here in Lancaster, PA 1490 wlpa switched a few weeks ago from Sporting News radio to FSR....can you think of a worse time to do that switch??? I was looking forward to getting Tony B....and possibly Kiley/Booms (which didn't turn out obviously)....now, I get the worst morning show ever created.....thank god I always have 610 WIP in Philly and one of the best personalities in the business to listen to in the AM, Angelo Cataldi...if not for that, I would be really screwed
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a disgraceful decision / FSR related
- Thread starter TheAmishTerp
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> here in Lancaster, PA 1490 wlpa switched a few weeks ago
> from Sporting News radio to FSR....can you think of a worse
> time to do that switch??? I was looking forward to getting
> Tony B....and possibly Kiley/Booms (which didn't turn out
> obviously)....now, I get the worst morning show ever
> created.....thank god I always have 610 WIP in Philly and
> one of the best personalities in the business to listen to
> in the AM, Angelo Cataldi...if not for that, I would be
> really screwed
>
1490's contract with SNR was due for renewal in mid July. The network needed notification of any change to the contract by mid May. In mid May, it was not known that Tony B was going to SNR (the network could not discuss it. 1490 did research in the market that showed a vast part of the audience found SNR to be growing stale. Contracts were signed with Fox in mid May to make the switch to Fox. Apparently, you've never dealt with network contracts before or you would realize that changes in networks are done months in advance of the actual switch. Sorry to have lost you as a listener.
> from Sporting News radio to FSR....can you think of a worse
> time to do that switch??? I was looking forward to getting
> Tony B....and possibly Kiley/Booms (which didn't turn out
> obviously)....now, I get the worst morning show ever
> created.....thank god I always have 610 WIP in Philly and
> one of the best personalities in the business to listen to
> in the AM, Angelo Cataldi...if not for that, I would be
> really screwed
>
1490's contract with SNR was due for renewal in mid July. The network needed notification of any change to the contract by mid May. In mid May, it was not known that Tony B was going to SNR (the network could not discuss it. 1490 did research in the market that showed a vast part of the audience found SNR to be growing stale. Contracts were signed with Fox in mid May to make the switch to Fox. Apparently, you've never dealt with network contracts before or you would realize that changes in networks are done months in advance of the actual switch. Sorry to have lost you as a listener.
True, it was not official, but rumors were rampant in mid-May that Bruno would soon have a deal w/SNR. And perhaps more importantly, FSR has been stale since well before mid-May.
> > here in Lancaster, PA 1490 wlpa switched a few weeks ago
> > from Sporting News radio to FSR....can you think of a
> worse
> > time to do that switch??? I was looking forward to
> getting
> > Tony B....and possibly Kiley/Booms (which didn't turn out
> > obviously)....now, I get the worst morning show ever
> > created.....thank god I always have 610 WIP in Philly and
> > one of the best personalities in the business to listen to
>
> > in the AM, Angelo Cataldi...if not for that, I would be
> > really screwed
> >
>
>
>
> 1490's contract with SNR was due for renewal in mid July.
> The network needed notification of any change to the
> contract by mid May. In mid May, it was not known that Tony
> B was going to SNR (the network could not discuss it. 1490
> did research in the market that showed a vast part of the
> audience found SNR to be growing stale. Contracts were
> signed with Fox in mid May to make the switch to Fox.
> Apparently, you've never dealt with network contracts before
> or you would realize that changes in networks are done
> months in advance of the actual switch. Sorry to have lost
> you as a listener.
>
> > here in Lancaster, PA 1490 wlpa switched a few weeks ago
> > from Sporting News radio to FSR....can you think of a
> worse
> > time to do that switch??? I was looking forward to
> getting
> > Tony B....and possibly Kiley/Booms (which didn't turn out
> > obviously)....now, I get the worst morning show ever
> > created.....thank god I always have 610 WIP in Philly and
> > one of the best personalities in the business to listen to
>
> > in the AM, Angelo Cataldi...if not for that, I would be
> > really screwed
> >
>
>
>
> 1490's contract with SNR was due for renewal in mid July.
> The network needed notification of any change to the
> contract by mid May. In mid May, it was not known that Tony
> B was going to SNR (the network could not discuss it. 1490
> did research in the market that showed a vast part of the
> audience found SNR to be growing stale. Contracts were
> signed with Fox in mid May to make the switch to Fox.
> Apparently, you've never dealt with network contracts before
> or you would realize that changes in networks are done
> months in advance of the actual switch. Sorry to have lost
> you as a listener.
>
M
mc1974
Guest
I agree. When Bruno launched locally on SNR's LA affiliate in April, SNR was telling its stations that Tony would be launching on the network at some point later in the summer. So it seems like the decision to switch to Fox was done with the knowledge that Bruno was coming soon to SNR. That's really hard to justify!
> True, it was not official, but rumors were rampant in
> mid-May that Bruno would soon have a deal w/SNR. And
> perhaps more importantly, FSR has been stale since well
> before mid-May.
