Radio Shakeup - 790 chooses Josh Innes over Adam Clanton

BullRider · May 1, 2018

Clanton ultimately wins by miles

Wooderson · May 1, 2018

HR Dept said: ↑

Good. Innes is out of sight out of mind for me, so I couldn’t care less about him. Glad that Clanton is in that category now as well.

I would love another football centric show featuring Jones, Braddock and Lance Z. It’s a pipe dream but I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
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Are you really saying that what we need is more football talk on the radio?

ima_drummer2k · May 1, 2018

Is it just me or does anyone else think there are way too many sportstalk stations and hosts in Houston? Seems like there's a major shakeup every few months or so. I can't even keep up anymore and I don't really want to, since pretty much all the hosts are just redundant blowhards begging for attention.

Podcast(s) for the win.

BTW, no one does Jim Rome like The Master. Listen below:

morpheus133 · May 1, 2018

Nero said: ↑

It is apparently an odd thing, to think for yourself and to form your own opinion about things.

I have been listening to Houston sports radio for a long long time, I remember listening to Lance and Granato somewhere around '97, in the wee early hours of the morning. Listened to them for a long time on whatever station they were on. I didn't yet know about the nomadic nature of these guys' professions.
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In case you missed it, John and Lance are on ESPN 97.5 FM now in the mornings. I switched to them shortly after Innis started and Lance left 790.

Never really cared for Adam on 790 either though. It seems likely that there is more to the story than just Adam retweeting Josh in a Thunder jersey to get fired.

REEKO_HTOWN · May 1, 2018

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They power of makeup and professional photography.

If you see Clanton's first wedding pictures you'll see he really lost.

Fyreball · May 1, 2018

BullRider said: ↑

Clanton ultimately wins by miles

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I've seen Clanton's wife up close. I will never dog another man for his choice in his significant other, but this is a gross misrepresentation of what she actually looks like. I will say she seems like a pretty cool person though, which is more than I can say about Adam.

ab0_bleedred · May 1, 2018

610 >>

HR Dept · May 1, 2018

Wooderson said: ↑

Are you really saying that what we need is more football talk on the radio?
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No, I’m saying we need more GOOD football talk on the radio.

HR Dept · May 1, 2018

Also, is 790 no longer avalable on HD Radio?

Wooderson · May 1, 2018

HR Dept said: ↑

No, I’m saying we need more GOOD football talk on the radio.
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Ah, yes. I see.

Good point.

theimpossibles1 · May 1, 2018

Nero said: ↑

It is apparently an odd thing, to think for yourself and to form your own opinion about things.

I have been listening to Houston sports radio for a long long time, I remember listening to Lance and Granato somewhere around '97, in the wee early hours of the morning. Listened to them for a long time on whatever station they were on. I didn't yet know about the nomadic nature of these guys' professions.

Anyway, I liked John & Lance, and so when they inevitably moved, I found them again wherever they happened to go.

When they were on 610, that was also when I came across Charlie, and at the time he was teamed with Rich Lord. Oh my God, it was like a constant contest of who could be more insufferable! Learned to really dislike those two guys.

somewhere along the line, Clanton came into the picture, and I enjoyed him because he was talented, his Rome impression was more Rome than Rome, and so I had been a fan of his as well. And I especially liked Lance and Clanton together, it was a good combination. Lance doing Oscar De La Hoya was one of the best bits ever.

Couldn't stand any of the other guys on 610, and once Lance ended up on 790, I stopped listening to 610 entirely.

(I should add that I am not a Twitter user, and I don't use Facebook or other 'social media', except very rarely in passing.. so I literally have zero knowledge of what people do/have done/say/said on twitter.. so all of that means absolutely zero to me)

So while I was listening to 790, enjoying Lance in the AM, or whoever else they put in the mornings.. then listening to Matt at lunchtime (Gooooood Morning Stripperrrrrs!), and being on Clutchfans, I would occasionally see people complain about Josh Innes in threads here. Since I never listened to 610, I literally never ever heard the guy, not once. But I do remember that people sure did love to complain about him. Apparently he and Morey didn't get along, I don't know the details really. And there was much rejoicing when he moved to Philadelphia.

But anyway, the drive in the morning was fun with Lance or whoever else in the mornings.. Matt Thomas was great at lunch time, so I listened then too.. But the drive home.. oh hell, it was 30 minutes of Pallillo every day.. condescending, cynical, know-it-all, rude, arrogant, tired shtick, repeated every day exactly the same way. Absolutely could not stand the guy, never could. Never could understand what kind of person could ever think that guy was good, much less enjoy listening to it. But it seemed like he was the 'Godfather' on 790 or something, and that he would never be going anywhere.

So it was a big surprise/shock to me when 790 suddenly dumped CP for this guy Josh Innes, who supposedly everyone hated. I couldn't understand it. But, I couldn't stand CP, so I wasn't *upset* about it, per se.. I just didn't understand the move.

