Spotlight on 1310 AM.......B.A.D. Radio

One of the things that Killer loves is some sports radio, 1310 the Ticket more specifically. The ticket has been around since 1994, and is the premier sports radio station in DFW if not the whole entire southwest. The Ticket is one of those things that you either love or hate. Killer chooses to love the Ticket. In fact Killer loves the ticket so much that I plan on doing a four part series highlighting each of the four flagship shows of the ticket.

Today were gonna hit up B.A.D. Radio which airs weekdays from 12-3. The reason we go here first is that these boys are the stick and puck guys. The ones who give the most attention to the sport we all love, ice hockey. B.A.D. is short for Bob and Dan who are the hosts of the show along with sidekick Donovan, producer Tom "flakeboy" Gribble, and board operator Grubes.

Bob Sturm is originally from Wisconsin and Dan McDowell grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. Donovan Lewis is from the big D as is Grubes who is from the same neighborhood that GW now calls home, Preston Hollow. In fact Grubes dad sold his house to Dirk Nowitski. Flakeboy is from somewhere I dont know (hows that for reporting, kiss my ass).

B.A.D. radio usually has a segment once a week during the hockey season with a marquee player from the Stars such as Brenden Morrow or Steve Ott. Sturm grew up playing hockey, and still competes in an area D League. Like everything on the ticket bits are a common feature of this show. One popular segment is "Gay or not gay," where the hosts read letters from fans where the fan poses the question at the end, "is this gay or not gay." Then the hosts toss it around and determine whether it is gay or not gay. Another popular bit is "what's on my Tivo," where the guys talk about the television shows that they are currently into like Lost, The Shield, and The Wire. During hockey season Bob will do a segment every now and then called the "Five Minute Major." This is where he devotes five minutes to the sport of hockey, mainly the NHL and Stars. The final segment of the show runs from 2:45 until sometimes as late as 3:15, the segment is called "Why today doesnt suck." It is a crossover segment with the hosts of the Hardline, the show that runs during afternoon drive 3-7. This segment is an absolute free for all where any topic is fair game from talking about people with AIDS to great hair metal bands of the 80's. The segment is wrapped up by talking about people with birthdays on this day and people that died on this day in history.

Speaking of the bits I have some clips here from some of the most popular bits from BAD RADIO.

First we have the Charity Challenge on Ice. This is something the station use to do where the station is split into two teams, and they play a charity ice hockey game. This well done video gives you all the details of this classic bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mud08Vowm2s

Speaking of the Charity Challenge, check out Bob Sturm aka the Sturmenator throwing down some punches on former afternoon drive board op, Expo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wECqml7ZOQ0

Here is Dan who decided to do an interview with Michael Irvin shirtless, and Irvin joined in the fun. Which one do you think played in the NFL?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkVOByCONJg

Finally a very underrated bit which is the Reporters in Knight costumes going into the Nashville Predators locker room after getting demolished by the stars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ZM9-U5wdc