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I vaguely remember this network, but I wasn't nearly into sports radio then as I am now. Who were some of the personalities that were on the network? I could be mistaken it for another network, but didn't they have two women who hosted a show on there? <P ID="signature">______________
"...and the countdown continues until the neanderthals that govern college football do something about their pathetic postseason."--Tim Brando, Sporting News Radio</P>
 
> I vaguely remember this network, but I wasn't nearly into
> sports radio then as I am now. Who were some of the
> personalities that were on the network? I could be mistaken
> it for another network, but didn't they have two women who
> hosted a show on there?
>
Lessee, there was Chris and Annie Z(Chris O'Donnell is in Houston I think);
Steve Berliner(a knucklehead). I may be wrong, but I think that Prime evolved into One on One Sports, which was bought up by Sporting News.
 
> Lessee, there was Chris and Annie Z(Chris O'Donnell is in
> Houston I think);
> Steve Berliner(a knucklehead). I may be wrong, but I think
> that Prime evolved into One on One Sports, which was bought
> up by Sporting News.

I'm pretty sure One on One came directly from Sports Entertainment Network. I don't know where Prime came in, if that was before SEN or not.

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> > Lessee, there was Chris and Annie Z(Chris O'Donnell is in
>
> > Houston I think);
> > Steve Berliner(a knucklehead). I may be wrong, but I think
>
> > that Prime evolved into One on One Sports, which was
> bought
> > up by Sporting News.
>
> I'm pretty sure One on One came directly from Sports
> Entertainment Network. I don't know where Prime came in, if
> that was before SEN or not.
>
> -OA
>
One on One came from SEN
 
> I may be wrong, but I think
> that Prime evolved into One on One Sports, which was bought
> up by Sporting News.

Actually, Prime Sports was purchased and absorbed by the Sports Byline USA network, as a way of expanding their offerings. Wish Sports Byline would pull together its collection of programming into a more defined 24/7 network for stations who want a network of solid, in-depth sports talk without the buffonery that plagues sports radio networks today.
 
> > > Lessee, there was Chris and Annie Z(Chris O'Donnell is
> in
> >
> > > Houston I think);
> > > Steve Berliner(a knucklehead). I may be wrong, but I
> think
> >
> > > that Prime evolved into One on One Sports, which was
> > bought
> > > up by Sporting News.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure One on One came directly from Sports
> > Entertainment Network. I don't know where Prime came in,
> if
> > that was before SEN or not.
> >
> > -OA
> >
> One on One came from SEN
>

Exactly. SEN originated for years from Las Vegas before it became One on One and moved to the Chicago area. Papa Joe Chevalier (sp?) was with them for a long, long time.

Not sure if anyone else remembers the old SEN, but they used to take their weekends and devote blocks of hours to a particular sport. They'd have a 2 or 3-hour show on golf, have a 2 hour show on baseball, another on the NBA, and so forth. They even had a 2 hour show devoted to bowling and another on Saturday nights for pro wrestling!

Then they changed their name to One on One. It went from a network that mixed in listener calls and interviews to a network that ditched interviews and went strictly with listener phone calls, hence "One on One".

As far as Prime Sports, it was a network that played off of the "ESPN/ESPN Radio, Fox Sports/FSR" way of doing things. Not sure if anyone remembers the days before the Fox Sports Nets regional TV networks, but many of them were Prime Sports channels. (They used to use a red pennant flag for their logo). Prime Sports Radio was the radio side of that, if you will.

A station I used to work for was looking into picking up Prime Sports radio in the mid-90s, but never made the move. One of our competitors had SEN/One on One at the time. Another station in our area used to run the Sports Final Radio Network late evenings into overnight. Not sure if anyone remembers that network, but I believe they were based out of Boston, but had several shows originate from Vegas as well.
 
I remember SEN. The other thing about them is a LOT of their programming was gambling oriented. They talked spreads and handicapping in all sports. One show was hosted by a nationally known bookmaker, name escapes.

Besides Papa Joe they had Arnie Spanier and Bob Kemp.

The Prime Sports regional empire morphed into FoxSports radio and the FoxSports TV regional sports networks. I remember watching Chet Chit Chat on Prime Sports Chicago 15 years or so back.
 
> I remember SEN. The other thing about them is a LOT of their
> programming was gambling oriented. They talked spreads and
> handicapping in all sports. One show was hosted by a
> nationally known bookmaker, name escapes.
>
> Besides Papa Joe they had Arnie Spanier and Bob Kemp.
>
> The Prime Sports regional empire morphed into FoxSports
> radio and the FoxSports TV regional sports networks. I
> remember watching Chet Chit Chat on Prime Sports Chicago 15
> years or so back.
>
Chicago didnt have a Prime Sports Network channel. There Fox Sports channel was the former Sportschannel Chicago. Is Fox Sports Chicago even still on the air with the Bulls, Blackhawks, White Sox and Cubs all moved to Comcast Sports Net Chicago. Fox SPorts Midwest morphed from Prime Sports Midwest.
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by MikeFromIndiana on 01/15/06 02:09 AM.</FONT></P>
 
