Have you ever called into a sports radio show? (1 Viewer)

[IC FBGCav]

I want the "yes" people to tell me how many times.  The people that did a few times why.  And just local or national.

I can't count locally, over a hundred. 

Nationally 30 or so.

My most embarrassing one, was a local thing with the Canes in Raleigh.  And the next day at work my secretary asked if it was me on the radio.  She had to know I was lying but wasn't me I said.  

I didn't say anything bad but was embarrassed that I was caught with my secret fun time.

When the Carolina Hurricanes sucked, I would call in all the time and talk to Forsland.  That was a privilege to ne.

 

[FairWarning]

Texted in a few times. One of my teachers and I did win a sports trivia contest on WGN radio back in the 80’s.  We were in-studio and beat a couple from Iowa.  The host was Chuck Swirsky, formally the Toronto Raptors and  now the Bulls announcer.

 

[brun]

Once, to a local sports radio station, but that was only because my son was interning there.

 

[rockaction]

Yeah, I've called in before. Once back in '98 or '99 or so when Rob Neyer was guesting on a show at WEEI in Boston. This was before I really knew of the shock jock format in radio, and wasn't accustomed to the usual fare, but we talked for a bit and I got to explain to the listeners what OPS was (yes, it was at that stage) and asked some questions and was ushered off the air eventually.

A pleasant experience. I'd be fine with it again.

One time I also called WEEI and I was so, so hammered I barely knew what I saying. It was about the Bruins power play and I think I was so drunk that I almost cried in describing it, or got really emotional. Wow, should I have known back then about the drink. I think this was 2011 or so when they won the cup. I would not do that again.

 

[Captain Cranks]

Never called in.  I'd be too anxious to get out anything reasonably intelligible.

I did have a couple of my emails read on the Jim Rome show years back.

 

[beer 30]

A few times but not regularly. Oddly enough, I had a tweet read by a local radio station I listen to on Friday. They were disparaging the Columbus zoo and I couldn’t stand idly by.

 

[Doug B]

 They were disparaging the Columbus zoo and I couldn’t stand idly by.

He’s all ‘cool grandpa’ on the kids shows ... but Jack Hanna would definitely cut a punk.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Never called in.  I'd be too anxious to get out anything reasonably intelligible.

I did have a couple of my emails read on the Jim Rome show years back.

I called once to an overnight and talked for maybe 30 seconds before the host cut me (thankfully).  I then switched to emails and texts and had a bunch read by various late night/early morning hosts.

 

[wikkidpissah]

not in a long time, but i was a scourge in the early 90s. with another baseball strike upcoming and Rickey Henderson having just signed for THREE MILLION DOLLARS per year, i thought it was time for a Fan's Union and started campaigning for a boycott of the next opening day to remind players & owners who paid the fare. i did research and everything - called every national show and a bunch of local ones and asked to leave numbers for anyone interested. Never got off the ground and the average ticket is now 10x what it was then and players make so much they dont hafta listen to nobody

 

[Osaurus]

I prank called a local station once. It didn’t go so well. 

 

[The General]

I’ll take my answer off the air.

 

[Sinn Fein]

First time; long time.  Thanks for taking my call.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

First time; long time.  Thanks for taking my call.

First time listener, long time caller.

 

[DaVinci]

Never called in.  I'd be too anxious to get out anything reasonably intelligible.

I did have a couple of my emails read on the Jim Rome show years back.

He read one of my emails on air too. Something about Charles Barkley and midget tossing, I think.

 

[Captain Cranks]

He read one of my emails on air too. Something about Charles Barkley and midget tossing, I think.

I can only remember one of the two.  During the previous segment, Rome called Nancy Reagan an old bag of bones.  I wrote, "How dare you call Nancy Reagan an old bag of bones.  I am appalled and disgusted by this comparison.  Sincerely, An old bag of bones."

There's a good chance the second was about Carl Lewis.  

 

[Captain Cranks]

I prank called a local station once. It didn’t go so well. 

I always wanted to call Steve Duemig to tell him he sucks.  Never got the nerve.   

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I always wanted to call Steve Duemig to tell him he sucks.  Never got the nerve.   

I've done that via text with some local hosts. Of course they now block my texts.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Never called in.  I'd be too anxious to get out anything reasonably intelligible.

I called once and was too nervous to get past the call-screener. Never tried again.

Sour Shoes is a truly gifted human being.

 

[Captain Cranks]

I called once and was too nervous to get past the call-screener. Never tried again.

Sour Shoes is a truly gifted human being.

Agreed.  He's called at least nointy-noin times.

 

[Osaurus]

I always wanted to call Steve Duemig to tell him he sucks.  Never got the nerve.   

His ad tie-ins were sooooo bad, but I sure did respect the guy. He always said what he thought whether anyone wanted to hear it or not.

 

[Gawain]

Called into WFAN around 2:30 AM in 2013 while driving to NYC to complain about Syracuse leaving the Big East. Must not be a popular time, because from the initial call to being on air to hang up was less than 5 minutes. Host got NY-17 confused with NJ-17 and i didn't want to get into the whole thing,

 

[Drunken knight]

I grew up in San Francisco.  Moved to breckenridge for about 10 yrs.

called in a show once. One of my acquaintances from high school is a local sports talk personality.  Oddly, one night driving home from vail, I picked up the sf station. It was late and I had a half hour drive.  On the spot I only threw out a softball asking about his thoughts about the remaining season for the 49ers at the time.