>
>
>
>
> > > here in Lancaster, PA 1490 wlpa switched a few weeks ago
>
> > > from Sporting News radio to FSR....can you think of a
> > worse
> > > time to do that switch??? I was looking forward to
> > getting
> > > Tony B....and possibly
Kiley/Booms (which didn't turn
> out
> > > obviously)....now, I get the worst morning show ever
> > > created.....thank god I always have 610 WIP in Philly
> and
> > > one of the best personalities in the business to listen
> to
> >
> > > in the AM, Angelo Cataldi...if not for that, I would be
> > > really screwed
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > 1490's contract with SNR was due for renewal in mid July.
>
> > The network needed notification of any change to the
> > contract by mid May. In mid May, it was not known that
> Tony
> > B was going to SNR (the network could not discuss it.
> 1490
> > did research in the market that showed a vast part of the
> > audience found SNR to be growing stale. Contracts were
> > signed with Fox in mid May to make the switch to Fox.
> > Apparently, you've never dealt with network contracts
> before
> > or you would realize that changes in networks are done
> > months in advance of the actual switch. Sorry to have
> lost
> > you as a listener.
> >
>
> True, it was not official, but rumors were rampant in
> mid-May that Bruno would soon have a deal w/SNR. And
> perhaps more importantly, FSR has been stale since well
> before mid-May.
>
>
>
>
> > > here in Lancaster, PA 1490 wlpa switched a few weeks ago
>
> > > from Sporting News radio to FSR....can you think of a
> > worse
> > > time to do that switch??? I was looking forward to
> > getting
> > > Tony B....and possibly
Kiley/Booms (which didn't turn
> out
> > > obviously)....now, I get the worst morning show ever
> > > created.....thank god I always have 610 WIP in Philly
> and
> > > one of the best personalities in the business to listen
> to
> >
> > > in the AM, Angelo Cataldi...if not for that, I would be
> > > really screwed
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > 1490's contract with SNR was due for renewal in mid July.
>
> > The network needed notification of any change to the
> > contract by mid May. In mid May, it was not known that
> Tony
> > B was going to SNR (the network could not discuss it.
> 1490
> > did research in the market that showed a vast part of the
> > audience found SNR to be growing stale. Contracts were
> > signed with Fox in mid May to make the switch to Fox.
> > Apparently, you've never dealt with network contracts
> before
> > or you would realize that changes in networks are done
> > months in advance of the actual switch. Sorry to have
> lost
> > you as a listener.
> >
>
>
> 1490's contract with SNR was due for renewal in mid July.
> The network needed notification of any change to the
> contract by mid May. In mid May, it was not known that Tony
> B was going to SNR (the network could not discuss it. 1490
> did research in the market that showed a vast part of the
> audience found SNR to be growing stale. Contracts were
> signed with Fox in mid May to make the switch to Fox.
> Apparently, you've never dealt with network contracts before
> or you would realize that changes in networks are done
> months in advance of the actual switch. Sorry to have lost
> you as a listener.
apparently you have never dealt in trying to find out information through unofficial channels...I don't need to be in "radio" to have known about the Bruno stuff before May....give me a break.....just look at the people who posted below me also....it was known....
and I don't give a crap what research you did about SNR..most people in Lancaster are clueless anyway about what good/entertaining sportsradio is....how many people did you research? 4? 5?
and apparently you never listened to FSR before making the switch..if you had, you would have realized what an awful lineup they have during the week and how they have absolutely no entertainment value at all...
why don't you check the boards around here more often and see how much the public hates the morning show for starters...it is an embarrassment
the sad thing is, even without Tony Bruno on SNR, this still would not have been a good decision..that is the worst part...
yes, and I know you will give me the BS about FSR's "strong" weekend programming...yea, that's really worth making the change isn't it?
please.....it was a bad decision.....I assume you work for the station so i am sure you have to try and defend the decision somehow...
> 1490's contract with SNR was due for renewal in mid July.
> The network needed notification of any change to the
> contract by mid May. In mid May, it was not known that Tony
> B was going to SNR (the network could not discuss it. 1490
> did research in the market that showed a vast part of the
> audience found SNR to be growing stale. Contracts were
> signed with Fox in mid May to make the switch to Fox.
> Apparently, you've never dealt with network contracts before
> or you would realize that changes in networks are done
> months in advance of the actual switch. Sorry to have lost
> you as a listener.
apparently you have never dealt in trying to find out information through unofficial channels...I don't need to be in "radio" to have known about the Bruno stuff before May....give me a break.....just look at the people who posted below me also....it was known....
and I don't give a crap what research you did about SNR..most people in Lancaster are clueless anyway about what good/entertaining sportsradio is....how many people did you research? 4? 5?
and apparently you never listened to FSR before making the switch..if you had, you would have realized what an awful lineup they have during the week and how they have absolutely no entertainment value at all...
why don't you check the boards around here more often and see how much the public hates the morning show for starters...it is an embarrassment
the sad thing is, even without Tony Bruno on SNR, this still would not have been a good decision..that is the worst part...
yes, and I know you will give me the BS about FSR's "strong" weekend programming...yea, that's really worth making the change isn't it?
please.....it was a bad decision.....I assume you work for the station so i am sure you have to try and defend the decision somehow...
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