Mike Francesa plotting next move as contract with WFAN’s parent company is expiring

[TTalkradio1]

https://nypost.com/2021/12/29/mike-francesa-plotting-next-move-with-audacy-contract-expiring/

 

[Don CT]

He would probably do well on SXM.

 

[TheBigA]

He would probably do well on SXM.

Doubtful since 95% of the country has no idea who he is.

The article makes it sound as though he'd like to get a call from ESPN or Craig Karmazin.

 

[Don CT]

Doubtful since 95% of the country has no idea who he is.

The article makes it sound as though he'd like to get a call from ESPN or Craig Karmazin.

I think they know who Mike and the Maddog were.

 

[pjc1961]

I think they know who Mike and the Maddog were.

That was not the point of BigA's reply. Surely SXM knows who he is - a large majority of the *listening public* outside of the NYC Metro is not aware of him.

Case in point: when ESPN ran a 60 minute version of their "30 for 30" documentary series on "Mike and The Mad Dog" a few years back, it was one of the lowest rated shows of that series.

Even though Christopher Russo has more of a current national platform with his SXM and MLB Network TV shows, those are still very niched programs.

Francesa's forays into expanding the reach of his Sunday morning program either for his "NFL Now"/"Football Sunday" program via CBS Radio's sports-formatted stations or the "Sports Now" program that aired from February-September 1995 via Westwood One (I think) flamed out after relatively short periods.

Yes, Mike was a college football + basketball analyst for CBS TV network - but that was in the late 1980s-early 1990s.

 

[Don CT]

That was not the point of BigA's reply. Surely SXM knows who he is - a large majority of the *listening public* outside of the NYC Metro is not aware of him.

Case in point: when ESPN ran a 60 minute version of their "30 for 30" documentary series on "Mike and The Mad Dog" a few years back, it was one of the lowest rated shows of that series.

Even though Christopher Russo has more of a current national platform with his SXM and MLB Network TV shows, those are still very niched programs.

Francesa's forays into expanding the reach of his Sunday morning program either for his "NFL Now"/"Football Sunday" program via CBS Radio's sports-formatted stations or the "Sports Now" program that aired from February-September 1995 via Westwood One (I think) flamed out after relatively short periods.

Yes, Mike was a college football + basketball analyst for CBS TV network - but that was in the late 1980s-early 1990s.

How many national sport radio shows make it? Even the ESPN branded ones?

 

[dcowboy7]

Some of his takes on @oldtakesexposed are just brutal.