I'm not happy with XTU's NASCAR coverage

[Jul]

I'm tired of this station skipping the Brickyard 400 radio broadcast because its not a MRN or PRN broadcast. The station should air it or they should drop NASCAR and let another Philly radio station air the NASCAR races and air every single race of the 3 major series, regardless if a race is moved to Monday because of rain the previous day, etc. XTU doesn't bother to air a Nextel Cup race on a Monday, they stick to their normal schedule. It's a joke that they do this and they should stop doing this and air the darn race if a Nextel cup race was postponed on a Sunday.

 

[pbf1]

Different network, different rights issues, and yet ANOTHER rights fee. A BIG one.

Guess you've never actually tried to RUN a radio station, eh?

 

[eatspaste]

I'm tired of this station skipping the Brickyard 400 radio broadcast because its not a MRN or PRN broadcast. The station should air it or they should drop NASCAR and let another Philly radio station air the NASCAR races and air every single race of the 3 major series, regardless if a race is moved to Monday because of rain the previous day, etc. XTU doesn't bother to air a Nextel Cup race on a Monday, they stick to their normal schedule. It's a joke that they do this and they should stop doing this and air the darn race if a Nextel cup race was postponed on a Sunday.

What is with your unhealthy obsession with play by play on the radio? I could sorta-kinda see if you were passionate about one sport, but you've managed to complain about every single one: football, baseball, basketball, NASCAR, horse racing (!), etc., on every single station.

As for NASCAR rain delays, the weekend radio audience is different than the weekday audience. The hundreds of thousands of people that listen to XTU at work don't want to hear engines revving at their cubicles. They want familiar music that they can occasionally sing along to and enjoy. If they aired rain delay NASCAR races on Mondays, the audience tune-out would be massive. And the demand for rain delayed races clearly isn't there - XTU prides itself on being the NASCAR station yet there is no audience outcry for it -- there's not even enough of a push for it to air the races on 860 AM if they had to/wanted to.

 

[eatspaste]

I'm tired of this station skipping the Brickyard 400 radio broadcast because its not a MRN or PRN broadcast. The station should air it or they should drop NASCAR and let another Philly radio station air the NASCAR races and air every single race of the 3 major series, regardless if a race is moved to Monday because of rain the previous day, etc. XTU doesn't bother to air a Nextel Cup race on a Monday, they stick to their normal schedule. It's a joke that they do this and they should stop doing this and air the darn race if a Nextel cup race was postponed on a Sunday.

P.S.:

Contact WXTU about this http://wxtu.com/index.php?page=8 The more people that complain to the station that the programming is bad, the more likelihood action will be taken to fix the problem.

 

[MikefromDelaware]

I'd have to agree with eatspaste that WXTU would lose listeners during the workday by airing the Nascar delayed race that was rained out on Sunday.

I know WDSD in Dover airs Nascar, but I don't know if they run the rained out races on Monday either. Of course their market being Dover and Lower Delaware is far different than Philly. So airing the delayed race might even work well for them, but my guess is, they'd also lose listeners. WXCY doesn't seem to do the Nascar races (I've not heard any on the weekends when I've tuned in) so for them it isn't an issue.

 

[Starscream]

I'm tired of this station skipping the Brickyard 400 radio broadcast because its not a MRN or PRN broadcast. The station should air it or they should drop NASCAR and let another Philly radio station air the NASCAR races and air every single race of the 3 major series, regardless if a race is moved to Monday because of rain the previous day, etc. XTU doesn't bother to air a Nextel Cup race on a Monday, they stick to their normal schedule. It's a joke that they do this and they should stop doing this and air the darn race if a Nextel cup race was postponed on a Sunday.

Julius... XTU gets a lot of it's numbers from people turning it on at work. Do you have ANY idea how nuts it would be to have a NASCAR race on during a Monday? People would change the dial and that is RULE NUMBER ONE of things not to do.

Have you ever listened to NASCAR on the radio? Unless you're a diehard, you have NO Idea what's going on. It's not like baseball or football where it's easy to paint a picture.

 

[Jul]

Have you ever listened to NASCAR on the radio? Unless you're a diehard, you have NO Idea what's going on. It's not like baseball or football where it's easy to paint a picture.

Yes I do listen to NASCAR Nextel cup races on XTU but will a Philly radio station be willing to air all 3 NASCAR series races, the Truck, Busch and Nextel cup races?

 

[Beejus]

Yes I do listen to NASCAR Nextel cup races on XTU but will a Philly radio station be willing to air all 3 NASCAR series races, the Truck, Busch and Nextel cup races?

No.

 

[Starscream]

Have you ever listened to NASCAR on the radio? Unless you're a diehard, you have NO Idea what's going on. It's not like baseball or football where it's easy to paint a picture.

Yes I do listen to NASCAR Nextel cup races on XTU but will a Philly radio station be willing to air all 3 NASCAR series races, the Truck, Busch and Nextel cup races?

I thought asking for PBP of women's college basketball was a bit much, but this takes the cake.

First off, not enough people care about NBS and almost NO ONE cares enough about CTS in this area to make it even worthwhile, forget about profitable.

This is what you're missing Julius: serving the public is one thing, but so is making a profit. It's great that you're passionate about sports, but carrying NBS and CTS is just not profitable in a lower-tier NASCAR market like Philly.

If you care that much to hear NASCAR, get Sirius... you can listen to your heart's content. No offense Jules, but Sirius and XM was literally made for people like yourself.

 

[chuckydoll]

PBF1 and Julius each have a point

The Brickyard 400 radio PxP comes from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Network. If 92.5 XTU wanted to carry the Brickyard 400 they might also be required to carry the Indianapolis 500.