So I was kind of stuck - I was not going to start listening to 610 under any circumstances, and so on my drive home, I just left it on 790.

So that point in time was my first exposure to Innes. And rather than approach the situation with my mind already made up by everyone else telling me that Innes must be hated by all, instead, I actually just listened, out of curiosity at first, to see what all the fuss was about. And while I sort of assumed i was going to hate the guy, that he would immediately turn me off with his horribleness.. that simply never happened.

He was immediately more entertaining than Pallillo, and he didn't actually say horrible things. He was aggressively energetic, yes, defiant and unapologetic about being put in that time slot, formerly occupied by a 'beloved icon'.. I found I liked listening to his show. I liked it a hell of a lot more than any time ever listening to CP.

Then, when Lance announced that he was leaving radio, and that the station was moving Innes to the morning, well, it became my morning ride to work, and I have enjoyed it more even than the last year or so of Lance's shows on 790.

I am assuming that there are plenty of other people out there in Houston as well who also decided for themselves, rather than just blindly accepting the dogma that Innes is terrible and must be hated by all.

And yeah, he has not made a secret that he has not been a huge Harden fan in the past (although he has come around), and that he and Morey did not get along (although they actually had a pleasant cordial interview, and it was fine). So maybe he is different than he was on 610, I don't know. And after listening to all the things around 'radio row', it seems that that was more the fault of the guy from 610 than anything else.

As for Clanton, the fact that he was openly politically conservative is no different to me than how so many more media figures are so openly liberal. If you don't have a problem with any of them being politically liberal, then it would be hypocritical of you to be down on Clanton for having his own views as well. In any case, I never really listened to the afternoon show, not a fan of Sean Jones, and Braddock is just bland and forgettable, and Clanton, the few times I did hear him, just seemed lost. And having never used Twitter, whatever anyone has done or said on Twitter has never had any bearing at all on what or who I choose to listen to on the radio.

But in looking at that blog post, and listening to excepts from the broadcast (which I did NOT hear), it sounds like there must have been a lot more going on behind the scenes there, and that Clanton just wore his welcome out.

Innes' show is leading the ratings in his time slot, among the competition, and 790 is not going to mess with that, especially not to assuage a bunch of butt-hurt people who don't listen to them anyway.

But guys... so much wailing and gnashing of teeth.. and for what? Why do you guys get your panties in such knots over the guy? It's just plain weird. Chill out, you'll live longer.
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TLDR, I just found it funny that you wrote this 10 thousand word essay about AM radio then end it by telling people to chill out. That is all.

justtxyank · May 1, 2018

Nero said: ↑

It is apparently an odd thing, to think for yourself and to form your own opinion about things.

I have been listening to Houston sports radio for a long long time, I remember listening to Lance and Granato somewhere around '97, in the wee early hours of the morning. Listened to them for a long time on whatever station they were on. I didn't yet know about the nomadic nature of these guys' professions.

Anyway, I liked John & Lance, and so when they inevitably moved, I found them again wherever they happened to go.

When they were on 610, that was also when I came across Charlie, and at the time he was teamed with Rich Lord. Oh my God, it was like a constant contest of who could be more insufferable! Learned to really dislike those two guys.

somewhere along the line, Clanton came into the picture, and I enjoyed him because he was talented, his Rome impression was more Rome than Rome, and so I had been a fan of his as well. And I especially liked Lance and Clanton together, it was a good combination. Lance doing Oscar De La Hoya was one of the best bits ever.

Couldn't stand any of the other guys on 610, and once Lance ended up on 790, I stopped listening to 610 entirely.

(I should add that I am not a Twitter user, and I don't use Facebook or other 'social media', except very rarely in passing.. so I literally have zero knowledge of what people do/have done/say/said on twitter.. so all of that means absolutely zero to me)

So while I was listening to 790, enjoying Lance in the AM, or whoever else they put in the mornings.. then listening to Matt at lunchtime (Gooooood Morning Stripperrrrrs!), and being on Clutchfans, I would occasionally see people complain about Josh Innes in threads here. Since I never listened to 610, I literally never ever heard the guy, not once. But I do remember that people sure did love to complain about him. Apparently he and Morey didn't get along, I don't know the details really. And there was much rejoicing when he moved to Philadelphia.

But anyway, the drive in the morning was fun with Lance or whoever else in the mornings.. Matt Thomas was great at lunch time, so I listened then too.. But the drive home.. oh hell, it was 30 minutes of Pallillo every day.. condescending, cynical, know-it-all, rude, arrogant, tired shtick, repeated every day exactly the same way. Absolutely could not stand the guy, never could. Never could understand what kind of person could ever think that guy was good, much less enjoy listening to it. But it seemed like he was the 'Godfather' on 790 or something, and that he would never be going anywhere.

