"People say I'm arrogant but in all honesty, I'm a grounded guy. seems a more likely casualty of personal downsizing. His radio show - Monday through Friday 6-7 p.m. He says at that time he'll have no problem taking a pay cut in a media environment suddenly, and perhaps eternally, void of lucrative contracts. Hansen's TV contract runs through January 2013, when he'll turn 65. I still love sports but - I hate to say this out loud - the games bore me. "I'm getting beat on the river card and my golf game sucks, but I laugh all the time. "I'm not buying that I'm depressed for a minute," Hansen says. Though he says he's not depressed, time has dulled his zest. And he works 120 nights a year at ESPN Radio. He works Sunday nights during football season. But, believe it or not, he's one of the hardest working people in the biz.ĭespite skipping June, by the end of the year Hansen will work 13 more days than anyone named Campos, McCaa or Delkus. We (right, Channel 8 weatherman Pete Delkus?) kid Hansen about his casually flexible schedule. I'm taking a vacation with absolutely no plan. "Now I'm going to do something I never done in my life. "But when I got home I was so tired I couldn't walk," he said. Hansen, who was actually only off 2 1/2 weeks in April, has already tripped to Washington D.C. It's nothing, he hopes, an unscripted vacation can't cure. "I'm not burned out," he told me yesterday, "but I can see it from here." He'll be back on TV at the end of the month, but I'd be surprised if he keeps his radio gig at 103.3 FM ESPN through the summer. Points out that he's been dragging lately with a generally shitty attitude. Says his doctor is trying to treat him for depression. Hansen, who's been doing sports in this market (29 years) longer than some of you have been alive, admits to being bored. We all know Dale plays golf and poker and hookie with the best of them - seems like he was off all of April, too - but yesterday I called just to make sure everything is okay. Hold on, I think Dale's still talking.When I heard Channel 8 sports anchor Dale Hansen was taking off the entire month of June, I was jealous. There were also talks with ESPN and KZPS-FM (92.5), and so much interest in buying their own station that the Cowboys commissioned a study on the feasibility of building a state-of-the-art studio in time for the 2006 season. There was almost a one-year extension with KLUV-FM (98.7), who paid the team a whopping $8 million in rights fees last season. But then we both bent a little, and here we are." "In the fall I thought it would never happen," admits Ticket general manager Dan Bennett. In fact, The Ticket's initial offer of $5 million per season, according to an industry insider, "insulted" Jerry Jr. So The Ticket will broadcast games without him, the Cowboys will probably play games with T.O., and owner Jerry Jones will, for at least five years, put off his dream of owning a radio station.ĭallas' negotiations with stations up and down the dial had more awkward starts and abrupt stops than Belt Line Road. With the lovable and loquacious Hansen, the wait is usually worth it. And, in all seriousness, I don't think I could do it as long as Bill Parcells is here." "But if they signed Terrell Owens, I don't think I could do it. Furthermore, Dale says, the timing stinks. Sorry, folks, but he ain't coming back, mostly because the Cowboys aren't exactly rolling out the red carpet. So I called Hansen Manor, and for the next 35 minutes, he babbled like Charlie Brown's teacher while I managed to crowbar in some very important uh-huhs, rights and buts. Nothing wrong with the fine work of Babe Laufenberg, mind you, it's just that Cowboys fans remember fondly the broadcast team that mixed eloquence and entertainment while calling back-to-back Super Bowls in the 1990s. In the wake of the Dallas Cowboys' move to KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket), I got tons.fine, 12 e-mails from readers inquiring if the WFAA-Channel 8 sports anchor, who moonlights on the radio station Mondays and Fridays from noon to 1 p.m., would return to the game broadcasts alongside ol' padnuh Brad Sham. And, unless you have an hour and a backup notebook or two, don't call Dale Hansen for a quick comment.
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