Emmis Communications has suspended Big Joe Staysniak for one week without pay for his comments Wednesday about race. This is what traditionally happens in talk radio when comments by a host elicit outrage – get the host off the air to show there are consequences for uttering a series of statements that enflame the community. I […]
Why were Drew Brees and Big Joe Staysniak wrong? Here’s my answer – and Michael Grady’s eloquent call for empathy
Because I am in the middle of two dozen social media and text exchanges where I have been asked, “What’s wrong with what Drew Brees said?” and “What’s wrong with what Big Joe Staysniak said?” I assume others are asking the same questions. I’ll offer an answer here. They were wrong because this is a time […]
There are people who are celebrating Dan Dakich’s five-day suspension as a valid consequence for the behavior of a guy who irritates them – and they are misguided. Dan is the best thing to happen to Indiana sports media since Mayflower trucks rolled into town carrying all of the worldly belongings of the Indianapolis Colts. […]
Michael Grady will be honored as the Indiana Sportscaster of the Year by the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association Sunday night, and I’m certain the decision to bestow upon him that award was as simple as my decision to hire him just over a decade ago as a board-op on WIBC Radio in Indianapolis. The only prerequisite […]
There is a petition being circulated via social media to remove Dan Dakich from 1070 the Fan, and it is having exactly the opposite effect if the management at Emmis listens to it correctly. Only one unpardonable sin exists in media, and that is to inspire indifference. Dan is definitively not the cause of any […]
Things that are wrong with sports radio are also wrong with the rest of media, so this headline is way too specific. People in media sadly aren’t the sharpest tacks in the drawer, so we tend to not see life as a collaborative and fun exploit filled with adventure and productive endeavors. Because we in radio […]
by Kent Sterling Sportstalk radio has evolved on many stations into guy talk. Some hosts are more adept at talking about their favorite song than their favorite athlete. That’s fine. Every host should execute the show he is best at. For me, I like sports. The games and those who compete in them are fascinating. […]
by Kent Sterling In most cities, columnists and radio hosts routinely monitor each other to see what plot of intellectual territory goes unclaimed, and they plant their flag there. If one guy says the local NFL team had a great draft, another will say it was atrocious. Journalism isn’t a matter of honest and heartfelt […]
by Kent Sterling The challenge of creating from whole cloth a three-hour sportstalk radio show each weekday is much more fun than I thought it would be – and I thought it would be a riot. That is what surprised me most during the first week of hosting the Kent Sterling Show (catchy name) Monday-Friday […]
by Kent Sterling I’m moving to do afternoons on CBS Sports 1430 on June 23, but that doesn’t mean the final two “Ahead of the Curve” shows are going to be mailed in. Disrespecting listeners’ time is not what 1070 the Fan was built on, and I would never insult it by not presenting the […]