[Rangers94]

Chris was released from his WFAN contract on thursday and is rumored to have signed with Sirius XM for 3 million a year.

There are no details yet on what channel or when he will start.

 

[wilbur_the_goose]

I wonder how much he'll be liked outside NY. His accent may scare off folks from the south or the west.

 

[Sharkie_Fan]

I wonder how much he'll be liked outside NY. His accent may scare off folks from the south or the west.

He's a popular guy out here on the West Coast, actually.

His Giants rants are legendary and he gets alot of airtime out here. He's on pretty frequently with the guys from KNBR.

 

[Koz]

Is he the "Mad Dog" of "Mike and the Mad Dog"?

 

[BrucePadgett]

Oh yeah. He's a real hoot. Let's see how he does as a solo day-to-day--his show with Mike Francesca was perfection. I caught his goodbyes on YES today. He choked up during a phone call with Mike. (WFAN wouldn't allow a proper farewell show.) In fact, Mike was barely containing the tears, and many callers were weeping.

You don't know what you've got till it's gone.

 

[njblackberry]

I always found him vaguely incoherent. I couldn't listen to that show.

 

[fineware]

I wonder how much he'll be liked outside NY. His accent may scare off folks from the south or the west.

Like Scott Farrell doesn't?

 

[DCSholtis]

Oh yeah. He's a real hoot. Let's see how he does as a solo day-to-day--his show with Mike Francesca was perfection. I caught his goodbyes on YES today. He choked up during a phone call with Mike. (WFAN wouldn't allow a proper farewell show.) In fact, Mike was barely containing the tears, and many callers were weeping.

You don't know what you've got till it's gone.

Yeah but what a last show he had. Spent the whole show doing his usual rip job of the Yankees while wearing a Tampa Rays cap. Classic!

 

[Ken S]

Like Scott Farrell doesn't?

Interesting comparison between Farrell and Russo.

Farrell has pretty much always done more of a national show...Russo has really focused on NY. How that will play to a true nationwide audience will be interesting.

Actually, I'd like to hear Farrell and Russo do a show together every so often...that would be insanity.

 

[BrucePadgett]

It's official: Mad Dog Radio starts Sept. 15 on XM 144 and Sirius 123. Chris will hold down the 2PM to 7PM EST weekday shift, putting him directly up against almost all of Mike Francesca's program on WFAN.

I wonder if DirecTV will consider adding the channel to its XM suite to placate YES viewers? Or, even more intriguing, would XM Sirius consider offers from competing NYC sports channels like SNY or MSG to simulcast Russo's show?

 

[cartrivision]

It's official: Mad Dog Radio starts Sept. 15 on XM 144 and Sirius 123. Chris will hold down the 2PM to 7PM EST weekday shift, putting him directly up against almost all of Mike Francesca's program on WFAN.

I wonder if DirecTV will consider adding the channel to its XM suite to placate YES viewers? Or, even more intriguing, would XM Sirius consider offers from competing NYC sports channels like SNY or MSG to simulcast Russo's show?

It's probably more Sirius-XM's call than DirecTV's, and I suspect that Sirius-XM will want to make people have to subscribe to their satellite radio service to get their exclusive content. The CEO of the company has stated that he doesn't like the idea of giving away satellite's exclusive content for free.

 

[DCSholtis]

It's official: Mad Dog Radio starts Sept. 15 on XM 144 and Sirius 123. Chris will hold down the 2PM to 7PM EST weekday shift, putting him directly up against almost all of Mike Francesca's program on WFAN.

I wonder if DirecTV will consider adding the channel to its XM suite to placate YES viewers? Or, even more intriguing, would XM Sirius consider offers from competing NYC sports channels like SNY or MSG to simulcast Russo's show?

Nice!!! Can't wait to hear Doggie again. Will I get this with the package I already have or is this going to be one of those ala cart deals they were talking about with the merger?!!

It's going to be a 24/7 channel beginning in October as well

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/sports/othersports/20russo.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Starting Sept. 15, Russo will return to afternoon drive time, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., putting him in competition with Francesa, now also a solo act, who is on from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Perhaps more important, as Sirius XM tries to build Russo into a megastar, he will be the boss of a crew of hosts who will fill out the rest of the schedule on his channel beginning in October.

