Growing up in Maryland, I used to enjoy listening to baseball and college basketball games as far north as Boston and as far west as Chicago and as far south as Atlanta on AM, so I get it.SFCityBear said:Almost every major university's radio broadcasts are carried via Tune-In (a readily available app that can be accessed by phones, tablets, laptops, and home computers). I think being on a major network station hasn't mattered in 10 or more years. Ideally, a university should get it's broadcast sports into a branded (i.e. ESPN, CBS Sports Radio) sports/talk station.SoFlaBear said:SFCityBear said:
With Cal's football and basketball teams often being as bad as they are, I think we should count ourselves lucky to have radio broadcasts of Cal games available at all any more, especially on a major radio network station. So I'll be pleased that I can still turn on my radio and hear Cal games on the radio, and I will bear with Starkey and Cupper, until they leave, and not cry about it one bit.
Almost every major university's radio broadcasts are carried via Tune-In (a readily available app that can be accessed by phones, tablets, laptops, and home computers). I think being on a major network station hasn't mattered in 10 or more years. Ideally, a university should get it's broadcast sports into a branded (i.e. ESPN, CBS Sports Radio) sports/talk station.
Thanks for the info. A few days ago, my cell phone broke down. Screen went blank. Done. Now I need a new cell phone. This morning as usual, my computer has been operating between very slow and frozen, while I'm using Firefox to access the BI. Internet Explore has gone so far as make it impossible to post on BI or even access Cal Bears.com. I'm not phone or computer-savvy enough to be able to fix these problems. So today, color me mad.
And, I'm an old radio guy. One of my first toys was a Crosley AM radio, which I used to hide under the sheets at night so my parents would not hear me listening to the Lone Ranger and the Cisco Kid. One night I fell asleep and the heat from the tubes melted the plastic cabinet and I woke up with the smell of smoke. I built short wave radios as a kid, and I've been a ham radio operator forever. I understand radios. On my AM radios, I can dial in KGO and Cal games blindfolded. When my radios break down, unlike my phone and PC, I can fix them with a new part from my stock and a soldering iron. I would give my ham station call letters for verification, but I'm afraid with the current climate, some Kaziinski (spelling?) copycat who doesn't like my take on Cal sports would look up my address and put a package in my mailbox and try and blow me up.
So to heck with apps, bots, phones, and PCs. I'll stick with my radios, all of which work (at the moment, anyway).
But you are like my great grandfather that put shoes on horses well into the 1920s in Nebraska - you are where we've been, not where we are going. KGO is a news/talk format and has been since Christ was a carpenter (or whenever you put together your first ham set - not sure which came first). Putting college teams on sports/talk stations creates more synergy - fans can talk about the team; coaches can do midweek interview shows.
When my phone died, I spent about $100 and got a new one. I use a prepaid provider that uses Sprint's network (I refuse to do a contract) and I don't ever buy a phone at a cost I'll cry over if it falls into a pond. I use said phone to access BI, listen to Cal, listen to some Cal podcasts. It's handy, and requires little soldering.
As for the PC - I have to ask: any grand kids at Cal currently? I think even liberal arts majors at Cal can troubleshoot most common PC issues.
Is Ray Taliaferro still on KGO? I heard Jim Eason went to a different station.
