I've been listening to TSN1200 daily since 1998. I listen from 7:30am -8:00am and then again from 4:00pm - 4:30pm. I've never been one to complain about the format, the shows, etc. I love listen to guys talk about the Senators and there was always tons of it.
JR, Steve Warne, Steve Lloyd, Ian Mendes were always great to listen to, all for different reasons. I could take or leave guys like Todd White and Shawn Simpson.
I'm also a subscriber to SiriusXM. Over the past year, I've been getting frustrated with the number of commercials on terrestrial radio and flipping over to NHL Radio or various music channels. I still listened to those two half hour chunks of TSN 1200 though every week day.
When Steve Warne was fired however, something changed in the way I saw the station. I gave it a few days, hoping that this was the start of a new set of voices. It became clear though that lesser lights like Lee Versage and AJ Jakubec were the "solution".
I heard about Steve's podcast, so I gave it a go. It was ok, but this opened a new world of podcasts that I knew existed but never paid attention to. I started downloading more and more, and I'm really enjoying them.
All this to say, this morning I realized I haven't turned on TSN 1200 in 6 weeks. I switched over when I realized I hadn't heard them in a long while, only to find a commercial. I checked again this afternoon and was treated to the guys talking about cinnamon buns for some reason.
I'm done. 21 years of daily listening. I'm out.