Utah sports radio is definitely not for Ute fans…

Just wait until TDS gets into the “meat” of their schedule. 1280 the zoob will have to talk about the Utes just to maintain listener interest.

I like the guys at 3pm on 700. They keep it mostly Utes.

stay away from gordon monson… thats my only rule when listening to local radio

The only 1280 show that i listen to is hans and scotty, i like hans

I listen to local sports radio for pre- and post-game shows, but that’s it. I can’t stand anything else they put out.

Last week, I was Cb and 1280 free. May have been the best use of my sanity. I think I need to try ignore them more often.

Honestly, a better Ute forum will be helpful for my college sports fix. I quit posting on Ufn about four years ago. I was on UB5, but had Tapatalk issues when I got my new phone where topics wouldn’t load. Since then, I have been exclusively Utezone. I like the site and subscribe, but it isn’t as active with the casual fans.

Best of luck in this new endeavour!

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I only listen to Bill and OC on ESPN 700 and most days I’ll listen to Hans and Scotty G on 1280 at noon. Sometimes I’ll flip over to Gunther on my drive home from work if I’m still on the road when he does his Football at 50 segment since Bill does RSL stuff at 5:45. Gunther really annoys me though. It seems like most of his show is him getting all defensive about people sending in mean tweets.

1280 and 1320 talk is primarily about BYU. When they do move the topic to Utah, it almost immediately swings back to a BYU comparison like this, “Utah needs to look downfield more on passes to open things up. BYU has had success…”

Yesterday, my morning commute was entirely BYU talk. Just as I pulled into my parking lot, they switched to Utah and by the time I walked in my door, turned my computer on and brought up the 1280 stream, they finished and were moving on the Utah State’s 30 seconds.

Okay. Time to get this rant off my chest. Is anyone else concerned that even on the Utah station (700), there’s way too much love for RSL, and way too much air time given to BYU? I seem to hear as much RSL talk as I do Utes, except on game day. And Bill seems to not want to offend the brethren down south, so he seems to give them more props than they deserve. It was never more evident when they hired Hans a couple of years ago. Don’t get me wrong, I like listening to the guy, but not on the Utah station. And certainly not as the sideline reporter for a football game. Call me old school, but I want Marcroft back.

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Bill and OC until they get off topic. Monson sucks balls, and should be accountable for his words. I personally think Hans and 1280 helped feed the Kalani leaving hype train and forced him to leave by speculation. Don’t even get me started about Spencer Checkett’s.

I only listen to Bill & OC locally. What do you guys think of TK? He seems pretty neutral as far as U vs tds, but from what little I’ve hear still too much tds.

Contrary to what others in this post have said – I actually really like listening to Gunther. Gunther&Ben is probably the best show on the radio right now, since their entire show is dedicated to football. I listen during my commute home, and I’ve really enjoyed the times where Gunther goes off on Y fans for them having their feelings hurt when he says that Utah is the better team right now. If you happened to catch his rant last week, he absolutely destroyed the argument that Utah and BYU are even comparable right now. Good stuff.

After them, I like Hans and Scotty – but up until Saturday’s loss for BYU they were unbearable. They really do stoke the fires and get the hype train going full steam. Bill and OC are ok, but I don’t like the non-topic stuff, and REALLY can’t stand Soccer talk (I know, its not you – its me).

Sports radio in Salt Lake glosses over the Utes and promotes the relevance of tds. The topic could begin as Utah, Pac-12, even NCAA coverage and 1280 will turn it into a tds discussion. Even a guest on to talk about the Utes and Hans Olsen, Monson and PK make it about tds. I can listen about 5 minutes before I switch to NPR. Our flagship station splits time with MLS and buys daytime programing. Pre and post-game are the only exclusive Ute programs.

Oh man, I love Gunther. He makes me laugh out loud more than anyone on the radio.

I listen to Gunther’s show on podcast almost every evening, you can get through the show in half the time without commercials. Just a friendly tip!

Most guys are okay to listen to outside of Gordon Monson (the absolute worst) and PK (AZ St. is mentioned on average 3 times per sentence). Gunther and OC are the funniest guys to listen to for sure.

The local sports media is awful with an exception of a few guys like Tony Jones, Luhm, Piper and Goon.

Gordon Monson is the biggest clown of them all but one guy who gives him a run for his money who doesn’t get brought up much is Jody Genessy at the Des News. The dude’s a complete clown and trolls Utah fans like crazy via Twitter. When he gets called out for his biases, he’ll post that his degree is from Utah …. like that really means anything.

One of the best stories I ever heard was when someone said they were listening to Jan Jorgensen on the radio, and their child was laughing. Asked why they were laughing, and they said Patrick sounded funny on the radio.