTP and KFAN are no better and being on 50,000 watts does mean something. The Gopher radio network, especially for basketball is poor. I grew up in north-central Minnesota and if you wanted to listen to the Gophers on the radio, it was WCCO or nothing for basketball. Football could usually be found on a local station but it was still a search as it seemed no one kept it for more then 1-2 years at a time. It was a mistake for the Twins to move to KSTP as well, IMO, but thier network is a lot better then the Gophers and has other blow torch stations (WNAX in Yankton and KFGO in Fargo.) You can't underestimate the value of having your games reach a good chunk of the upper-midwest with one swoop. I realize there probably aren't many recruits listening to games on AM radio, but thier parents/grandparents may be. I can sometimes get it all the way in VA when the weather is right.

 

[wait!what?]

all of my friends think paul allen is the best play by play guy ever. i try to tell them how awful he is but they won't hear a word against him.

You should see PA workin the ladies at Canterbury. A real operator.

 

[harley_gopher]

Dave Lee is the worst.

Does anyone from the U or WCCO actually listen to this guy? He is by far the worst play by play guy ever. Little 920AM KDHL in Faribault has better play-by-play sportcasters than Dave Lee. I don't think that he has ever had any training or education on what to do for radio broadcasts of football games. He just happened to be in the right place at the right time when Ray retired. If he is getting paid for his *&^!#*&^!#*&^!#*&^!#ty play-by-play performances then the U deserves this. The University has chosen to ignore the many pleas from fans for years now. He needs to go. Dave Lee is even unbearable to listen to on the Morning show. I stopped listening several years ago when they lost the Twins. There are much better radio stations to listen to. It's a shame that Maturi and others can't see this.

 

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

Moving off of WCCO would be a huge mistake. Whatever it's faults, KSTP and KFAN are no better and being on 50,000 watts does mean something. The Gopher radio network, especially for basketball is poor. I grew up in north-central Minnesota and if you wanted to listen to the Gophers on the radio, it was WCCO or nothing for basketball. Football could usually be found on a local station but it was still a search as it seemed no one kept it for more then 1-2 years at a time. It was a mistake for the Twins to move to KSTP as well, IMO, but thier network is a lot better then the Gophers and has other blow torch stations (WNAX in Yankton and KFGO in Fargo.) You can't underestimate the value of having your games reach a good chunk of the upper-midwest with one swoop. I realize there probably aren't many recruits listening to games on AM radio, but thier parents/grandparents may be. I can sometimes get it all the way in VA when the weather is right.

Going onto KFAN wouldn't be bad if they get KTLK (the Clear Channel owned FM talk station) as a simulcast partner, like the Vikings. Both stations need Saturday programming.

 

[maxwellsmart]

I remember trying to tune in to Gopher basketball games on WCCO up in the northwestern part of the state, because at the time there wasn't a local station that had the games. It wasn't easy, it took a good radio, but you could just barely get it.

Farm reports are irrelevant to people living in the Twin Cities, but it is a strong station that goes out a long way into the farm areas. Perhaps they should be "farmed out" to more local stations though.

Farm reports are NOT irrelevant to people living in the Twin Cities. They are irrelevant to SOME people, perhaps even the majority of people, living in the Twin Cities. To an awful lot of people in The Cities farm reports have a lot to do with their jobs and businesses. I can't tell you how many people over the years have commented to me about staying connected to their farm roots with a daily dose of farm market reports. See the post from the savvy person reminding us of how important agriculture has always been and still is in Minnesota. You're just painting with too broad a brush, which is nothing new on this board, but still annoying.

 

[maxwellsmart]

Traders aren't listening to the radio.

Hell, is anyone listening to the radio anymore?

I watched the first 2 minutes of the Minnesota NCAA bball game on my phone while stuck in traffic in the back of a cab. Welcome to 2010.

A clear case of "your version of 2010 is different than a lot of folks". A couple of people still listen to the radio. Let's see, a few million a day in their cars. Tons of radios on and being listened to in barbershops (yes, we still have quite a few of those places), most mechanics' garages have a radio going, almost every farmer I know has a radio going nearly all day in the house and another in the barn and another on the tractor is they're in the fields. Lots of radios on in small town cafes and other main street businesses.