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Jun 6, 2012, 10:11 AM

Boycott WCCP and do what with your sports listening time? You are telling me that a radio station 100% committed to Clemson sports and hosts talking local sports should be boycotted so that you can listen to national hosts that only care about pro sports? Are you saying that Will Merritt’s alternative is better? No way. I liked Will as a player, but as a sportscaster, not so much. He has zero insider info that he is willing to share. Ron Scarborough’s show in the evenings is no better.

Does WCCP have technical difficulties too often? You bet! In fact it makes me question their commitment to staying on the air long term due to the many, many technical difficulties. I’m an Engineer, so that grates on me more than anything. I don’t know who the technical lead is for the station, but surely they can find someone better. My guess is that it is a lack of money thing. I doubt that boycotting WCCP is the answer. WCCP is a work in progress that sounds like it works from a shoe string budget.

I was listening to sports radio way before WCCP converted to a sports talk station. Back in those days, Phil Kornbloot at 5pm was all there was. I don’t know if you have listened to his show, but my guess is that commercials and PSA’s were/are nearly 60 – 70% of his show – seriously. Other than that, there were no local shows on FM and I don’t recall much on AM. When I first listened to WCCP, it had Cobb Oxford, Tommy Powell and Butch Estes. Ralph Patterson was there too along with Mickey in the afternoons. I even remember Jimmy Watt being on the station for a time. It gave the upstate Clemson, and to a small extent Gamecock, fans a place to enjoy talking and hearing local college football news. After the major defection of on air personalities to an AM station (which didn’t make it very long), WCCP added Packer in the afternoons. This was a great move, but eventually I tired of it and of course Packer left the program, so it died as an option.

There is no better alternative now. With this latest station manager, I think they are trying to get more professional. He made a hard decision earlier this year to dump Dan, but it had to be done. Adding Roy Philpot has been a major upgrade. The best hosts are Mickey and Roy. Mickey is just right for mornings and Roy is probably the best, most polished of the bunch, but is stuck in the noon – 3pm slot. I can only take Walt and James in small doses. The UFO guys are decent, but you have to appreciate the “local-ness” of the show. I have listened to my share of national shows over the years and I always find myself coming back to WCCP. It talks about the subject that I want to hear the most – Clemson sports.

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I agree about the station - for what it has to work with it is well done and I will continue to listen to it. The station is a low budget production which probably leads to the high volume of commercials. I also feel that the hosts talk about Clemson sports for the majority of their shows (except Walt) and don't see where the complaint is coming from that they don't focus on Clemson enough. The NBA playoffs are a huge deal now and are pretty drama-filled so any announcer is going to devote a good portion of their show to that. What Clemson sport are you going to want to hear about right now in order to fill 24 hours of air space? Do we all want to reflect on the BB Regionals over and over and over again, or analyze every possible what-if scenario? I am probably in a minority on this, but I also enjoyed listening to Mickey and Qualk discuss the Masters a few months ago and hope they devote the same attention to the US Open and PGA Championships. And come on...anyone that doesn't like Roy Philpot is just plain crazy. Show some love guys, and make sure you go to BGR this week and order that turkey burger with extra mojo sauce or whatever it is called.

Boycott WCCP

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As if the personalities weren't bad enough...

I'm glad we have a local sports station

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