Jim Rome Transfers to CBS radio and Loses LA Affiliate

[ChannelFlipper]

Rome fans (aka "clones"), stop me if you have heard this before. Jim Rome makes a new deal, his radio affiliates are "shifted" and LA goes without the Jim Rome Show (aka "The Jungle") and the radio conglomerate that runs his show tries to convince you a San Diego station that cannot actually be heard in LA is actually the LA affiliate.

Happened before when CC took off the 1150 simulcast and put his show exclusively on 690 so that CC could have two separate sports talk shows on their two separate stations. 690 once boomed into all of So Cal quite nicely with the blowtorch signal from TJ, but those days are long in the past and LA was effectively without a Jim Rome affiliate.

History repeats itself again as Jim has signed on exclusively with the CBS Radio network and is presumably off all CC stations as of the first of the year. So now his "LA affiliate" is XPRS 1090 in San Diego (hey isn't Hacksaw still there?). That may be OK if you are in the OC, but that station doesn't come close to full LA market coverage and LA clones again will be stuck without an affiliate for at least awhile. You can bet he won't be showing up on KSPN as he has converted from a high ESPN presence to exclusively CBS in all things both radio and TV this year.

Also, this should put to bed the rumors of CBS flipping any of their LA FMs to sports any time soon. If that was the case, now would be the time to announce it by shouting from the rooftops and promoting it like there is no tomorrow. This is not happening.

Jim's new affiliate list is at http://www.jimromestations.com/

 

[KeithE4]

He has nothing in any of the Big Three (NY, LA, and Chicago). Same for Boston, Phoenix, St. Louis, and Miami. Not a good start to a new home on a new network.

 

[SuperRadioFan]

So if a tree falls in The Jungle, will anyone hear it?

 

[Fresno Roast]

It makes me think of Howard Stern for an analogy. I haven't bothered to look for any press releases, but I can only imagine CBS Sports Radio threw such a pile of money at him that he couldn't refuse. I noticed he won't be on in Fresno any longer too (where I am). I tired of Rome many years ago, but he's a sports talk radio icon who may become irrelevant like Stern.

 

[Ultimajock]

So now his "LA affiliate" is XPRS 1090 in San Diego (hey isn't Hacksaw still there?). That may be OK if you are in the OC, but that station doesn't come close to full LA market coverage and LA clones again will be stuck without an affiliate for at least awhile.

...bullspit. I'm in the Antelope Valley, and XPRS/1090 is booming in loud and clear as I write this at 2:47 Sunday afternoon...

 

[karldotcom]

That's whack!


Are you getting 1090 good because of the winter weather? Do you get it consistently in summer?

 

[sandiegoinexile]

I live 100 miles north of Sacramento and 1090 blasts through after sunset, all year long.

 

[Ultimajock]

That's whack!


Are you getting 1090 good because of the winter weather? Do you get it consistently in summer?

...24/7/365. Even clearer signal than KNX/1070 at some times...

 

[pianoplayer88key]

I've heard 1090 at Tulare County Fairgrounds in central Calif at midday in summer using just a small portable radio's internal ferrite bar - it's usually a little stronger than 1070. I wouldn't be surprised if with good equipment (communications receiver that's as sensitive with no antenna as the GE SR3, CCRadio+, PR-D5, etc are with their built-in antennas inductively coupled to utility ground wires, plus phased beverage antennas) it could still be heard into Oregon at mid day.

 

[Major Infidel]

That's whack!


Are you getting 1090 good because of the winter weather? Do you get it consistently in summer?

...24/7/365. Even clearer signal than KNX/1070 at some times...

I work all throughout the South Bay; Torrance, Redondo, Hermosa, Manhattan, etc. and we're effectively getting squat. Mostly nothing at all, interspersed with periods that sound like somebody whispering in a hurricane.

 

[SuperRadioFan]

Ah yes the digital hash from KNX because you're too close to the Xmitter

 

[pianoplayer88key]

Re: Jim Rome Transfers to CBS radio and Loses LA Affiliatei

I was in Long Beach a few months ago one day in the mid-late afternoon through mid evening, and IIRC pretty much had little or no trouble hearing 1090 on my Tecsun PL-398mp.
Earlier in the year (May) I went to a wedding in a friend's yard in the northeast part of the Mayflower Village section of Arcadia. I don't remember for sure anymore, but I think 1090 was listenable if I positioned my radio just right, but probably still somewhat noisy especially if the radio was positioned wrong. At the Arco station at the intersection of Longden Ave & Myrtle Ave about 0.4 mi to the SE, 1090 was quite tough (but maybe still audible IF radio positioned EXACTLY), and IIRC was unreadable coming westbound off Live Oak Ave onto Longden and approaching Myrtle.
Interesting thing about that wedding - for most of it (except the beginning) we had Radio Disney coming through on the sound system.

