Jim Rome

But I also had this weird thing that I did back in the day, not so much now, but we had a thing called the glossary where I would just see things a certain way and we would just drop names. That's where the Chris Everthing came on. You know, the Knicks were the bricks and things that seem really lame now were very cutting edge at the time.

But I also had this weird thing that I did back in the day, not so much now, but we had a thing called the glossary where I would just see things a certain way and we would just drop names. That's where the Chris Everthing came on. You know, the Knicks were the bricks and things that seem really lame now were very cutting edge at the time.

That's it. That was the point.

That's it. That was the point.

That was the whole point. I had something called the huge call of the day where I knew that not every call was good, but I was trying to get them to compete. And then the winner would either win something, but they would get their call played back at the end of the day. I was trying to cultivate an audience of competition and help me create the content.

That was the whole point. I had something called the huge call of the day where I knew that not every call was good, but I was trying to get them to compete. And then the winner would either win something, but they would get their call played back at the end of the day. I was trying to cultivate an audience of competition and help me create the content.

Look, I was not looking for you to do any of the heavy lifting, but I just knew, I knew that you could always count on my consistency and my crew's consistency, but damn. How dominant would this product be if I could get them to bring their game up as well? And they didn't all do that, but they kind of embraced the culture.

Look, I was not looking for you to do any of the heavy lifting, but I just knew, I knew that you could always count on my consistency and my crew's consistency, but damn. How dominant would this product be if I could get them to bring their game up as well? And they didn't all do that, but they kind of embraced the culture.

Oh, hey, man, I've always said, give me an A or give me an F. Give me an A or give me an F. I don't want a C. A C does nothing for me. Give me an A or give me an F. An F is an A.

Oh, hey, man, I've always said, give me an A or give me an F. Give me an A or give me an F. I don't want a C. A C does nothing for me. Give me an A or give me an F. An F is an A.

Oh, no, that was fascinating. I'm as proud of that as almost anything we've ever done. The short version of syndicated radio is this. I started on 690 AM. This was a 50,000 watt blowtorch in San Diego. The guy who owned that radio station at that time owned the biggest radio network in America, but before deregulation, there was like 19 stations.

Oh, no, that was fascinating. I'm as proud of that as almost anything we've ever done. The short version of syndicated radio is this. I started on 690 AM. This was a 50,000 watt blowtorch in San Diego. The guy who owned that radio station at that time owned the biggest radio network in America, but before deregulation, there was like 19 stations.

The guy who owned the station was John Lynch Sr., the father of John Lynch, the GM of the 49ers. John Lynch comes to me one day and says, Jim, I think, because now I'm a star on this station. Jim, I think your show would work. And I think it would work outside of this market. I want to syndicate your show. So there is no ESPN. There is no Fox. There is no CBS. There's no network.

The guy who owned the station was John Lynch Sr., the father of John Lynch, the GM of the 49ers. John Lynch comes to me one day and says, Jim, I think, because now I'm a star on this station. Jim, I think your show would work. And I think it would work outside of this market. I want to syndicate your show. So there is no ESPN. There is no Fox. There is no CBS. There's no network.

We built that thing door to door. We went door to door. We started with four stations that were, I think, already in his group that he made carry the show. We had a guy. There was under contract who had lived either in Kansas City or Houston, a radio vet named Brian Purdy, who was a great guy. And Purdy was under contract, but was not working. And John Lynch said, you got to work. I'm paying you.

We built that thing door to door. We went door to door. We started with four stations that were, I think, already in his group that he made carry the show. We had a guy. There was under contract who had lived either in Kansas City or Houston, a radio vet named Brian Purdy, who was a great guy. And Purdy was under contract, but was not working. And John Lynch said, you got to work. I'm paying you.

Go clear stations. Purdy would go around the country banging on doors and try to sell the station. And we went from four to six to nine to 12 to 15. And every time we added a station, it was beautiful, man. It was like this hazing process. And the existing stations would try out the new station. And every day was different, man. It was incredible.

Go clear stations. Purdy would go around the country banging on doors and try to sell the station. And we went from four to six to nine to 12 to 15. And every time we added a station, it was beautiful, man. It was like this hazing process. And the existing stations would try out the new station. And every day was different, man. It was incredible.

Point of the story is I've had this nationally syndicated network now for 30 years, but we built this thing brick by brick.

Point of the story is I've had this nationally syndicated network now for 30 years, but we built this thing brick by brick.