Kentucky Derby will not be broadcasted on Philadelphia radio again?

[Jul]

I'm very angry that radio listeners in the city of Philadelphia will not be able to hear ESPN Radio's coverage of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. This event as well as the Belmont and Preakness (which may not be on national radio this year) should have stayed on westwood one so it will be available nationwide to any station that wants to air it. I don't know if this is true or not but Since ESPN Radio has the national radio rights to the derby, it will be only broadcasted on ESPN Radio stations and some of them have poor signals like WPHY 920 AM in Trenton and I don't think 920 AM will air the race because of the Phillies/Giants Game on Saturday . ESPN Radio should make its feed available to non ESPN Radio stations. This is a joke that this had to happen. Thoughts?

 

[OldNumber7]

Who needs to hear a horse race on the radio when you can watch it on TV? Even a cab driver or a patrol officer who wants to see the race can pull over at a bar and watch it. It only lasts 2 minutes, and the other three hours of coverage is commercials and filler.

 

[Xkrusdx]

hmmm, Julius. . .very interesting since 920-ESPN Radio claims to be the home for "ALL Phillies" games. how is that going to happen???
Phillies @ San Francisco Sat. May 5th first pitch at 3:55 P.M. (FOX-TV game) Kentucky Derby post time is around 6:25 P.M. where will they put the Derby? or where will they put the Phillies? hmmm, call Nassau!

--D.C.--

 

[DToTheJ]

TV is simply radio with pictures

Then what would you call HD RADIO ? ???

 

[oaktree]

Horribly Distorted...

 

[JimWilliams]

I'm very angry that radio listeners in the city of Philadelphia will not be able to hear ESPN Radio's coverage of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. This event as well as the Belmont and Preakness (which may not be on national radio this year) should have stayed on westwood one so it will be available nationwide to any station that wants to air it. I don't know if this is true or not but Since ESPN Radio has the national radio rights to the derby, it will be only broadcasted on ESPN Radio stations and some of them have poor signals like WPHY 920 AM in Trenton and I don't think 920 AM will air the race because of the Phillies/Giants Game on Saturday . ESPN Radio should make its feed available to non ESPN Radio stations. This is a joke that this had to happen. Thoughts?

In the words of Don Imus: "Please, stop it."

 

[TheRadioPolice]

Hey, Julius...I hear that "Davey" Jones, the State Trooper who exposed one of the Jersey Guys home addresses on TV, is responsible for the Kentucky Derby not being carried on Philadelphia radio. Please write to him. Thank you.

 

[MikefromDelaware]

Here's the listing from the Kentucky Derby Website of the radio stations across the nation that will be airing the ESPN radio coverage. Yes, it appears that 920 WPHY will be the Philly radio voice for the Derby. It also appears that none of the Wilmington, Dover DE, or Atlantic City stations will be carrying the race either, but I noticed that Harrisburg PA, Baltimore MD, NYC, and Washington DC will have radio coverage. As someone already said, the actual race is only 2 minutes long, so for those two minutes turn off the radio and watch it on TV.

