Rinky-dink Angels radio

[fan_since79]

...with fake crowd noise no less.

Cheapskate Arte.

You'd think the team is situated in Podunk. So embarrassing.

 

[mmc]

TIL people still listen to games on the radio in big 2024

[fan_since79]

1 minute ago, mmc said:

TIL people still listen to games on the radio in big 2024

On the road often during games. No choice.

[Jason]

10 minutes ago, mmc said:

TIL people still listen to games on the radio in big 2024

Well said. 

[Slegnaac]

Edge: KMPC

[Jason]

9 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

On the road often during games. No choice.

You could listen to something else or turn the radio off. 

[fan_since79]

17 minutes ago, Jason said:

You could listen to something else or turn the radio off. 

Trying hard to remain a fan...

[redoctober2002]

It's ridiculous when you think about it, cause you basically have two guys watching TV and then explaining to you what they see on TV. If they're away, I typically just listen to the home town broadcast. This gives the added benefit of getting to know the other team/players a bit better plus some of the teams have some really good radio personalities.

[AngelsLakersFan]

15 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Trying hard to remain a fan...

Bless your heart...

The station could be off the air for a week and Arte wouldn't notice.

[AngelsLakersFan]

51 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

...with fake crowd noise no less.

 

 

When I was at the stadium the other day a couple of us thought there was some fake crowd noise being pumped in. I couldn't quite tell for sure, but something felt off.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

I’m sure their listenership is very poor.  Not worth putting the resources into.  
 

 

[fan_since79]

Mark Langston is the only bright spot on the radio. Perceptive commentary, but sometimes you almost get the feeling he wants to let loose with, "man, this team sucks!"

[Jason]

16 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Mark Langston is the only bright spot on the radio. Perceptive commentary, but sometimes you almost get the feeling he wants to let loose with, "man, this team sucks!"

He critiques in a way that doesn't seem obvious that he's blasting his employer. 

[Tank]

5 hours ago, mmc said:

TIL people still listen to games on the radio in big 2024

i listen if i'm in the car during a game.

i also listen on the MLB app if i'm at school. 

i find it useful.

[CaliAngel]

3 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Mark Langston is the only bright spot on the radio. Perceptive commentary, but sometimes you almost get the feeling he wants to let loose with, "man, this team sucks!"

Man I love listening to that dude. 

I enjoy listening to the radio broadcasts when I'm out doing yardwork, or chores around the house.

Probably not anymore because we suck...but what's all this talk about pumping in crowd noises?

Is this at the actual game like @AngelsLakersFan mentioned, or is it happening only on the radio broadcasts?

I don't recall anything feeling off with the crowd noise during the TV feeds.

[BTH]

I wouldn't be surprised if once Terry Smith retires, the Angels just have the TV broadcast simulcasted to the radio.

[jsnpritchett]

8 minutes ago, BTH said:

I wouldn't be surprised if once Terry Smith retires, the Angels just have the TV broadcast simulcasted to the radio.

Yeah, I just assumed that's what would happen--and probably sooner rather than later.

[redoctober2002]

28 minutes ago, CaliAngel said:

Man I love listening to that dude. 

I enjoy listening to the radio broadcasts when I'm out doing yardwork, or chores around the house.

Probably not anymore because we suck...but what's all this talk about pumping in crowd noises?

Is this at the actual game like @AngelsLakersFan mentioned, or is it happening only on the radio broadcasts?

I don't recall anything feeling off with the crowd noise during the TV feeds.

Pretty sure it's during radio broadcasts when the team is away. Since the radio team doesn't actually travel with the team they have a sound guy just pump sound effects into the broadcast to simulate stadium noise.

[redoctober2002]

28 minutes ago, BTH said:

I wouldn't be surprised if once Terry Smith retires, the Angels just have the TV broadcast simulcasted to the radio.

It's a shame that this seems to be the direction teams are taking. Baseball is the perfect sport for radio and when you're listening in to a TV broadcast you just miss certain details cause you don't have the visuals.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

They should add Langston to booth and simulcast.  Should have gotten rid of smith years ago.  

[BTH]

2 hours ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

They should add Langston to booth and simulcast.

That’s what I’m thinking they’d do once Smith retires.

[Amazing Larry]

4 hours ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

They should add Langston to booth and simulcast.  Should have gotten rid of smith years ago.  

When I used to listen to the radio broadcast half of the play calls coming out of Smith's mouth were incorrect. I wasn't a fan of his overexcited dialog for warning track fly balls either.

"And Rendon belts one to deep left center field and it's caught to retire the side..."

[fan_since79]

12 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

When I used to listen to the radio broadcast half of the play calls coming out of Smith's mouth were incorrect. I wasn't a fan of his overexcited dialog for warning track fly balls either.

"And Rendon belts one to deep left center field and it's caught to retire the side..."

"...Angels go quietly. A seven-pitch inning." (said several hundred times at least)

"Chopper to third." (said several thousand times during Pujols' tenure here)

"Lazy fly ball to medium right/center/left field."

"...and that...is how...the inning...ends" (drives me crazy)

 

[Duren, Duren]

Are Angel radio games accessible anywhere beyond their local outlets? Just curious because I never sought them out. I don't want to pay for streaming since I'm already paying for the MLB Extra Innings TV package. 

When I lived in Montreal I was a fanatic radio listener to Expos games through the seventies/early eighties. My student days.  Haven't lived there since. Nor listened to radio broadcasts since then. 

It was great, but you have to realize that everything comes through the filter of the broadcasters. Some were/are more objective. Others consciously or subconsciously are less objective, being paid by the team. 

Dave Van Horn was really solid Expos play by play guy. "Up up and away" was his home run call. Maybe his best game ( available somewhere on the Internet) was the perfect game of Dennis Martinez against the Dodgers. "El Presidente (his nickname) El perfecto" Duke Snider was his long time color guy. Followed by Ken Singleton. I learned a lot about'inside baseball' from them.

Historically there are many iconic team and network broadcasters from mostly radio. I bought about thirty classic baseball games on audio cassette years ago. Complete world series, all star  games and some others, like Maris'61st homer game. From the thirties through sixties. Now you can find so many of those and more on a cd disk sold on eBay. 

I really recommend seeking some out. You get the feel of being there, and relive the mindset of how teams, players, and the overall baseball culture was like. 

[fan_since79]

The great baseball broadcasters are all gone. Vin Scully, Al Michaels, the list goes on. I miss Rory Markas, he left us suddenly...can still hear his call of Erstad's catch for the final out of 2002.