One of the big traditions for the Super Bowl each year is Radio Row.

Usually, it’s packed with media from all over the country, with celebrities, athletes and reporters walking around taking photos and doing interviews. National and local radio hosts sit in the middle of the chaos, live on air.

This year, it’s the total opposite.

Pat Donovan and Aaron Jacobson know first-hand how eerily quiet it is this year. The hosts of “The Pat and Aaron Show” on WDAE attended Radio Row for the Super Bowl in Miami last year, which was packed.

“Every time you’d turn around, there was a hall of fame athlete sitting down with you or a celebrity,” Donovan said. “You couldn’t walk anywhere without seeing somebody you’re surprised to see. This year it’s very much the opposite of that.”

This year, it appears less than 10 stations showed up, mostly from here at home and Kansas City.

Many of the pods that were set up sat empty all week, and nearly all of the guests have been over the phone instead of in person.

But the ones who are there made the most of the quiet scene.

“Of course there are some complaints,” Jacobson said. “But your favorite team from your town is in the Super Bowl, and no one has been able to say that ever.”

An empty Radio Row is a great example of a strange, yet exhilarating, time in Tampa Bay sports. At least talking about the home teams on the radio was a lot easier than usual with all of the success.  

“We’ve been very lucky, even though it’s not what it could be,” Donovan said.

The two will be broadcasting, along with other radio shows, at the Winghouse by Raymond James Stadium for the game.