> > I remember SEN. The other thing about them is a LOT of
> their
> > programming was gambling oriented. They talked spreads and
>
> > handicapping in all sports. One show was hosted by a
> > nationally known bookmaker, name escapes.
> >
> > Besides Papa Joe they had Arnie Spanier and Bob Kemp.
> >
> > The Prime Sports regional empire morphed into FoxSports
> > radio and the FoxSports TV regional sports networks. I
> > remember watching Chet Chit Chat on Prime Sports Chicago
> 15
> > years or so back.
> >
> Chicago didnt have a Prime Sports Network channel. There Fox
> Sports channel was the former Sportschannel Chicago. Is Fox
> Sports Chicago even still on the air with the Bulls,
> Blackhawks, White Sox and Cubs all moved to Comcast Sports
> Net Chicago. Fox SPorts Midwest morphed from Prime Sports
> Midwest.
>

I found this blurb in regard to Fox Sports Chicago on their website: As part of Rainbow Sports Networks, FSN Chicago reaches more than 1.5 million cable households in Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. Rainbow Sports Networks is a division of Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC). Rainbow Sports Networks own and manage FSN regional networks in three of the nation's largest markets: Chicago, New England and San Francisco.

So it sounds like this Rainbow is doing the same thing that Premiere is doing in regards to Fox Sports Radio.

So Fox Sports Net is still going in Chicago. I live in their regional sports area, but I have Directv, and I get Comcast Chicago Sportsnet. Dish is the same way, as is the local cable company here. So I don't know where outside Chicago and the suburbs that a person can pick up Fox Sports Chicago. The way things look on their website they're just going full-bore with the Fox Sports Net national feed.

As far as Prime Sports is concerned they had networks in Pittsburgh (was known as KBL), Midwest (St. Louis), Southwest (Texas), Rocky Mountain (Denver), Intermountain West (Arizona/Utah), Northwest (Seattle), and West (California). They also had a Upper Midwest channel out of Minneapolis, but that didn't last long. Prime Sports was owned by the old TCI Cable System, and they merged with News Corp and became the Fox Sports Nets.

We've come full circle in a way, in that the Comcast Cable system has launched some regional sports nets.

I used to know all the names of the regional sports nets because 10 years ago or so because back then I had the old Primestar satellite system, and subscribed to the regional sports net package. If there was a professional sports team in a city they were pretty much represented by a regional sports network. I obviously couldn't see any of those games because of the blackout restrictions, but got to see several a lot of coaches shows.
 
> > > I remember SEN. The other thing about them is a LOT of
> > their
> > > programming was gambling oriented. They talked spreads
> and
> >
> > > handicapping in all sports. One show was hosted by a
> > > nationally known bookmaker, name escapes.
> > >
> > > Besides Papa Joe they had Arnie Spanier and Bob Kemp.
> > >
> > > The Prime Sports regional empire morphed into FoxSports
> > > radio and the FoxSports TV regional sports networks. I
> > > remember watching Chet Chit Chat on Prime Sports Chicago
>
> > 15
> > > years or so back.
> > >
> > Chicago didnt have a Prime Sports Network channel. There
> Fox
> > Sports channel was the former Sportschannel Chicago. Is
> Fox
> > Sports Chicago even still on the air with the Bulls,
> > Blackhawks, White Sox and Cubs all moved to Comcast Sports
>
> > Net Chicago. Fox SPorts Midwest morphed from Prime Sports
>
> > Midwest.
> >
>
> I found this blurb in regard to Fox Sports Chicago on their
> website: As part of Rainbow Sports Networks, FSN Chicago
> reaches more than 1.5 million cable households in Illinois,
> Indiana, and Iowa. Rainbow Sports Networks is a division of
> Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision
> Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC). Rainbow Sports Networks own
> and manage FSN regional networks in three of the nation's
> largest markets: Chicago, New England and San Francisco.
>
> So it sounds like this Rainbow is doing the same thing that
> Premiere is doing in regards to Fox Sports Radio.
>
> So Fox Sports Net is still going in Chicago. I live in their
> regional sports area, but I have Directv, and I get Comcast
> Chicago Sportsnet. Dish is the same way, as is the local
> cable company here. So I don't know where outside Chicago
> and the suburbs that a person can pick up Fox Sports
> Chicago. The way things look on their website they're just
> going full-bore with the Fox Sports Net national feed.
>
> As far as Prime Sports is concerned they had networks in
> Pittsburgh (was known as KBL), Midwest (St. Louis),
> Southwest (Texas), Rocky Mountain (Denver), Intermountain
> West (Arizona/Utah), Northwest (Seattle), and West
> (California). They also had a Upper Midwest channel out of
> Minneapolis, but that didn't last long. Prime Sports was
> owned by the old TCI Cable System, and they merged with News
> Corp and became the Fox Sports Nets.
>
> We've come full circle in a way, in that the Comcast Cable
> system has launched some regional sports nets.
>
> I used to know all the names of the regional sports nets
> because 10 years ago or so because back then I had the old
> Primestar satellite system, and subscribed to the regional
> sports net package. If there was a professional sports team
> in a city they were pretty much represented by a regional
> sports network. I obviously couldn't see any of those games
> because of the blackout restrictions, but got to see several
> a lot of coaches shows.
>
yup and after awhile the FOx Sports Net and Regional channels merged with Sportschannel America and its Regional channels. Cuz in my cable system orginally picked up then Sportschannel Cincinnati now Fox Sports Ohio/Cincinnati feed. but changed a few years later to Prime Sports Midwest now Fox Sports Midwest
 
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