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The Shank Ag

8:39a, 12/8/22

BoDog said:
For the few mins that I could to listen, this was radio gold! Forgot how much I liked that show (even with yuck monkey, Corby).

Can anyone give the cliff's notes version to how/when they reconciled and where they are today? Also, what is Grego doing these days for a paycheck?

Cliffs notes:

Rhyner documentary was made a couple years ago. Woman making it asked if she could bring Greggo in. Rhyner said ok and that he would play nice. They didn't spend a ton of time together, but that was the first softening. A few random texts after. Finally, Rhyner called on Monday and invited him to do the show with them on Wednesday.

It was Sirois' idea for the last real ratings day of the year. Danny told him not to even bring it up because there was no chance. Sirois did anyway and Mike was on board and made the call.

Ben and Skin had Rhyner on their non-compete podcast in early 2020 between their leaving the fan for the eagle. They and Rhyner himself mentioned a recent softening of his attitudes. Reaching out and reconciling with people he used to view as the enemy (Randy Galloway, B&S, etc).

mavsfan4ever

12:07p, 12/8/22

In reply to BoDog

BoDog said:
Also, what is Grego doing these days for a paycheck?

Im interested in this as well. Did they mention what he's doing for work/money these days?

Trajan88

5:23p, 12/8/22

In reply to mavsfan4ever

Believe I read that Greggo lives in Gainesville/Valley View.

That was a couple years ago though.

Is he into ranching... cattle or quarter horses, possibly?

BoomGoesThe

6:07p, 12/8/22

On the show yesterday, he said he lives in Grapevine now.

The Shank Ag

8:07p, 12/8/22

In reply to BoomGoesThe

BoomGoesThe said:
On the show yesterday, he said he lives in Grapevine now.

Before the two heart attacks in one day incident, he was riding the grapevine trails upwards of 40 miles a day… well at least in hammer's words

AW 1880

9:38a, 12/9/22

I know it would never happen, but they should bring Greggo on the air more often. I've said it a lot, but the balance HL of the early 2000s was the best. Greggo's countryness, Corby's shockingness, and Danny's one liners were a perfect balance to Rhynes.

Old School Brother

12:07p, 12/9/22

In reply to Trajan88

Trajan88 said:
Believe I read that Greggo lives in Gainesville/Valley View.

That was a couple years ago though.

Is he into ranching... cattle or quarter horses, possibly?

He lived in Gainesville a few years ago with his girlfriend at the time. I'm from Gainesville and was living back there for a couple of years during the time he was there. He and his girlfriend rented a house in the historic district a couple blocks from me. i know the folks who bought and renovated the house after they moved out. Apparently, they tore it up pretty bad. He mentioned today some relapses in the past. Not sure one or more of them were during that time.

Hincemm

9:39a, 12/15/22

enjoying the speakeasy with musers on dry dock

dcAg

10:27a, 12/16/22

The Ticket is basically the same show all day with little nuances with the different hosts. They are mandated to talk sports a certain amount of time and the Cowboys a certain amount of time every day. The format sucks.

You can tell that Danny and Rhyner are re-energized basically because they dont have to put up with OU bandwagonner and unprepared Corby every day. He brings NOTHING to the radio.

Sirois is Sirois and he is awesome! You can tell the Freak is doing well because the advertising is filling up. That is the true tell of how the station is doing.

Hincemm

10:29a, 12/16/22

In reply to dcAg

dcAg said:
Sirois is Sirois and he is awesome! You can tell the Freak is doing well because the advertising is filling up. That is the true tell of how the station is doing.

the sponsors are essentially the same, outside of the collectible network, which is kinda funny to me.

Ervin Burrell

10:37a, 12/16/22

In reply to dcAg

dcAg said:
The Ticket is basically the same show all day with little nuances with the different hosts. They are mandated to talk sports a certain amount of time and the Cowboys a certain amount of time every day. The format sucks.

You can tell that Danny and Rhyner are re-energized basically because they dont have to put up with OU bandwagonner and unprepared Corby every day. He brings NOTHING to the radio.

Sirois is Sirois and he is awesome! You can tell the Freak is doing well because the advertising is filling up. That is the true tell of how the station is doing.