 

[Zegras11]

Can't remember if I ever did.

Had an employee that had numerous faxes read on Rome's show back in the day when Soup was Huge, listening to XTRA.

Several weeks before Chrissy Everett, Rome ripped my ad on air. Saying he would not endorse that product. After a quick call, they doubled my ad spend for free and he apologized on air to me next day.  He had actually done the copy for the ad the year before, but didn't year two as he was starting to go national.

I did cohost the first ever Fantasy Internet Radio show on Sporstline.com from 1999-2000.  An hour M-TH, and two hours on Friday. We never had enough time to get to all the emails and calls. Good times.  CBS Sports bought Sportsline.com and axed our show, even though the rating were great. We held the first ever live baseball draft on the net with Pete Rose playing. 

 

[Judge Smails]

Several times. Jim Rome in the jungle. Lee Hacksaw Hamilton

 

[Zegras11]

Several times. Jim Rome in the jungle. Lee Hacksaw Hamilton

Lee once asked if he could sign my kids "Wild Wing" plush toy before a Ducks game. LOL.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

I called a few dozens times. 
 

My “best call” was calling former Redskins KR/PR Brian Mitchell “Napoleon” on-air. He was talking about “Kevin in Silver Spring” for almost a week. He was telling everybody that knew me to tell me to meet him. 
 

I actually like Brian but he is short tempered, which coming from me is saying something. 

 

[JaxBill]

I called into Papa Joe Chevalier a few times in mid 90s. Back then, I had an actual office with door I could close and I called from the office desk phone while listening from a clock radio.

 

[PIK95]

I called the Jungle back in 98 if I remember right.  URI hoop was a national program at that point.  We made the elite eight, and I lived in a Fraternity House.  Good times.

 

[wikkidpissah]

I called the Jungle back in 98 if I remember right.  URI hoop was a national program at that point.  We made the elite eight, and I lived in a Fraternity House.  Good times.

Odom?

 

[DA RAIDERS]

a few times.  the most fun call i had, was calling to rip the host's assistant, a broncos fan.  he was the call screener, and he and i shot the #### for 4-5 minutes.  he then asked if wanted to go on air. i declined, because he and i had already talked.  he then went on air and told the host, that no one wanted to talk to him.

 

[2Squirrels1Nut]

Not a sports radio show but used to call a show whenever Henry Hill was a guest and scream at him that he was a rat. 

 

[General Malaise]

I once called up Bob Kemp late at night and over-served to ask him what he thought about the Texas Rangers winning the AL West and he scoffed at me and told me they were garbage and that the Angels would win the West.  I tried to fight back but he hung up on me.  Bob Kemp didn't take kindly to my piping hot Texas Rangers' sports takes.

The Rangers did in fact win the West that year. 

 

[PIK95]

Odom?

He did bong hits in my house.  Unfortunately, he was ineligible and on the bench for that run.  We probably would have been national champs otherwise.  Cat Mobley, Tyson Wheeler, Luther Clay, Reynolds Dean, and Preston Murphy.  We had a squad.  Stanford and the refs stole our final four visit in the last minute eight unfortunately.

 

[da_budman]

Ive called local radio shows over the years.  Last one I can remember was when Papa John (pizza dude)  was trying (and succeeded) to tear the University of Louisville's sports program apart.  Only national call I can remember was calling Arnie Spanier's show that I used to listen to out of Atlanta.  He used to hold sports trivia contests on his show basically designed to make the callers look stupid.  If you answered 4 sports questions in a row with the last one being insanely hard you got a "prize"  Few people ever won but when I called the last question was some weird sports fact that I happened to know.   A couple weeks later I got my prize.  It was about a 10 ounce plastic cup with the stations logo on it.  I was so bummed out because few people ever won.  

 

[The Gator]

Got though to Jim Rome one time when Jose Lima gave me a game ball because I kept yelling “Lima time!” during the game. It was the season he won 21 games and was on Rome about every other week. 
 

my phone cut out after I was on hold. Womp womp 

 

[Captain Cranks]

His ad tie-ins were sooooo bad, but I sure did respect the guy. He always said what he thought whether anyone wanted to hear it or not.

I remember when he supposedly had the scoop on some Phil Mickelson controversy; he was just waiting for the right time to break it to everyone.  Not surprisingly, that time never came.

 

[ex-ghost]

Only once. For the prize of 2 tickets to a Seahawk preseason game. Question was "Where did Dave Wyman go to college?" I won.

 

[AAABatteries]

I can only remember one of the two.  During the previous segment, Rome called Nancy Reagan an old bag of bones.  I wrote, "How dare you call Nancy Reagan an old bag of bones.  I am appalled and disgusted by this comparison.  Sincerely, An old bag of bones."

RACK HIM!

 

[urbanhack]

I used to send faxes

 

[eoMMan]

"You're the King, Howard!"

- Most WIP callers back in the day.