Terry Foster Retires from 97.1 FM
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/04/20/terry-foster-retires-from-97-1-t…
It will be crazy not hearing V and F together anymore. Those guys were my mainstay afternoon radio show, basically through most of my adult life.
You could tell Terry was just not the same when he came back.
Best of luck T Fost!
Hope he enjoys retirement. Wonder what's next for the station. You know Valenti is making, or at least has to "OK" every move they make.
I thought Valenti and Riger were pretty good together
I enjoyed that dynamic a ton.
I've always been a big fan of Matt Dery. Not sure if he'd be welcomed back after trying his hand at 105.1, but when he's paired with someone he's a great listen.
Same with Wojo, his show by himself sucks. Solo radio is not good.
Don't think Dery will ever work for 97.1 again, but I could be wrong.
He seems very happy to be off radio and teaching/doing other stuff.
I think with the right offer, he'd come back.
From what I remember, he's bouncing between doing Oakland stuff and Cleveland. His heart is always with Detroit sports.
I swear I thought he was teaching high school something at U of D Jesuit. Is that not a thing anymore?
I am not sure what else Dery is up to at the moment but I do enjoy listening to his "Locked On Lions" Podcast everday
Wojo is horrible by himself. He needs a straight man and his knowledge of anything deeper than what his friends in the journalist community tell him about the Pistons, Red Wings, Lions etc is lacking.
is horrible no matter what.
His voice is like nails on a chalkboard. HAYYYYYY!!!!
When he comes on at Crosswalk, radio gets turned off.
They should really just re-pair him and Stoney.
You have both halves a popular long time duo, why not?
Wojo is really good in print, but on the radio he tries too hard to be funny. He's knowledgeable, but likes to play the fool on air.
Need Riger to blow his nose once in a while, but yeah, not bad.
All jokes aside, he's good and energetic, but I really got pissed off at his Barry Sanders take.
Riger isn't bad, except he's a complete buffoon. He claims to be a Michigan fan but he's a 97.1 Michigan fan, meaning he thinks all other Michigan fans who think highly of anyone in the program is a homer slappy. He also says Bo Schembechler is the most overrated coach in the history of college football.
But aside from that he's great.
I don't like Riger much...the only thing that worked well with him and Valenti is that he got under V's skin when he really put the Michigan Homer hat on.
If I never hear another Riger Red Wings postgame "Talk about" interview, it'll be too soon.
It seemed that Foster never even tried after he got back. He clearly didn't do his homework and seemed to not get basic stuff right. This screams to me that he was pushed out the door.
AS for a replacement, it has to be Riger. I don't love him when he talks UM. Almost like Colbert with Republicans...a condensating facade put up to make fun of us...outside of UM, he and Valenti worked very well. He did his homework
Come on, "coldnjl." The guy comes back onto the radio from a stroke, which would probably have most of us collecting disability, and you say he "never even tried after he got back?"
Go root for Sparty...
grow up...i have an opinion that you disagree with...deal with it. I am quite sympathetic to his situation, but it isn't like he was well versed in the sporting world in Detroit before his stroke. He didn't pay attention to current events, openly admitted to not even watching the Red wings, and his in-depth discussions were garbage.
I liked it too, but I don't see those guys being able to exist together for even 12 months. It got toxic between them at points.
as asshole. i patient of mine works there and he just plays the "make fun of michigan" card when the show starts to get boring. if you are a michigan fan and you listen to him, you are just paying a sparty idiot... also hates detroit sports teams and the city. i will never know why detroiters listen to (and pay) some stupid new yorker to make fun of them....
...he's too young to be having health issues. Best wishes to the sane half of the Sports Doctors.
anyone but Riger.
Why couldn't Mark Valenti retire...
But to your point, the station would be hurting big time without him.
Love him or hate him, he can carry a show and he's entertaining.
And for the most part, he is very critical even of his own team and not close to a slap like other personalities.
...were legendary. He would go on an on. Hilarious.