 

[michael hagerty]

Re: Jim Rome Transfers to CBS radio and Loses LA Affiliatei

I was in Long Beach a few months ago one day in the mid-late afternoon through mid evening, and IIRC pretty much had little or no trouble hearing 1090 on my Tecsun PL-398mp.
Earlier in the year (May) I went to a wedding in a friend's yard in the northeast part of the Mayflower Village section of Arcadia. I don't remember for sure anymore, but I think 1090 was listenable if I positioned my radio just right, but probably still somewhat noisy especially if the radio was positioned wrong. At the Arco station at the intersection of Longden Ave & Myrtle Ave about 0.4 mi to the SE, 1090 was quite tough (but maybe still audible IF radio positioned EXACTLY), and IIRC was unreadable coming westbound off Live Oak Ave onto Longden and approaching Myrtle.
Interesting thing about that wedding - for most of it (except the beginning) we had Radio Disney coming through on the sound system.

"Little or no trouble" is the key phrase. The majority of the audience expects flawless reception.

 

[lifeguardofradio]

Do you actually think Rome cares about his affiliates or listeners? He sold out for cash years ago and who can blame him? His TV shows are pure trash and his staff knows it. Rome is about making money and CBS has paid him 8 years past his prime. CBS was looking for a "big name" and got one with Rome, but his radio product has been terrible for almost a decade. Three interviews and then he reads his takes in preparation for his TV show that gets close to a ZERO share. He is the smartest guy in the room.

 

[davideduardo]

...bullspit. I'm in the Antelope Valley, and XPRS/1090 is booming in loud and clear as I write this at 2:47 Sunday afternoon...

The gentleman who had the LMA on 1090 for several decades gave it up because "you can no longer hear it in the LA market unless you are on the beach". He reasoned that poor AM radios, hugely increased noise levels and the deterioration of the transmitter facility all contributed to his terminating the lease which he had had since the mid-70's.

The average listener in LA and Orange counties can't hear it reliably.

 

[BMedina]

CBS Sports Radio is on the air with Scott Ferrall in New York City. Scott once did his show for the old Westwood One in a dumpy building in Culver City. NO L.A
affiliate.

 

[Ultimajock]

CBS Sports Radio is on the air with Scott Ferrall in New York City. Scott once did his show for the old Westwood One in a dumpy building in Culver City. NO L.A
affiliate.

...Ferrall's Westwood One show was on KLSX; in fact, Ferrall also used Tom Leykis' studio, a fact that Leykis had little appreciation for, considering the wisecracks he'd make whenever complaining about the "wisdom" of CBS and Westwood One executives over the years...

 

[MisterGort]

It should be noted -- that the 1090 signal from below the border - is 4 times stronger in the central valley - and along the coast of California - than that of the weak signal of KNX. In some places in the central part of California -- there is almost no listenable signal from KNX. In northern California and southern Oregon -- KNX has a bit better signal.

 

[Ultimajock]

It should be noted -- that the 1090 signal from below the border - is 4 times stronger in the central valley - and along the coast of California - than that of the weak signal of KNX.

...incorrect -- both stations run at 50 kW, 24 hours a day. It's just the signal patterns that differ...

 

[davideduardo]

It should be noted -- that the 1090 signal from below the border - is 4 times stronger in the central valley - and along the coast of California - than that of the weak signal of KNX.

...incorrect -- both stations run at 50 kW, 24 hours a day. It's just the signal patterns that differ...

KNX does not have a pattern. It is non-directional.

XEPRS, if it's pattern is still in adjustment, has two narrow lobes, one which goes roughly SSE down Baja, and the other which is aimed NNW roughly towards Oxnard.

Because the loves are very narrow, each has, in its center, the equivalent of a bit over the non-directional signal of 150 kw.

So, in some areas, the signal is going to be much better than that of KNX.