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Consider no other station in the market is doing the kind of format that CBS-FM is, and coupled with the above, that explains why CBS-FM is a viable option to clear Giants games. I realize that this may still be hard to comprehend, as this thread is approaching its one-year anniversary tomorrow... but CBS-FM figures to lose the least listeners of CBS' FM stations by airing Giants games, or any sports play-by-play in general - and even if they did, given their very high cume, it would be peanuts compared to the number of potential listeners of Now or Fresh finding their competitors down the dial and sticking with them.
But this brings me right back to the Giants' radio situation. To remain aligned with one of the top billing radio stations in the country in WFAN is a good thing - but at what cost, when you find yourself playing second fiddle to the Mets, who will likely be going through the motions in playing out the rest of yet another unsuccessful baseball season, while the Giants embark on another football campaign, and the start of their existence in their new stadium. Last year, the Giants started the year with a 5-0 record. And I think only two of those games were heard on WFAN, due to Mets games airing at the same time. The Giants play (at least) 16 games in a given season, while the Mets play (at most) 162 games per year. Perhaps the time is right for the Giants to move on and find another station for their radio broadcasts. But where? If they went to Clear Channel, as previously explained, the most likely of the stations in that cluster to air the games would be Q104.3. At this moment, not a single sports broadcast contract is involved with any of the five Clear Channel-owned FM stations, so that should basically guarantee all Giants games being aired on Q104.3. Another possibility could be WOR, which already carries Rutgers football broadcasts. Maybe even WABC - that would mean the return of football to that signal after Jets games started airing exclusively on WEPN not too long ago. Out of all of the stations on the dial, these would be the most likely options for a new radio flagship for the New York Football Giants. While there are a few exceptions, traditionally, a news/talk or rock station serves as the radio affiliate for football play-by-play (as well as country, but of course, there's none of that here). With that said, I overlooked WRXP, for the reason that nobody knows if that station will even exist two years from now (and if, as strongly rumored, it becomes the new local radio home of "ESPN New York," it will end up Jets territory, anyway). Not to mention WABC, WOR and Q104.3 are largely stable in the New York radio market. And I wouldn't think the Giants would align themselves with a clunker - especially if they were planning on leaving WFAN. Of course, we don't even know that for sure. Maybe they like the fact that their games that conflict with Mets broadcasts are heard on the top-rated CBS-FM. I don't know. This is all just speculation, at this point. We'll see what happens when the Giants' radio contract with CBS is up.
(And RadioGuy39NJ: I am sure you will likely respond to this post, and it is a very lengthy post. So if you choose to do so - and this is the very last post on the thread at the time you do reply - try to refrain from quoting the entire post; maybe a sentence or a paragraph... but not the whole thing - it's redundant, especially when it's the last post of the thread, anyway. Thanks.
DToTheJ said:Okay... so here is why CBS is choosing CBS-FM to air Giants football games on: Not only is 92.3 Now younger skewing, there is a viable alternative in Z100 that I wouldn't think CBS would gamble their audience away, and risk potentially losing them to Z100. Same with Fresh 102.7, competing with Lite FM - but we won't expect football games airing on that incarnation of 102.7 anytime soon.
Consider no other station in the market is doing the kind of format that CBS-FM is, and coupled with the above, that explains why CBS-FM is a viable option to clear Giants games. I realize that this may still be hard to comprehend, as this thread is approaching its one-year anniversary tomorrow... but CBS-FM figures to lose the least listeners of CBS' FM stations by airing Giants games, or any sports play-by-play in general - and even if they did, given their very high cume, it would be peanuts compared to the number of potential listeners of Now or Fresh finding their competitors down the dial and sticking with them.