The same memories you had of those 2 I had of Stoney and Wojo. No idea why they broke those 2 up - that was a great pairing, a complete sports nerd with a guy who superficially knows sports but was great comic relief.
This is their show... Yup, got a lot with them too. I remember having those guys on 1130 AM with Baligian from 10-2, and then you could flip to Valenti and Foster if you didn't like the topic.
That's why I really enjoyed 105.1 when they were around. No idea what it was, but that morning show and afternoon with Ryan and Rico were great. Karsh and Anderson are so beyond stale.
Disagree with your assesment of Karsch and Anderson. They are the only guys who arent all hot takes and rants.
Level opinions, but the show itself is boring. They both lack any personality.
Always have to move personalities or find other combinations.
It's a total stunner that the 97.1 FM show is still together after so many years. They are basically impossible to listen to. I love the fact that V&F do a ton of different things, drops, games, etc...
Karch's show is, (11:27) Coming up at 11:43, you'll never guess what THIS Detroit fan did!
The morning show sucks. I ahte the half entertainment half sports feel of the show. Jamie and Stoney are far better than the previous cohosts though.
...way back in the day. The Odd Couple. Rob was a blowhard (imagine that...) but Stoney was the perfect foil for him. He could get under Stoney's skin and drive him crazy. While I'm at it...who remembers Van Earl Wright middays with Jennifer Hammond on DFN?
I think they axed Stony and Wojo at the same time that Clear Channel was executing (and that is the right word) a national bloodletting across all of its stations nationwide. I think it was a 10% reduction of all staff, but I believe 1130 got hit the hardest. Knocked some guys off the air I was listening to out west, too.
Was that the same time they dropped all local programming completely, or did that happen later? Anyway, it was part of a much larger reduction, as sometimes happens in radio, and one that I suspect people regret given how many of the people that were laid off got rehired.
They killed all local talent on DFN at noon on January 20, 2009. The only reason I remember that was because I was driving around noon and heard the local show (Beligian, I think). I listened to Obama being sworn in, and went about my day. I came back to the office later that afternoon and flipped the station on again, and it was two boobs that I've never heard of on a national show.
He works out at the same gym I go to. Pre Stroke he was social and always talking with people. Post Stroke you could tell he just wasn't himself, like he lost a part of his self.
Hopefully he gets back to his self and this retirement is short lived.
Whenever Valenti was absent and Foster was solo for a show, he did a great job at taking calls and facilitating discussion, and I have to give him credit for it. He was easygoing, never combative, and disarming for the guests to freely speak their minds.
Aside from those opportunities, he was just the yes-man beta male to Valenti's alpha. What would frustrate my about Foster is that he'd talk about talking about something. E.g. "let me tell you this", "I will say this", "First of all, I'm gonna say this first", and so on.
Just say what you're going to say! You don't need to ask a girl to kiss her, you just kiss her. Likewise, you don't need to announce your intentions to make a statement, just say it. Why the pointless filler?
I don't expect anybody else to be as peeved by this as I was, but did you guys at least notice it?
I agree with the whole talk about talking stuff.
But as far as carrying a show by himself, Foster couldn't do it. He's a great complimentary piece.
That's what I'm saying; his monologues/soliloquys were never anything special to tune into, he'd just turn it over to the phones. It impressed me how casually and comfortably he could field calls.
It's like saying..."question..."...before asking a question. Drives me nuts
You don't need to ask a girl to kiss her, you just kiss her.
Funny - that's not what the judge told me when he signed the restraining order.
I think 97.1 should put Caputo on with Valenti.
I'd give it two days before one of them killed the other one or Valenti would just move back to New Jersey (finally).
It would be Thunderdome.
Being a stroke victum myself back in '08, I thought Terry did a great job coming back with no signs of Aphasia over the air. I still periodically mispronounce a word or two that I never did prior to my stroke. Good luck Terry, enjoying the life you deserve.
I'd love to have him replaced with Matt Dery too !