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Won't you take me to Hockeytown

Fox 1370 Sports is carrying Caps playoff games, and talk guy Jerry Coleman was talking hockey Tuesday. The station certainly is differentiating itself from Baltimore's other sports stations, especially when you consider 1370 also carries the Wizards and thus talks NBA more than the other locals.

That's not to say you won't hear plenty of Ravens and Orioles talk during 1370's local shows, but I'd be curious to know how many listeners are drawn to the station by the NBA and NHL presence.

Posted by Andy Knobel at 12:59 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

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they have got me. Able to listen to the Caps post game last Wednesday on my way home from the game all the way to my house in Baltimore was great.

Posted by: sade | April 22, 2009 8:54 AM

i think coleman is a breath of fresh air-it's basic sports, and i'm an NBA fane (sometimes I feel like the only Baltimore person to follow it) so i enjoy it, and although I am in no way a hockey guy, I don't mind them talking about it-i think he does a real good job, and like preston in studio and Terry Ford and Jason Lacanfara-I think they all give unique perspective-show has good balance

Posted by: aaron g | April 22, 2009 9:27 AM

IT'S ABOUT TIME NARROW MINDED B-MORE , expand their horizons, my goodness! Bravo to Fox 1370 am!
i enjoy the diversity instead of the same crap around town - More NBA AND NHL talk!

Posted by: lance | April 23, 2009 2:19 AM

It seems a combination of 1370's NBA talk and the playoffs is getting to 105.7, as I've noticed that all of their big weekday shows (Mark Viviano, Bruce Cunningham, Scott and Anita, and Playmakers) have not only talked about the NBA playoffs, but have actually devoted entire segments and even invited NBA-specific guests in the past month or so.

Posted by: Matthew | April 28, 2009 11:13 PM

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About Ray Frager

Ray Frager joined The Baltimore Sun’s sports department in 1985 and has been an assistant sports editor for more than 15 years. This is his second stint writing a sports media column for The Baltimore Sun. Most sequels aren't as good as the original, but then, the original wasn't all that great either.

Frager, born in 1957, grew up in northern Delaware (graduating from a high school that since has shut down) and received his bachelor's degree in journalism from Rider College in Lawrenceville, N.J. He worked as a reporter and copy editor at The Trenton Times and The Dallas Morning News before coming to Baltimore.

Surprisingly, if you look at his accompanying photo, Frager is married and has a son and daughter. He enjoys playing basketball and has organized pickup games among members of The Baltimore Sun staff for many years, which means they don't get too mad at him for shooting way too much.

He has a good beat and is easy to dance to. I'd give him an 85.