Stand Back, He's a Professional Communicator
Irv Brown, on AM 950 The Fan, said the nickname “Redskins” was “derogative” but “Warriors” was not. According to Brown, “Indians” is not derogative either.
March 14, 2007
February 23, 2007
You Get What You Pay For...
Sports Radio 950 The Fan has outsourced its local morning 20/20 sports to a lady in California.
Karen Kay, who works for Fox Sports Radio, is a part of the syndicated overnight show "The Third Shift."
The Fan is a Fox Sports Radio affilliate. FSR, at The Fan's request, has Kay record several updates at the end of her shift for use during The Fan's morning show.
She is not paid extra for this duty. She is not local to Denver. And both are obvious.
She routinely mispronounces names. (She does not know how to pronounce Avalanche forward Wojtek Wolski's name.)
She gets facts wrong. (Today she announced that the Denver University Pioneers were playing North Dakota College. The Pioneers are actually playing the University of North Dakota. She said that Brendan Shanahan was the captain of the NHL's Western Conference All-Star team. He plays for the New York Rangers and was captain of the Eastern Conference team.)
Even if she had the voice of a Siren, luring sailors to a rocky death, it would not overcome her inability to get things correct.
Her errors ruin whatever credibility The Fan has. She makes everyone at the station look stupid.
She does not cost anything - except the station's crediblity. How much is that worth?
November 29, 2006
Old Guy Radio Logic
Joe Williams, of Sports Radio 950 The Fan, says that Broncos’ coach Mike Shanahan has given up on the season by replacing quarterback Jake Plummer with rookie Jay Cutler.
He said “you can’t tell me Shanahan hasn’t given up.”
Columbus couldn’t tell the King of Italy that the earth was round.
Galileo couldn’t tell the Pope that the earth revolved around the sun.
And I can’t tell my dog much about math, but 2 plus 2 is still 4.
Shanahan has not given up on anything ever, and he hasn't now.
December 23, 2004
His head is where?
December 23
Denver Post columnist Terry Frei sat in for Irv Brown this afternoon on KKFN 950 The Fan. Terry mixed it up with Irv's usual partner, Joe Williams, and the conflict made for good radio.
Terry and Joe disagreed on the future of the Colorado University football program.
At one point, Terry said that some CU fans have their "heads in the sand."
Joe vehemently replied that he didn't have his head in the sand.
Terry was polite.
An impolite person might have said that everyone knows Joe does not have his head in the sand, since it is too far up Gary Barnett's backside already.
But only an impolite person would think of such a thing.
Say What?
A teenage girl is suing to stop the distribution of a video game that uses an image of her topless.
She was 17 at the time she agreed to appear in the video used in the game, but now at the more mature 18 she has had second thoughts.
Her lawyer, Jim McClendon, says that she was too young to give valid consent at the time the video was shot, and wants the images removed from the game before it is distributed.
"We're just trying to nip it where it is now," McClendon said.
Nice choice of words, counselor.
She must have been happy to get the whole thing off her chest.