But this brings me right back to the Giants' radio situation. To remain aligned with one of the top billing radio stations in the country in WFAN is a good thing - but at what cost, when you find yourself playing second fiddle to the Mets, who will likely be going through the motions in playing out the rest of yet another unsuccessful baseball season, while the Giants embark on another football campaign, and the start of their existence in their new stadium. Last year, the Giants started the year with a 5-0 record. And I think only two of those games were heard on WFAN, due to Mets games airing at the same time. The Giants play (at least) 16 games in a given season, while the Mets play (at most) 162 games per year. Perhaps the time is right for the Giants to move on and find another station for their radio broadcasts. But where? If they went to Clear Channel, as previously explained, the most likely of the stations in that cluster to air the games would be Q104.3. At this moment, not a single sports broadcast contract is involved with any of the five Clear Channel-owned FM stations, so that should basically guarantee all Giants games being aired on Q104.3. Another possibility could be WOR, which already carries Rutgers football broadcasts. Maybe even WABC - that would mean the return of football to that signal after Jets games started airing exclusively on WEPN not too long ago. Out of all of the stations on the dial, these would be the most likely options for a new radio flagship for the New York Football Giants. While there are a few exceptions, traditionally, a news/talk or rock station serves as the radio affiliate for football play-by-play (as well as country, but of course, there's none of that here). With that said, I overlooked WRXP, for the reason that nobody knows if that station will even exist two years from now (and if, as strongly rumored, it becomes the new local radio home of "ESPN New York," it will end up Jets territory, anyway). Not to mention WABC, WOR and Q104.3 are largely stable in the New York radio market. And I wouldn't think the Giants would align themselves with a clunker - especially if they were planning on leaving WFAN. Of course, we don't even know that for sure. Maybe they like the fact that their games that conflict with Mets broadcasts are heard on the top-rated CBS-FM. I don't know. This is all just speculation, at this point. We'll see what happens when the Giants' radio contract with CBS is up.
(And RadioGuy39NJ: I am sure you will likely respond to this post, and it is a very lengthy post. So if you choose to do so - and this is the very last post on the thread at the time you do reply - try to refrain from quoting the entire post; maybe a sentence or a paragraph... but not the whole thing - it's redundant, especially when it's the last post of the thread, anyway. Thanks.
DToTheJ said:Okay... so here is why CBS is choosing CBS-FM to air Giants football games on: Not only is 92.3 Now younger skewing, there is a viable alternative in Z100 that I wouldn't think CBS would gamble their audience away, and risk potentially losing them to Z100. Same with Fresh 102.7, competing with Lite FM - but we won't expect football games airing on that incarnation of 102.7 anytime soon.
Consider no other station in the market is doing the kind of format that CBS-FM is, and coupled with the above, that explains why CBS-FM is a viable option to clear Giants games. I realize that this may still be hard to comprehend, as this thread is approaching its one-year anniversary tomorrow... but CBS-FM figures to lose the least listeners of CBS' FM stations by airing Giants games, or any sports play-by-play in general - and even if they did, given their very high cume, it would be peanuts compared to the number of potential listeners of Now or Fresh finding their competitors down the dial and sticking with them.
But this brings me right back to the Giants' radio situation. To remain aligned with one of the top billing radio stations in the country in WFAN is a good thing - but at what cost, when you find yourself playing second fiddle to the Mets, who will likely be going through the motions in playing out the rest of yet another unsuccessful baseball season, while the Giants embark on another football campaign, and the start of their existence in their new stadium. Last year, the Giants started the year with a 5-0 record. And I think only two of those games were heard on WFAN, due to Mets games airing at the same time. The Giants play (at least) 16 games in a given season, while the Mets play (at most) 162 games per year. Perhaps the time is right for the Giants to move on and find another station for their radio broadcasts. But where? If they went to Clear Channel, as previously explained, the most likely of the stations in that cluster to air the games would be Q104.3. At this moment, not a single sports broadcast contract is involved with any of the five Clear Channel-owned FM stations, so that should basically guarantee all Giants games being aired on Q104.3. Another possibility could be WOR, which already carries Rutgers football broadcasts. Maybe even WABC - that would mean the return of football to that signal after Jets games started airing exclusively on WEPN not too long ago. Out of all of the stations on the dial, these would be the most likely options for a new radio flagship for the New York Football Giants. While there are a few exceptions, traditionally, a news/talk or rock station serves as the radio affiliate for football play-by-play (as well as country, but of course, there's none of that here). With that said, I overlooked WRXP, for the reason that nobody knows if that station will even exist two years from now (and if, as strongly rumored, it becomes the new local radio home of "ESPN New York," it will end up Jets territory, anyway). Not to mention WABC, WOR and Q104.3 are largely stable in the New York radio market. And I wouldn't think the Giants would align themselves with a clunker - especially if they were planning on leaving WFAN. Of course, we don't even know that for sure. Maybe they like the fact that their games that conflict with Mets broadcasts are heard on the top-rated CBS-FM. I don't know. This is all just speculation, at this point. We'll see what happens when the Giants' radio contract with CBS is up.
