I've always wanted to listen to two hours of radio starring a few posters around here. It would be absolutely brutal. A dull host nervously discussing sports numbers, football positions, what each basketball player may avg., baseball stats...just brutal. There's a UofL show that does nothing but horse racing the week of the Derby and it's abismal. Felt like I was listening to something from 1961. That same show wasn't getting much traction one morning years ago until one caller randomly brought up local pro wrestling. The rest of the hour was filled with calls and texts about local wrestling from the 70s and 80s. That may sound miserable to some and had nothing to do with UofL or UK, but it drew an audience.
For KSR, it doesn't help that Ryan pretends to be scared of hosting, Drew has admitted he's a good co-host but never wants the main chair, and Shannon is fine but isn't a UK fan through and through. There's a nice rhythm when Matt is there and like it or not, there's no one else locally, and not many nationally, who can bring in the hardcore fans, the casuals, kids who'll listen, old ladies, grandpas, folks who are fans of other teams, and wives who aren't sports fans. In one show, he'll get calls from a kid in class, a UK fanatic working in a warehouse, a 92 year old grandma, and some random person from another state who doesn't follow UK closely but enjoys the show. That's not usually normal for sports radio but it is for KSR.