Mike and Mike in the Morning Show

[Mike Lowe]

Every once in a while we all feel like bitching. Today is that day for me. It's short, here goes:

What is with all of the damn commercials? Seriously? It is RI-DIC-U-LOUS on this show especially and I'm just sick of it. They spend more time away than actually on the air. I cringe when I turn my car on in the morning because I know there's a 50% chance I will hear the same crap commercials over and over again. 50% is way too much and I don't think I'm exagerating much with this show only being on the air 50% of the time.

Is this simply because they are televised (for some reason...who watches that?)? Totally lame.

[StarBuck]

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[wade moore]

I cringe the 50% of the time that the commercials go off and this crapfest comes on.

[Lorena]

I hear ya Mike. Although I don't listen to their show, there are waaaay too many commercials on some of these syndicated shows. I used to listen to The Jim Rome Show and just got irritated with all the penis enlargement commercials and whatnot.

Less penis enlargement, more Rome please.

[Mike Lowe]

I love Jim Rome! I also agree with Wade about M and M being a crapfest. I'm a Detroit transplant living in Chicago so it's either that or listening to 1,000 reasons and excuses why the Lions beat the Bears. My options are very limited.

BTW, do Chicago Bear fans realize it's not their QB OR their RB that's the problem? Do they even watch the games? Enough said.

[heybrad]

Less penis enlargement...
Be careful what you ask for.

[Passacaglia]

I'm a Detroit transplant living in Chicago

Rock on, same here! I just took a new job a couple months ago with an hour long commute, while before I was taking the el and listening to music. I alternate between 1000 and 670, and I've noticed it's a lot harder to avoid commercials in the morning than in the afternoon. I like Mike and Mike because it has less screaming than most other sports shows, but their act gets pretty tiresome. I gotta get some books on CD from the library.

[cuervo72]

The First Team on Fox

[LloydLungs]

I hear ya Mike. Although I don't listen to their show, there are waaaay too many commercials on some of these syndicated shows. I used to listen to The Jim Rome Show and just got irritated with all the penis enlargement commercials and whatnot.

Less penis enlargement, more Rome please.

In general, commercial radio is loaded with ads, but Rome isn't nearly as bad as ESPN radio. ESPN radio is genuinely 50% commercials. I would say Rome is maybe 40%, with a lot of that coming on those long breaks at the top of the hour. ESPN is absolutely out of control, though -- top of the hour or not, you're looking at every break being 8-10 minutes long. A bit of that will be your generic scores/news updates but I'm not counting that as actual programming.

[Atocep]

BTW, do Chicago Bear fans realize it's not their QB OR their RB that's the problem?


For me, yes and yes.

[Chief Rum]

I hear ya Mike. Although I don't listen to their show, there are waaaay too many commercials on some of these syndicated shows. I used to listen to The Jim Rome Show and just got irritated with all the penis enlargement commercials and whatnot.

Less penis enlargement, more Rome please.

Ironically enough, could you get a bigger dick than Rome?

[Chief Rum]

The First Team on Fox

I just go back and forth on my morning commute. They are usually off and on with Mike and Mike, so I just go from one station to the other when the commercials kick in.

[Atocep]

The First Team on Fox

Love Steve Czaban. He does the Rome show better than Rome.

Why the hell Jim always has Skip Bayless or Andrew Siciliano filling in for him is beyond me.

[RainMaker]

I'd love to see more quality sports radio on the satellite companies. Right now I can't listen to sports radio, it's just too frusterating. Even the local stations are 50% commercials these days. I used to listen to Howard Stern a bit in the day and hated how his show was half commercials. When he switched to Sirius, radio became enjoyable again for me.

I'd be more than willing to fork over a monthly fee for commercial free radio.

[Toddzilla]

Love Steve Czaban.UGH...if you lived in DC and had to listen to that ass-clown on a daily basis, you'd be singing a different tune.

[molson]

I'd love to see more quality sports radio on the satellite companies. Right now I can't listen to sports radio, it's just too frusterating. Even the local stations are 50% commercials these days. I used to listen to Howard Stern a bit in the day and hated how his show was half commercials. When he switched to Sirius, radio became enjoyable again for me.