I'll grant you Corby often comes to air unprepared, but did you even listen to the HL the last handful of years? Mike could not have been more checked out/unprepared...and Danny has never been too far behind.

walton91

10:41a, 12/16/22

The little that I have listened to the Downbeat, Mike has sounded pretty much the same as I remember

clobby

10:42a, 12/16/22

I think the rejuvenation is because they are free to talk about whatever they want now and aren't required to do so many sports segments. Its just a general talk show, which is probably more enjoyable.

thriller03

10:48a, 12/16/22

In reply to dcAg

I know that over many years the Ticket went from local sports talk/call-in to something much different (no or very few callers, much more non-sports stuff), but they are still a sports station. It's probably not for everybody, but most of the guys that are there came up doing sports talk and many of them still want to talk sports. I'll give you that Craig and George are fairly predictable and Norm is Norm, but Dan/Jake and Bob all have some fairly insightful thoughts on the local teams.

As a listener who used to be able to follow sports a lot more than I can now with a 5 year old and a busier schedule, I like that the Ticket keeps me fairly in tune with the goings on of the local teams and relevant competition (NFC East, etc). It's helpful when I can sit down and watch a whole game to have a feel for what's been going on.

I guess I just don't understand why it bothers people so much that Dallas' first local sports radio station who built itself with sports personalities still talks a fair amount of sports.

dcAg

11:24a, 12/16/22

Ervin,
Totally agree with you.

Also you can still listen to "The Eagle" it is on 97.1 HD2. Go to the Freak and "tune" your radio just one notch and you will get The Eagle. At least that is how I got it.

AgBQ-00

12:42p, 12/16/22

The discussion about wrapping snakes for Christmas was belly laugh hysterical for me.

johnnyblaze36

4:36a, 12/19/22

In reply to thriller03

thriller03 said:
I know that over many years the Ticket went from local sports talk/call-in to something much different (no or very few callers, much more non-sports stuff), but they are still a sports station. It's probably not for everybody, but most of the guys that are there came up doing sports talk and many of them still want to talk sports. I'll give you that Craig and George are fairly predictable and Norm is Norm, but Dan/Jake and Bob all have some fairly insightful thoughts on the local teams.

As a listener who used to be able to follow sports a lot more than I can now with a 5 year old and a busier schedule, I like that the Ticket keeps me fairly in tune with the goings on of the local teams and relevant competition (NFC East, etc). It's helpful when I can sit down and watch a whole game to have a feel for what's been going on.

I guess I just don't understand why it bothers people so much that Dallas' first local sports radio station who built itself with sports personalities still talks a fair amount of sports.

Well, that dbag Skip Bayless uttered the first words on the station. Then it eventually morphed into something completely different that was irreverent, funny, and was the only SPORTS talk radio station that I knew of to do such a thing.

As for dave94-my apologies to you for saying your opinion on Grubes sucks and appreciate the clarification. He's read this thread a couple of times and said to me "Well to be fair to that guy, I agree that I'm not that interesting on air". Classic self-deprecating Michael.

He's still my leader though, and I expect three bobbleheads now to arrive before Christmas but will still settle for just the unicorn one that fires John Frusciante riffs out its behind. .

EllisCoAg

9:18a, 12/20/22

must of had a great two months as they are replaying their greatest hits during dry dock. Some of it still better that the Ticket's b-team though.

I wanna see our defense pissed off, not confused, maybe a little murder in their hearts Reload12, 11/4/11

The Shank Ag

11:29a, 12/20/22

When you don't have a bench yet, you kind of have to do best of.

Eventually you hope to get advertising to a point you can afford you main roster easily and start adding back-ups.

The Shank Ag

11:00p, 12/27/22

Won tickets a couple weeks ago to the Mavs game tonight during the downbeat…. The Freak will forever be on my amazing list after getting to witness tonight's Luka Magic

Hincemm

8:21a, 12/28/22

This?

