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TSN 690 and Other Montreal Based Media (Part 10)
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The only good time to listen to this channel is when they have Aaron Ward, Ray Ferraro or Mike Johnson on. When they are left to their own devices, just talking sports or whatever; it's pretty underwhelming.
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McKenna was not a fan of Marinaro’s speech patterns and enunciation.
I remember this one time just before the conclusion of a morning show, when McKenna quipped “the Montreal Alouettes or as Tony Marinaro likes to call them, the Montralouettes.”
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It was more his tone of voice. Quite condescending when he mentioned trhe podcast. Said his nickname was Scoop but not because he got news scoops.
Yes, he mentioned that this morning as well.
They are all jealous of Tony. Not sure why, but they have taken many shots at Tony since he left.
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Tony was always getting panned by McKenna while he was at the station. McKenna tended to look down on Marinaro, probably on account of Tony’s limited vocabulary, his poor enunciation and overall shameless self promo.
Also, I’ve heard Melnick rip into Marinaro viciously and repeatedly during the many years that both participated in Friday scrums. Marinaro’s debating skills were weak next to the incoming train that Melnick can be and he would usually intimidate Marinaro.
However since Marinaro has left, I find that Melnick has not said anything negative about Tony. I also saw Marinaro post a pic on Twitter where he called Melnick his mentor.
Also, I’ve heard Melnick rip into Marinaro viciously and repeatedly during the many years that both participated in Friday scrums. Marinaro’s debating skills were weak next to the incoming train that Melnick can be and he would usually intimidate Marinaro.
However since Marinaro has left, I find that Melnick has not said anything negative about Tony. I also saw Marinaro post a pic on Twitter where he called Melnick his mentor.
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they could bait Tony, he is so easy... that is why listeners did it, they knew he would snap and call them idiots
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I can't stand McKenna. I refuse to listen to the morning show now that he's back. Always condescending, annoying nasal voice, and has VERY limited sports knowledge. The straw that broke the camel's back for me was when he made fun of KK for getting COVID...said that a year into COVID, nobody should be getting it. That's a very bad take that didn't age well by someone who has absolutely no clue. What a certified idiot!
Haha! Tony should have called some of his colleagues idiots instead of his listeners.
I actually wrote the TSN text line number down once so I could try to bait Tony. I never got around to it before he left the station. I recently tossed the text number into my trash as I was tidying my office.
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funny I baited him quite a few years back when 690 had a live feed for him to read. he lost it
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Actually, it’s 91.9’s idea of a new concept.This morning on 91.9 there was one woman interviewing another woman and they were exchanging some kind of muffin recipes. WTF is going on??? I guess it sums up sports radio in this city when Habs are off
I couldn’t believe how they went completely off the rails during the draft and on UFA frenzy day, where in the same time slot they were featuring interviews about fishing and fringe sports that people somewhat pay attention to every 4 years.
To pull this crap during a draft and UFA Frenzy is to be completely clueless. Imagine escaping Campbell and Gallo and thinking you’re finding refuge on 91.9 in that time slot where you get this new wave interviewer just going off the rails and thinking she’s cool by ignoring the obvious.
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Not usually a McKenna fan but if he's making fun of that disgusting mother f***er Marinaro, he just went up in all of our books! Especially @MarioLeMoose who had a major twitter beef with McKenna in 2013!
Haven't chimed in on 690. When it first went on air, I listened regularly. Then it was professionally run and worth listening. Haven't listened in a long time, as any professional sportscaster was shown the door probably for cost savings. Now with the exception of Melnick there is not one announcer including Marinaro who was a sports journalist before starting at the station. Even Simon was a listener who won a contest to host a show.
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jackeymoon
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I remember many years ago, I think it might have been during the 'ask us anything' segment or it might have been during a phone-in, someone sent in a message to McKenna saying something like 'I hear that you and Tony are not on speaking terms and will not acknowledge each other when you're passing in the hallway'.
I was surprised when McKenna's first reaction was not to deny it or shrug it off, but to say something like "who told you that?". He didn't say anything further so I suspected the lack of denial meant that it was bang on. There were plenty of other comments in the time since that pretty much reinforced it.
In other 690 matters, I'm enjoying the reminiscencing about Vin Scully today though I have to say that a little Dan Bern goes a long way. The recordings of interviews and play-by-play is great however.
I was surprised when McKenna's first reaction was not to deny it or shrug it off, but to say something like "who told you that?". He didn't say anything further so I suspected the lack of denial meant that it was bang on. There were plenty of other comments in the time since that pretty much reinforced it.
In other 690 matters, I'm enjoying the reminiscencing about Vin Scully today though I have to say that a little Dan Bern goes a long way. The recordings of interviews and play-by-play is great however.
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That Bob Costas interview with Vin Scully sounds amazing from the few snippets I caught.
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I'm not usually in the car a lot but I have been in MTL lately and have listened here and there. Melnick still great. He can work anyone and is just so entertaining. Starr is good and I like the concept of Campbell vs Gallo I just really dislike Mitch Gallo, he's very amateur. I really enjoyed it when Campbell has Macremalla on, that was good stuff.
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I don’t know what Still has been saying but McKenna was never a Tony fan and he panned Tony while he was still at the station.
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Wasn’t Elias Tony’s co-host back in 2003 or thereabouts? Elias spins some good yarn and has a pleasant voice. Not sure he’d want to give up his stand up career for 690.
Oh I get it, but even just once a week for a 2 hr spot I'd be happier then a pig in shit, made me want to listen a couple of weeks ago as opposed to not
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Elias has those qualities that typified old time broadcasters. That’s what you get when someone’s had time to hone his craft but who also has certain undeniable talents for the job.
I too would be happy to see him get the mic even if just once a week.
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I'm a huge fan of golf and anyone who is in to golf,knows what's happening,those that aren't,don't care,no need to even speak of golf on air imo.
As for Mkkenna and also Melnick they are as genuine as Dolly Partons magic mountains.Both claim that when ''off'' they tune out of pretty much the world. Should they even be hosting a sports show? Most sport fans always want to know what's going on with their team,even insignificant trivial news.
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