I'd be more than willing to fork over a monthly fee for commercial free radio.

Sirius is a godsend - I look forward to my commute every day.

Sure, Stern has some commercials, (maybe 5 minutes an hour), but it's two channels, and between that and ESPN, there's always something on, just in that "big 3" of what I spend most of my time listening to.

[Subby]

UGH...if you lived in DC and had to listen to that ass-clown on a daily basis, you'd be singing a different tune.
Heh - I used to feel the same way, but his Sports Reporters show with Andy Pollin is excellent. He works best with a foil, but his morning show is getting a lot better.

I just can't listen to Mike and Mike anymore. The preening bullshit is just beyond the pale. Golic argues like Schmidty and Greenberg has a bigger ego than Hell Atlantic...

[Dr. Sak]

I refuse to listen because they won't even mention hockey and talk about freakin baseball all the time.

Plus I love how Golic would fawn all over ND when they were good but now that they stink he won't even mention them. Golic is good when talking football, but his knowledge other than that is average at best.

[cuervo72]

UGH...if you lived in DC and had to listen to that ass-clown on a daily basis, you'd be singing a different tune.

I listen to said assclown *twice* daily.

(though my AM reception is getting worse with the diminishing daylight hours)

[Sun Tzu]

Hey Brad.

[flere-imsaho]

Another vote for NPR.

[KWhit]

www.audible.com

[chesapeake]

Heh - I used to feel the same way, but his Sports Reporters show with Andy Pollin is excellent. He works best with a foil, but his morning show is getting a lot better.

Agreed. Czabe and Andy have been together so long, though, that they occasionally sound like an old married couple. Andy also does a great job keeping the show moving, and that is one of Czaban's main weaknesses on his morning show.

To answer the original post: the good Lord gave you radio presets for a reason, son! :)

[Lorena]

I swear, Rome cracks me up... what a hypocrite this guy is. He just finished interviewing some NASCAR guy and I remembered when he hated that stuff... with a mad passion! Almost as much as he currently hates soccer... or did he change his mind? I can't wait 'til his kid shows an interest in it. It would be the first time The Karma actually works! LOL :D

[Atocep]

I swear, Rome cracks me up... what a hypocrite this guy is. He just finished interviewing some NASCAR guy and I remembered when he hated that stuff... with a mad passion! Almost as much as he currently hates soccer... or did he change his mind? I can't wait 'til his kid shows an interest in it. It would be the first time The Karma actually works! LOL :D

Rome likes NASCAR now because the drivers will do interviews on his show at the drop of a hat.

[Lorena]

Rome likes NASCAR now because the drivers will do interviews on his show at the drop of a hat.

I'm sure if David Beckham gave him the time of day, he'd love the sport too.

[Klinglerware]

Your answer to all your radio woes: NPR
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It's too bad NPR programming sucks on weekends (when I actually have the opportunity to listen). Mrs. Klinglerware has it on when we are in the car on weekend trips/errands/and so forth. "Prairie Home Companion" makes Mr. Klinglerware whimper in agony.

[Passacaglia]

It's too bad NPR programming sucks on weekends (when I actually have the opportunity to listen). Mrs. Klinglerware has it on when we are in the car on weekend trips/errands/and so forth. "Prairie Home Companion" makes Mr. Klinglerware whimper in agony.

Yeah, but Car Talk is pretty cool.

[Honolulu_Blue]

It's too bad NPR programming sucks on weekends (when I actually have the opportunity to listen). Mrs. Klinglerware has it on when we are in the car on weekend trips/errands/and so forth. "Prairie Home Companion" makes Mr. Klinglerware whimper in agony.

Amen, brother. I don't so much whimper, as rage. I can tolerate all of about 30 seconds of that show before it drives me to the brink of madness...

Yeah, but Car Talk is pretty cool.

Most definitely. I loves me some Car Talk.

As far as weekend programming, unless you catch one of Frank DeFord's short monologues on Wednesday mornings, NPR really isn't much of an option for those carving sports talk radio.

