Franzke & LA - Bill Campbell Award Winners

Radio games are a lot more fun than the TV side in terms of pure enjoyment due to these guys.

Congrats to them!

Baseball is made for radio ... the summer game, sitting on the porch with the lightening bugs flashing and the boys painting a picture in your mind as Richie Ashburn flags down a long drive to CF. No other sport comes close.

YES to baseball and radio being the perfect combination. Is it just us old guys who prefer to listen to baseball on the radio to watching it on TV?

Define old-timers. I just turned 40, and I much prefer radio.

Arguably as important as any other transaction the Phils will do:

Yep. Full Press Release here!

Excellent news, especially for those of us who frequently depend on the audio feed, whether over-the-air or on GameDay Audio. Franzke is the best.

Great news! I hope to hear him on MLB's AtBat over here in Switzerland, although because of the time difference, I will be sleeping through most of the games.

I can't believe Franzke and LA have been doing this for 10 years already. Does not feel that long.

Ryan Lawrence Q&A with Scott Franzke:

Phillies negotiating with John Kruk to take Stairs' place in the booth. Not totally new but here is a link to the latest info.

Yes, but preferring AM is, I'm guessing, largely a function of a listener's geography - e.g., how far he/she is from Philadelphia. The FM signals are far clearer...but they're also line-of-sight, and an AM clear channel (WCAU/whatever it's current letters are), after dark, is waaaaay over-the-horizon - meaning you can listen to the Phils' announcers in Boston, or in North Carolina, or in Ohio, etc. FM doesn't deliver that; can't, for technical reasons.

OTOH, the 'modern' solution to the abandonment of AM is internet streaming.

Before MLB Atbat, I tried to get WCAU in Indiana, Kansas and Virginia. In spite of the fact that it was better than nothing, whenever there were thunderstorms in the area, or other atmospheric abnormalities, the cracking would not only drive me nuts, but my poor wife . . .

For $20 for the season, I can listen to any game...not just phillies....over the internet. Works for me. When it was on 1210, I used to be able to pick it up at night where I live (Rockland County, NY). Not on FM.