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Is there a reason why ESPN Radio does not have all local hosts? I didnt know if it was a contract issue or not.

6-10am Mike and Mike in the morning (National)
10-1 Junker and Crow (Local)
1-3 Dan Patrick (National)
3-7 Mark Double M Madden (Local)
7-9 Gamenight usually with Tim Benz and Jim Colony (Now Local)
9-12 not sure what is on during that time frame
12-6 All Night with Jason Smith (National)
 
> Is there a reason why ESPN Radio does not have all local
> hosts? I didnt know if it was a contract issue or not.
>
> 6-10am Mike and Mike in the morning (National)
> 10-1 Junker and Crow (Local)
> 1-3 Dan Patrick (National)
> 3-7 Mark Double M Madden (Local)
> 7-9 Gamenight usually with Tim Benz and Jim Colony (Now
> Local)
> 9-12 not sure what is on during that time frame
> 12-6 All Night with Jason Smith (National)
>

Yes. They don't want to spend money paying people for time slots that are doomed to have a miniscule audience. It's not cost-effective. Plus, Mike and Mike, as well as Patrick, are well-known and have a strong tie-in with the TV version of ESPN, so they work well. Anything after 9 p.m. isn't going to get enough ears to matter.

I'm actually surprised they have as much local programming as they do, although I suspect this "game night" thing is functioning as an on-air audition for future openings.
 
Re: ESPN Radio

> > Is there a reason why ESPN Radio does not have all local
> > hosts? I didnt know if it was a contract issue or not.
> >
> > 6-10am Mike and Mike in the morning (National)
> > 10-1 Junker and Crow (Local)
> > 1-3 Dan Patrick (National)
> > 3-7 Mark Double M Madden (Local)
> > 7-9 Gamenight usually with Tim Benz and Jim Colony (Now
> > Local)
> > 9-12 not sure what is on during that time frame
> > 12-6 All Night with Jason Smith (National)
> >
>
> Yes. They don't want to spend money paying people for time
> slots that are doomed to have a miniscule audience. It's not
> cost-effective. Plus, Mike and Mike, as well as Patrick, are
> well-known and have a strong tie-in with the TV version of
> ESPN, so they work well. Anything after 9 p.m. isn't going
> to get enough ears to matter.
>
> I'm actually surprised they have as much local programming
> as they do, although I suspect this "game night" thing is
> functioning as an on-air audition for future openings.
>

Also, remember, WEAE is owned by Disney/ESPN (it was not spun off in the Citadel "merger"), so it touts network shows such as Mike and Mike as if they were local. I think 9-12 remains national.

Also, WEAE has its own sports-news department for Pittsburgh Sportscenters throughout the day.

Consider this, however: WEAE remains odd man out in so many ways when it comes to local sports. It dropped its MSA connection (or MSA dropped it, one way or the other, but stayed with Renda, Fox Sports 970 and KQV).

WBGG-970 now has, as far as I know, both minor league baseball teams from nearby areas (Altoona and Washington; WEAE has Wheeling hockey), Clear Channel has a juggernaut on most of the big sports (no one has WVU here, WEAE has Penn State football and basketball), and KDKA still has (at least for one more year) the Pirates.

Your thoughts?
 
Re: ESPN Radio

> > > Is there a reason why ESPN Radio does not have all local
>
> > > hosts? I didnt know if it was a contract issue or not.
> > >
> > > 6-10am Mike and Mike in the morning (National)
> > > 10-1 Junker and Crow (Local)
> > > 1-3 Dan Patrick (National)
> > > 3-7 Mark Double M Madden (Local)
> > > 7-9 Gamenight usually with Tim Benz and Jim Colony (Now
>
> > > Local)
> > > 9-12 not sure what is on during that time frame
> > > 12-6 All Night with Jason Smith (National)
> > >
> >
> > Yes. They don't want to spend money paying people for time
>
> > slots that are doomed to have a miniscule audience. It's
> not
> > cost-effective. Plus, Mike and Mike, as well as Patrick,
> are
> > well-known and have a strong tie-in with the TV version of
>
> > ESPN, so they work well. Anything after 9 p.m. isn't going
>
> > to get enough ears to matter.
> >
> > I'm actually surprised they have as much local programming
>
> > as they do, although I suspect this "game night" thing is
> > functioning as an on-air audition for future openings.
> >
>
> Also, remember, WEAE is owned by Disney/ESPN (it was not
> spun off in the Citadel "merger"), so it touts network shows
> such as Mike and Mike as if they were local. I think 9-12
> remains national.
>
> Also, WEAE has its own sports-news department for Pittsburgh
> Sportscenters throughout the day.
>
> Consider this, however: WEAE remains odd man out in so many
> ways when it comes to local sports. It dropped its MSA
> connection (or MSA dropped it, one way or the other, but
> stayed with Renda, Fox Sports 970 and KQV).
>
> WBGG-970 now has, as far as I know, both minor league
> baseball teams from nearby areas (Altoona and Washington;
> WEAE has Wheeling hockey), Clear Channel has a juggernaut on
> most of the big sports (no one has WVU here, WEAE has Penn
> State football and basketball), and KDKA still has (at least
> for one more year) the Pirates.
>
> Your thoughts?
>
I definitely agree with WEAE not having many local sports broadcasted. Now I know Boomer and Marv Albert do Sunday night and Monday night football on WEAE during the NFL season. My question is if a Steeler game falls on a Sunday or Monday night, will WEAE broadcast it or does clear channel own the Steelers?
 
