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Brilliant move for WAUK

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Don_Rosen

Getting Steve "The Homer" True was a major coup for WAUK. When you are in a dog fight, like WAUK and WSSP are, everytime you can one-up your competitor, it's a plus. WAUK gets a built-in, respectable, well liked and local "name" in Steve. They just have to promote the fact that they have him, they don't have to build him up, WISN already did that.

<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Don_Rosen on 09/13/05 11:49 AM.</FONT></P>
 
> Getting Steve "The Homer" True was a major coup for WAUK.
> When you are in a dog fight, like WAUK and WSSP are,
> everytime you can one-up your competitor, it's a plus. WAUK
> gets a built-in, respectable, well liked and local "name" in
> Steve. They just have to promote the fact that they have
> him, they don't have to build him up, WISN already did that.
>

Now the question becomes... What happens to MU B-Ball broadcasts??? Honestly, I wouldn't mind if he were gone, he's the worst PBP person I've ever heard... I mean, he forgets to do things like actually mention what the score is. Hell, I've heard better PBP on Marquette Radio.

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WAUK's Part-Time Dilemma Now Gets Bigger

> Getting Steve "The Homer" True was a major coup for WAUK.
> When you are in a dog fight, like WAUK and WSSP are,
> everytime you can one-up your competitor, it's a plus. WAUK
> gets a built-in, respectable, well liked and local "name" in
> Steve. They just have to promote the fact that they have
> him, they don't have to build him up, WISN already did that.

It's a good move for 1510 (days :) indeed...but that brings up a point.

How does one do a 3-hour sports talk show that won't even be heard on the radio for nearly half of the length of the show during the winter?

The Young Karmazin and Company have done a decent job stitching together WAUK and WMCS/1290 into a "pseudo" full-time signal. But...it's not quite there. At as early as 4:45 PM in the middle of the winter, WAUK/1510 has to sign off the air, and the station's lease-time agreement with WMCS starts at 6 PM. For an hour and 15 minutes in the winter, "The Homer" will only be heard on the Internet! (And if I'm reading right, he won't be heard in Madison in that time frame, either.)

You don't pick up a lot of traction and ratings when you have to sign off the air in the middle of your show...though other than that, it makes sense for WAUK to throw True up against WSSP's Peter Brown, as he's clearly their strongest host.

Is there any possibility that Good Karma will be able to lease the extra time on 1290? I seem to recall last time I listened that there was an long-time incumbent WMCS talk host in afternoon drive, who probably isn't going anywhere.

Is there any possibility that Good Karma will swap frequencies with WMCS and land on 1290 full-time, and would that even be possible considering coverage of the 1510 frequency in WMCS' target areas of Milwaukee?

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> Now the question becomes... What happens to MU B-Ball
> broadcasts???

Not much, I suspect. From what I understand, his deal to do the MU PBP is with the university.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind if he were gone,
> he's the worst PBP person I've ever heard... I mean, he
> forgets to do things like actually mention what the score
> is.

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Would WISN continue to carry Marq games if Homer is calling them? I can't see them allowing Homer to crack their airwaves in any way, shape or form. I'm not sure what the radio rights situation is for Marquette, but it seems if WISN keeps the games, then then they'd have to hire someone new. If Homer continues to do the games they would almost certainly have to switch to WAUK. Agree???
 
> Would WISN continue to carry Marq games if Homer is calling
> them? I can't see them allowing Homer to crack their
> airwaves in any way, shape or form. I'm not sure what the
> radio rights situation is for Marquette, but it seems if
> WISN keeps the games, then then they'd have to hire someone
> new. If Homer continues to do the games they would almost
> certainly have to switch to WAUK. Agree???
>

From what I know, MU's contract for broadcasts is with WISN and from what I've gathered here is that Homer's contract for PBP is with Marquette and NOT WISN. Unless WISN has some sort of way out, I can't see them having a say in this. Of course, Homer was trying to get out of the PBP thing... I know the end of my Senior year (2004) he parted ways with MU for about 5 days until Bill Coords convinced him to come back. Now, if they want a suggestion to replace Homer, have them call me.. I know a guy who could beat the pants off Homer at calling a Marquette game any day (the person in question called them on Marquette Radio)

With that said, MU games WILL NOT go to WAUK anytime soon. What's the point of putting the games on a daytimer? Most of them are at night and if you want to listen to games on the internet, why not just listen on Marquette Radio? (unfortunately they do home games only) IMHO, MUR the better of the PBP calls anyway. The fact is, there's a better shot at them moving to WSSP than WAUK.

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</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by RockManAC on 09/15/05 05:59 AM.</FONT></P>
 
> With that said, MU games WILL NOT go to WAUK anytime soon.
> What's the point of putting the games on a daytimer?

Well, most games will start at 7 PM or so, they'd end up on 1290 if WAUK somehow got the rights. A quick look at what I can find of the MU schedule does show a couple of 5:30 PM games.

<a target="_blank" href=http://www.gomarquette.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=26&url_article_id=6919&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2>http://www.gomarquette.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=26&url_article_id=6919&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2</a>

But from what I hear about the situation, it sounds more like Mr. True will exit the games, and that they'll stay on WISN with a new voice.

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