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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
You can’t spell “old timers rambling” with “radio”.
When you hang around pro sports for 30, 40, 50 years, you collect a lifetime of great stories that you can draw on to fill time. You get to see big figures at big moments doing incredible things. Stories you can’t possibly touch with your experiences at SAIT broadcasting school.
Radio is storytelling, at the end of the day; I think the last natural storyteller the Fan had was Kerr.
Peter Maher was a masterful storyteller.
Who tells a good story on the Fan?
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I don't disagree but one drawback I find with the sports radio old guard in this town is that they are not nearly as informed as the younger generation. I'm thinking specifically of someone like Mark Stephen or Jock Wilson on 770. They are certainly both a wealth of information on the CFL as that's their niche but to hear Stephen especially talk about anything else reeks of grasping at straws. I prefer a Nault over a Mark Stephen because at least he seems prepared when conducting interviews and gives the impression that he's invested in his job.
In general, I would rank the 960 on-air talent as follows, with the criteria being who I would miss the most/whose role would be most difficult for the station to fill if they left:
Boomer
Pinder
Steinberg (just behind Pinder as he's more versatile but I think they are both really good at what they aim to do)
Klein
Rhett
Matty Rose
Logan
Nault
Also, I really like some of the regular "guests" which I rank as follows:
Brunt
Friedman
Chris Johnston
Eric Francis (I know he's not really a guest anymore)
Krahn
Tommy Wheeldon Jr.
Duhatschek
Loubardias (Lunch time is often when I listen and I just find his segment repetitive)
Jason Laconfora (he's good but I'm not much of an NFL fan)
Not sure who else I'm missing?