TV and Video Guide

Monday, April 18, 2011

"All Things TV"---Radio guys on tube ... a tough watch

Someone in recent years had the "bright" idea of airing telecasts of radio guys doing their show on TV.

If it sounds painful to watch ... it's because it pretty much is.

It probably started with the original sports radio team of "Mike and the Mad Dog" in New York when the YES Network decided to simulcast their WFAN show a few years back.

Unless they were going to verbally spar, which they sometimes did, there was really no reason to show them on TV.

With the duo split up for over a year now, there is even LESS of a reason to see just Mike Francesa cut off his callers and look at his producers in the radio booth.

Francesa and Mad Dog were still easier to watch than "Boomer and Carton", the same station's morning hosts. "Boomer" is Boomer Esiason, the NFL analyst and ex-quarterback who is a genuine sports fan and decent guy.

Carton is Craig Carton, a controversial radio "personality" from New Jersey, who says inappropriate things about women and sucks up to athletes to be friends with him.

Difficult enough to listen to ... never mind watching. It's a good thing MSG Network is knocking itself off the air on so many cable and satellite providers.

In conclusion, Imus ... who never seems to have a conclusion to his radio career has his shows simulcast on FOX Business channel.

There is nothing like watching the rapport between Imus and his news man Charles McCord.

Nothing! ... and no sarcasm there ...

1 comment:

  1. LOL! Who came up with this concept anyway? I for one have not tuned in because I could see no purpose. Sometimes it's nice to have a little bit of mystery. A voice on the radio lets you use your own imagination. Seeing the people sitting there taking calls on the radio loses all the charm and mystery of radio. Obviously the people behind this venture never heard the words in the song "video killed the radio star".

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