DMA METRO IN-DMA
RANK NAME STATION STATION FREQ CITY OF LICENSE ST
1 New York
EPN-AM

1050
New York
NY
2 Los Angeles
KLAA-AM

830
Orange
CA
3 Chicago
WMVP-AM

1000
Chicgo
IL
4 Philadelphia
WPHY-AM

920
Philadelphia
PA
5 Boston
WAMG-AM

890
Boston
MA
5 Boston

WLLH-AM
1400
Lowell
MA
6 San Fransisco
KTCT-AM

1050
San Mateo
CA
7 Dallas-Fort Worth
KESN-FM

103.3
Dallas
TX
8 Washington DC
WXTR-AM

730
Washington
DC
8 Washington DC
WWXX-FM

92.7
Washington
DC
8 Washington DC
WWXT-FM

94.3
Washington
DC
8 Washington DC

WEPM-AM
1340
Martinsburg
WV
10 Detroit
WDFN-AM

1130
Detroit
MI
11 Houston
KFNC-FM

97.5
Houston
TX
12 Seattle- Tacoma
KJR-AM

950
Seattle
WA
12 Seattle- Tacoma

KLKI-AM
1340
Anacortes
WA
14 Minneapolis-St Paul
KFAN-AM

1130
Minneapolis
MN
14 Minneapolis-St Paul

WBHR-AM
660
Sauk Rapids
MN
15 Phoenix
KMVP-AM*

860
Phoenix
AZ
15 Phoenix

KAZM-AM
780
Sedona
AZ
16 Cleveland
WKNR-AM

850
Cleveland
OH
17 Miami- Fort Lauderdale
WQAM-AM

560
Miami
FL
18 Denver
KKFN-AM

950
Denver
CO
19 Sacramento
KCTC-AM

1320
Sacramento
CA
19 Sacramento

KESP-AM
970
Modesto
CA
20 Orlando- Daytona
WHOO-AM

1080
Kissimee
FL
21 St. Louis
KSLG-AM

1380
St. Louis
MO
22 Pittsburgh
WEAE-AM

1250
Pittsburgh
PA
23 Baltimore
WJFK-AM

1300
Baltimore
MD
25 Indianapolis
WXLW-AM

950
Indianapolis
IN
26 San Diego
XSPN-AM

800
San Diego
CA
28 Charlotte
WFNA-AM

1660
Charlotte
NC
29 Raleigh- Durham
WRBZ-AM

850
Raleigh
NC
29 Raleigh- Durham

WCIE-AM
1450
Fayetteville
NC
30 Nashville
WNFN-FM

106.7
Nashville
TN
30 Nashville

WKDZ-FM
106.5
Cadiz
KY
30 Nashville

WHVO-AM
1480
Hopkinsville
KY
31 Kansas City
KCXM-FM

97.3
Kansas City
MO
32 Columbus
WBNS-AM

1460
Columbus
OH
33 Milwaukee
WAUK-AM

1510
Milwaukee
WI
34 Cincinnati
WCKY-AM

1530
Cincinnati
OH
36 Salt Lake City
KFNZ-AM

1320
Salt Lake City
UT
37 San Antonio
KTKR-AM

760
San Antonio
TX
38 Weat Palm Beach
WEFL-AM

760
West Palm Beach
FL
40 Birmingham
WJOX-FM

107.7
Birmingham
AL
41 Harrisburg-Lancaster
WOYK-AM

1350
York
PA
41 Harrisburg-Lancaster


WPDC-AM
1600
Elizabethtown
PA
42 Norfolk- Portsmouth
WGH-AM

1310
Newport News
VA
44 Memphis
KQPN-AM

730
West Memphis
AR
45 Oklahoma City
WWLS-FM

97.9
Oklahoma City
OK
45 Oklahoma City
WWLS-AM

640
Oklahoma City
OK
46 Buffalo
WGR-AM*

550
Buffalo
NY
47 Albuquerque
KNML-AM

610
Albuquerque
NM
49 Providence
WSKO-FM

99.7
Peacedale
RI
49 Providence
WSKO-AM

790
Providence
RI
50 Louisville
WHAS-AM

840
Louisville
KY
50 Louisville

WIEL-AM
1400
Elizabethtown
KY
50 Louisville

WXAM-AM
1430
Hodgenville
KY
50 Louisville

WTCO-AM
1450
Campbellsville
KY
