Congrats to Mike Salk & Brock Huard! Good show expands to the Rose City...
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What Portland sports are there, aside from the Trailblazers (and their soccer team, the Timbers, who are Seattle's chief rivals)?
The one thing going for them are the Sea-HAWKS! With the team doing well over the past few years, much of their content is NFL related. Heck, I'd dare say outside of the first half of the MLB season, 80-90% of 710's content is Seahawks talk.
Quite a few Hawks fans in that neck of the woods. Go out towards past Bend, and oddly enough, you see lots of Cowboys fans (as a diehard Redskins fan, I'm both perplexed and irritated by that)
You do have the Mariners too...but that's a hard sell even in a close playoff race to all but the heartiest of fans.
That being said, they may not have a long run...I have always felt outside of their own teams, Portland has many more fair weather fans for football/baseball. Once the Hawks perform poorly, all those jerseys go back into the closet!
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Early in his Seattle stint, before he was the PD, Salk would fill-in nationally on ESPN. Mostly overnights and weekends, but I'm sure he can tailor the show accordingly. Mitch in the Morning was on in Portland for awhile if I recall....
Anybody can tailor a show, the question is will the either of the audiences accept it.