re wfan in article c jc z knd news udel edu philly ravel udel edu robert c hite writes in article apr virginia edu jja h virginia edu writes does any one out there listen to wfan for those of you who do not know what i am talking about it is an all sports radio staion in new york on a clear night the signal reaches up and down the east coast in particular i want to know how len berman and mike lupica s show is i go to school in virginia so i can t listen when there are on during the day just wondering you re right about the signal being strong i live in west philadelphia and i can get fan almost perfectly it s a sports fans dream especially if that person is from ny and wants to hear about his teams while he s away at school as for lupica berman it s turned out to be lupica then berman neither of them wanted to work a full four hour show so ed coleman and dave sims old four hour slot was broken down into two seperate two hour show lupica from and berman from and they both happen to suck in comparison to eddie and dave come back guys the fan is an okay sports radio station but doesn t come close to the ultimate in sports radio wip in philadelphia the signal might not be as powerful but then again only stations in new york feel obligated to pollute everyone else s airwaves with a bunch of hoodlum mets fans complaining hours a day wip took two of your best sports jockeys too jody macdonald and steve fredericks wip is rockin with sports talk from am till midnight check it out anytime your within a few hours of philadelphia if i m not mistaken wip has the highest sports talk ratings in the nation like i said i live in philly so i can hear fan and or wip whenever i want but i cannot stand wip and it isn t because i loathe the philly sports teams the phillies are my favorite nl team yanks are favorite al and the eagles aren t too bad either there are two big problems total emphasis on the home teams especially the eagles unlike the fan hosts who can at least answer a question about an out of town team if a caller asks the wip hosts seem to have no clue about any team that doesn t play on broad street also fans periodic sports updates every minutes gives sports news and scores from around the country it s very rare to hear an out of town score being reported on wip the hosts with the exception of jody macdonald who i miss from his days at fan none of the hosts really seems to have both a broad knowledge of the sport or a good on air presence the worst is gary cobb who seems to have been hired solely on the basis that he used to play for the eagles anyway that s my two cents on the whole fan vs wip battle alan