I pretty much have a steady rotation of Detroit sports talk radio (though just last week they cancelled the local morning guys, which was sad), the local "shock jock" types, and NPR.

[Klinglerware]

Yeah, but Car Talk is pretty cool.

I'll give you that: Car Talk is a solid, entertaining show. I just wish they'd stop that "fake names" thing at the end.

Yes, for reasons unknown to me, I appear to be on an anti-NPR rampage today...

[Antmeister]

Don't want to hear the commercials, then subscibe to the podcast. It trims out the boring parts of the show as well as the commercials, so you end up with some better than decent entertainment. I usually do this with Mike and MIke, PTI (my favorite) and now Mike Tirico. And DC and I differ on Jim Rome. I can't stand the show and she goes back and forth on it.

[Lorena]

Don't want to hear the commercials, then subscibe to the podcast. It trims out the boring parts of the show as well as the commercials, so you end up with some better than decent entertainment. I usually do this with Mike and MIke, PTI (my favorite) and now Mike Tirico. And DC and I differ on Jim Rome. I can't stand the show and she goes back and forth on it.

It's your fault for introducing me to Rome, so thx.

Oh and isn't the Mike and Mike podcast the best of?

[Passacaglia]

Amen, brother. I don't so much whimper, as rage. I can tolerate all of about 30 seconds of that show before it drives me to the brink of madness...



Most definitely. I loves me some Car Talk.

As far as weekend programming, unless you catch one of Frank DeFord's short monologues on Wednesday mornings, NPR really isn't much of an option for those carving sports talk radio.

I pretty much have a steady rotation of Detroit sports talk radio (though just last week they cancelled the local morning guys, which was sad), the local "shock jock" types, and NPR.

Do you know of any Michigan football podcasts I can subscribe to?

[Honolulu_Blue]

Do you know of any Michigan football podcasts I can subscribe to?

Sadly, I have not yet mastered podcast subscribing technology. I tried to subsrcibe to a podcast once, couldn't do it, and haven't bothered to go back.

I really should, however, because I am getting dangerously close to finishing the audio book on my ipod. Once it's done, I fear I will never exercise, clean the house, or walk the dog again...

[Passacaglia]

Sadly, I have not yet mastered podcast subscribing technology. I tried to subsrcibe to a podcast once, couldn't do it, and haven't bothered to go back.

I really should, however, because I am getting dangerously close to finishing the audio book on my ipod. Once it's done, I fear I will never exercise, clean the house, or walk the dog again...

No problem. I thought you were the one who also said something about podcasts, but then I realized that was Antmeister. I don't even know what radio stations to check out for Michigan football talk, since I've been gone so long. Any help there? Maybe I can go to their web site and see if they have anything online.

[Atocep]

Don't want to hear the commercials, then subscibe to the podcast. It trims out the boring parts of the show as well as the commercials, so you end up with some better than decent entertainment. I usually do this with Mike and MIke, PTI (my favorite) and now Mike Tirico. And DC and I differ on Jim Rome. I can't stand the show and she goes back and forth on it.

I listen to Rome now because of lack of better options. He's gotten so soft over the years, though, that he spends most of his show gushing over whoever the interview for that day was.

A handful of the callers are really the only reason to even bother listening to the show now.

[gkb]

I'll second (or third, whatever) the podcast suggestion. I love that the commercials are taken out. PTI is a good one and free...

[Honolulu_Blue]

No problem. I thought you were the one who also said something about podcasts, but then I realized that was Antmeister. I don't even know what radio stations to check out for Michigan football talk, since I've been gone so long. Any help there? Maybe I can go to their web site and see if they have anything online.

The only Michigan-specific show I know of is on 1270 AM/97.1 FM. It's called "Michigan Sports Weekly" and it airs from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST every Thursday.

The hosts are Doug Karsch and Jim Brandstatter. It's a bit homerish, but not too bad.

I think you can get it streaming here: http://www.971theticket.com/

[Dr. Sak]

Do you know of any Michigan football podcasts I can subscribe to?

