Major Sports Radio Changes

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Charlotte’s WFNZ 610 AM launched its new radio programming schedule today. You can click here for detail on the schedule.

This is noteworthy to everyone in the region as some of FNZ’s shows are syndicated to local stations in North and South Carolina. Of note, is “Primetime” in the key 3pm time slot that was anchored by Mark Packer for 13 years. (Discussion of Packer’s departure available here.) SFN favorite, Taylor Zarzour, has been picked to replace Packer in a validation of his abilities and a re-branding of the show as “The Drive”

3pm-7pm- The Drive with Taylor Zarzour and Marc James- We are very excited about “The Drive”. Taylor has been extremely successful in Raleigh and has been used as a co-host and a fill in host on WFNZ for years. He is very knowledgeable and has covered sports in the south for over a decade. Scouts always like to compare players to other players. If I had to compare Taylor to another host, it would without a doubt be Gary Williams. Marc James brings a combination of knowledge and energy unlike anything ever heard before on WFNZ. Marc too has covered sports in the south for over a decade. Marc has three degrees. One from Miami, one from Georgia and one from Arkansas. Why he is wasting those degrees by being a sports radio host I can’t explain! By putting Taylor and Marc together we believe we will have a show unlike any show we have ever had at WFNZ. The show will also be syndicated throughout North Carolina and we plan on having the guys doing their show out of studio at least once a week so our listeners can get to know them and maybe even enjoy a cold beverage or two! The Q.C.B, Hitman, Jayweezie and the Whiner line all remain and the guest list on this show will be taken to another level. The Drive home just got a whole lot easier with “The Drive” with Taylor Zarzour and Marc James.

A lot of Wolfpackers will have opinions of the new show that will air after Zarzour…but, we’re staying out of this for now.

7pm-10pm- The David Glenn Show- David brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and local sports talk to WFNZ nights. David is as close to an expert of the ACC as you will find and is also well versed in all sports. WFNZ hasn’t had a local show on at nights in over 8 years. We are very excited about David’s addition to the lineup. On nights when we have play by play the David Glenn Show will air immediately following.

With Charlotte being such a strong UNC-Chapel Hill market, it will be interesting to see if Glenn’s perspective of things will be more accepted by a wider audience in Mecklenburg County. You know…things like how racist it is/was for all of you fans to presume that Marvin Austin and his Tar Heel buddies couldn’t afford to travel all over the country on their own dimes. ‘Mainstream’ ideas like that. Of course, you need to know going in that details on any topics covered are ‘irrelevant’.

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13 Responses to Major Sports Radio Changes

  1. BAM 01/03/2011 at 1:37 PM #

    I’m glad for Taylor! I’ve been a fan of his since his days on 680 WPTF. It will be interesting how QCB and the Hitman factor into the new show. I like them and all, but Primetime was more of a circus freak show than intelligent sports talk.

  2. BAM 01/03/2011 at 1:38 PM #

    In addition, the callers in the Charlotte area seem much less informed than Triangle callers. Let’s see how Zarzour handles those idiots.

  3. highstick 01/03/2011 at 2:43 PM #

    Sure am glad they kept Q…I may have to start tuning in again..Doubtful I’ll listen to Glenn though cause I don’t need to raise my blood pressure at that time of the night.

  4. burnbarn 01/03/2011 at 3:32 PM #

    Does anyone know if Taylor’s show will air in the triangle?

  5. Clarksa 01/03/2011 at 4:13 PM #

    ^just listened to the first half hour of Taylor’s new show on the internets…I’ll be nice and say it needs some work…and his co-host needs some riddlin…

  6. highstick 01/03/2011 at 5:43 PM #

    I’m listening now….I’m already tired of listening to Butch and Roy…

    But I did just hear more positive comments about NC State basketball than I have in 20 years!

  7. ruffles31 01/03/2011 at 6:38 PM #

    Is the DG show going to be live or a rerun of the show in the Triangle?

  8. highstick 01/03/2011 at 7:32 PM #

    Just found out something about WFNZ that I didn’t know…My bad! Used to be the Big WAYS? Wow, I used to listen to them all of the time “back in the day”….I’d wondered what happened to them, but never had looked at the history of WFNZ…When I moved to the area 11 years ago, I just figured they were one of the new kids on the block with a weak signal…Interesting to find out about that…

  9. Pack84 01/04/2011 at 12:14 PM #

    Dave Glenn can eat my shorts.

  10. PoppaJohn 01/04/2011 at 12:41 PM #

    BAM – (“…freakshow…”) Totally agree, never got much out of the Primetime show other than the occaissional laughs – maybe it now becomes a place to hear intelligent conversation. Wouldn’t that be a nice change?

  11. gcpack 01/04/2011 at 3:43 PM #

    I agree Pack84.

    If anyone dares to suggest that the media(both statewide and national) is biased then Glenn’s constant reaction is that those people have a “knee jerk” reaction. Of course that is Glenn’s own “knee Jerk” reaction to media criticism in addition to belittling any suggestion of media bias rather than logicially listening to examples and facts over the years that are clearly out there.

    Also Glenn boasted of all the inside knowledge he had at UNC during the Matt Doherty firing based on Doherty’s personality issues yet
    he has nothing of significance to offer about the UNC football NCAA investigation. Interesting that when UNC needs a mouthpiece to clear them of any negativity in firing Doherty, David Glenn has ALL the inside stuff to besmirch Doherty. (Funny no one reported any problems with Doherty when he was at Notre Dame or Kansas.) Yet now when it appears there is plenty of negative to write on about Butch Davis’ football program Glenn acts like he can’t get the inside information. What a crock!

    You can’t have it both ways David Glenn.

  12. gcpack 01/04/2011 at 3:47 PM #

    By the way SFN needs to fix the edit process. It doesn’t work once it appears on the screen.

  13. Wulfpack 01/04/2011 at 8:34 PM #

    I’ve listened the past two days and have really enjoyed the show. Glad they are now in Charlotte.

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