So it was a big surprise/shock to me when 790 suddenly dumped CP for this guy Josh Innes, who supposedly everyone hated. I couldn't understand it. But, I couldn't stand CP, so I wasn't *upset* about it, per se.. I just didn't understand the move.

So I was kind of stuck - I was not going to start listening to 610 under any circumstances, and so on my drive home, I just left it on 790.

So that point in time was my first exposure to Innes. And rather than approach the situation with my mind already made up by everyone else telling me that Innes must be hated by all, instead, I actually just listened, out of curiosity at first, to see what all the fuss was about. And while I sort of assumed i was going to hate the guy, that he would immediately turn me off with his horribleness.. that simply never happened.

He was immediately more entertaining than Pallillo, and he didn't actually say horrible things. He was aggressively energetic, yes, defiant and unapologetic about being put in that time slot, formerly occupied by a 'beloved icon'.. I found I liked listening to his show. I liked it a hell of a lot more than any time ever listening to CP.

Then, when Lance announced that he was leaving radio, and that the station was moving Innes to the morning, well, it became my morning ride to work, and I have enjoyed it more even than the last year or so of Lance's shows on 790.

I am assuming that there are plenty of other people out there in Houston as well who also decided for themselves, rather than just blindly accepting the dogma that Innes is terrible and must be hated by all.

And yeah, he has not made a secret that he has not been a huge Harden fan in the past (although he has come around), and that he and Morey did not get along (although they actually had a pleasant cordial interview, and it was fine). So maybe he is different than he was on 610, I don't know. And after listening to all the things around 'radio row', it seems that that was more the fault of the guy from 610 than anything else.

As for Clanton, the fact that he was openly politically conservative is no different to me than how so many more media figures are so openly liberal. If you don't have a problem with any of them being politically liberal, then it would be hypocritical of you to be down on Clanton for having his own views as well. In any case, I never really listened to the afternoon show, not a fan of Sean Jones, and Braddock is just bland and forgettable, and Clanton, the few times I did hear him, just seemed lost. And having never used Twitter, whatever anyone has done or said on Twitter has never had any bearing at all on what or who I choose to listen to on the radio.

But in looking at that blog post, and listening to excepts from the broadcast (which I did NOT hear), it sounds like there must have been a lot more going on behind the scenes there, and that Clanton just wore his welcome out.

Innes' show is leading the ratings in his time slot, among the competition, and 790 is not going to mess with that, especially not to assuage a bunch of butt-hurt people who don't listen to them anyway.

But guys... so much wailing and gnashing of teeth.. and for what? Why do you guys get your panties in such knots over the guy? It's just plain weird. Chill out, you'll live longer.
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TL: DR summary for everyone: Same tired trope that he disagrees with the majority of people here so the majority must be sheep basically.

Hate this type of take.

"I like this guy and anyone who doesn't is just a sheep that let's others control their opinion!!!"

SportsRV · May 1, 2018

HR Dept said: ↑

Also, is 790 no longer avalable on HD Radio?
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You can listen to SportsTalk 790 on 94.5 HD2!

Killatron 2000 · May 1, 2018

SportsRV said: ↑

You can listen to SportsTalk 790 on 94.5 HD2!
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Welcome to the big leagues, dude.

PickupSuperstar · May 1, 2018

Nero said: ↑

It is apparently an odd thing, to think for yourself and to form your own opinion about things.

I have been listening to Houston sports radio for a long long time, I remember listening to Lance and Granato somewhere around '97, in the wee early hours of the morning. Listened to them for a long time on whatever station they were on. I didn't yet know about the nomadic nature of these guys' professions.

Anyway, I liked John & Lance, and so when they inevitably moved, I found them again wherever they happened to go.

When they were on 610, that was also when I came across Charlie, and at the time he was teamed with Rich Lord. Oh my God, it was like a constant contest of who could be more insufferable! Learned to really dislike those two guys.

somewhere along the line, Clanton came into the picture, and I enjoyed him because he was talented, his Rome impression was more Rome than Rome, and so I had been a fan of his as well. And I especially liked Lance and Clanton together, it was a good combination. Lance doing Oscar De La Hoya was one of the best bits ever.

Couldn't stand any of the other guys on 610, and once Lance ended up on 790, I stopped listening to 610 entirely.

(I should add that I am not a Twitter user, and I don't use Facebook or other 'social media', except very rarely in passing.. so I literally have zero knowledge of what people do/have done/say/said on twitter.. so all of that means absolutely zero to me)

So while I was listening to 790, enjoying Lance in the AM, or whoever else they put in the mornings.. then listening to Matt at lunchtime (Gooooood Morning Stripperrrrrs!), and being on Clutchfans, I would occasionally see people complain about Josh Innes in threads here. Since I never listened to 610, I literally never ever heard the guy, not once. But I do remember that people sure did love to complain about him. Apparently he and Morey didn't get along, I don't know the details really. And there was much rejoicing when he moved to Philadelphia.

