Change in Omaha Sports Radio

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:00 pm

I have never warmed up to Kohn Bishop, and now with Severe leaving, I don't know if they could find someone that I could appreciate. Severe is not saying where he is going, but after Friday I think they will tell. Sounds like he got a offer hr couldn't refuse, don't know if it is in radio or tv or both...

HskrFanMike · Post by **HskrFanMike** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 6:24 pm

Linkin5 wrote:The show has been awful since Kugler left.

This.

I suspect they might bring Rome back to his original slot, and pair Bishop up with Nick Bahe.

Or . . . maybe they'll move the morning show to afternoons and let Bishop go back to Lincoln for a regular timeslot. For as bad as Unsportsmanlike Conduct has become, Sharp and Benning have been really good.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 6:46 pm

As of 01/01/14

1620 - The Zone
12:00 - 05:00 : J.T. The Brick
05:00 - 07:00 : Steve Czaban

07:00 - 11:00 : Sharpe and Benning in the Morning
11:00 - 02:00 : Game Time with Nick Bahe
02:00 - 06:00 : Unsportsmanlike Conduct with John Bishop and Mike'l Severe
06:00 - 07:00 : Bluejay Banter (Mondays)
Doc Talk with Travis Justice and Rob Zatechka (Fridays)

1180 - The Zone 2
09:00 - 11:00 : The Dan Patrick Show
11:00 - 02:00 : Jim Rome Show
02:00 - 06:00 : McNabb & Malone

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:46 pm

Coyote wrote:As of 01/01/14

1620 - The Zone
12:00 - 05:00 : J.T. The Brick
05:00 - 07:00 : Steve Czaban

07:00 - 11:00 : Sharpe and Benning in the Morning
11:00 - 02:00 : Game Time with Nick Bahe
02:00 - 06:00 : Unsportsmanlike Conduct with John Bishop and Mike'l Severe
06:00 - 07:00 : Bluejay Banter (Mondays)
Doc Talk with Travis Justice and Rob Zatechka (Fridays)

1180 - The Zone 2
09:00 - 11:00 : The Dan Patrick Show
11:00 - 02:00 : Jim Rome Show
02:00 - 06:00 : McNabb & Malone

Looks like I need to renew my Sirius XM subscription again in 2014. Czaban is pretty good, but on too early. Blue Jay (er Bleu Jay) Banter? Yuk.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 2:46 am

Mike'l Severe to host World-Herald talk show 'The Bottom Line'

Omaha World Herald wrote:The new show, set to launch on the new World-Herald Live network in March 2014, will focus on sports news and take questions daily from listeners via phone, e-mail and text. The show will feature guests from the sports world, including newsmakers and The World-Herald's award-winning team of columnists and reporters. The show also will offer news updates daily and special segments from the local entertainment scene. It will broadcast weekdays from 2 to 6 p.m.

lmdramos · Post by **lmdramos** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:06 am

Post by **nebugeater** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 1:18 pm

I find it interesting that he will go head to head in his old time slot and the Zone let him stay on for a week after the anouncment of him leaving took place. On another note I wounder what this will do to have OWH staff avaialbe as guests on other local radio shows? Could be interesting. I think the new show will gain a following and I am guessing there is a fair amount of on line listeners for the Zone now since their on air signal is not the strongest.

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 4:26 pm

nebugeater wrote:I find it interesting that he will go head to head in his old time slot and the Zone let him stay on for a week after the anouncment of him leaving took place. On another note I wounder what this will do to have OWH staff avaialbe as guests on other local radio shows? Could be interesting. I think the new show will gain a following and I am guessing there is a fair amount of on line listeners for the Zone now since their on air signal is not the strongest.

Not sure why they did that. Did they know in time to make a change?

Online radio works if you have the time to sit at your internet location for two hours. It works if you are listening to music, where you tend to listen to 3 minute chunks at a time, so connection durability is less or a problem. Try watching a 15 minute long YouTube video without it pausing on you via a 2 bar WiFi connection, not the same. It works if you have a data plan that gives you the WiFi download capacity and the access points while out driving. If I have to pay the OWH and then pay the ISP to listen to something I rarely listen to know, I am probably going to pass. Not sure this idea is truly ready for prime time.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:18 pm

John Bishop and Jay Foreman? Bummer! Hope it is just temporary.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:22 pm

Coyote wrote:John Bishop and Jay Foreman? Bummer! Hope it is just temporary.

