Sports Radio Shakeup Begins Monday
Triangle sports radio enters a new era tomorrow. Capital Broadcasting will run sports radio on two signals, 99.9FM The Fan and 620AM The Buzz, mixing local and syndicated shows. To corral all of the coverage, a new website for the stations has launched, ESPNTriangle.com . Here are the two stations’ typical weekday schedules:
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99.9 The Fan |
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| 6am – 10am | Mike & Mike |
| 10am – Noon | The Herd with Colin Cowherd |
| Noon – 3pm | David Glenn |
| 3pm – 7pm | Mark & Mike – The Insiders |
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620 The Buzz |
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| 6am – 9am | Adam Gold & Joe Ovies |
| 9am – Noon | Dan Patrick |
| Noon – 2pm | Jim Rome |
| 2pm – 4pm | The Scott Van Pelt Show |
| 4pm – 7pm | Primetime with the Packman |
Dave Glenn Show Moving
Starting Monday, November 2, sports radio in the Triangle will experience some major changes. The Dave Glenn Show will move from its current afternoon drive-time slot to its new time, Noon – 3:00pm. The radio show features ACC sports guru Dave Glenn as well as caller commentary and celeb interviews. The show is in the process of being syndicated across the region, but Raleigh listeners can catch the show on 99.9 (FM) The Fan as well as on 850am for its remaining days carrying the sports format. In addition, Friday will be the final show for The Sports Pig at 6pm.
REI Hosts Basic Bike Maintenance Class
On Tuesday (10/27), REI at North Hills will be sponsoring another free Bike Maintenance class. The 7pm session is aimed at teaching parts, basic adjustment, and care of your bicycle.
And That…Was The Game
On a beautiful night in Chapel Hill, the Tar Heels played their first-ever Thursday night game. Everything, including the traffic, went perfectly until 10:35, when all hell broke loose. After a delay of game penalty on their own 3-yard line, Florida State was able to burn Tar Heel cornerback Charles Brown for a 98-yard touchdown connection. At that point, FSU hit their stride and played like they deserved to win the game.
For some reason, with FSU backed up on its own 2, I felt the need to try videoing a play in the game.
Big, Busy Week Ahead
I busy week, indeed. Let’s start with sports. The long-awaited, first-ever Thursday night football game for Chapel Hill begins at 8pm tomorrow night. Florida State and Erin Andrews (not necessarily in order of importance) are in town for a game that will be featured in ESPN. Plan accordingly, as traffic in Raleigh and RTP should be horrendous.
The other reason for traffic problems is the N.C. State Fair which ends on Sunday night. Today the Wake County Public Schools have an early release day, so there should be many students invading the fairgrounds. Tomorrow is can day, where entry is free for those with 4 cans of food for the needy. The remaining music acts are Julianne Hough, Anoop Desai, Jeremy Camp and Tenth Avenue North, Blake Shelton, and Eric Church.
The State Fair isn’t the only other draw for tens of thousands of people. Raleigh Wide Open begins Friday, and celebrates the grand opening of Raleigh’s new City Plaza. Delbert McClinton headlines the main stage of music, however more interesting, perhaps, is the Cherry Bounce stage, which is the culmination of a week-long local music series downtown. The series aims to get exposure for a mostly unheard of list of bands. Be sure to stop by the WTVD studios on Saturday afternoon for your chance to get on Wheel of Fortune.
The big stand along music event occurring this week is Queensryche at the Lincoln Theatre, tonight. However in the Greensboro Coliseum, rock gods AC/DC will play Sunday night. INto industrial? KMFDM is at the Cradle Monday night.
There is plenty of theater for the people this week, too. The Picasso Ballet performance by the Carolina Ballet continues at the Fletcher Opera Theater while NC Theater’s West Side Story production runs at Memorial Auditorium. Tonight David Copperfield will be at the DPAC, while the Carolina Crown II (wrestling theater) will take place at the RBC Center on Saturday night. NCSU alumnus, John Reep, the “Hemi guy” plays at Charlie Goodnights this weekend.
If all of that excitement isn’t enough, be sure to swing by the Raleigh Convention Center for the Junior League’s Shopping SPREE!, a seriously awesome event when shopping for things women like.
