Snyder Expands Radio Empire

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The Riggins Show has been canceled. This is a pretty big deal to me, one of my weekday afternoon joys was listening to the show. I couldnt figure out what the hell was going on this week. The Sports Reporters officially suck.

I have been waiting for over a year now for sirius and xm to merge, since my car came with a xm receiver. Dream scenario: Merger clears fcc approval, and Riggins gets picked up as a afternoon sports personality

I'm surprised this wasn't its own thread. I have not had the time to listen to the radio and I was shocked to see this happen. I had gotten use to Riggo and his crew, and I felt like they always talked Redskins. Which I know may turn off some people, but come on, this is a football town.

I turned in to the Sports Reporter yesterday, and they were talking about freaking Baseball!!...Why? We have to perennial loser teams in baseball that are not going to go into the playoffs anytime soon. Ugh, I hope they get their act together and start talking Redskins.

I am fan of Czabe's show even though I know he's a donkey. At the end of the day the show is entertaining and much of his Skins points are somewhat valid. He also speaks as a fan of the team and I know a lot of people, misguided as they were, had the same suspicion about why Brunell played.

I just hope ill be able to get some sort of signal up here in harrisburg. Nothing but Eagles and Steelers fans up here.

I seem to recall Czabe saying once that Gibbs chose Brunell over Ramsey because Gibbs and Brunell go to church together. Where was the profound truth in that?I can't sit here and honestly say there is truth to that, but Gibbs did seem to have a unusual closeness to Brunell.

To be honest with you I listen to his radio show, sometimes not a lot. But I have seen him on Redskins Postgame show and the guy comes across as a passionate fan IMO.

I think he is a good analyst of the game. He may be too straight forward or honest for some fans, but he seems genuine. You will never question how he feels.

Well, the transition is basically complete- I listen to 980 (WTEM) on the way to the office in the AM, and I'm used to catching the tail end of Czaban and the beginning of Doc Walker... No more. Now it's stupid Man Girl and the Meat Ball (aka Mike and Mike- their shtich is so played out). And the annoying thing is ESPN radio is being simulcast on all 4 local channels Snyder owns. So lame. And my boy Al Galdi (graduated one year behind me at G'town Prep) doesn't seem to be around either. Sigh... Between Czaban's bashing and Doc's slurping, I HAD my happy medium. So much for good local radio.

Al Galdi still does the updates and if Doc Walker was able to get Mike Bird back on I'm sure Galdi is not far behind.

Czaban is awesome, his morning nationally syndicated show is hilarious. He is a Redskins fan, but since when does being a fan mean that you have to praise the skins all day long and ignore the bonehead decisions they make. I dont know how you could be a skins fan over the last 14 years and not question alot of their decisions that they make. We pay a lot of money for tickets, merchandise, etc. we should expect a better product than we have gotten over the last 14 years.

You'd think that with four radios, they could have some type of local show in the morning in one of the stations and have mike & mike in the others. Freaking greeney is a baseball nut, so now during the season that's all he talks about, bleh.

I must take back my Sports Reporters comment from a few days ago tho', they were talking all Redskins yesterday afternoon. Still, I had gotten used to Riggo and his crew.

I'd like to see Riggo, Kevin and Gary back from 4-7pm instead of the Sports Reporters. Just my opinion, but I enjoyed listening to them more than these guys.