The residents of Burlington, Vermont are left without any local sports talk options. Station owner Vox AM/FM decided to cancel the station’s afternoon show, The Huddle, featuring Rich Haskell and FOX Sports Radio’s Arnie Spanier.
“The afternoon show has continued to under perform what is needed to maintain the programming,” a message from the station’s text line read. “The good news is we are committed to an all sports radio station and the game (sic) will continue to exist.”
While The Huddle is cancelled, the message did mention that Haskell remains with The Game and its sister stations. Listeners will still hear him giving sports updates in the mornings.
The dismantling of The Huddle and 101.3 the Game began last year. During the height of the pandemic, Vox AM/FM let Brady Farkas go. He served as the third mic on the show and PD of the station. He has since landed at WDEV in Montpellier.
Now, 101.3 The Game’s programming is completely syndicated. With The Doug Gottlieb Show replacing The Huddle in afternoons, listeners in Burlington can now hear the entire FOX Sports Radio lineup on the station.
Bring Arnie Rich & TJ back
How coukd they not afford 1 damn local show? Terrible ownership. Why even bother with syndication? We can get that anywhere
Wtf is Arnie going to do now? Not cool at all.
The show had become unlistenable. I would tune in to listen to sports talk and the hosts would be blabbing on and on about topics like their most recent dental appointment. Everything went downhill after Brady left. Show had lost its way.
That’s what made the show great. Brady sucked. His current show sucks. Nobody listens to him. Huddle was great and had listeners from all over.
Enjoyed the show very much, the humor and the different personalities made it fun. Gonna miss it
Tuned to 101.3 this weekend. WTH is going on? Only spooky soundtrack. Not happy about losing the huddle. Now we get to listen to another ESPN talking head rehashing what has been said on the previous three shows. No local sports program. Once again the almighty dollar rules. You have lost me as a listener.