I gave Kevin O months and months to win me over, tried to get over his "know-it-allness", laughing at his own jokes, and just listened cuz I love listening to Jets talk no matter what. I finally gave up, but not because of things I just mentioned. Most everyone in the industry says their share of uhhs and ahhs, but Kevin O is WAY worse than even Lawless was. Seriously, unless he's reading his pre-prepared storytime 15 minute filler at the start of his show, he struggles to utter a single sentence or ask a single question without uhhhh-ing. At least when Hustler or Gary or Westwood do it, it's mostly because they're thinking of the next thing to say and kinda stalling, but with Kevin O it's a part of his delivery. First question of an interview and it's not even a difficult question, and it's every second word sometimes to the point it became unbearable. Please tell me I'm not the only one who notices. Does anyone at 1290 listen to his delivery? Does he even realize that he's doing it? Please someone have a talk with him because I went from being the dial always on 1290 guy to always on 1290 except from 11:00-2:00 daily.
Toth gets a lot of hate here, yes he has ridiculous takes and his sports knowledge is at best on par with most listeners, but at least he's pretty professional in his delivery. RR is polished and the best on 1290 for delivery, Hustler is unpolished but entertaining Westwood plays his role. Kevin O has a good radio voice but he's just a void in the middle of the day that doesn't bring much to the table and that gets more than offset by being annoying to listen to. Please get RR back in his old time slot, he's being wasted paired with Hustler. I'll settle for KO being slot in beside Hustler and having a minor presence on the show if it means I can get back to listening for 2 more hours a day (sorry, won't listen to a replay even with RR at the helm).