Vote Local, Vote Brad

By Chris

Colin Cowherd...errr Schrutebag...is back on Buffalo airwaves. Brad Riter's "Powerplay" show ended on Thursday, putting ESPN Radio back on WGR550-AM from 10 a.m.-Noon. Now I don't like listening to Cow...err Schrutebag (go easy on us, we're new at this), and you probably don't either.


On Brad's last morning show (he'll be on nights from 7-10 now), he made a plea to keep the "Powerplay" alive and there must have been enough of a response for the higher-ups to introduce this poll on the WGR homepage:

What do you want to hear on WGR weekdays between 10 AM and noon?
-Colin Cowherd
-Local programming with Brad Riter
-Local programming with another host

We can either choose to listen to the latest NHL free agent talk, interviews with members of the Buffalo Bills at mini-camp, and other local topics...or we can choose can listen to a voice that would make any former coma victim want to go back to sleep talk about veggggaaassss, strippers, and How to Shut Down a Blog 101, all while plagarizing other people's material and then refusing to apologize for it after getting busted. Personally, I choose the former rather than the latter.

Right now, "Local programming with Brad" holds a giant lead, but no lead is ever safe. Get your votes in and knock that national asshat down to less than one percent.

Even if you don't like Brad, just vote against Schrutebag (we've got it now). "Another host" would likely be either Corey Griswold or Brian Koziol, and each have done a more-than-adequate job filling in for Brad during the night show.

So vote local, and vote often. It's the American thing to do.

Come on Down

By Chris

Bob Barker is taping his final episode of The Price is Right this week and it will air on June 15. No replacement has yet been announced so it looks as if it's still a wide-open competition to replace him.

Then I found this post on a Sabres message board from none other than WGR550's Brad Riter (yes, the real Brad Riter):

My friend Dan Sonntag's idol and hero, Bob Barker, is retiring, and Dan honestly believes he is the perfect person to fill Bob's shoes.

It's the job he was born to do.

Since no official replacement has yet been named, we've still got a shot.

He's got a brand new MySpace page which (since we came up with this idea today) is not yet full of information. Our goal is to get him noticed, making appearances on radio shows, etc. as soon as possible. (I already know of one show where he's got a really good shot of getting on!)

http://www.myspace.com/nexthostofTPIR

Please do me a favor and, if you've got a myspace account, add him as a friend and, if you're feeling really generous, move him up to the top of your page for a few days so that people take a look.

This is part real, part fun, part "hey let's see if we can get anybody to notice him."

I don't ask for much so give it a shot. Just think... when it works, you can say that you were in on the ground floor.

Thanks,
Brad

So we're on the bandwagon. We love The Price is Right, and if anyone is going to replace Bob, it might as well be a local guy through a grassroots movement. So spread the word. Help Dan and help control the pet population; have your pet spayed or neutered.