Very true about season 2 feeling like a different series.. I watched season 3-5 while they were airing but I was still pretty young at the time and it wasn't until a few years later that I understood the subtleties of the show, especially when it comes to season 2 and labor unions.

Anyway, your quote is Poot and Stringer at one of the meetings.

"We're losing the station, man."

"What you mean?"

"We done gone so far from Baltimore, we're losing the station. Try a Philly station or some shit like that."

"The radio in Philly is different?"

"You gotta be fucking with me, right? You never heard a station outside of Baltimore?"