Chicago Sports Webio

[Wilson A2000]

Mike North's new website, http://www.chicagosportswebio.com/, is up and running. That's another sport's station for Chicago, but it is internet only. Fred Huebner, Jesse Rodgers, Matt Webber, and George Offman all are involved with it. How long will this thing last?

[Banedon]

It's like a who's who of all the Chicago radio personalities that I can't stand. Keep them all in one place...away from my ears.

[Wilson A2000]

It's like a who's who of all the Chicago radio personalities that I can't stand. Keep them all in one place...away from my ears.

 

Good point.

[hawkeyecub]

J Hood and Tim Doyle could be interesting.

 

Doyle is a goof but I kind of liked him on the BTN. Have no idea what he would be like discussing anything outside of college basketball. J Hood would piss me off routinely but could be really good at times.

[The R-Train]

I'm gonna miss Offman/Rodgers soundbites on B&B.

[Southpaw191679666239]

I'm actually a fan of a few of those personalities, but we have a no streaming radio/music policy at work. :(

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Mike North's new website, http://www.chicagosportswebio.com/, is up and running. That's another sport's station for Chicago, but it is internet only. Fred Huebner, Jesse Rodgers, Matt Webber, and George Offman all are involved with it. How long will this thing last?

 

Depends on how much money North has saved up and how long he's willing to subsidize it.

[SouthSideRyan]

What a heinous website. Anecdotally, the type of people that listen to Mike North and his ilk are the type of morons that aren't going to listen to streaming radio.

[Banedon]

Ok, so Webio fired Mike North on Friday, but it looks like there's a lot more to that story.

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-mike-north-webio-15-jun15,0,2220326.story

 

On Friday, investor David Hernandez fired North and others as executives from their Internet start-up. The same day, the FBI executed search warrants on the Chicago office of NextStep Medical Staffing and NextStep Financial, two ventures with ties to Hernandez.

 

NextStep Medical Staffing, which Hernandez owns, is the title sponsor of "Monsters in the Morning," the show hosted by North and Dan Jiggetts that made its debut in January on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, with an audio simulcast on the Web site.

 

Chet Coppock, the longtime Chicago sportscaster, said he plans to show up for his scheduled 3 p.m. program Monday at the Morton Grove studios of Internet-based Chicago Sports Webio. That's despite the fact that he said one of his latest paychecks bounced and the other hasn't arrived.

 

Hernandez said Sunday that the FBI action was connected to the actions of a "disgruntled ex-employee who I caught misappropriating funds" and fired several weeks ago.

[SouthSideRyan]

I hope they give North the death penalty.

[Sammy Sofa]

Never listened, by the horrible commercials and the presence of North makes me wish for the company's demise.

[jersey cubs fan]

Never listened, by the horrible commercials and the presence of North makes me wish for the company's demise.

 

The Feds just charged the founder, who apparently declared bankruptcy about 5 times this decade.

[Banedon]

Never listened, by the horrible commercials and the presence of North makes me wish for the company's demise.

 

The Feds just charged the founder, who apparently declared bankruptcy about 5 times this decade.

 

Which makes you wonder what North, who has shown himself to be pretty shrewd with his career, was thinking getting into business with this dude.

[jersey cubs fan]

Never listened, by the horrible commercials and the presence of North makes me wish for the company's demise.

 

The Feds just charged the founder, who apparently declared bankruptcy about 5 times this decade.

 

Which makes you wonder what North, who has shown himself to be pretty shrewd with his career, was thinking getting into business with this dude.

 

Really? Shrewd? He was a hot dog vendor who was lucky to get a gig as a radio host then profited off the fact that so many fans are idiots that like to hear an idiot talk like them. He's still an idiot.

[Sammy Sofa]

You want a good laugh? Check out North's recent book. Holy God, is it/he bad.

[C.C.]

Never listened, by the horrible commercials and the presence of North makes me wish for the company's demise.

 

The Feds just charged the founder, who apparently declared bankruptcy about 5 times this decade.

 

Which makes you wonder what North, who has shown himself to be pretty shrewd with his career, was thinking getting into business with this dude.

 

Really? Shrewd? He was a hot dog vendor who was lucky to get a gig as a radio host then profited off the fact that so many fans are idiots that like to hear an idiot talk like them. He's still an idiot.

 

He's still an idiot, but how many hot dog vendors become millionaire radio stars for the better part of a decade. It's not just luck.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

He's still an idiot, but how many hot dog vendors become millionaire radio stars for the better part of a decade. It's not just luck.

 

Why not?

[Banedon]

Never listened, by the horrible commercials and the presence of North makes me wish for the company's demise.

 

The Feds just charged the founder, who apparently declared bankruptcy about 5 times this decade.

 

Which makes you wonder what North, who has shown himself to be pretty shrewd with his career, was thinking getting into business with this dude.

 

Really? Shrewd? He was a hot dog vendor who was lucky to get a gig as a radio host then profited off the fact that so many fans are idiots that like to hear an idiot talk like them. He's still an idiot.

 

He's still an idiot, but how many hot dog vendors become millionaire radio stars for the better part of a decade. It's not just luck.

 

Exactly. The dude turned a hot dog vendor gig into a $1.5 million contract at the Score at one point. You have to make some right moves to make that happen. He surely had the ball bounce in his favor a few times, no doubt, but he still parlayed that into a pretty successful career, like him or not. (not!)

[C.C.]

He's still an idiot, but how many hot dog vendors become millionaire radio stars for the better part of a decade. It's not just luck.

 

Why not?

 

He may of got a lucky break, but at some point you have to marketable, and he has been to warrant a contract that paid him 1.5 million a year. Is that pure luck?

[SouthSideRyan]

Hitler was marketable too.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

He may of got a lucky break, but at some point you have to marketable, and he has been to warrant a contract that paid him 1.5 million a year. Is that luck?

 

I don't see why it can't be, especially if he can never duplicate that success.

[Banedon]

Hitler was marketable too.

 

And shrewd.

[jersey cubs fan]

He's still an idiot, but how many hot dog vendors become millionaire radio stars for the better part of a decade. It's not just luck.

 

Why not?

 

He may of got a lucky break, but at some point you have to marketable, and he has been to warrant a contract that paid him 1.5 million a year. Is that pure luck?

 

Being marketable does not make one shrewd. You think Manny is shrewd? Manny is a damn fine hitter of baseballs, but that is all. Mike North spoke about sports unintelligently to an audience that ate that stuff up. Doesn't make him shrewd.

[C.C.]

He may of got a lucky break, but at some point you have to marketable, and he has been to warrant a contract that paid him 1.5 million a year. Is that luck?

 

I don't see why it can't be, especially if he can never duplicate that success.

 

He duplicated that success over a 10 year period. Luck is winning the lottery, not an extended career.

 

I guess luck is whatever you want it to be, so it's pointless to discuss it in these terms.

[C.C.]

He's still an idiot, but how many hot dog vendors become millionaire radio stars for the better part of a decade. It's not just luck.

 

Why not?

 

He may of got a lucky break, but at some point you have to marketable, and he has been to warrant a contract that paid him 1.5 million a year. Is that pure luck?

 

Being marketable does not make one shrewd. You think Manny is shrewd? Manny is a damn fine hitter of baseballs, but that is all. Mike North spoke about sports unintelligently to an audience that ate that stuff up. Doesn't make him shrewd.

 

What is it then? Is marketability a better word? He marketed his limited ability pretty well. Did he not?