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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Mile High Sports LineUp Changes Drastically...

It was just released today that FM94.1/AM1550 Mile High Sports radio is completely reshuffling it's line-up.  After a year of the status quo, a major shake-up will take place starting Monday January 26, 2015.  While the station loses former power show The Press Box (read more into this at the end), it actually strengthens its overall lineup with the changes. 

The new line-up is as follows:


6a-7a: The Rude Awakening (with Josh Dover and Jesse Trujillo)
7a-9a: Morning Mayhem (with Marcello Romano and Danny Williams)
9a-12p: The Brandon Spano Show (with Brandon Spano)
12p-1p: Whiteley on Sports (with Gil Whiteley)
1p-2p: The Irv and Joe Show (with Irv Brown and Joe Williams)
2p-4p: The Big Show (with Chris Braden, Benny Bash and Kent Erickson)
4p-6p: Afternoon Drive (with Eric Goodman, Josh Pennock and Will Petersen)
6p-7p: RenKnowItAll (with Renaud Notaro)
7p-8p: CU on Mile High Sports (with Don Brenner)
8p-10p: The Last Call (with Benjamin Allbright and Joe Morgan)


6a-7a: As I touched on earlier today (Morning Mayhem Is Back), Danny Williams and Cello Romano broke their move yesterday and it's good to see my initial thoughts of Josh Dover batting lead-off for the station would be the case.  Dover brings a smooth voice and he wears some kick ass flannels and tank tops!  He is a hard working young man that articulates his knowledge well and gives solid opinions.  It will be entertaining to have him on as the MAIN guy on a daily basis.

7a-9a: Danny and Cello have worked well together and as mentioned in my blog today have found a formula that generates a lot of interaction with listeners that has increased their popularity in the Denver Sports scene.  Mayhem Mafia looks forward to hearing Morning Mayhem back in its rightful place!!!


9a-12p: While I have struggled with Brandon Spano, the simple fact is he spends a lot of time talking to players in the sport Denver cares most about, the Broncos.  He also takes a lot of criticism I give and has remained friendly in his interactions.  His show has improved and he really works his ass off to get sponsors and get his name out there.  I will probably stay dialed in to see what he is talking about more often because of his move.


12p-2p: The Geriatric dour hours of sour has switched from 3 hours to only two.  It is a wise decision because these guys still generate a lot of sponsorship money and it allows them to go out on their own terms.  Like some of the great coaches and athletes that are allowed a few extra years, it doesn't really hurt anyone and is a guilty pleasure to see whether you will listen or start rolling your eyes during your lunch drive.  Gil Whiteley is a great guy and brings some fun topics of conversation beyond sports from his movie encyclopedia knowledge to some old good sports stories.  Irv and Joe are legends to the folk heroes Danny and Cello have become.  I started listening to sports talk late in high school (late 90s) and they were the staple of the old AM950 The Fan as I went through college.  Let the old chickens decide when they go out to pasture!


2p-4p: The Big Show is a new show I am not entirely familiar with but actually caught a bit of over the last week and enjoyed their discussion on the Broncos and coaching change.  It is in a good time slot for a new show.  We'll see how it goes.


4p-6p: Afternoon Drive gets back Eric Goodman.  He is finally with the type of partners and show he needs.  Josh Pennock and Will Petersen are great on Saturday's when they host The Mile High Sports Show with James Merilatt.  Goodman has been hampered by less than quality co-hosts that didn't work well with his 1-on-1 discussion type show.  While this format may not take a lot of calls most likely, these 3 are a solid group that can make discussions interesting and not be a guest filled show like the talented Nate Kreckman's show has become on ESPN Denver or the joke and completely brain dead show that Big Al and D-Mac has become.


6p-7p: Renaud Notaro only has one thing going against him, he is a Ram grad.  Okay he has a second, Colin Daniels is allowed to host with him once a week.  Other than those things, his show always his good discussions whether it is about music, sports, culture or whatever direction it may take.  When an hour show goes by quickly you know it's quality.


7p-8p: Don Brenner remain with his CU show.  I freaking love the Buffs, but Don could really use a way to spot his radio ads better and a co-host to help him with facts.  Don has a dearth of sports knowledge but often misses good stories by asking the same question over and over. 


8p-10p: The Last Call with Benjamin Allbright and Joe Morgan.  Joe Morgan is a new name to the Denver sports scene with a west coast background.  Benjamin Allbright is a football guru, especially the signal callers at the college and pro level.  Benjamin is a talented guy that has quickly gone from guest to weekend shows to spot filler to now a regular nightly show.  Ben is a good listen and perfect sultry voice to end the night and help get you home and tucked into bed.


In James Merillatt's press release , he stated "We are excited to announce our new lineup.  It marks the evolution of the stations, as we continue to improve our on-air product.  This group of shows is by far the best collection of talent we've ever featured, marking the high-water mark of the station's seven-year history."  It is good to see Mile High Sports radio continue to push the envelope while the bigger dogs are in limbo with ESPN Denver changing to a less quality radio signal and 104.3 The Fan still hoping to find someone to buy the station and keep them from folding.


THE PRESS BOX OBITUARY:  But with this all, it appears a casualty in the Denver Sports Radio business has occurred.  The Press Box, which truly started with Jim Armstrong and Tim Neverett when Mile High Sports was in its infancy, appears to be knocked out.  After years of change-up for hosts, Peter Burns came on board and helped The Press Box go from radio to live internet feed on Denver Post.  However, it appears the Post is no longer going to feature the show and Peter Burns move to the ESPN based SEC Network has pretty much made the CEO make what appears to be a decision that had to be made, cut the Press Box.  I am sad to see Oren Lomena go.  He is a quality sports talk guy that brings something different to Denver Sports Radio that I have always enjoyed.  Brandon Krisztal is a great 3rd wheel but taking over for Burns, the show has slowly been dying out with his endless rants.  Any intelligent sports fan knows Mark Kiszla is a waste of sports discussion since he ruins sports talk with his pay attention to me but, but, but, but intentional stammers and his poorly wrote and poorly researched opinion based sports writing that belongs in the weekend editorials or on South Stands Denver's shitty blog and not in the premier Denver newspaper.  It will be sad to not have Benjamin Hochman be a guest fill-in as well, but he is all over Denver.



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