- Aug 22, 2006
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IMO Talksport started slowly going down the pan the moment it became known as Talksport.
A lot of people will know and some will not that it used to be called Talkradio, with only a sports section. I even remember tuning into the first broadcast from my Uni halls of residence in 1994. It was a great station with, amongst others, Caesar the Geezer, James Whale, Tommy Boyd, Ian Collins etc.
As soon as it became Talksport it started complete over exposure of the subject matter (like SSN) and just slowly became like the Sun on radio, with a load of added shouting. Apart from in the car on the way to and from football I just stopped listening to it. Even that short time sometimes is enough to make me want to turn it off.
Collymore talked some sense, but wasn't a good presenter as he just liked the sound of his own voice and talked over everyone, reducing callers to just stooges for his opinions in that annoying shouting brummy accent.
The fact you mention Cundy and Cascarino as bastions of knowledge on there says it all as they are bellends. Particularly Cascarino.
Caesar the Geezer was a master WUM. He had a bunch of his listeners believing the moon was going to crash into the earth. It was well done because he managed to do it War of the worlds style. There were no traffic updates or news bulletins for 2 or 3 hours. He had "expert guests" discussing it and it was all done in a serious tone.
The funniest thing was that no-one who fell for it thought about checking another source for corroboration before freaking out.
He also did one about being sacked unless he quit smoking or something, but the moon one was epic.