So TSN radio has found its afternoon drive host in James Cybulski & Company which will be similar to Sportsnet Radio the Fan 590's Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown as James will have a co-host as National Post's Bruce Arthur and Bob McCown has former Star sports columnist Damon Coxs and Stephen Brunt share the duty Monday to Friday. The Company in James Cybulski & Company refers to him having lots of TSN experts like during the playoffs he will have Bob McKenzie and Pierre McGuire on almost everyday and as it is also baseball season he will most likely have Dan Shulman on and then have a Jack Armstrong spot on the show because of the NBA playoffs beginning. He will look at the top stories of the day and find someone that can talk about the story maybe even involving ESPN analysis as TSN and ESPN are partners.
Sportsnet the Fan 590 has brought back a old favorite in the hammerhead himself Stormin' Norman Rumack as the Fan 590 lost ESPN radio overnight so they decided to bring back Stormin' Norman Rumack to do late nights on Sunday and Monday from Midnight to 5:00 AM which is an interesting choice as he is not very call friendly as he just repeats the same thing over and over again and it does not give people the chance to get on the Radio but sometimes he has different guests which can be interesting. So the Fan has put former producer turned radio host Jeff Sammut into the overnight slot from Tuesday to Saturday and he is different then most hosts and may come up with some interesting ideas and he looks at whats on twitter too.
So here is the lineup for TSN Radio compared to Sportsnet Radio Fan 590
The Morning Shows
TSN has brought Mike Richards back from Calgary to host their morning show and is coming with a lot of fan fair and will start on TSN 2 on TV in September and he will go up against Sportsnet Fan 590's Greg Brady and Jim Lang who get along well and they try to get different guests but in the end Mike Richards will take them to the cleaner.
The show after the Morning show
TSN Radio will probably start with ESPN Radio while Sportsner Radio has Jeff Blair who is a sports columnist for the Globe & Mail and he tries to get to the bottom of the top stories of the day so far and lets the callers talk about the stories of the day so it will depend if people will want the US point of view or the Canadian point of view and right now I do not know.
Hockey Lunch
So Steve Kouleas will be doing the hockey story for TSN Radio with his that's hockey 2night stuff of side-kicks and experts while Sportsnet Radio has Darren Millard along with Nick Kypreos and Doug MacLean so I think that TSN Radio may have a better hockey program.
Afternoon Show
TSN Radio had Jim Rome and his e-mails and couple of guests compared to Andrew Krystal who lets the worst ideas out of his mouth and he can not stop his potty mouth so with Jim Rome being a big name and Krystal a huge no name Jim Rome will win.
Drive home Show
TSN Radio has James Cybulski & Company and Sportsnet Radio has Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown and PTS is on TV and is a huge Canadian program and should be the hands down winner of this spot.
Evening Programming
TSN will probably have some programming involving hockey right now either a live scoreboard or hockey games on the radio while Sportsnet Radio will have Blue Jays Baseball most nights so if the Blue Jays are competitive than they will get better numbers than TSN radio programming.
Overnight
TSN's ESPN Radio will be tough to beat but if Sportsnet Radio's Jeff Sammit is creative than he may have a chance and I really don;t know how Norm Rumack will do because he may not be able to change with the times and maybe left on the side of the road again,
TSN Radio 1050 will be coming on Wednesday
Tom Mehegan
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