(And RadioGuy39NJ: I am sure you will likely respond to this post, and it is a very lengthy post. So if you choose to do so - and this is the very last post on the thread at the time you do reply - try to refrain from quoting the entire post; maybe a sentence or a paragraph... but not the whole thing - it's redundant, especially when it's the last post of the thread, anyway. Thanks.
frozenfiresb said:
DToTheJ said:Okay... so here is why CBS is choosing CBS-FM to air Giants football games on: Not only is 92.3 Now younger skewing, there is a viable alternative in Z100 that I wouldn't think CBS would gamble their audience away, and risk potentially losing them to Z100. Same with Fresh 102.7, competing with Lite FM - but we won't expect football games airing on that incarnation of 102.7 anytime soon.
Consider no other station in the market is doing the kind of format that CBS-FM is, and coupled with the above, that explains why CBS-FM is a viable option to clear Giants games. I realize that this may still be hard to comprehend, as this thread is approaching its one-year anniversary tomorrow... but CBS-FM figures to lose the least listeners of CBS' FM stations by airing Giants games, or any sports play-by-play in general - and even if they did, given their very high cume, it would be peanuts compared to the number of potential listeners of Now or Fresh finding their competitors down the dial and sticking with them.
But this brings me right back to the Giants' radio situation. To remain aligned with one of the top billing radio stations in the country in WFAN is a good thing - but at what cost, when you find yourself playing second fiddle to the Mets, who will likely be going through the motions in playing out the rest of yet another unsuccessful baseball season, while the Giants embark on another football campaign, and the start of their existence in their new stadium. Last year, the Giants started the year with a 5-0 record. And I think only two of those games were heard on WFAN, due to Mets games airing at the same time. The Giants play (at least) 16 games in a given season, while the Mets play (at most) 162 games per year. Perhaps the time is right for the Giants to move on and find another station for their radio broadcasts. But where? If they went to Clear Channel, as previously explained, the most likely of the stations in that cluster to air the games would be Q104.3. At this moment, not a single sports broadcast contract is involved with any of the five Clear Channel-owned FM stations, so that should basically guarantee all Giants games being aired on Q104.3. Another possibility could be WOR, which already carries Rutgers football broadcasts. Maybe even WABC - that would mean the return of football to that signal after Jets games started airing exclusively on WEPN not too long ago. Out of all of the stations on the dial, these would be the most likely options for a new radio flagship for the New York Football Giants. While there are a few exceptions, traditionally, a news/talk or rock station serves as the radio affiliate for football play-by-play (as well as country, but of course, there's none of that here). With that said, I overlooked WRXP, for the reason that nobody knows if that station will even exist two years from now (and if, as strongly rumored, it becomes the new local radio home of "ESPN New York," it will end up Jets territory, anyway). Not to mention WABC, WOR and Q104.3 are largely stable in the New York radio market. And I wouldn't think the Giants would align themselves with a clunker - especially if they were planning on leaving WFAN. Of course, we don't even know that for sure. Maybe they like the fact that their games that conflict with Mets broadcasts are heard on the top-rated CBS-FM. I don't know. This is all just speculation, at this point. We'll see what happens when the Giants' radio contract with CBS is up.
(And RadioGuy39NJ: I am sure you will likely respond to this post, and it is a very lengthy post. So if you choose to do so - and this is the very last post on the thread at the time you do reply - try to refrain from quoting the entire post; maybe a sentence or a paragraph... but not the whole thing - it's redundant, especially when it's the last post of the thread, anyway. Thanks.
