I heard him announce that on the radio this afternoon, and I was hoping he was about to say he was leaving the BAMA broadcast booth as well. No such luck. His excuses for leaving WJOX sounded like a load of horse shit to me. He had all those other jobs when he agreed to re-start C.A.S. He's probably a victim of poor ratings...in other words, his ass got fired.
Slef E. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Mc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RollTideFan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 8:47 PM Subject: [RollTideFan] Eli Leaving... > No it's not what you think... > > ~~ > > Eli Gold leaving 'Calling All Sports' on WJOX > Gilbert Nicholson > Staff > > After a year at the resurrected "Calling All Sports" > radio talk show he made famous 20 years ago, Eli Gold, > the play-by-play voice of University of Alabama > football, is leaving the mid-day radio talk show on > SportsRadio 690 WJOX-AM. > > Gold told listeners during Tuesday's broadcast he > would leave the show in early February, almost a year > to the day it began a second run earlier this year. > Gold says he needs to devote more time to his > play-by-play duties, which include NFL radio > broadcasts on Sundays and the Arena Football League on > NBC. Gold is also involved in NASCAR programming. > > "There's just too much going on," he told a caller > Tuesday during his noon to 3 p.m. show. Gold said his > days start at 4 a.m. and end at 10 p.m., and the three > hours of "Calling All Sports" at mid-day was taking > time away from his preparation for play-by-play > broadcasts. > > "That's where I make most of my living," he said. > > Gold, who first came to Birmingham to broadcast the > Bulls hockey team, originated "Calling All Sports" in > the early 1980s at NewsRadio 960 WERC-AM, which at the > time was the only radio sports talk show in the > Birmingham market. > > http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2004/11/15/daily12.html?jst=b_ln_hl > > -- > ROLL TIDE!! > Rick > > > > _______________________________________________ > RTF mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net _______________________________________________ RTF mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net