54 Wilkes Barre-Scranton
WEJL-AM

630
Scranton
PA
54 Wilkes Barre-Scranton
WBAX-AM

1240
Wilkes-Barre
PA
55 Albany-Schenectady

WMML-AM
1230
Glen Falls
NY
57 Little Rock- Pine Bluff
KDXE-AM

1380
N.Little Rock
AR
57 Little Rock- Pine Bluff

KEWI-AM
690
Benton
AR
57 Little Rock- Pine Bluff

KASR-FM
92.7
Conway
AR
57 Little Rock- Pine Bluff

KARV-AM
610
Russellville
AR
57 Little Rock- Pine BLuff

KARV-FM
101.3
Ola
AR
58 Fresno
KFIG-AM

1430
Fresno
CA
60 Tulsa
KAKC-AM

1300
Tulsa
OK
60 Tulsa
KTBZ-AM

1430
Tulsa
OK
61 Richmond- Petersburg
WXGI-AM

950
Richmond
VA
63 Lexington
WLXG-AM

1300
Lexington
KY
63 Lexington

WWXL-AM
1450
Manchester
KY
63 Lexington

WSFC-AM
1240
Somerset
KY
63 Lexington

WIVY-FM
96.3
Morehead
KY
64 Charleston-Huntington
WRVC-AM

930
Huntington
WV
64 Charleston-Huntington
WCHS-AM

580
Charleston
WV
66 Wichita

KGNO-AM
1370
Dodge City
KS
70 Ft. Myers
WWCN-AM

770
Estero
FL
73 Des Moines
KXNO-AM

1460
Des Moines
IA
74 Portland- Auburn
WZAN-AM

970
Portland
ME
75 Omaha
KOZN-AM

1620
Bellevue
NE
78 Spokane
KXLX-AM

700
Airway Heights
WA
80 Paducah

WNBS-AM
1340
Murray
KY
80 Paducah

WPKY-AM
1580
Princeton
KY
82 Champaigne-Springfield
WFMB-AM

1450
Springfield
IL
85 Madison
WTSO-AM

1070
Madison
WI
89 Jackson
WPBQ-AM

1240
Flowood
MS
89 Jackson

WVBG-AM
1490
Vicksburg
MS
91 McAllen-Brownsville
KSOX-AM

1240
Raymondville
TX
95 Davenport

KCPS-AM
1150
Burlington
IA
98 Johnstown- Altoona
WVAM-AM

1430
Altoona
PA
98 Johnstown- Altoona


WMAJ-AM
1450
State College
PA
99 Evansville
WOMI-AM

1490
Owensboro
KY
99 Evansville

WTTL-AM
1310
Madisonville
KY
100 El Paso
KROD-AM

600
El Paso
TX
103 Lincoln- Hastings
KLMS-AM

1480
Lincoln
NE
105 Greenville- New Bern
WWNB-AM

1490
New Bern
NC
105 Greenville- New Bern
WGHB-AM

1250
Farmville
NC
105 Greenville- New Bern

WDLX-AM
930
Washington
NC
111 Tyler - Longview
KYZS-AM

1490
Tyler
TX
118 Fargo-Valley City
WDAY-AM

970
Fargo
ND
119 Boise
KTIK-AM

1350
Nampa
ID
128 Columbus
WAUD-AM

1230
Auburn
AL
133 Rockford
WTJK-AM

1380
Sout Beloit
IL
150 Terre Haute
WBOW-AM

1300
Terre Haut
IN
150 Terre Haute

WSJX-AM
1130
Brazil
IN
151 Bangor
WZON-AM

620
Bangor
ME
160 Bismarck
KFYR-AM

550
Bismarck
ND
164 Abilene-Sweetwater
KZQQ-AM

1560
Abilene
TX
183 Bowling Green

WCDS-AM
1440
Glasgow
KY
183 Bowling Green

WBGN-AM
1340
Bowling Green
KY
186 Charlottesville
WKTR-AM

840
Earlysville
VA
189 Parkersburg
WMOA-AM

1490
Marietta
OH
189 Parkersburg

WJAW-AM
630
St. Marys
WV
197 San Angelo
KGKL-AM

960
San Angelo
TX
*

CKST-AM
1040
Vancouver
BC

 

[ixnay]

This thread is hilarious!

