When I turned on the ignition in my Volvo at 3:33 on Monday (July 9th) morning the first thing that popped into my head was...."here we go again" It had been a long time since I had a steady gig at that time of the morning. Sure I did about 20 Imus shows at that time in the last few months before his firing but nothing really on a regular basis. But this one also felt a little different than before. And the reason why is relatively obvious. This one is MINE!
In my 19 months at 790 The Ticket I have now worked 3 different shifts. My first opportunity was working alongside Dolphin great O.J. McDuffie from 10-1 and that was a VERY rewarding experience. Soon after the Colts beat the Bears the station moved me from 10-1 to 12-4. And now I find myself back in the slot that made me "infamous" (not famous!) up in New York City. Yep, good ole morning drive!
Now let's get one thing very clear here. The station management did not decide to replace Joe Rose with me. It was more of Joe Rose deciding to replace Joe Rose with me! But whatever the circumstances are it still feels real good to be back on a drive time show.
My philosophy is really very simple. I consider myself a rabid sports fan but I've always believed that "straight" sports talk can never really work in the mornings. When you consider WFAN's success it all started with Imus (not a sports show) and even WQAM has had Neil manning mid-morning for years. The show could still be mostly sports (even 85%!) but at some point you better keep the morning commuters abreast of the news and entertainment happenings along the way. My pledge to the South Florida audience is to do just that each and every morning.
We've already lined up an impressive stable of weekly and monthly guests for the upcoming football season that includes Tiki Barber, Phil Simms, Jim Nantz, Terry Bowden, NFL Network's Adam Schefter, Michael Irvin, Bernie Kosar and some of your favorite Dolphin players. We will also continue to cover the pennant races on a weekly basis with ESPN's Jayson Stark and some Marlin players as well.
That's just the beginning. If you're a fan of the Sid Rosenberg Show you know that anybody from Steven Van Zandt to Artie Lange is capable of popping up at anytime as well.
Enjoy, the pool's warm!