For more info on these events, check out the gogoraleigh Do-It Calendar . That’s a heck of a week! I can’t wait to get out there and DO IT!
Plan Thursday Evening Carefully
Friends, just a heads up about the complete mayhem that is about to take place on Thursday evening. Not only will the the N.C. State Fair Canned Food Day be going on, but the Florida State Seminoles will be visiting for Chapel Hill’s first-ever Thursday night game. ESPN is covering the game and was nice enough to move the airtime back to 8:00pm. That should allow fans a better chance of at least being in the Chapel Hill city limits by gametime.
My suggestion is to avoid Interstate 40 at all costs. If you have been to mid-week game in the Smith Center against an ACC foe, you know that traffic is horrible west of the Durham Freeway. This will be three times worse. Instead of 40, take U.S. 64 to Fearrington Road ( map it ), head north on Fearrington until it reaches 15-501, and turn right. Follow the traffic down the winding Columbia Street which leads to the Hospital area.
Another option is to take 64 to 751, then turn left on Stagecoach Road. This can lead to either the Friday Center or Fearrington, depending on your route.
For certain, though, whatever route you choose, make sure you leave home or work about 1.5-2 hours before you normally do. Those who leave work before 5 will certainly have an advantage over those who swing by home on the way home from work.
The UNC Athletic Department has really dropped the ball on this one. They should have arranged for area cities to run otherwise dark municipal busses into the area to help alleviate the problem. Afterall, large-capacity transit is the answer to all traffic problems, right?
This situation could potentially be far worse than the U2 concert because once again, Highway Patrol and area media have not clued in thus far. However as is usually the case, gogoraleigh readers have an advantage, and will continue to be baffled by people making dumb moves and crying on the highway about it!
TWC Offers NBA League Pass Preview
It is basketball time, again, and to celebrate, Time Warner Cable is offering a free NBA League Pass preview from now until November 3. Tune in to channels 710-720 for the preview (only 711-715 will be active until the 27th).
REI Hosting Backcountry Cooking Class
Join the world of backcountry dining with REI on Tuesday (10/13) at 7pm at the North Hills store. You’ll get tips for enjoying prepackaged foods as well as learn ideas for do-it-yourself cuisine.
UNC Football: Stuck on 54
The UNC football program is one of the oldest in the country. For many of those football Saturdays, the shortest route from Raleigh was highway 54. It’s a number that is all too common for the program.
In the past 90 years, the school has won 54% of its games. In the last 50 years, the school has won 54% of its games. What is Butch Davis’ winning percentage in Chapel Hill? It’s 54%. It also happens to be the total winning percentage for the 120 years of football in Chapel Hill.
It’s a good thing that Highway 54 was created before Interstate 40.
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REI Hosts Backpacking 101 Class
On Tuesday, REI will help take the mystery out of Backpacking at a show and tell session. The event is free and begins at 7pm at the North Hills store.
UNC Unveils Kenan Expansion Plans
The Rams Club has put together
a new site demonstrating plans for expanding
the 60,000 seat Kenan Stadium. The addition will replace the 1927 Spanish styled original field house with a complex housing “premium” seating, a student-athlete center for non-revenue sports, a new academic center for athletes, and new visitor locker rooms. The project will cost about $85 million and is expected to begin within the next two years.
REI Hosting Trips for Kids on Saturday
Join 2009 REI Grant Recipient, Trips for Kids-Triangle, for the IMBA’s Annual " Take-A-Kid Mountain Biking Day " to be held in conjunction with the TORC 4th Annual Fat Tire Festival at Harris Lake County Park. The cost for each event is free.
TWC Rolling NHL Center Ice Preview
From Friday until October 24, Time Warner Cable will be rolling their NHL Center Ice package for free on channels 431-444 and HD on Channel 745. This season the package not only includes all of the league’s televised games (subject to blackout for Canes games), it includes the Mosaic Channel, a 4-screen composite channel showing 4 currently played games. There will also be the Stat Channel, Dual Feed Channel (showing the away feed when available), and Replay Channel, which shows a replay. The service costs $171 for the season.
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