FWIW I neither watched nor listened to the Run for the Roses last year. I was in Boston's Prudential Center mall eating a hot dog in the food court after seeing Fenway Park from the top of that tower.

ixnay

 

[MikefromDelaware]

Also, my guess is we'll not hear live coverage of Wimbilton's world Tennis events on Philly radio, or for that matter any other radio station. My guess is even the BBC in England doesn't do live coverage of Wimbilton. What exciting and compelling radio a tennis match would be. I can hear the sportscaster saying as you hear the "bong" ......."bong"......."Bong" of the tennis ball being hit back and forth, "Here we are in Wimbilton for this annual tennis event. The action is moving from left to right on your radio dial."

I don't think we'll be hearing live coverage of the PGA or the LPGA on any area radio stations either. Notice, that there aren't any radio stations that carry a version of "Bowling for Dollars" either. Man would that be a sleeper.

Hey I love radio and listen far more often than I watch TV in any given week, but there are some events that just do not lend themselves to being broadcast on radio. So when those events come about, it's time to dust off the television, park it in a comfortable chair, and watch.

 

[hammondo]

NOT kidding; Wimbeldon WAS on a large network of radio statins for a few years (I believe in the late 70's).

 

[John1]

Re: Kentucky Derby will not be broadcast on Philadelphia radio again?

In the early '70's WVPO-FM in Stroudsburg (now the new home of Lite 93.5) DID broadcast live bowling games on the air from a local bowling alley. The commentary was just as you could imagine it.
For the record, WNPV Lansdale carries the Indy 500 and the qualifying live the week before.
I have no idea who the local affiliate is for the Boston Marathon, or even the Crisfield, Md. Hard Crab Festival Crab Races (WDMV 540 in Pocomoke City, Md. used to broadcast them before it got sold years ago.)

 

[hammondo]

The Indy 500 is on something like as thousand radio stations. My 4 Indiana stations cleared a few k every year. A Very easy sell, there.

 

[WTUX]

Back in the early 90's, the station I was OM for carried the Indy 500. I am not a fan of car racing, but the coverage was interesting. The commentary would hold you. For an event that lasts that long, radio offers a good option. You can take a break from the TV, get in the car and run some errands, and still keep up with what is going on. The same with the NFL and baseball. Radio does have something to offer for those who do not want to stay glued to the TV for 3 or 4 hours.

But getting back to the topic of this thread, a two minute race on the radio is not practical, unless you are a toll booth collector on I-95 and can't get to a television. For golf and tennis, the KYW's and WINS' of this world keep you posted during their sports reports.

 

[OldNumber7]

Also, my guess is we'll not hear live coverage of Wimbilton's world Tennis events on Philly radio, or for that matter any other radio station. My guess is even the BBC in England doesn't do live coverage of Wimbilton. What exciting and compelling radio a tennis match would be. I can hear the sportscaster saying as you hear the "bong" ......."bong"......."Bong" of the tennis ball being hit back and forth, "Here we are in Wimbilton for this annual tennis event. The action is moving from left to right on your radio dial."

Actually, Wimbledon was carried last year on Sirius Satellite Radio (they carried a feed from either BBC radio or some other British source). I had to tune it in for a minute because I couldn't possibly imagine how tennis play-by-play on radio could be anything other than "Smith hits it over, Jones hits it back, Smith hits it back, Jones hits it back." Actually, the fast talking PBP was VERY descriptive and painted a very detailed picture. I still wouldn't listen to it on the radio even if I didn't have TV, but the broadcast was proof that good broadcasters make a good broadcast, no matter how dull the material.

 

[MikefromDelaware]

If they can make tennis sound good on the radio I guess that means we could even hear Italian Lawn Bowling, and Croquet' some time. Old Number 7 is correct, a good broadcaster can make even something like Croquet' sound interesting. Also the local interest in the "sport" being carried would make a difference. Last year's Kentucky Derby had plenty of local interest in the Philly/Wilmington area with Barbaro running for example.

 

[eatspaste]

The Indy 500 is on something like as thousand radio stations. My 4 Indiana stations cleared a few k every year. A Very easy sell, there.

I remember listening to the Indy 500 on Q95 in Indianapolis a number of years ago - the legal ID had a sponsor tag.