"I can do anything I want with it," Russo said at a news conference.

If he wants to take his show to Wrigley Field during the postseason, he says he will. If he wants to travel to Wimbledon, he will. He could do his show from a Nascar event but said he would not, which may not sit well with listeners unfamiliar with him outside New York.

 

[BrucePadgett]

Dan, from the language XM is using on promotions during MLB broadcasts, it will be part of regular programming. XM Sports Nation on channel 144 will morph into Mad Dog Radio.

 

[paja]

I wonder how much he'll be liked outside NY. His accent may scare off folks from the south or the west.

I've never heard of the guy before this

 

[hookemfins]

Now, a Wall Street Journal article mentions that XM 144 will be relaunched as Mad Dog Radio. From 4-7 XM has Claire B Lang and other NASCAR programming from 7-10. Does this mean that NASCAR radio will come back to XM?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121919721292355455.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

 

[Rich]

I always found him vaguely incoherent. I couldn't listen to that show.

Ah, an intelligent person.

Russo was and is an absolute buffoon who knows little or nothing of sports aside from tennis. This is the same guy who severely knocked Jeter when he first came up. Lousy SS! Not a good hitter! Never took into consideration that Jeter was playing in the minor leagues and doing well with terrible pitchers and ball fields that were poorly maintained.

Same guy who said Tino Martinez was a "tewwible" defensive first baseman after watching him in the 95 playoffs. I watched those same playoffs and saw a really good first baseman. His rant was occasioned by the Yanks obtaining Tino after 95 to replace Mattingly. I listened to him since the inception of the show and he is lost without a person who has at least a minimal understanding of baseball or football. And that last sentence pretty much sums up my opinion of Mike.

Kind of hard to call Mike a pompous windbag when we have the ultimate pompous windbag in John Sterling, but Mike is a close second. Follow his football picks during the College or NFL systems and you'll see what I mean. He comes across as really knowing what he is talking about and then the results come in and you find a person who can barely pick games at a .500 pace. Don't make any bets on his picks.

ESPN radio has a much better lineup with Max Kellerman in the morning from 10 to 12:30 and then the rest of the lineup until Mike Kay's show comes on is much better informed than anyone FAN can put on.

The only time "Mike and the Mad Dog" was interesting was in the beginning when they fought constantly. And then there was the time Russo stupidly attacked Bob Costas and got his *** kicked.

My opinions are based on listening to them from 1989 to the last show. Ended up turning them off most of the time and going to ESPN NYC radio.

Since I live in the NYC Metro area and get all kinds of radio stations, I recently canceled XM in both cars. Know what the most popular stations on XM were? This is straight from XM. Here they are: 5,6,7,8, and finally, 9.

Waste of money. And now they have that nitwit Russo.

Rich

 

[Rich]

I've never heard of the guy before this

Believe me, you're a better person for it.

Rich

 

[n-spring]

Since I live in the NYC Metro area and get all kinds of radio stations, I recently canceled XM in both cars. Know what the most popular stations on XM were? This is straight from XM. Here they are: 5,6,7,8, and finally, 9.

Waste of money.

Says you, but I'm willing to pay for no commercials and XM's expanded playlists. Houston radio sucks.

 

[Rich]

Says you, but I'm willing to pay for no commercials and XM's expanded playlists. Houston radio sucks.

I've spent a lot of time in the Clear Lake area and Galveston and you're right. But up here, and that was the point I was trying to make, it's not necessary (to me). I had it thru two Caddies and never used it. I can see a need for it in other markets. NYC radio kinda spoils you.

Rich

 

[sum_random_dork]

As a new member of this board I felt the need to post, I am looking forward to Chris's new show. I know he's a HUGE SF Giants fan, in fact he calls in every few months to KNBR Radio to rant on how bad the Giants are and their signings. This will be a nice add to XM 144 because you already have Dan Patrick on there. Plus, you still have Tony Bruno sitting out there waiting for the right deal, I'd hope he ends up with a monring show on Satellite radio, he's filling in next week for Patrick on his show. It will be interesting to see how things shake out after the merger.