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New Memphis coach Justin Fuente on the show (The Audio)
Memphis introduced Justin Fuente as their new football coach today. He joined us on the show this afternoon. Seemed like my kind of guy. Listen here... Podcast Powered By Podbean
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December 08, 2011
The perfect Christmas Gift (The All Heart. Grit, Grind Hoodie)
In honor of the Grizzlies starting back up right after Christmas, we bring to you the "All Heart. Grit, Grind" Hoodie. We are going to have a limited amount to start out and will see how they do, so don't wait to order if you know you want one. They will ONLY BE AVAILABLE ONLINE. They will start shipping out on Friday and if you want to make sure you have it for...
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December 07, 2011
Our station is going to become 730 Yahoo! Sports
The station has signed a deal with Yahoo! Sports Radio and will become 730 Yahoo! Sports on Monday. When left with no programming after Entercom stole our Fox Sports affiliation away, we became #VernoRadio and ran my show on a loop - that entire story is HERE. The level of support from listeners and sponsors was crazy, and what was supposed to be a survival tactic actually ended...
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December 01, 2011
The Grizzlies salary cap situation (Post-Lockout)
The Grizzlies have 9 guys locked in and under contract I will list the player, followed by their actual cap number for the upcoming season...Zach Randolph $15,200,000Rudy Gay $15,032,144Mike Conley $ 6,611,571OJ Mayo $ 5,632,637Tony Allen $ 3,150,000Xavier Henry $ 2,171,640Darrell Arthur $ 2,027,119Sam Young $ 1,184,750Greivis Vasquez $...
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November 28, 2011
Josh Pastner on the show (The Audio)
Memphis coach Josh Pastner joined us on the show after the Tigers won their home opener over Belmont in impressive fashion. Here is the audio if you missed it... Podcast Powered By Podbean
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November 15, 2011
That happened (David Freese)
And to top it off, Joe Buck calls the HR just like his father did in the '91 World Series. Impossibly great moment.
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October 28, 2011
Greatest HS football announcer ever
This guy should be calling college and NFL games and he should have been doing it yesterday. I'd watch this guy call anything. I cannot get enough of these touchdown calls. You cannot watch it without trying to imitate him afterward, it's impossible. We have to find out who this is. The game is in Georgia so it should not be too hard to figure it out. Anyone in the Atlanta...
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October 27, 2011
#VernoRadio and the future
Yesterday there was an article on TheBigLead.com about #VernoRadio and my situation. You can read the article HERE. I was surprised that our situation has gotten some national attention. One of the common threads of the articles written about what has happened lately is this question of how long I can hang on doing what we are doing. When I first presented what was going on I...
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October 18, 2011
#VernoRadio launches
If you missed the story behind #VernoRadio, it is two posts below (Go listen to it and come back to this). The station may become affiliated with another brand down the road, but for now if you turn on 730 AM in Memphis, you will hear the show. Since I explained the story on the air last week, I have heard from small business owners all over the country. It is truly amazing how...
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October 17, 2011
#VernoRadio
I started the show by explaining what is going on with the show, my station, and my radio career. I have never felt like I did when #VernoRadio became the #1 trending topic in Memphis on twitter today. The support was so overwhelming and I can never thank you all enough. If you missed the show and want to know what this is all about, here is the audio --->#VernoRadio Podcast...
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October 12, 2011
Former VP Dick Cheney on the show (The Audio)
Who would have thought that Dick Cheney would ever come on The Chris Vernon Show? Well, it happened. We talked to the former VP about getting into politics, what he is really like, his new book, etc. Hopefully no matter how you feel politically you can appreciate that he was willing to come on our show, we certainly did. Here is the interview....Dick Cheney on The Chris Vernon...
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October 03, 2011
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