Times Are Tight At The Animal

Let me start this out by saying that the whole reason that I started this (rarely-updated) blog was because of the Animal's decision to pull Jim Rome from their station in order to put on more of the dreaded "local programming". Much to my surprise, the new show in the 12-3 slot was pretty entertaining, mainly because John Pennington is a knowledgeable sports guy who has a good balance of being informative while not taking himself too seriously.

Then the Animal basically told John that he cost too much to keep and they escorted him off the airwaves. What was their idea to put into this three-hour block of absent programming?

How about the great idea of three separate shows...hosted by the same two jock-sniffers Josh Ward and Chip (no one knows how to spell my name when they rip me on message boards) Caine/Cain/Kain/Cane/Nobody cares what your damn name is. Ward isn't brutal, but Chip is as welcome as a yeast infection in a house off ill repute.

Three different hour-long shows, hosted by the same two guys. If that doesn't confuse the hell out of callers and listeners I'll be shocked. You get a lot of calls in the third hour from people wanting to discuss topics from the first hour and the hosts are too incompetent to steer back the conversation.

Show grade:

Fail.