I did break down the UM/tOSU game in this week's In The Bleachers podcast.

[LloydLungs]

A handful of the callers are really the only reason to even bother listening to the show now.

Yeah, Rome is actually pretty terrible. Not just the gushing over interviews, but if you ever actually just sit down and listen to a full show, you will hear him recite the same take about a dozen times. It's unbelievable how much he repeats himself. Factor in all the pauses and you really have to wonder how he ever got to be successful on radio. It can really be painful. That said, the e-mails and certain callers can be genuinely hilarious and are why I listen occasionally.

[Lorena]

Yeah, Rome is actually pretty terrible. Not just the gushing over interviews, but if you ever actually just sit down and listen to a full show, you will hear him recite the same take about a dozen times. It's unbelievable how much he repeats himself. Factor in all the pauses and you really have to wonder how he ever got to be successful on radio. It can really be painful. That said, the e-mails and certain callers can be genuinely hilarious and are why I listen occasionally.

Yeah that's why I go back and forth on him. He was actually really, really, really entertaining when he was a local San Diego talk show host. Even when he was syndicated in a few areas, he was tolerable but now, not so much.

[molson]

Yeah, Rome is actually pretty terrible. Not just the gushing over interviews, but if you ever actually just sit down and listen to a full show, you will hear him recite the same take about a dozen times. It's unbelievable how much he repeats himself. Factor in all the pauses and you really have to wonder how he ever got to be successful on radio. It can really be painful. That said, the e-mails and certain callers can be genuinely hilarious and are why I listen occasionally.

The first time I heard his show, I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

He does an interview, and then litterally reads emails from listeners for several minutes about how great the interview was.

It's insanity if you think about it in any other context. Imagine Saturday Night Live doing a sketch, and then spending 5 minutes taking feedback before going on to the next one. Or Picture this on Good Morning America or The Daily Show. How does Rome get away with this as entertainment?

[Atocep]

The first time I heard his show, I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

He does an interview, and then litterally reads emails from listeners for several minutes about how great the interview was.

Epic interview, Jim.

[MrIllini]

I've been getting mild entertainment out of Mike North lately ranting about the Jacque Jones trade. :)

[Comey]

There is a program called Nexus Radio that acts as like a TiVo of radio stations. It allows you to record shows onto your computer.

If anyone is up for that, I found it on download.com.

[Lorena]

Epic interview, Jim.

Great interview Pimp in the Box

[Young Drachma]

NPR is the only radio station in Wyoming worth listening to. But I don't necessarily mean that as a good thing. Without it, I'd play my MP3 player even more than I do on my commute, but....it's nice to break up the drive, especially in the evenings on the way home.

[Wolfpack]

No problem. I thought you were the one who also said something about podcasts, but then I realized that was Antmeister. I don't even know what radio stations to check out for Michigan football talk, since I've been gone so long. Any help there? Maybe I can go to their web site and see if they have anything online.

The only Michigan-specific show I know of is on 1270 AM/97.1 FM. It's called "Michigan Sports Weekly" and it airs from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST every Thursday.

The hosts are Doug Karsch and Jim Brandstatter. It's a bit homerish, but not too bad.

I think you can get it streaming here: http://www.971theticket.com/

I take it you guys are out of 1050 AM's radio broadcast range then. I'm sure this week in particular they're probably going wall-to-wall on Michigan football when the locals are on during the drivetime slots.

[Comey]

Oh, I forgot the other thing about Nexus. It picks up radio stations from all over the place. Here's a listing of the stations carried by it:

hxxp://www.nexusradio.com/stations/ (http://www.nexusradio.com/stations/)

[Lorena]

For old time sakes:

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[chesapeake]

I loved that clip when it happened, but continue to be disappointed that Everett didn't break Rome's nose.

I always thought that insult showed exactly what a classless moron Rome is. Chris Evert is one of the toughest, most accomplished tennis players of all time. But because she's a woman, Rome thinks it is an insult. What a jackass.

[Dr. Sak]

I always thought it was staged to get Rome some publicity.