09-18-2015, 08:11 PM
This was a bit of a culture shock for me. I grew up in Chicago, the birthplace of sports talk radio (with Chet Coppock) and national programs never flew there. Mike & Mike have to be broadcast on the ESPN affiliate due to their rules, but that show loses to the local competitor always. Aside from that, ESPN 1000 is pretty local and 670 is 24 hours local, except for weekends. Milwaukee is very provincial, too. People want to hear local, and there are three local stations serving MKE. I like the guys here, but I was disappointed that it's just a few hours a day.
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