My take is the LMA fee is based on 2012 revenue figures, and is impractical now. What was a great idea 10 years ago is obsolete now.
Emmis wants to sell 98.7 and use the money to go private. That's not Good Karma's problem.
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ESPN 98.7 FM to be no more come August 31, 2024
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My take is the LMA fee is based on 2012 revenue figures, and is impractical now. What was a great idea 10 years ago is obsolete now.
Emmis wants to sell 98.7 and use the money to go private. That's not Good Karma's problem.
Yep. That was the thinking 12 years ago.
Local management is solely to blame for the perceived "lack" of success. They had at least one opportunity to grab the Mets' radio rights but took a pass. Being forced to clear network shows hurt them also, but outside of Michael Kay their local efforts didn't set the airwaves on fire. WEPN's local shows sounded too much like the national network product, at least to my ears.
In short, the move to FM was a squandered opportunity for ESPN NY. Whatever early advantage they gained by getting the FM a few months earlier than 'FAN was gone once WFAN-FM signed-on.
On the other hand, WFAN has made the simulcast work. With them, the only question is how much longer it will last.
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I don't think it's clear the move to FM was ever a "great idea." As I recall, ratings did not improve much from when ESPN in New York was only on AM.
It was a great idea before they did it. There's this view that the move to FM will solve AM's problems. We see that said about 880 AM. That was the view about 1050. Just moving to FM isn't the solution.
IMO, it was a great idea when it was done. The execution was poor.
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Then why did 1010 WINS steal 92.3?
They made $30 million on AM, and were able to translate that to $40 million by adding FM. Could alternative do that? No.
Results matter.
You just said moving to FM isn't the solution. Then you contradicted yourself. Again.
JUST moving to FM isn't the solution. You have to do something more. WINS obviously has done more.
WEPN has been on FM for 12 years and really hasn't profited from that move. They are barely making enough to pay for the LMA. That's why they're letting it go.
Ah yes. All the anchors and reporters from 1010 WINS came into the 92.3 studio at gunpoint and forced all the Alt staff to leave while they took all the station assets.
It was a corporate business decision. Alt, like Amp, Now, K-Rock version 2.0, Free-FM, and K-Rock version 1.0 besides Howard, wasn't making the money ownership wanted out of the station and believed a 1010/92.3 simulcast would make more money in the long run than 1010 and 92.3 with not just separate formats, but also staffs, budgets, etc. So far they have been proven correct.
I believe They were just satisfied Having ESPN in The Number 1 Market. Except for Michael Kay, it’s tough for me to say they really planned for success In NYC in any other day part
WFAN is the number 1 sports station in the county. It’s hard to compete with that.
Your Right.But to me. Except for The Michael Kay Show. ESPN mailed it in NYC . They barely gave it an honest try to compete with WFAN.
Isn’t most of ESPN radio satellite fed.
How much local programming exists across the country.
ESPN Radio network and 98.7 ESPN New York are two distinct entities.
98.7 currently has sixteen hours per day of local programming with the only exceptions being Mike Greenberg from 10am-12pm and overnights. You're making it sound like 98.7 is only local in afternoons.
How many espn radio affiliates take most of the national feed.
Every single affiliate is different. Smaller markets aren't going to invest in the costs of acquiring the rights to the ESPN brand just to have local programing on top of it in most dayparts. But ESPN operated the stations in New York and other larger markets for the reverse reason, to grow their brand. To do that requires local programming. The only fair comparisons to New York would be Chicago and Los Angeles, which were also transferred from ESPN to Good Karma and are both AM only.
There's quite a bit that is not in Bristol anymore. What? I'm not an Insider, so I have no clue. However what I do know is their second campus known as ESPN North at 383 Middle Strert at the corner of Redstone Hill Road is largely vacant now. They once occupied most of that building. Now they only occupy around 20,000 square feet in that building.
Is there plan to become an audio distributor instead of a radio provider. Will there come a time when ESPN radio is just game coverage and not talk programming.
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