K.M. Richards
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Ah. Right. That has to be the distinction; I can't see any other reason that would make sense.
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No Sale Looming, ESPN 98.7 expected to pivot to Music
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Ah. Right. That has to be the distinction; I can't see any other reason that would make sense.
Exactly so. CBS had a reason to control further use of the WBZ, WCBS, KDKA, KYW, WJZ, WWJ, WBBM, WCCO and KCBS brands when it sold radio. Not so for KNX, KMOX and other brands that were only on radio.
I assume the lawyers looked at the licensing agreement with CBS and decided it wasn't worth the billable hours to work out an amendment to allow the use of KYW-FM, compared to the easier option of saying WPHI once an hour.as part of alphabet salad that already included WIP-HD2. By the time you start in with "Jenkintown" as part of the mess, it would have made no sense to spend tens of thousands of dollars just to be able to say "KYW-FM."
And a renegotiation of the licensing deal wouldn't even have done anything much for Audacy anywhere else. It already has the rights to use the -FM versions as part of the original deal everywhere except WCCO and WWJ (with WBZ-FM having been spun off to Beasley).
KNX, along with any CBS radio-specific trademarks were transferred to Entercom. The SEC document I linked specifically is referencing CBS Television-related radio trademarks, including all of the call letters of TV stations that shared calls with a radio station. KNX does not fall under that category, thus Audacy owns and has full control of the KNX brand; whereas with KYW, it is under a perpetual but not irrevocable right because of this precise reason:
Don't think it's the latter. I had the same question at the time they launched the simulcast but I imagine there is something in the brand/trademark agreement that prevented them, otherwise they would have. It is not as if there is a KYW-FM that they were worried about switching calls with, as CBS would have in Chicago when WBBM began simulcasting on WCFS.
I expected an announcement on August 12, and one was made today regarding Good Karma.
radioinsight.com
I think it means we're getting closer to an announcement for 98.7.
Good Karma Brands To LMA 880 WCBS From Audacy Following 98.7 Sign-Off
Audacy has announced a licensing deal with Good Karma Brands in which the company will move the programming of "ESPN
radioinsight.com
I think it means we're getting closer to an announcement for 98.7.
No matter who winds up owning 98.7 or whatever programming is put there, the big winner in this has to be WINS, although they still have to deal with the problem of selling all-news radio to a generation that doesn't care about news.
Those moves today are done looking at the next five years at most. Things won’t significantly change in the meantime.
I am skeptical regarding the latter point.I expected an announcement on August 12, and one was made today regarding Good Karma.
Good Karma Brands To LMA 880 WCBS From Audacy Following 98.7 Sign-Off
Audacy has announced a licensing deal with Good Karma Brands in which the company will move the programming of "ESPN
I think it means we're getting closer to an announcement for 98.7.
Inside Radio reiterated today that an Emmis spokesperson advised that it (meaning Emmis) will be flipping 98.7 to a music format effective September 1.
Emmis' asking price is too high.
They simply requoted their unnamed and undated source. No one else has substantiated their reporting.
One of the highest revenue making stations in the country and it's going to come to end. There isn't much that shocks me these days, but this upcoming change does.I expected an announcement on August 12, and one was made today regarding Good Karma.
Good Karma Brands To LMA 880 WCBS From Audacy Following 98.7 Sign-Off
Audacy has announced a licensing deal with Good Karma Brands in which the company will move the programming of "ESPN
I think it means we're getting closer to an announcement for 98.7.
Or Good Karma quickly announces a deal to sell off 1050 first, which they now have zero need for.I expected an announcement on August 12, and one was made today regarding Good Karma.
Good Karma Brands To LMA 880 WCBS From Audacy Following 98.7 Sign-Off
Audacy has announced a licensing deal with Good Karma Brands in which the company will move the programming of "ESPN
I think it means we're getting closer to an announcement for 98.7.
NYRadioFan22
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Maybe they make 1050 the Spanish ESPN again?
Did the Spanish version generate sales? In general, unless Spanish sports focus on soccer, it can’t succeed… even in New Yourk where the Dominicans don’t follow soccer.
I think there are ppl who care about news today, it's just that they're getting it differently via the internet & streaming, NOT terrestrial radio.
I'm beginning to think that there should be a radio station whose format is devoted to betting on changes at other radio stations.
Except the Spanish ESPN (ESPN Radio Deportes) got shut down about 4 years ago. THAT used to be on 1050. Somehow i doubt ESPN will re-start talk radio in Spanish.....it's never worked out.
ESPN is not reviving ESPN Deportes, and Good Karma has less of a reason to do so. That "for sale" sign is already being plopped right in front of 1050.
NYRadioFan22
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Could we get an announcement for 98.7 today?
And Radio Wado 1280 is still just doing "Tu DN Radio"
NYRadioFan22
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This article says that the 98.7 broadcast ends on the 23rd!!!! WCBS to cease operation as NYC all-news staple: ESPN New York moving to 880 AM, will resume Mets broadcasts | amNewYork
I would have thought that GK would keep broadcasting on 98.7 until the end of their contract, even if just to use it as a "barker channel" informing listeners to tune in ESPN New York on 880 .
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