Link: WJOX's new afternoon guy

[crimsoncolored]

"Birmingham sports-talk station WJOX 94.5 FM announced this morning that Mobile radio personality Brien Straw will join the station to replace the departed Ian Fitzsimmons on the WJOX midday show "The Roundtable."


Mobile radio personality, former Auburn star Brien Straw to join WJOX radio team - Sports from The Birmingham News - al.com

 

[dayhiker]

Why did Ian leave?


That show is a little too much for me. It has basically been 2 guys chatting who don't realize they aren't in college anymore.

 

[theBIGyowski]

Ian is doing radio for the Dallas Cowboys now...so great move for him.

I listened to the Roundtable yesterday and it was alright. Not great...but not bad. I think Straw will get more comfortable in time.

This also makes me wonder if Lance will show his Bama colors a little more now that there is an Auburn guy on the other side.

 

[AlphaSnail]

Not a good choice IMO. He's been doing the morning show in Mobile recently and he's not that good. He's an Ole Miss guy at heart.

 

[TIDETilliDie]

The headline is worded wrong...Sanders is the former barn guy, not Staw.

Sanders will get all the barn listeners back but he's worse than Del Gecko.
He'll stir up plenty of controversey. Straw seems like a dud.

 

[h2o]

I turn the dial @ 10 am everyday. I can't and won't listen to that garbage JOX calls a radio "show". Even with Ian gone LT is not the kind of person I will be listening to.

 

[WMack4Bama]

I turn the dial @ 10 am everyday. I can't and won't listen to that garbage JOX calls a radio "show". Even with Ian gone LT is not the kind of person I will be listening to.

Jim Dunnaway just sent out a Tweet saying that on Monday, their show, Dunnaway & Brown, will be on from 10am-2pm. They will still be on 690 AM however. I personally don't care for the move. I appreciated a sensible alternative to the tomfoolery that takes place on Paul Finebaum's show. But like all other things that I have no control over, I'll adjust.

 

[dayhiker]

Jim Dunnaway just sent out a Tweet saying that on Monday, their show, Dunnaway & Brown, will be on from 10am-2pm. They will still be on 690 AM however. I personally don't care for the move. I appreciated a sensible alternative to the tomfoolery that takes place on Paul Finebaum's show. But like all other things that I have no control over, I'll adjust.

Agreed, if I'm in the car in the afternoon I listen to D&B

 

[brianhenderson]

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[TiderB]

The headline is wrong. Straw is an ole miss grad.

Has anybody in Mobile heard this guy?

 

[Kevin4Bama]

I'm not sad that he left Mobile. Never cared for him, and it was announced that Roger Schultz would be taking his place on the morning show in Mobile starting Monday, August 24.

 

[TommyMac]

I'm not sad that he left Mobile. Never cared for him, and it was announced that Roger Schultz would be taking his place on the morning show in Mobile starting Monday, August 24.

I'd say that Mobile got the best of these moves. :BigA::BigA::BigA:Now if we can just get rid of Lee Shirvanian. :rolleye2:

 

[GulfCoastTider]

I'd say that Mobile got the best of these moves. :BigA::BigA::BigA:Now if we can just get rid of Lee Shirvanian. :rolleye2:

Aw, I kinda like Lee. He is a walking library of sports knowledge and a dedicated professional. He's probably one of the most unbiased sports journalists you'll find anywhere.

He's got a kid at Auburn, but still shows no bias at all.

 

[Kevin4Bama]

Aw, I kinda like Lee. He is a walking library of sports knowledge and a dedicated professional. He's probably one of the most unbiased sports journalists you'll find anywhere.

He's got a kid at Auburn, but still shows no bias at all.

It's hard to be biased when you graduated from Syracuse. :biggrin2:

 

[AlphaSnail]

Shirvanian is a good guy but he's horrible on air!
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[Kevin4Bama]

Shirvanian is a good guy but he's horrible on air!
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I met Shirvanian back in the late 70s and he is a great guy, but, you're right, he can be quite boring on air.

 

[Alabama Slammer]

I'm not sad that he left Mobile. Never cared for him, and it was announced that Roger Schultz would be taking his place on the morning show in Mobile starting Monday, August 24.

Dang it. Wish JOX could have gotten Schultz. :frown:

 

[TommyMac]

Aw, I kinda like Lee. He is a walking library of sports knowledge and a dedicated professional. He's probably one of the most unbiased sports journalists you'll find anywhere.

He's got a kid at Auburn, but still shows no bias at all.

If he is, he does a great job of disguising it it. He constantly claims ignorance of things that even the casual sports fan should know and he does it with an air of aloofness like it's beneath him to bother with such stuff. A dedicated professional would be......well, more dedicated.

 

[glamb29]

Jim Dunnaway just sent out a Tweet saying that on Monday, their show, Dunnaway & Brown, will be on from 10am-2pm. They will still be on 690 AM however. I personally don't care for the move. I appreciated a sensible alternative to the tomfoolery that takes place on Paul Finebaum's show. But like all other things that I have no control over, I'll adjust.

It's a good move for D&B, though you might not like Finebaum, the ratings do. So D&B should whip the round table in their new time slot and maybe take their place on the FM dial one day. The round table, as someone stated above, was two guys who think their still in college. They never had an original thought between them. Stole gimmicks from Rome, Coherd etc.

 

[Dixiedawg]

I'd say that Mobile got the best of these moves. :BigA::BigA::BigA:Now if we can just get rid of Lee Shirvanian. :rolleye2:

Well that won't happen as long as Mobile has the Jags, besides Shirvanian has a broad knowledge of sports and for the most part does a good job. I'll says this the skinny little runt will eat everything on the table if you let him. Especailly if free is part of it.