PatsDeb

Anyone else listening to that 15 minutes of hell? I never thought that other radio "personalities" could make me long for Felger & Mazz. The Houston guys had Ted Johnson on with them and they were rude from the get-go. Gresh joked (in an obvious way) "that you guys have with you some guy named Ted Johnson, who we have never heard of..." when introducing them, and they started right in, saying, "It doesn't surprise me that someone who thinks the Patriots 2012 defense is better than the Bengals 2012 defense has never heard of Ted Johnson. He won 3 Superbowl rings with the Patriots." as if they really meant they had never heard of Ted Johnson. It then degenerated into a shouting match over Gresh's credentials. Zo tried to ask Ted Johnson some football questions and was drowned out by the other three (the two Houston guys and Gresh) fighting over who has a better resume. Zo kept telling Gresh to "Shut up! I'm talking here!" to no avail.

Remember Gresh before he was on 98.5, when he was loud, whiny and strident? He reverted to form in the face of their insults, which were equally inappropriate. What a total embarrassment. I turned it off after 5 minutes, which is too bad because I wanted to hear a reasonable perspective from the other side.

Anyone else listen to the whole thing? Did it get any better?

PatsSox363804

Once the screaming match started I took my earphones out. It was like listening to the Big Show back in the day which is why I switch to 98.5 in the first place

PatsDeb

I had this exact thought as I turned off the radio!

dales804

I have given up on 98.5. I never liked Gresh & Zo. Gresh has always been annoying to me, for the exact reason you gave above. Used to listen to Felger & Mazz. Now I can't stand them. It seems that since they've taken over the top of the ratings board, they feel like they can say whatever they want and not back it up. It's always, "the Patriots pinch pennies," "Rondo is an immature a-hole," and "go Bruins!" It's just not informative radio anymore. And since 96.9 is now music, I don't have any talk radio to listen to. I need to find me a new talk station to dial in to during the 5 p.m. commute.

Uncle Rico

Ugh. I head into work in a few minutes and usually put 98.5 on then. Hopefully this thing is over then.

Gresh and Zo have been pretty full of themselves this week because Zo tweeted about the Texans being "frauds" and that got some reaction from Houston. It's like they can't talk about it/themselves enough. And to make it worse they've had Shaughnessy on to rehash his crap.

At work I usually stick with 98.5 til 2, when I switch to WFAN — I like Zo enough to tolerate Gresh — but yesterday I switched right at noon. Might have to switch early again today.

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DocHoliday

Patriots.com radio all the way

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Wax Frog

This out-of-towner just gets his Rooke fix and he's good to go No Media Mazzholeage for me

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Welkerstache

Mediots!!!!

Deus Irae

Unfortunately, WEEI changed its lineup to meet the 98.5 "challenge". Instead of leaving the excellent Dale & Holley show alone, they killed it, which weakened the station. With Amendolara leaving 98.5, nighttime sports talk has also crapped out.

6-10 Music
10-2 Zo/Merloni (Avoid listening to Gresh and "Mutt")
2-6 Holley & guests (Also, Francessa on WFAN)
6-12 Music

Focus your listening efforts that way, and it's decent radio.

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Rob0729

With WEEI getting killed in the ratings (everyone day part of the station finished 6-8 places or more behind 98.5), odds are good that there will be some major shake ups in the line up in the next six months to a year. Chad Finn speculates that Dennis and Callahan could be moved to WRKO where their Right Wing views will fit into their format because their contracts are so ironclad that they are unfireable. I think Mutt and Merloni aren't much for this world. Ordway will be gone after his current contract expires if not sooner.

We can hope that this time around that WEEI makes smart moves to counter 98.5. I know the Holley move to drive time was more out of necessity to avoid having him defect to 98.5 since he is one of the only personalities on the station attractive to 98.5 and would have been a perfect pairing with Felger. But this time around, they will have to be smart and realize the sports talk that made them a powerhouse in the 90s and early 2000s is outdated and they benefitted from lack of competition for far too long.