Well, it can’t be worse than the “NESN Daily’’ repeats that were airing in the 6-9 a.m. window.

And it’s not.

Whether you consider that damning with faint praise probably depends on your perception of the radio show before Tuesday’s debut of the live simulcast (the first three of its four daily hours are picked up).

If the tone and tenor, as John Dennis likes to say, of what he and Gerry Callahan have brought to WEEI since they were paired in October 1997 appeals to you, so will this. If the show, or the hosts’ approach to sports, politics, and what they like to call water-cooler topics aren’t your thing, well, that’s why you have that remote in your hand.

After spending several hours catching up on the first three shows via DVR, we can report that the most notable news about the simulcast is that there’s no real news at all. It’s the same show, and it’s a tribute to WEEI and NESN for pulling it off with nary a change.

The commercial breaks arrive at the same time and run for the same length. The topics still run their usual guy-radio gamut (Michael Vick’s transcendent Monday night performance, the controversy over full-body scans by airport security, Jonathan Papelbon’s status, political chatter, etc.). If the radio show is essentially the background music during your commute, than the simulcast probably serves the same purpose while you’re getting ready for that commute.

If you are tuning in to NESN to actually watch, it is a visually appealing production, though the set still seems to be a work in progress. An oversized Tom Brady bobblehead was prominent from the beginning, and the famous 2004 photo of Jason Varitek giving Alex Rodriguez a face full of catcher’s mitt was an addition to Dennis’s corner for Wednesday’s show. Maybe a Paul Pierce or Kevin Garnett “Fathead’’ will be the next prop.

The four high-definition HD cameras installed in the WEEI studios give the show a livelier vibe than the viewer gets from ESPN’s “Mike & Mike’’ simulcast, during which one camera is trained on the two hosts for the show’s duration.

Dennis and Callahan face each other and genuinely interact, a more appealing approach than, say, that of the old “Mike and the Mad Dog’’ simulcast, when the hosts rarely looked at each other. Neither seems particularly aware of the camera, with Dennis, the television veteran, almost obscured at times by his microphone. The more energetic Callahan comes across as more engaging than his sarcastic and occasionally sneering radio tone would suggest.

There is often a single camera trained just on Dennis, Callahan, or update guy Jon Meterparel when one is making a specific point (or when Dennis is asking a guest one of his trademark lengthy questions, some of which may require footnotes). But when there is a back-and-forth between the hosts, the switch to a split screen is smooth and unobtrusive.

Which, come to think of it, might be the two adjectives that best describe the simulcast itself.