Comments on: KIRO may have won next M’s radio contract

By: scott19

scott19 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:30:10 +0000

Watching the Blue Jaysâ€™ TV broadcast the other day, I was a little surprised/horrified to see mini-commercials between batters.

Curious…it wasn’t on Sportnet by chance, was it? If that’s the case it wouldn’t surprise me, since I’ve noticed they do the same thing at face-off whistles during hockey games (i.e. the little 15-second Canadian Tire “rafter shot”).

BTW, I’m with you on Drayer, too. Unlike some of the other clowns on that KOMO post-game show, I think she does an excellent job — and hope that she’ll get a chance to follow the team over to KIRO after this season.

By: joser

joser — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:47:56 +0000

AFAIK, Drayer is employed by KOMO, so there’s no certainty she’d make the jump to a new station just because the team did (granted, unless KIRO had another desirable job for her I don’t why they’d keep her or why she’d want to stay; but even then, we can’t be certain KIRO would pick her up). And I’d hate to see her go. Between her blog posts and her clichÃ©-free comments/interviews she provides real value; and her voice is a pleasant alternative to the otherwise omnipresent jock-drawls.

It seemed to me like the KOMO move is what precipitated Dave shilling a different product in between every pitch. I donâ€™t remember it being nearly that bad before.

Watching the Blue Jays’ TV broadcast the other day, I was a little surprised/horrified to see mini-commercials between batters. And then surprised the M’s weren’t already doing that too, and horrified to think they would be soon.

By: saw

saw — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:40:32 +0000

Ah, secular meaning continuing through the ages, or simply meaning “constant, this industry is screwed” decline. Secular used to differentiate from cyclical.

By: msb

msb — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:10:31 +0000

And, to be fair, Iâ€™ve always thought that Huytler had a great voice for a PA announcer. He simply wouldnâ€™t have been my first pick to do the post-game show, however.

and it seems to have happened by accident, with him filling in for Tom Glasgow on weekends, and then more and more, as Glasgow takes more games off.

By: scott19

scott19 — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:01:44 +0000

And, to be fair, I’ve always thought that Huytler had a great voice for a PA announcer. He simply wouldn’t have been my first pick to do the post-game show, however.

By: phirayam

phirayam — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:29:10 +0000

Niehaus, Rizzs, Sims and Blowers are employed by the M’s. Hutyler and Drayer are employed by KOMO. Blowers used to be employed by KOMO, but has been working for the M’s since last season. And as has been noted, Huytler has been the PA announcer for the M’s since 1987.

I also think that Kevin Calabro would be a good hire. When he’s subbed for Niehaus, I thought he did a pretty good job.

By: msb

msb — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:15:29 +0000

didnâ€™t know Huytler was, though (always assumed he was officially an employee of Fisherâ€¦

possibly both; he’s done radio all over town for years, but has also been employed by the Ms for 21 years as the PA announcer

By: scott19

scott19 — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:05:21 +0000

40: Vinnie wasn’t, no…didn’t know Huytler was, though (always assumed he was officially an employee of Fisher…probably ’cause I actually heard him filling in one night on Star 101.5 a while back!). As for Blow, he doesn’t annoy me quite as much doing the in-game color these days as he did doing that wretched weekend post-game show a few years ago.

By: msb

msb — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:44:17 +0000

And though New York Vinnie wasnâ€™t exactly everyoneâ€™s cup of tea, the one thing I always liked about him was his passion for the game. Not to mention, that when the team was playing like crap and deserved to be given a collective headshake, he wasnâ€™t afraid to speak his mind about it â€” unlike those company â€œyes menâ€ like Huttyler and Blowers.

um, possibly because Huytler & Blowers ARE employed by the Mariners, which Vinnie was not?

By: scott19

scott19 — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:18:19 +0000

I’m surprised, in a way, that AM radio hasn’t already gone the way of analog TV or 8-track tapes. After all, besides sports, there’s very little of value left on that band in most areas of the country these days.