"THE SWARM" will be airing on WGSO 990 AM every Saturday from 12-2

Update-- The show will now be two hours long. 12-2 CT.

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I decided early last summer that the Hornets needed a show about them. Right now, the only shows in New Orleans that talk about the Hornets exclusively are affiliated in some way with the Hornets brand, either because they are broadcast on the Hornets TV station or because they are broadcast on the Hornets Radio station.

That's not going to be the case for much longer.

Starting the 7th of January at 1pm CT, I'll be hosting a two hour long, weekly radio show. I'll grab a range a guests, from writers for our upcoming opposition, to local celebs who want to chat about the Hornets a bit, and of course some players and Hornets staff. We'll take calls for a portion of each, so that if any of you have questions or have something insightful to say, you can. In fact, I really would appreciate it.

It will stream over the internet as well, so no worries if you're not local. That was something I wanted to make sure of. A recording will be made as well, so it will available every week for a listen even if you can't hear it live.

I've never really done radio before except as a guest on shows. Hope you'll bear with me if the first episode or two is a bit rough. Might also just be a seamless transition from guest to host. Only one way to find out.

Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know. Hope you're at least 1/100th as excited as I am.

Also, if you have or work for a business that may be interested in sponsoring the show, PM me and I'll owe you a beer forever.

Awesome

Sweet. What are the plans for the first show?

Thats great. I never stop being amazed at the work you do for us Hornets fans Joe. Looking forward to listening.

Great job .

This is great news. I will be listening.

THIS.IS.AWESOME.CLAPCLAPCLAPCLAPCLAP.

Sweet stuff. I'll definitely be looking forward to hearing it!

If I ever get a Saturday off, I'll be sure to call in.

Ever thought about setting up an email so you can take questions that way also?

I'm pumped...awesome news

Thanks! Really glad to be able to do this kind of stuff. It's wild to me that more of it doesn't exist.

Plans are to have a rant or two, a few bloggers from other teams talk about our upcoming schedule, a guest that's either an interesting person or affiliated with the Hornets, 5 minutes on the rest of the NBA's big stories, maybe a little Hornets comedy from Chris Trew, and call ins throughout the various segments. Will have some giveaways for sure.

Will certainly take questions via email, twitter, the forum, h247, and of course the phone.

Lots of work to do obviously. All the fun kind, fortunately.

Could take this as a chance to really incorporate Facebook too, if you can swing it.

Ahh cool. Well I'm looking forward to be able to post questions on here and hear them discussed on the radio :)

awesome job, cant wait to hear the show

Wow man, Congrats! This is going to be great.

Missed it, will it get loaded on the site?

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Missed it, will it get loaded on the site?

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First show is January 7th at 1pm Central Time. Live and local ;-)

Its on?

nice, its on

Glad I got to call in.

Good show.

Glad I didn't have to call in! Good turnout.

Definitely can't have 3 guests in the future, plus I need more time for callers. Sorry to those of you who were left on the line or got busy signals. Way too many callers and just not enough time for them.

If anyone knows who Pam is, I want to give her those tickets. My producer wasn't quite sure how to get her on the line with me when it wasn't on the air, and that could have been an awkward minute or two trying to get info if we had to do it live.

Criticism is requested. What didn't you like?

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Definitely can't have 3 guests in the future, plus I need more time for callers. Sorry to those of you who were left on the line or got busy signals. Way too many callers and just not enough time for them.

If anyone knows who Pam is, I want to give her those tickets. My producer wasn't quite sure how to get her on the line with me when it wasn't on the air, and that could have been an awkward minute or two trying to get info if we had to do it live.

Criticism is requested. What didn't you like?

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Not sure who pam was, but if you can't connect those tickets with her, I'll be able to make a game. I was Kerry, asked you what you thought about Gordon's injury situation.

No criticism here.

great show...I loved it...keep up the good work

With three guests, I think it was fine. I think keeping to 1 or 2 guests most of the time is good, because people like to yak, but 3 is good on special occasions like this.

Talk more about upcoming games, then talk about our guys in terms of matchups. Give people something to `watch for'. Than talk about one of those things next week.

"The Swarm" will be this Friday afternoon at 11 this week so not to coincide with UNO basketball, the Saints Game, a Hornets game, or Gerry V's show.

Couldn't find the latest episode on WGSO.com, am I doing something wrong?

Snackar du någon svenska förresten? ;)

Would you want Jerebko as a hornet? I've never seen him play actually but he seems a little bit like a Monty type of player, lots of heart.

Jerebko is like my favorite non-Hornet, non-Bull ever. My mom is from Sweden, if that explains why. Unfrotunately he and Detroit are unlikely to split ways. They both are very happy.

