98.7 the Fan and USF

[usfbullcpa]

I am curious, does the USF athletic dept. and the on air personalities on 98.7 The Fan, know there is a contract that made 98.7 The home of USF sports?  

 

I mean, Booger McFarlane, Mr. SEC, takes every shot he can at our school.  Jessie Cage forgot that USF plays football in Tampa, and on and on.  

 

Coach T makes it no better when he announces Flowers will start on WDAE, and not his coaches show on 98.7!

 

No mention of the success of the soccer teams, etc.  

 

Seriously, this is as disfunctional as the rest of the program right now.

[hm101]

Good points. Harlan absolutely needs to foster a relationship with 987, or if it's not them, have some coherent strategy to maintain a significant presence in local media.

[Bull Martin]

Yes, this is the problem with athletics.  Booger McFarland doesn't talk about us...

[JTrue]

I hope Harlan puts his energy into making USF sports something to talk positively about, then focus on who's doing the talking.

[smazza]

is the criticism not warranted?

[charsibb]

Yes, this is the problem with athletics.  Booger McFarland doesn't talk about us...

 

Now, THAT's funny!

[WoolyBully]

Well, were it not for 98.7 FM ... what would the "official radio station" of USF be? 

Some AM gig?

It's not like there's head to head competition for FM sports radio in this neighborhood.

 

And let's be honest. It's football season. That's what we talk about in fall. Maybe - just maybe - if you're interested in soccer you could fill a few minutes touting the success  of USF's team, but it'd be pretty hard to work up any substantive dialogue that fills air time. Think you'd get any callers wanting to elaborate on soccer? Golf? Women's basketball? 

 

As soon as USF puts a product on the field that warrants something other than criticism or ridicule, then maybe USF gets some traction. Until then, that old adage of "if you can't say something nice..." has merit. 

[FatDaddyBull]

Tom Jones and Rick Stroud talk way more about us than anyone on 98.7 aside from Lighthall and Justin.

Even talking about how poor we are is better than acting like we don't exist.

[ThePuddingMan]

CBS just dumped 98.7 the fan. Who knows how long the new company will keep the sports talk format in favor of something more lucrative. The station overall had a .4 rating I belive, which is terrible. Aside from justin and jim, the shows are horrible.

What will happen to USF'S broadcast if the change happens?

[George_Bullnard_Shaw]

CBS just dumped 98.7 the fan. Who knows how long the new company will keep the sports talk format in favor of something more lucrative. The station overall had a .4 rating I belive, which is terrible. Aside from justin and jim, the shows are horrible.

What will happen to USF'S broadcast if the change happens?

 

That station had such potential but turned into such a mess. I always felt that Chris Dingman in the morning was disgusted with the tenor of the program and the intelligence of the other folks. Justin and the co-hosts he has had have been orders of magnitude better than anything else on that station. Justin and company definitely represent for USF unlike the other hosts.