This year's Indy 500 had a 3-hour rain delay in the middle of the race. As a result the restart came after the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 began down in Charlotte. That caused serious problems for stations carrying the Indy 500 and the Coke 600.

As for not airing rain-delayed races? XTU is likely taking MRN and PRN PxP on barter -- national ads are included, station sells local availabilities. If a race is delayed by rain to Monday and XTU doesn't carry the race, they may have to deal with MRN and PRN over make-goods.

 

[Jul]

Same thing might happen again. The 3M Performance 400 got postponed until today. It may not occur today because of more rain. I hope that Beasley Broadcasting will have sense enough to at least tell XTU to air any NASCAR cup series race that happens during the week because of weather. Its not fair for listeners not to be able to hear a rain delayed race in the Philadelphia market. I don't understand Philly radio anymore. The decisions these PD's make are stupid especially for play by play sports. I hope people that are NASCAR fans will contact the station and let them know that they need to stop this. Phone Numbers: http://www.wxtu.com/index.php?page=8 , E-mail page: http://www.wxtu.com/index.php?page=48

 

[Irishfl]

Same thing might happen again. The 3M Performance 400 got postponed until today. It may not occur today because of more rain. I hope that Beasley Broadcasting will have sense enough to at least tell XTU to air any NASCAR cup series race that happens during the week because of weather. Its not fair for listeners not to be able to hear a rain delayed race in the Philadelphia market. I don't understand Philly radio anymore. The decisions these PD's make are stupid especially for play by play sports. I hope people that are NASCAR fans will contact the station and let them know that they need to stop this. Phone Numbers: http://www.wxtu.com/index.php?page=8 , E-mail page: http://www.wxtu.com/index.php?page=48

Julius did you read any of the replies? I don't understand why you post stuff, but never read the answers. XTU, isn't gonna interupt there prime music listening hours for a race. You say its not fair for nascar fans, but would it be fair to XTU fans who listen at work everyday to get screwed? Futhermore you don't understand the thinking into it. Well what do you think all the XTU listeners at work would do when a nascar race comes on? They would switch to another station. Thats something if you were a PD of a station you would never want to give a reason for. This is why most major markets don't air rain delayed races on Mondays, and not just Philly.

 

[jason7973]

Julius, I took tour advice and sent an email to WXTU. I asked to never air a rained out Nascar race during the week. I need my country music, and a Nascar race on a Monday afternoon would really mess that up. Thanks for the link, and the advice.

 

[John1]

This is an advantage for WNPV who will broadcast all 3 series NASCAR races whenever run (except against Penn State or high school football or the Univest bike race, when they run later on delay - wonder who listens to a tape delayed race run just to fill contractural obligations?). They don't have to worry about the handfull of people listening to the medical/financial woes talk shows tuning away & not returning.

Most fans will just videotape the race and watch it when they get home, or listen on Sirius.

 

[chuckydoll]

The Michigan race got rained out again, this time to Tuesday morning at 10 AM ET.

If I were Julius I'd have contacted 92.5 XTU in a sensible fashion instead of using a message board to whine and cry about everything I don't like.

 

[Starscream]

FoxSports.com actually has a very good java-based race tracker along with a live blogger to tell you what's happening in the race. Telemetry, speeds, the whole shebang. Really good for "listening" at work.

 

[chuckydoll]

95.1 WZZO in the Lehigh Valley didn't air the Tuesday race either. I found out by tuning in on my way to a dentist's appointment.

 

[DavidMadden]

At this point, I must ask a question that could, potentially, anger Mr. May. But it must be posed.

Are you happy with ANYTHING on Philadelphia radio? I do not mean to offend, but your constant negative posts on everything, and urging people to do this or that, gets a tad tiresome.

Granted, you are entitled to rant to your heart's content. And you do. But as someone in the business (speaking strictly for myself, by the way)...I can say that a couple things should be abundantly clear by now.

1) Few people take your ideas seriously anymore. You may be well intentioned, but you opine so often, and on the same things time after time after time, that it's hard for any objective observer to take your postings without more than a few grains of salt.

2) Your suggestions have not prompted any substantive change at any radio station, to the best of my knowledge. If I am in error in this regard, please feel free to respond and I will gladly stand corrected.

It would be easy to simply throw in a barb or two here that could be construed as an insult, but to be honest, it's my belief your constant complaints are...in your mind...based in good faith. You truly believe in the things you write here. But if you want to be read on line, at least by me, for anything more than pure entertainment...I would seriously suggest you pick your topics carefully...research the facts...and if you truly believe action should be taken...do it yourself.

I hope you take these comments seriously. I don't post on this site often. When I do, I have a reason. Hopefully, you take this note to heart. Good luck to you.

 

[Irishfl]

At this point, I must ask a question that could, potentially, anger Mr. May. But it must be posed.

Are you happy with ANYTHING on Philadelphia radio? I do not mean to offend, but your constant negative posts on everything, and urging people to do this or that, gets a tad tiresome.

Granted, you are entitled to rant to your heart's content. And you do. But as someone in the business (speaking strictly for myself, by the way)...I can say that a couple things should be abundantly clear by now....

His complaints aren't that bad. I get more annoyed how he acts like the Philly market is the only market that doesn't air races, 60 minutes, does traffic on the 8's, ect, and how he complains about the same thing over and over again. A few months from now another thread like this will pop up. Hmm October is near by, so expect the yearly Philly radio stinks because its the only market in the US that doesn't air ever ESPN MLB playoff PBP game. If he didn't post the same complaints over and over, and acted like this is a Philly problem, he wouldn't bother me one bit.