((HT: Deadspin/Youtube))
This is NOT the way to find out you're out of a job...
Over Twitter...
While you're on the air...
It happened while 87.7 The Game's "Quigs and Finfer" show was going on in Chicago on Thursday.
Here's Quigs and Finfer's response while they were on the air...
And it's uncomfortable...
The next six weeks will be very interesting on the air up there...
The HQ gives respect to them for not cussing while their discussion was ongoing...
Showing posts with label live radio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label live radio. Show all posts
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Michigan Fan Goes Berserk On Sports Talk Radio
((HT: Lost Lettermen/The Big Lead))
This is one of the better meltdowns in sports talk radio from the northern side of the Mason-Dixon Line this side of the "Paul Finebaum Show."
Here's the set-up...
Angry Michigan fan calls Ann Arbor station and goes off...
And all that took was a minute five...???
Well done...
This is one of the better meltdowns in sports talk radio from the northern side of the Mason-Dixon Line this side of the "Paul Finebaum Show."
Here's the set-up...
Angry Michigan fan calls Ann Arbor station and goes off...
And all that took was a minute five...???
Well done...
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Braves Broadcaster Pete van Wieren Dies At 69
Another voice of the HQ's youth has left us too soon.
Long time Atlanta Braves announcer Pete van Wieren has passed at the age of 69.
The "Professor"- nicknamed so for his encyclopedic knowledge of the sport and levels of preparedness- was a part of the Braves booth that spread the "Superstation TBS" across the country and turned the Atlanta Braves into America's team- even more so than WGN's Chicago Cubs during the battle of cable powers Tribune and Ted Turner.
The group of van Wieren, Ernie Johnson, Senior, Skip Caray, and then later Don Sutton and Joe Simpson were the voices of some very bad baseball but also got their shot when the Braves won their only World Series.
On November 4, 2009, van Wieren felt a bump on the back of his head; when he got it checked, he learned it was Stage 4 non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He had been battling it ever since.
van Wieren retired from the Braves booth in 2005.
In October of 2008, Van Wieren announced his retirement after 33 seasons with the Braves. His departure came less than three months after the death of his longtime on-air partner Skip Caray.
During the 2008 season, Van Wieren announced that a publishing company approached him about writing a book about his time in the booth. His book, written in 2009, is titled "Of Mikes and Men: A Lifetime of Braves Baseball" and was released in April 2010. It was co-written with Jack Wilkinson.
The broadcast booth for the Braves' home games at Turner Field is named for van Wieren.
Here was "The Professor's" good-bye to his broadcast partner:
Long time Atlanta Braves announcer Pete van Wieren has passed at the age of 69.
The "Professor"- nicknamed so for his encyclopedic knowledge of the sport and levels of preparedness- was a part of the Braves booth that spread the "Superstation TBS" across the country and turned the Atlanta Braves into America's team- even more so than WGN's Chicago Cubs during the battle of cable powers Tribune and Ted Turner.
The group of van Wieren, Ernie Johnson, Senior, Skip Caray, and then later Don Sutton and Joe Simpson were the voices of some very bad baseball but also got their shot when the Braves won their only World Series.
On November 4, 2009, van Wieren felt a bump on the back of his head; when he got it checked, he learned it was Stage 4 non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He had been battling it ever since.
van Wieren retired from the Braves booth in 2005.
In October of 2008, Van Wieren announced his retirement after 33 seasons with the Braves. His departure came less than three months after the death of his longtime on-air partner Skip Caray.
During the 2008 season, Van Wieren announced that a publishing company approached him about writing a book about his time in the booth. His book, written in 2009, is titled "Of Mikes and Men: A Lifetime of Braves Baseball" and was released in April 2010. It was co-written with Jack Wilkinson.
The broadcast booth for the Braves' home games at Turner Field is named for van Wieren.
Here was "The Professor's" good-bye to his broadcast partner:
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
On Live Radio Nationals Matt Williams Involved In Hit And Run Accident
Wednesday morning Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams was on live radio with The Sports Junkies on 106.7 The Fan radio in D.C. when his vehicle is rear ended while in the middle of the interview.
Click on the link to hear what happened.
Williams has ice water in his veins, didn't seem rattled at all.
The Nats manager was on his way to the ballpark when he became a victim of a hit and run calmly describing the action unfolding in front of him.
By the way the Nationals host the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday afternoon.
Click on the link to hear what happened.
Williams has ice water in his veins, didn't seem rattled at all.
The Nats manager was on his way to the ballpark when he became a victim of a hit and run calmly describing the action unfolding in front of him.
By the way the Nationals host the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday afternoon.
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