There were two weeks the didn't air during Mardi Gras/because of Mardi Gras.

From now on it will be two hours.

I'm guest hosting this week. We'll be talking rebrand for most of the show, besides little updates on things and tangents.

We'll have guests from the Thunder and Wizards to talk about their rebrands.

Can we get a recap of this past Sunday's show? I was interested in hearing the news on Eric Gordon, but I couldn't tune in.

Suns bloggers confirmed for The Swarm tomorrow, people.

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Can we get a recap of this past Sunday's show? I was interested in hearing the news on Eric Gordon, but I couldn't tune in.

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You can download the podcast. It's just an mp3 you can pull to your computer or whatever.

I'll help you if you need it, no problem.

Last show I'm hosting for a bit, but it'll be an interesting one, to me at least. It'll be about Arenas and relocations around the NBA.

We'll be covering the improvements to the New Orleans Arena. and updates from Seattle, Sacramento, Oakland, Brooklyn, and Orlando at least.

Anyone have requests? Suggestions?

Very interested in the show this week. Definitely tuning in.

Not sure if your planning on doing this already, but do you think you could touch on the details of the Kings' lease and what the next steps are for them going forward? Chances of the NBA intervening?

Kings guy calling in for at least 2 segments.

One guy from Save Our Sonics.

Working on one special guest.

Updated roster:

Seattle
Sacramento
Golden State
Brooklyn
Orlando

Various arena issues and various states in the process, including the new standard in arenas.

Got some questions? Suggestions?

I know it's not the most exciting topic in the world, but Arenas are the most important part of this equation . . . we operated without an owner or a star, after all . . .

It's not a question, but I saw this documentary recently on youtube regarding Sacramento and its arena situation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n5rkOb7dzc

It's lengthy, but poignant- it's hard not to feel sorry for Sac-town fans, particularly with the post-script twist. New Orleans fans would probably be able to empathise more than most..

It was good. The producer is the guy I had on the show.

http://wgso.com/?p=24356

He comes in around the 40m mark I think.

Also had a Sonicsgate guy on.

Let it never be said that you do not have impeccable research skills! :hihi:

My favourite part was seeing the original owner risking death high above the crowd catching raindrops, while a young Charles Barkley looks on-never saw Shinn do anything like than for the Hornets. Why does the 1980s seem like so long ago?

Kudos on the show, great listening- you rock the radio! :)

Research is what I do, basically . . . I better be ok at it!

Thanks for listening. There was one of May 5th on rebrands (I think) you might enjoy downloading. I can give a link, but you can click around there and find that one too.

Joe will be back next week after my stint while he was in Vegas.

Got it and will give it a spin as well, danke.

It seems like a really bizarre stand-off in Sacramento- toying with fans' hearts like that, tsk tsk.

Let's just say your research skills are better than Shinn's ownership skills, or Diop's basketball skills.. they shine through in the quality of the show, so kudos again.

Agreed about Sacramento. The flood plain thing is a massive factor. Land acquisition is huge expense. Barclay's, "Warriors Arena," Amway Center all required (will require) massive infrastructure improvements. $100m for Oracle, way more for Barclay's. In Orlando, Amway Arena got demolished and the space can be used for something else, helping to offset the cost. In Sacramento, the land is basically useless. That's a huge factor.

When James said that, my heart sank.

I just hope the Maloofs get out.

Also, note that the NHL is having labor issues now (again). If those persist, that will stymie anything in Seattle, which affects the Maloffs and Sacramento. This could be the nail in their ownership coffin.

I still am unable to listen to the show live. Whether I go to the WGSO website or Tune In Radio it brings me to the same link that doesn't work. Is there some setting I need to change to be able to hear it?

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I still am unable to listen to the show live. Whether I go to the WGSO website or Tune In Radio it brings me to the same link that doesn't work. Is there some setting I need to change to be able to hear it?

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It hangs sometime. I've been able to listen, so I know it's not a massive problem. People were having issues on day, and I noticed the comments in on the thread. I mentioned it to the producer, he made a call, and it got fixed.

The Swarm is on hiatus until late September or early October since nothing really happens before then.

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The Swarm is on hiatus until late September or early October since nothing really happens before then.

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Booo.

The Swarm should be on all summer Joe.Thats how you get better as a Talk Show Host,create topics and expand your talk game just like players have to.One must constantly "work the pipes" and keep tweaking the show.Endless amount of topics to discuss....bring the show back! Take a break ( vacation) but,tap into your potential to polish your game. you'll be the better for it.

Agree with Gerry.

Push through.