Who is Jay foreman?

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:26 pm

Brad wrote:
Coyote wrote:John Bishop and Jay Foreman? Bummer! Hope it is just temporary.
Who is Jay foreman?

Jamal A. Foreman (born February 18, 1976 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League with the Buffalo Bills, the Houston Texans, and the New York Giants. He played college football at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft. After retiring, he started a business called Foreman Fitness. He is the son of Chuck Foreman.

I think he has done some radio before and reporting...

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:28 pm

He's had a call in session on Sharp and Benning's show in the morning for like six months or so now, he is a friend of Benning. I really hope he is not permanent, he doesn't really add too much and doesn't have a good radio personality.

HskrFanMike · Post by **HskrFanMike** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:34 pm

I think they are using temporary fill-in hosts for the time being. I think this announcement took 1620 by surprise.

They didn't announce Severe was going to do a competing show. The World-Herald held it until his 1620 show ended on Friday evening.

I question whether an online show can truly be competitive with radio at this time. AM radios are standard equipment in every car built in the last 25 years, and you don't have to worry about data consumption. And I think the signal is more dependable in the metro area.

The big advantage of online is that it exposes Severe worldwide. I know that the online stream increases the reach of the show and makes it accessible to Husker fans everywhere. But is that a marketable thing? I know that 1620 has struggled with their online sales on the stream. Can the World-Herald do it better? I suspect not; the World-Herald has tried lots of things to try and keep up and stay relevant with technology, and most usually end up failing (or being late to the game if they do get it to work.)

Anybody remember their "news channel" with former channel 3 anchor Jeff Jordan in the early 80's? Or their Minitel experiment about 10 years later?

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:05 pm

5 years ago 100% of the Sports Talk I listened to was on the radio. Now about 90% is through my phone or computer, the other 10% on my radio in the car.

I think the OWH needs to be looked at in a different light. With Berkshire backing and all of the media buys that Berkshire has done, it could be a whole new ballgame for them.

I'd like to see 1620 convince John Baylor to make the move to Omaha.

Greg

Post by **Brad** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:09 pm

It seems like 1180 the Deuce is having more and more problems remembering to flip the feed over to Jim Rome at 11am...

Since I stream, I just flip over to a differ station.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:11 pm

Brad wrote:It seems like 1180 the Deuce is having more and more problems remembering to flip the feed over to Jim Rome at 11am...

Since I stream, I just flip over to a differ station.

That has happened to me more than once...

Post by **Brad** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:36 pm

Coyote wrote:That has happened to me more than once...

More than once this week!

Today I have on KC Sports Radio:
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The Other day, I was listening to Rome on Baltimore or Philly radio.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:40 pm

Thanks to TuneIn I don't have to look very far, I think I was on a Philly station this week.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:18 pm

Coyote wrote:Mike'l Severe to host World-Herald talk show 'The Bottom Line'

Omaha World Herald wrote:The new show, set to launch on the new World-Herald Live network in March 2014, will focus on sports news and take questions daily from listeners via phone, e-mail and text. The show will feature guests from the sports world, including newsmakers and The World-Herald's award-winning team of columnists and reporters. The show also will offer news updates daily and special segments from the local entertainment scene. It will broadcast weekdays from 2 to 6 p.m.

I must not have read this story, but its not a sports show, it seems like it will cover everything...

Post by **nebugeater** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:26 pm

Brad wrote:
Coyote wrote:Mike'l Severe to host World-Herald talk show 'The Bottom Line'

Omaha World Herald wrote:The new show, set to launch on the new World-Herald Live network in March 2014, will focus on sports news and take questions daily from listeners via phone, e-mail and text. The show will feature guests from the sports world, including newsmakers and The World-Herald's award-winning team of columnists and reporters. The show also will offer news updates daily and special segments from the local entertainment scene. It will broadcast weekdays from 2 to 6 p.m.
I must not have read this story, but its not a sports show, it seems like it will cover everything...

SO with this are all OWH employees off limits to other local radio shows?

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:20 pm

Good question! I'll ask them.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:47 pm

Anyone else find that show really hard to listen to? Not the host, guests or anything, but on my computer the audio wasn't good or consistant...

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:01 pm

They were having audio problems yesterday. I saw Mike'l apologizing on twitter.