I won @dallasmavs tix from @971TheFreak! Thanks, @Speakeasy971! I
took my 11yo! What a game! @JulieAnnDobbs @CatherOnair @ktfuntweets @timeforjeffrey pic.twitter.com/mzAgYdJClr
— Smoked Queso (@QuesoSmoked) December 28, 2022

Hincemm

8:22a, 12/28/22

Nvm. This person won their tix from speakeasy

hoosier-daddy

10:03p, 1/12/23

Tomorrow will be a little different. You may find out why at 7 AM on @971TheFreak or listen on the IHeart ok bye
— Jeff Cavanaugh (@timeforjeffrey) January 13, 2023

80085

11:12p, 1/12/23

I hope its not a section 8 board op retread

MonkeyKnifeFighter

1:43a, 1/13/23

In reply to 80085

Hincemm

11:16a, 1/13/23

it's basically white elephant; move around hosts. not bad. sirois/jeff/kristina this morning

The Shank Ag

11:29a, 1/13/23

In reply to Hincemm

Hincemm said:
it's basically white elephant; move around hosts. not bad. sirois/jeff/kristina this morning

Yep, 100% a rip off of white elephant for Friday the 13th, aka Freaky Friday

They were a pretty good trio

Rhyner, Ben, and Julie now

KT, Skin, and Danny for the drive home. Betting this one will be very music heavy.

Ol Jock 99

2:11p, 1/13/23

2nd best complete rip-off after having a Saturday morning golf show?

The Shank Ag

2:48p, 1/13/23

Nah, best rip off so far was the intro the day The Hammer came on the show.

Guitar riff, THE DOWNBEAT, Guitar Riff, Guitar Riff, THE DOWNBEAT, Guitar Riff

johnnyblaze36

6:34p, 1/13/23

In reply to The Shank Ag

The Shank Ag said:
Hincemm said:
it's basically white elephant; move around hosts. not bad. sirois/jeff/kristina this morning
Yep, 100% a rip off of white elephant for Friday the 13th, aka Freaky Friday

They were a pretty good trio

Rhyner, Ben, and Julie now

KT, Skin, and Danny for the drive home. Betting this one will be very music heavy.

They did a full 2 segments on the "anatomy of a song"-one of the *******s of Soul tracks that was written by Chadwick Murray before he died but had never been recorded. First time they ever released the track was on air tonight. I thought it was great and worth listening to once it's up this evening.

FriscoKid

10:02p, 1/13/23

@JulieAnnDobbs I was listening to your segment on sending pics today. Let me know if you want a pic of something that is a tiny East Texas sliver of hope. I think I'm way bigger than I am.
— Faux Charlie Strong (@TheStronghorn) January 14, 2023

Gil Renard

7:56p, 1/15/23

In reply to thriller03

thriller03 said:
I know that over many years the Ticket went from local sports talk/call-in to something much different (no or very few callers, much more non-sports stuff), but they are still a sports station. It's probably not for everybody, but most of the guys that are there came up doing sports talk and many of them still want to talk sports. I'll give you that Craig and George are fairly predictable and Norm is Norm, but Dan/Jake and Bob all have some fairly insightful thoughts on the local teams.

As a listener who used to be able to follow sports a lot more than I can now with a 5 year old and a busier schedule, I like that the Ticket keeps me fairly in tune with the goings on of the local teams and relevant competition (NFC East, etc). It's helpful when I can sit down and watch a whole game to have a feel for what's been going on.

I guess I just don't understand why it bothers people so much that Dallas' first local sports radio station who built itself with sports personalities still talks a fair amount of sports.

There was nothing else basically

Hincemm

9:10a, 1/26/23

new danny song...very funny

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-the-downbeat-103022465/episode/012523-500-fundrive-dannys-names-song-107839697/?cmp=web_share&embed=true

Spaceship

10:44a, 1/26/23

In reply to Hincemm

Hincemm said:
new danny song...very funny

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-the-downbeat-103022465/episode/012523-500-fundrive-dannys-names-song-107839697/?cmp=web_share&embed=true

Funny but the set up was way too long.

walton91

2:39p, 2/7/23

New bit...

Hey! @971TheFreak is having EVERY HOST in studio tomorrow morning starting at 7am. Every hour there’s a contest and the winning host gets to leave the studio. Eventually one host will be left alone to do the final hour alone. pic.twitter.com/8gdF4ixjLl
— Cash Sirois (@CashSports) February 7, 2023