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97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/26/24 06:00 PM
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I just read that 97.1 The Freak in Dallas is changing formats and the station is effectively done as of today. Mike Rhyner brought a bunch of ex-Ticket guys over to the station, but every time I tried to listen to it, it was absolutely terrible. I'm sure others like me tried to give it a chance, but they never gained any traction in the ratings.
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/26/24 06:15 PM
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I listened once for 10 minutes, but then again, I don't listen to sport talk at all anymore.
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/26/24 06:15 PM
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Same hear. Tried to listen a couple of times but way to wheels off to keep my attention. The talent Mike siphoned off is going to find it hard to land back in the DFW sports talk market.
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/26/24 06:16 PM
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I thought the Eagle has that slot.
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/26/24 06:19 PM
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go back to a rock format. talk radio sucks.
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/26/24 06:20 PM
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I thought the Eagle has that slot. They renamed it "The Freak" in October 2022 when they changed formats to " lifestyle talk". It was very little sports and a lot of sophomoric humor and obscure music talk that really can't resonate well in the target demographic of men aged 25–54.
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/26/24 06:34 PM
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I tried and still listen occasionally. The “we talk about what we want” didn’t seem marketable to me. I think a sports based station, would be better. They were obviously trying to compete with the Ticket.
I never listen to ticket. May try the fan. Never listen to them either.
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/26/24 06:46 PM
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NORML as can be
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go back to a rock format. talk radio sucks. Russ Martin was good at it, But he had substance abuse problems
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/26/24 07:12 PM
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I was going to quote GB, but it's a blank field. Anyway, yeah, I didn't know that had changed over. I can't get that station from where I live. I remember the old Eagle way back when. That's when the ZOO was around.
Garrett
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/26/24 07:50 PM
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I hate Cumulus, and wish it had made it. Oh well. C’est la vie
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/26/24 08:01 PM
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go back to a rock format. talk radio sucks. Russ Martin was good at it, But he had substance abuse problems yeah, he really fell off at the end.
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/26/24 08:33 PM
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Adios. Talk radio sucks, and their format was the worst.
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/26/24 08:40 PM
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I pretty much stopped listening after they had on some yahoo activist who said he was at the Allen Mall mass shooting. He’s a know agitator. Was later proven he wasn’t even there.
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/26/24 08:46 PM
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I hate Cumulus, and wish it had made it. Oh well. C’est la vie Cumulus owns The Ticket. iHeart Radio owns 97.1. Probably one and the same when it comes to managing philosophy.
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/26/24 09:11 PM
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go back to a rock format. talk radio sucks. I’m with you
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/26/24 09:15 PM
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I tried it as well. It was terrible
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/27/24 10:01 AM
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I have been a Ticket listener since 1998. I didn't know The Freak existed until a couple months ago and I found out here. I looked it up and saw what "talent" they got from the ticket and knew it was probably bad. I tried to listed once but it was so terrible I could not even give it a go. Ben and Skin are a disaster and The Ticket got rid of the dead weight by not renewing Nasal Dan and Joe Biden Jake. The icing was when Norm quit. The Ticket is as strong or stronger than it's been in a decade. The Freak is no more.
The winner is clear. Rhyner couldn't construct a beast powerful enough to destroy then one he'd already birthed.
Pass the gravy.
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/27/24 03:00 PM
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Re: 97.1 The Freak in Dallas
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04/27/24 04:18 PM
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go back to a rock format. talk radio sucks. I’m with you X's 3 remember when it was "Z-97" around 1980ish, then the "Eagle", then one day it was morons talking about moron stuff with dry jokes.
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