whither sports radio in DC

Driving back to DC yesterday, one of the pick me up things my friend and I were looking forward to was the skewering the Redskins were going to take on sports radio – hey if we are miserable after that terrible loss at least we can wallow in similar misery with skins fans.

 

Didn't happen. Didn't really bother with the Redskins radio network, not going to get any good negativity there, but was astounded that 980 with Zaban and Pollin did NOT cover the Skins at ALL. After I dropped Pk off at the metro, these guys spent 15 minutes talking about what the Nationals needed to do in the offseason. It wasn't until 11:49 am, I checked the clock, that they made their first Redskins reference - and that was to Peter King's column about Brunnel and why Portis should have played in a must win game. Then they said Brian Mitchell would have more at noon during his show.

 

I'm guessing these guys came on at 8 am, or maybe even 6 since they went off at noon, but cannot believe they weren't talking Redskins. Is this a directive from the station since snyder's got his own network now? Are they able to get interviews and stuff with Skinns players, or has Snyder prohibited contact with the competition?

 

BTW, Zaban today called Philadelphia "the most rabid sports city in the country."