In WXYT boldly delves into Wings talk Malik praises two of the stations DJ for chatting about the Wings.
WXYT's Terry Foster and Mike Valenti officially talked about the Detroit Red Wings in earnest for the first time on Wednesday, ...
Wow the first time this season and roughly 50 games into the season. For Hockeytown that's sad and depressing.
My response there:
Whenever I've been to Detroit I've never, NEVER, been impressed with the sports talk stations there. As with most every other city in the states it's way, way too much American football. If not that sport then some other celebrity tangent or other non-sport topic. No hockey, no basketball, no baseball and I've been there enough times when those sports overlapped hockey season.
Other than the Red Wings broadcasts, there are only two positives for WXYT: the FM feed is on iTunes and the Jeff Riger post-game Wings shows.
Malik also found the AP article on USAToday about the Detroit Pistons moving to WXYT, which is something I blogged Monday. I doubt the veracity of Malik's headline, Pistons' deal with WXYT won't take precedence over Wings games, and first statement.
The Associated Press notes that the Detroit Pistons, who will move up the dial to WXYT next season, won't supersede the Red Wings in "The Ticket's" pecking order:
My response:
I don't believe the headline of this (Malik's) article.
When non-Lions, American football games take precedence over a Red Wings game then something is wrong, which in this case is the Wings' flagship station, WXYT.
My previous problems with WXYT:
Two Nights
Listening Live
Want proof that Detroit isn't Hockeytown anymore. Right now 19:26 Thursday Dec. 13, 2007, I'm streaming the Wings' flagship radio station, WXYT, using iTunes. The talking heads there are talking about American football. There should be a pre-game show for the Wings too. Now the game has started, about a minute in, and they're still chatting about the Lions. Wings just scored. Still the iTunes stream is American football. Thankfully I can listen to the game on nhl.com. There's this beeping noise that's very annoying. I can't win tonight. Thankfully the Wings are out to an early start. Just messaged the studio. This is what I wrote. "I like streaming your feed using iTunes. How come I'm hearing American football chatter instead of the Red Wings game? This is very disappointing to me. Please e-mail me back at (e-mail address) with the answer. Thank you for your time." I'll let you know if I receive a response. This is depressing. I mean I had my hopes that if I moved to a hockey loving area everything would be perfect. I guess I'll need to move to Canada now. Finally at nearly 8PM they join the game in progress. Damn that just sucks. That's very poor judgment in my opinion. I'd feel the same way if they were talking hockey and joined an American football game in progress. The live event takes top priority and preferably with a pre-game show. Sheesh. Well it's on iTunes now so I'm happy now, but still poor judgment on WXYT's part. Damn the Oilers just scored. Well the game just ended and still no word from WXYT. I seriously doubt I'll receive a response. Typical.
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