And not in an uncritical way, if you know what I mean.
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New York Jets radio to WAXQ Q104.3 for the 2024 season as ESPN 98.7 signs off later this year.
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And not in an uncritical way, if you know what I mean.
Oh for sure. Would expect nothing else, and the restraints will be off.
The other way to look at this is that WEPN is saving money. There is a rights fee paid to the Jets for PBP. They save that money at a time when they're losing the FM signal. They know the budget for doing live sports. For iHeart, the goal is building the streaming network. If the PBP on 104 breaks even, they're happy. It's another NFL team in their system.
For what it’s worth, one of my friends is the head of communications for an NFL team. He didn’t even realize the team has an fm simulcast to the parent AM station that broadcasts the games. Maybe it depends on the franchise. But, it’s all about who’s willing to pay.
In my market, all sports. talk and live play by play are exclusively on AM. It’s been that way for decades. if people want to hear it they know where to tune in
Oh, of course, the head of communications would have no idea about radio .... Wait! What???
Yes, as wild as it sounds. but those guys have so much more to worry about now. Social media and video now too
So on the days of Jets games...There will be no Rock option on terrestrial FM radio in NYC??? How things have changed. I remember being in NYC in 1994...Three full time Rock stations 24/7 at the time...92.3-WXRK, 102.7-WNEW-FM, 104.3-WAXQ and rimshot 92.7-WDRE...Kind of sad...
Again, changing demographics in the NYC market, changing musical tastes in the demographics that used to be a solid listening bloc for rock, and the shattering of rock into subgenres that tend to have their own loyalists who don't want to hear any of the other subgenres.
1994 was the last year for WNEW as a rock station. That was 30 years ago.
All were doing different variations even then. 92.3 was Classic Rock until January 1996. 102.7 was AOR and then went through phases of AAA and Classic Rock until going Hot Talk in 1999. WAXQ was Active Rock until sold and flipped to Classic Rock in July 1996. WDRE (which only covered 40% of the market) was Alternative.
1994 was pre-consolidation so there was more overlap with competing formats and many formats did not exist then. Plus look at each station through the scope of demographics being served. While WAXQ may be the only "Rock" station now, it is still competing with WFAN and WEPN for the male 35+ audience in the market.
Let's put this in perspective. Sunday afternoons and/or evenings are not exactly "prime time" for FM music stations. How much revenues are they giving up by carrying the game? In most cases, very little. Sunday's tend to be "bonus" days, make-goods, etc. There's not much revenue on Sunday's.
MassMusicMan
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Ah, yes. "Hey, let's make a talk station, and then have the greatest radio talk show host of all time be on another station entirely." No wonder that company quit the business a decade after said host quit them.
That will only happen at the end of the Colts' current deal. When does it end?
I always thought it would have made more sense to put the "hot talk" that aired on WNEW on 92.3. Not that Stern would have appreciated being on the same frequency as Opie & Anthony, given their ongoing feud.
Ironically, when they lost Howard, they tried a "hot talk" on 92.3 as Free FM. So they could have made the right move at the right time and perhaps performed better. This is assuming, of course, that Stern would have permitted it.
He talked about it on his show at the time and the answer is no.
Actually....I believe that WNEW-FM held out as a Rock station through 1998....
NYRadioFan22
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Wait a minute, I just realized something, how is this going to affect the 1043 countdown on Thanksgiving weekend if they're broadcasting the Jets?!?!?!?!? Maybe they have the Monday night game?
Or maybe they'll just discontinue the countdown. After all, the company is paying for the rights to those Jets games, while the countdown is holiday filler, a bunch of old songs.
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