Mark Packer leaves WFNZ

[g5jamz]

Packer sucked, but it was the only thing worth a crap at times and commercial breaks were offset some of my other channels.

Face it...he was HORRIBLE. He'd get on a schtick and run it into the ground. Varmint? Inside joke crap? Call-in personalities substituting content? The best parts of the show where when Mushin and Beason would actually talk shop. The college stupidity was over the top.

QCB is a waste. Whiner-line became more the "call-in personalities" line.

Move Rozinski there so we can hear some good Charlotte talk on that channel here in Raleigh in that time slot.

[Jackofalltrades]

His job is up for grabs at the NC Job bank, lmao!

[Mr. Scot]

Packer will never have it as good as he did at WFNZ.

His shtick was tired but it got him listeners.

Packer's sports knowledge was nothing to brag about. His formula for success was to surround himself with imbecilic sycophants who'd laugh at everything he said and say stuff themselves that was so ignorant it made you shake your head. It made him look smart by comparison.

Likewise he'd take - and encourage - calls from listeners who'd fawn over him and then say something just as dumb or dumber than the stuff his inner circle of clowns was saying. All the while, he sat in the middle of it saying mostly nothing of any substance but acting like he was the smartest kid in the class.

Basically, he made himself the ringmaster in a circus of stupidity, all of which was designed to make him look smarter than he really was. On his own (alleged) talent, without his dad's name, I wonder if he's ever even have gotten a job in radio. The only thing he really has going for him is a good radio voice and better English skills than Frank and Buck.

[JakeFlake]

Packer (along with Joe Buck) is the quintessential example of using his old man's name and notoriety to get a job.

[Jackofalltrades]

I think Buck is very good, especially at baseball.

Packer was useless in every sense of the word.

[Carolina Husker]

The whiner line was the best part of the show..

[JakeFlake]

I think Buck is very good, especially at baseball.

Packer was useless in every sense of the word.

Buck is very good, I agree. He does admit that he wouldn't be here if it weren't for his old man. I remember him saying that in an interview years back, that he is guilty of nepotism at its finest.

[The_Cannon]

Packer (along with Joe Buck) is the quintessential example of using his old man's name and notoriety to get a job.

You forgot Lane Kiffen...

[Jbro]

Arnie Spanier is the replacement. I for one have always liked him.

[Jbro]

This is Arnies first day.

[X-Clown]

Arnie Spanier is the replacement. I for one have always liked him.

Did they announce that at the start of the show? I just tuned in and heard him and Taylor Zarzour talking. I know he used to call in to Packer's show sometimes.

[Carolina Husker]

Arnie's the guy with the really odd voice from the Northeast, right? He used to be on here directly after Packman. He's okay.

[X-Clown]

Arnie's the guy with the really odd voice from the Northeast, right? He used to be on here directly after Packman. He's okay.

Yeah, that's him.

[The_Cannon]

I'll listen in a few when I'm leaving work...kind of wished it'd been someone more localized. I listen to Taylor Zarser (not sure how to spell it) here in Raleigh sometimes and he would be good if he had a co host with him.