I also travel up and down I-4 for work and couldn't agree more. The sports talk radio in this town dumps on USF any time they can. In all fairness, lately we've been serving it up for them, but even so anytime they can hurl a disparaging remark or backhanded insult they take it. The amount of air time in this market spent on the Rays is ridiculous. A team 20 games under .500 with hardly anyone in the stands and you constantly hear from Marc Topkin, Orlando Estrata, and Kevn Cash on all the different shows. They'll say the callers drive the show. That's crap. They force feed Rays coverage down our throat. I just change the channel when I hear some idiot come on and talk about why the Rays lost another series. Unfortunately, WDAE is the main player in this market and they are the flagship station for the Bucs, Rays, Lightening and Gators. Hence, that's what drives their dialogue, callers or not. Their on air personalities are lame. The main thing they have going for them is their signal strength. I'm in sales and drive throughout central Florida and pick up 620 just about everywhere. This market needs competition with a good signal strength. All of the competitors that have come and gone where on stations with weak signals.
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Time to get back on I-4 to see how the Rays are doing.