>
> Yes. They don't want to spend money paying people for time
> slots that are doomed to have a miniscule audience. It's not
> cost-effective. Plus, Mike and Mike, as well as Patrick, are
> well-known and have a strong tie-in with the TV version of
> ESPN, so they work well. Anything after 9 p.m. isn't going
> to get enough ears to matter.
>
> I'm actually surprised they have as much local programming
> as they do, although I suspect this "game night" thing is
> functioning as an on-air audition for future openings.
>

ESPN owns the station. Why would they rely entirely on local hosts, when clearing the network shows was the reason for buying the station in the first place?

Actually as I remember it, when Disney originally purchased 1250 the announcement was that it would be the Radio Disney outlet, but they realized they could make money with the sports format in the market.<P ID="signature">______________
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Re: ESPN Radio

> I definitely agree with WEAE not having many local sports
> broadcasted. Now I know Boomer and Marv Albert do Sunday
> night and Monday night football on WEAE during the NFL
> season. My question is if a Steeler game falls on a Sunday
> or Monday night, will WEAE broadcast it or does clear
> channel own the Steelers?


Clear Channel.
 
Re: ESPN Radio

In NFL cities, the local broadcast takes precedence over all other NFL broadcasts, so not only can you not get the national broadcast of the Steelers (whether that be Jones or Westwood One), but you can't carry another game while the Steelers broadcast is in progress.
 
Re: ESPN Radio

> In NFL cities, the local broadcast takes precedence over all
> other NFL broadcasts, so not only can you not get the
> national broadcast of the Steelers (whether that be Jones or
> Westwood One), but you can't carry another game while the
> Steelers broadcast is in progress.
>
How broad a region is designates an "NFL Cities"? Is it the entire official Metropolitan Statistical Area, or is there some specified radius? Could the national feed of a Steeler game be carried in Greensburg, Waynesburg, or maybe on a station from East Liverpool, OH?
 
Re: ESPN Radio

> > In NFL cities, the local broadcast takes precedence over
> all
> > other NFL broadcasts, so not only can you not get the
> > national broadcast of the Steelers (whether that be Jones
> or
> > Westwood One), but you can't carry another game while the
> > Steelers broadcast is in progress.
> >
> How broad a region is designates an "NFL Cities"? Is it the
> entire official Metropolitan Statistical Area, or is there
> some specified radius? Could the national feed of a Steeler
> game be carried in Greensburg, Waynesburg, or maybe on a
> station from East Liverpool, OH?
>
I would presume some aspect of the Area of Dominant Influence, which for Pittsburgh TV is essentially the 10 Southwestern Pennsylvania counties plus the Morgantown-Fairmont-Clarksburg area in West Virginia. For radio it's a bit tighter, but pretty much covers the metropolitan counties so Westmoreland/Greensburg is out.

I would say WOHI-1490 as an ESPN station would be outside the ADI, likewise (for radio) WMNN-920 in Fairmont (which is a weekend ESPN affiliate). The only Waynesburg stations, WANB/AM-FM, are not ESPN affiliates.
 
Re: ESPN Radio

> > > In NFL cities, the local broadcast takes precedence over
>
> > all
> > > other NFL broadcasts, so not only can you not get the
> > > national broadcast of the Steelers (whether that be
> Jones
> > or
> > > Westwood One), but you can't carry another game while
> the
> > > Steelers broadcast is in progress.
> > >
> > How broad a region is designates an "NFL Cities"? Is it
> the
> > entire official Metropolitan Statistical Area, or is there
>
> > some specified radius? Could the national feed of a
> Steeler
> > game be carried in Greensburg, Waynesburg, or maybe on a
> > station from East Liverpool, OH?
> >
> I would presume some aspect of the Area of Dominant
> Influence, which for Pittsburgh TV is essentially the 10
> Southwestern Pennsylvania counties plus the
> Morgantown-Fairmont-Clarksburg area in West Virginia. For
> radio it's a bit tighter, but pretty much covers the
> metropolitan counties so Westmoreland/Greensburg is out.
>
> I would say WOHI-1490 as an ESPN station would be outside
> the ADI, likewise (for radio) WMNN-920 in Fairmont (which is
> a weekend ESPN affiliate). The only Waynesburg stations,
> WANB/AM-FM, are not ESPN affiliates.
>


To some extent, it's up to the team. Franchises have some input in defining their primary and secondary markets. It's bigger deal on TV where, for instance, Jacksonville designated the Orlando market as their secondary area, meaning Orlando TV stations had to carry the Jags games instead of the Dolphins (angering many, many Dolphin fans in the Orlando area).

But for instance, you can get both teams and Tampa Bay on the radio in Orlando, so I guess the radio market definitions are less strict.<P ID="signature">______________
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