Seems like only yesterday we were lamenting the demise of Tony Bruno from AM 1350’s Fox Sports Radio lineup. (And then lamenting the loss of 1350 itself.)
Now there’s a fresh round of morning woe: WKNR has launched its new relationship with Fox Sports, meaning Mike & Mike in the Morning — the station’s syndicated broadcast of the best sports-talk show on radio — is now history. Spewing from the radio this morning were a coupla guys with an accountant’s vigor. The show’s called The First String, or The First Down, or First Straw — “first” something. Can’t even remember the guys’ names, other than Tony Rizzo, who was offered a gratuitous guest spot to ensure Cleveland listeners didn’t drool upon themselves on Day 1. (The segment played like a five-minute reminder to America that, yep, the Browns still do suck this morning. How compelling.)
Meanwhile, the Mikes — Greenberg and Cleveland native Golic — can still be seen on ESPN 2, and surely can be heard on a radio or two somewhere. But not one here, apparently: A five-minute scan of the AM dial yielded various frequencies of static (including Bill Wills) and quite nearly a T-boned red coupe in Lakewood. (Memo to self: Coffee, radio tuning, and right-hand turns do not make a happy threesome.) — Erich Burnett
This article appears in Oct 4-10, 2006.