Greg

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:38 pm

Brad wrote:
Coyote wrote:Mike'l Severe to host World-Herald talk show 'The Bottom Line'

Omaha World Herald wrote:The new show, set to launch on the new World-Herald Live network in March 2014, will focus on sports news and take questions daily from listeners via phone, e-mail and text. The show will feature guests from the sports world, including newsmakers and The World-Herald's award-winning team of columnists and reporters. The show also will offer news updates daily and special segments from the local entertainment scene. It will broadcast weekdays from 2 to 6 p.m.
I must not have read this story, but its not a sports show, it seems like it will cover everything...

So has anyone been listing at all? I have not heard any of the show. How is it going if anyone is listining and is there call in segments. Wounder if there is any data available to the public that gives some idea of total listeners? Probably not anything like the boadcast ratings.

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:40 pm

Has there ever been an anouncment that this is temp. or permenant? Or at least as permenant as any radio gig can be.

Coyote wrote:
Brad wrote:
Coyote wrote:John Bishop and Jay Foreman? Bummer! Hope it is just temporary.
Who is Jay foreman?

Jamal A. Foreman (born February 18, 1976 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League with the Buffalo Bills, the Houston Texans, and the New York Giants. He played college football at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft. After retiring, he started a business called Foreman Fitness. He is the son of Chuck Foreman.
I think he has done some radio before and reporting...

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:06 pm

I don't think they've announced anything.

Greg

Post by **Brad** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 4:44 pm

How come 1180 Zone 2 the Deuce is screwed up at least once a week if not more???

I can't seem to find any contact information for them, they don't have a Facebook or Twitter account, 1620's Facebook page hasn't been updated in almost a year....

don't have a radio station you can't run!

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 9:29 pm

Is Matt Vrzal the official co-host now?

Greg

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 11:16 pm

Greg S wrote:Is Matt Vrzal the official co-host now?

I have been wondering that since he has been a constant sidekick for months now.
I though they were just testing him out...

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 1:01 pm

That was my thought as well. I have not seen or heard anywhere that it's official but it does not seem to be ending either.

Greg

HskrFanMike · Post by **HskrFanMike** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:20 pm

Brad wrote:How come 1180 Zone 2 the Deuce is screwed up at least once a week if not more???

I can't seem to find any contact information for them, they don't have a Facebook or Twitter account, 1620's Facebook page hasn't been updated in almost a year....

don't have a radio station you can't run!

5011 Capitol Ave.
Omaha, NE 68132
Phone: 402.342.2000
Fax: 402.342.6146

General Manager: Andy Ruback
Email: [email protected]

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:27 pm

HskrFanMike wrote:
General Manager: Andy Ruback
Email: [email protected]

Thanks, I will try that one next time. Someone PM'd me a different email address, but that person never responded...

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Jul 11, 2014 3:56 pm

Nick and Schick coming up on 1620. I hope that Nick doesn't just laugh through the whole broadcast. He can be annoying at times...

HskrFanMike · Post by **HskrFanMike** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 5:08 pm

Coyote wrote:Nick and Schick coming up on 1620. I hope that Nick doesn't just laugh through the whole broadcast. He can be annoying at times...

Can be?

Granted... I'm biased because I have little interest in three hours of Creighton and NBA talk..

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 6:26 pm

I always thought their original show was a train wreck. Repeating the same joke over and over, over the top laughing. I actually think Nick is better in his new format.

Greg

OmahaJaysCU · Post by **OmahaJaysCU** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 4:33 am

HskrFanMike wrote:
Coyote wrote:Nick and Schick coming up on 1620. I hope that Nick doesn't just laugh through the whole broadcast. He can be annoying at times...
Can be?

Granted... I'm biased because I have little interest in three hours of Creighton and NBA talk..

I'm an admitted jay sker and appreciate coverage of both, but that statement is asinine. They overwelmingly talked Huskers and that is a fact.

Post by **nebugeater** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:44 pm

Copy of a Facebook post made by John Bishop a few Min ago.

It's take a long damn time, but I am happy to announce that Josh Peterson is my new co-host on Unsportsmanlike Conduct. His mix of youth, energy and knowledge is really going to make up for my feeble old mind.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:17 pm

Can't believe all this time for an in house host.

Greg

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:41 pm

Thank baby jesus it's not Matt Vrzal or Vrsal or however the heck you spell his name.

Josh and John have decent chemistry.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 6:07 pm

I agree on Vrzal. OK for a fill in but not perm. The show got boring at times.

Greg