Last Thursday’s installment of the Triv show featured Cleveland’s most perfectly coiffed-voice venting about the status of sports talk radio.
Specifically, WKNR and 92.3 The Fan.
“They’re so stupid it’s unbelievable.”
That’s how it starts. It rolls along for another ten solid minutes with shots at Tony Rizzo — “They still sell $50 commercials, Rizzo runs around saying how important he is, but can’t get $60 for a spot.” — Chuck Booms — “Chuck Booms doesn’t know what day it is, let alone who the Browns should draft.” — and more.
Audio is embedded below. You’ll want to fast forward ahead to the 6:00 mark, which is when the sports talk station stuff starts. It lasts until about the 17:00 mile marker.
Other highlights:
“One of them is going to die. There’s not enough audience for both, especially with me on the dial.”
“They’re showboating — spreading false information. Trying to compete. They both stink.”
“If they were any good, they’d work here and make good money. I probably make more money than the entire WKNR staff combined. “
“They’re idiots. You tell them Triv said so.”
“If you put their ratings together, they don’t equal mine.”
This article appears in Mar 14-20, 2012.
Mike Triv has the IQ of a fern! There is NO way to lump 92.3 The Fan in with the contrived TOOLS at WKNR! Firstly, WKNR has been letting local sport talk radio fans down for over 20 years. 92.3 The Fan has been around since last August!!! Speaking of hypocrites, Tubby Triv, as soon as you started making decent money, you became a Republican and left the Democrats behind! Ha! Love when you spoke about the “all purpose” station 1100 is & how school shootings are covered! Really? I remember 1100 going to Glenn Beck at 9am when the Chardon tragedy happened, while 92.3 The Fan spent the entire DAY on the topic and took calls and discussed it from ALL angles! BTW – WKNR apprently did not want to upset their 800 advertisers & ignored the story that day.
There is no way to lump the 2 sports stations together! Aaron Goldhammer is a rude punk that misleads folks DAILY on WKNR (check out his name on YouTube from when he was on STO w/Bruce Drennan recently). He admits that he bragged about getting swirlied & pantsed in school on the air JUST for attention! The contrived BS Triv railed about is a WKNR thing! Brinda, Fedor and Rizzo/Goldhammer do it MORE than they don’t! A joke…
92.3 The Fan is part of CBS radio and is going nowhere! NE Ohio finally has a local sports talk station where hosts actually have conversations with callers (a novel concept – right WKNR?!).
The Bull & Fox show from 2pm – 7pm is so much better then the FOOLigans on WKNR—>it’s scary! WKNR will be going down & out IF Triv is right about only one surviving!
Nice coverage, Scene!!!
Cleveland sports radio does suck, and you are a big part of why, Triv!
As a recently retired US Marine, I’ve lived all over the country and enjoy listening to sports radio during my drive. The selection in most cities aren’t much better than Cleveland, but here, it’s the worst. Even though the local sports team’s don’t have much positive to report on, the continuous bashing and lack of intelligent conversation is drawing me to satellite radio. Screen your callers!!!! The idiots you put on the radio are just as brain dead as the those hosting the show. Maybe it starts from the top down, get rid of your program directors!
Something needs to happen….after reading this, it just reinforces my desire to research satellite radio. XM or Sirius, here I come!
Hate on Triv all you want, but he is telling the truth. The stupidity of sports talk is that when there is no story, you have to keep throwing baloney against the wall until something sticks and generates calls.
I love two out of three of the comments! That is really great. Two people understand that Triv sold out to the Rush, Glenn Beck, republican censorship powers of Ohio in 1100am. This whole giant radio station, Triv and the rest are republican mouth-pieces. Big fuckin mouth pieces at that..as big of fucking mouth-pieces as there ever were. Blow-hards who would not make a patch on a Marine’s butt, Geaux. You and Joe in Akron said it better than I can and so I will just give you all the thumbs up that my comment and voting rights on cleve.scene will allow.
Wow look at Kenny J. Go…Finally something that doesn’t trail off in a mindless rant!
Yeah That fat F* Trivisonno is a bag of vomit anyway…
Mike Trivisanno ≈ Jimmy Dimora
For the last twenty years, I have been embarrassed for Cleveland because of Triv and his “mega-d*go” mentality. People in Cleveland are used to him and take him or leave him alone. He’s like the buzz of an annoying insect that you can’t quite swat.
Trouble is, 1100 AM reaches as far as Detroit and it’s within range of those passing through on the Turnpike and the other interstates as well.The people in Michigan and those driving through Ohio must shake their heads in disbelief and say “Yup…it’s Cleveland…what did you expect?”
For better and mostly for worse, Triv’s time on the airwaves makes him an ambassador for Cleveland. Too bad you can’t have an ambassador with out the ass. He is Cleveland to outsiders and visitors and those passing through who happpen to be within range of his voice. And that is not good.
Chuckles the Clown
Triv is as boring and pretentious as any ego on the radio is.. im not happy with 92.3 the fan.. i think it should of been one of the HD channels but oh well.. also.. XM and Sirius merged a long time ago.. so you dont have to look into it
I don’t think I’ve listened to Triv in the past ten years or something like that. Why? Because he’s annoying and he does stuff like this. Yes comments such as “Chuck Booms doesn’t know what day it is, let alone who the Browns should draft” make me laugh, but you can plug any name into that sentence and I would probably still be laughing.
If I thought that any talk radio stations were worth listening to, I wouldn’t exclusively listen to CDs or my iPod in my car.
Trivisonno is a buttwart. Chuck booms is a window licker. Neither are entertaining radio. Rover even is more entertaining