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Bills Sign Terrell Owens: Radio Thread

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Element9

"We're excited to have one of the premier playmakers in a playmakers' league," said Buffalo Bills Chief Operating Officer, Russ Brandon at a press conference to introduce receiver Terrell Owens to the Buffalo and national media. "Get your popcorn ready," said Owens.

Entercom's sports talk WGR and Citadel's 97 Rock, the Bills' flagship, each should send the Bills a 'thank you' note. WGR gets the benefit of sports fans' ardor and ire over the signing. The Bills' flagship station no doubt hopes Terrell Owens' signing jumpstarts advertisers' interest in the Bills and help cover the ever-increasing rights fees.

WGR's loquacious loudmouths can be expected to have a field day with the Terrell Owens' signing. 97 Rock likely will spin Owens' signing entirely positively. Welcome to Buffalo, Mr. Owens. Let the games begin.
 
Very well stated, 9. Owens gives GR something to talk about heading up to the draft and beyond. Owens might be the most "controversial" player ever signed by a Buffalo pro sports team. Agree with the signing or not, it will be a boost to GR and 97 Rock.
 
So far, you guys are right. I turned on WGR this morning to hear what fans had to say about the signing.
 
Steven21 said:
Why doesn't WGR just cough up the $6.5 mil and cut out the middleman:

Have Owens do middays.
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Why pay him when all they have to do is stop by after practice and turn on a mic?

Note to Bills reporters: Add more memory cards to your "travel kit".
 
Interesting, isn't it: 97 Rock pays a boatload of cash for the rights to broadcast the Bills games while WGR derives benefit from the peripheral activities, such as the signing of Owens. Ironic.
 
I have another angle. I was at work when the news was breaking and tried in vain to find the press conference.

WGR: Brief mentions by the in-studio host. They were in pre-game for the Sabres.

97 Rock a.k.a. "The Voice of the Bills": No mention. They were in automation.

I tried the TV side with Channel 4 who had a streaming link, but all I ended up with was color bars.
 
Good post Pickle. Says a lot about where the business of radio. TV and newspaper are these days; things we've discussed on this board for months, if not years. 97 Rock should have had the story first by virtue of its a$$ociation with the Bills, don't you think? Tell me the Bills couldn't alert their flagship station a few minutes before they issued the press release to the remainder of the media that TO had singed a deal? The Sabres have been known to leak stories to WGR a few minutes early. Why not the Bills? Then again, there'd have to be a live body on the air to report the story. The TO story first reached me by way of the Internet and friends with cell phones well before newspaper, TV and radio reported it.
 
JustPastBuffalo said:
97 Rock should have had the story first by virtue of its a$$ociation with the Bills, don't you think? Tell me the Bills couldn't alert their flagship station a few minutes before they issued the press release to the remainder of the media that TO had singed a deal?
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That's what I was thinking.

I heard during the 5pm hour Saturday that T.O. was at the stadium and a press conference was scheduled for 6:15pm. However, I still have no idea what time the presser actually took place. My guess is that there was nobody home at the Citadel properties at the time.

Cell phones, internet, and satellite radio triumph again.
 
Cell phones, internet, and satellite radio triumph again.

Gee, Do ya think? :eek:
 
You mean it wasn't on YouTube minutes after the press conference ended? Where did the TV stations get their feeds? They didn't actually have to roll a truck, did they?
 
SirRoxalot said:
You mean it wasn't on YouTube minutes after the press conference ended? Where did the TV stations get their feeds? They didn't actually have to roll a truck, did they?
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Any fuel in the truck?
 
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