"...this ‘AM is dead thing,’ in the case of football - that doesn’t necessarily hold true..."
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No Sudden Death For NFL On AM Radio
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While I don't disagree with the article, keep in mind that many NFL flagships on AM are on powerful signals (like the Bears on WBBM and Saints on WWL), so an FM simulcast isn't really necessary ( though both aforementioned stations are on FM too).
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cd637299
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No matter how much of a monster an AM signal may be, there's still the matter of hearing it in certain buildings, or during a thunderstorm.....FM is the winner every time.
The Dolphins are on AM 940 WINZ Miami---50 k day and I think 25 k night---but also on WBGG 105.9 FM. They're covered.
Are there still NFL-cities where the team's flagship is AM only?
cd
The Dolphins are on AM 940 WINZ Miami---50 k day and I think 25 k night---but also on WBGG 105.9 FM. They're covered.
Are there still NFL-cities where the team's flagship is AM only?
cd
Buffalo, Denver, Oakland, Washington, Green Bay, New Orleans,
RadioListener19 said:
The Packers consider WTMJ 620 Milwaukee their "flagship," but in Green Bay itself, the games are on an AM/FM simulcast. And since no games are played in Milwaukee anymore...
According to this article, the teams with AM-only flagships are Buffalo, Denver, Carolina & the NY Giants. The others are either simulcasts or FM only.
KeithE4 said:
The Giants added the FM simulcast during the season. I know Carolina's flagship is also on FM, but covers only part of the market. Washington also has 2 FM simulcasts that cover other parts of the DC area to go with their AM flagship, and previously had an FM-only flagship. And Buffalo used to be on 2 FM stations within the city itself until this past season.
liradioisbad said:
IIRC, the Giants games were moved to FM when there were Mets conflicts this past season. I'm guessing that they'll have their games on FM fulltime in 2013, either on WCBS-FM or WFAN-FM, as well as AM 660 when there's no Mets game.
In any case, the NFL on AM may not be completely dead yet, but it's heading that way, at least for local broadcasts, and has been for about 20 years.
KeithE4 said:
The WFAN-FM simulcast started at the beginning of November, long after the Mets season ended.
RadioListener19 said:
The Saints are also on WWL-FM a 100,000 watter @ 105.3
the colts are on 97.1 WLHK Hank FM. and not knowing how its gonna be done since the AM Flagship 1070 WFNI is Simulcasted on 93.1 WIBC FM which is now on a spanking new moved in Indy Translator 107.5 W298BB FM. if the colts games arent simulcasted on 93.1 HD2/107.5 Translator or not since i dont have an HD Radio to ever check 93.1 HD2. and since they just fired up the 107.5 Translator just recently. so we still got till preseason in august to see what happens with the colts games on the FM Simulcast of WFNI AMthegulfcoast said:
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FreddyE1977
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The Steelers are on WDVE 102.5. However, they are also simulcast on sister station
WBGG AM-970, supposedly because the Rooney family insisted in their contract with
Clear Channel that the games also be available on an AM station.
Thanks, Dan Rooney, for looking out for those of us who collect old AM tube radios
or guys driving pickup trucks from the 1970's with just the original AM radio.
WBGG AM-970, supposedly because the Rooney family insisted in their contract with
Clear Channel that the games also be available on an AM station.
Thanks, Dan Rooney, for looking out for those of us who collect old AM tube radios
or guys driving pickup trucks from the 1970's with just the original AM radio.
To update, the Broncos are now going to be heard on a Clear Channel-owned classic rock station in addition to their existing flagship KOA. I'm surprised it took this long since imo Clear Channel owns at least 2 compatible FM stations in Denver (the other being active rock KBPI):
http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/81775/denver-broncos-continue-nfls-shift-to-fm/
http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/81775/denver-broncos-continue-nfls-shift-to-fm/
The Arizona Cardinals are on both KTAR-AM 620 and FM 92.3, even though both stations have different formats otherwise.
hm insulators said:
The Cardinals' official flagship is KTAR-FM. Their game will always be on 92.3 - no exceptions. If there is a Diamondbacks, Suns, or ASU game going on at the same time, that game is carried on AM 620. Only if there is no other game is the Cards game broadcast on both frequencies.
The Cardinals' flagship station has been on FM since 1994 - KESZ 99.9, KGLQ (now KMXP) 96.9, KSLX 100.7, and now KTAR-FM. There has been an AM simulcast since 1996, when Bonneville won the rights the first time for KGLQ/KIDR 740.
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