But anyway, the drive in the morning was fun with Lance or whoever else in the mornings.. Matt Thomas was great at lunch time, so I listened then too.. But the drive home.. oh hell, it was 30 minutes of Pallillo every day.. condescending, cynical, know-it-all, rude, arrogant, tired shtick, repeated every day exactly the same way. Absolutely could not stand the guy, never could. Never could understand what kind of person could ever think that guy was good, much less enjoy listening to it. But it seemed like he was the 'Godfather' on 790 or something, and that he would never be going anywhere.

So it was a big surprise/shock to me when 790 suddenly dumped CP for this guy Josh Innes, who supposedly everyone hated. I couldn't understand it. But, I couldn't stand CP, so I wasn't *upset* about it, per se.. I just didn't understand the move.

So I was kind of stuck - I was not going to start listening to 610 under any circumstances, and so on my drive home, I just left it on 790.

So that point in time was my first exposure to Innes. And rather than approach the situation with my mind already made up by everyone else telling me that Innes must be hated by all, instead, I actually just listened, out of curiosity at first, to see what all the fuss was about. And while I sort of assumed i was going to hate the guy, that he would immediately turn me off with his horribleness.. that simply never happened.

He was immediately more entertaining than Pallillo, and he didn't actually say horrible things. He was aggressively energetic, yes, defiant and unapologetic about being put in that time slot, formerly occupied by a 'beloved icon'.. I found I liked listening to his show. I liked it a hell of a lot more than any time ever listening to CP.

Then, when Lance announced that he was leaving radio, and that the station was moving Innes to the morning, well, it became my morning ride to work, and I have enjoyed it more even than the last year or so of Lance's shows on 790.

I am assuming that there are plenty of other people out there in Houston as well who also decided for themselves, rather than just blindly accepting the dogma that Innes is terrible and must be hated by all.

And yeah, he has not made a secret that he has not been a huge Harden fan in the past (although he has come around), and that he and Morey did not get along (although they actually had a pleasant cordial interview, and it was fine). So maybe he is different than he was on 610, I don't know. And after listening to all the things around 'radio row', it seems that that was more the fault of the guy from 610 than anything else.

As for Clanton, the fact that he was openly politically conservative is no different to me than how so many more media figures are so openly liberal. If you don't have a problem with any of them being politically liberal, then it would be hypocritical of you to be down on Clanton for having his own views as well. In any case, I never really listened to the afternoon show, not a fan of Sean Jones, and Braddock is just bland and forgettable, and Clanton, the few times I did hear him, just seemed lost. And having never used Twitter, whatever anyone has done or said on Twitter has never had any bearing at all on what or who I choose to listen to on the radio.

But in looking at that blog post, and listening to excepts from the broadcast (which I did NOT hear), it sounds like there must have been a lot more going on behind the scenes there, and that Clanton just wore his welcome out.

Innes' show is leading the ratings in his time slot, among the competition, and 790 is not going to mess with that, especially not to assuage a bunch of butt-hurt people who don't listen to them anyway.

But guys... so much wailing and gnashing of teeth.. and for what? Why do you guys get your panties in such knots over the guy? It's just plain weird. Chill out, you'll live longer.
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You lost me when you said you loved Clanton and Lance Z together. "Let's see who can out impression who!" It was unlistenable

CP was the only one who still mostly talked sports and also took calls, though his idea of a "blog" certainly showed his age

Kam · May 1, 2018

SportsRV said: ↑

You can listen to SportsTalk 790 on 94.5 HD2!
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Who was that one chick that one chick that rolled up on you to give you a big hug. She was wearing a tight dress. Hispanic, maybe even Asian. I think MT tried to get on that action. I don't recall which game it was.

Dr of Dunk · May 1, 2018

PickupSuperstar said: ↑

You lost me when you said you loved Clanton and Lance Z together. "Let's see who can out impression who!" It was unlistenable
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Yeah, by the time that show was its end, it was unlistenable and awkward at best. Either Lance was sick of Adam or he was just sick of working there or something because it seemed like every other response to Adam's take was Lance talking down to him.

CCorn · May 1, 2018

The Bench and usual suspects are the only Houston shows I listen to, on podcast. The hell is AM Radio?

I forget how old some of you dudes are...

CometsWin · May 1, 2018

CCorn said: ↑

The Bench and usual suspects are the only Houston shows I listen to, on podcast. The hell is AM Radio?

I forget how old some of you dudes are...
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Millennials...

Bobbythegreat · May 1, 2018

Wait, we actually have someone here that is a fan of Innes? That's embarrassing.

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