Is the end near for Sporting News? They let go many good people during 2009 and have paired it down to a bare bones staff. The on air product has definitely suffered. Word is that thier parent company who is very near going BK has pulled the plug on Clancy Woods and co. It should be made offcial very soon. I will miss Brando.
-
Get involved.
We want your input!
Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.
After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.
After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/
Thanks in advance and have fun!
RadioDiscussions Administrators
sporting news radio (we hardly knew ya)
- Thread starter jgalt
- Start date
They really took a hit when they lost their larger-market flagships (New York and Los Angeles) some years ago, and before that when they canned Tony Bruno. I haven't listened to Sporting News Radio on a regular basis since at least early 2006...hell, in fact, I haven't to whole lot of sports radio since then. I'm down to maybe one or two shows a day, and that's it.
SNR will be gone by the end of the year, if not sooner.
SNR will be gone by the end of the year, if not sooner.
People have been predicting the demise of Sporting News Radio for many years now, but they keep managing to survive.
livingfruitvirus said:
7 hours a day isn't even live, morning drive and afternoon drive are replays. Maybe that's how they stay alive, basically giving affiliates morning and afternoon to program locally. The local SNR affiliate has their own morning and afternoon show, carries Dan Patrick and Jim Rome and only runs SNR evenings and overnights when they aren't carrying sports games (they do however clear a majority of the weekend schedule as they don't pick up Westwood One NFL or other special sporting events)
If the economy stays the way it is, you can bet SNR is gone by 01/01/11
O
ok walters
Guest
I have heard this before, but not with all of the missing management to back it up. Does anyone know anything concrete or is it all speculation at this point? As a SNR affiliate whose current contract is up in 30 days it is of high importance to me.
O
ok walters
Guest
There are posts on this site almost 5 years old making this prediction.........?????
for years this board has really had it out for
SNR. Is a great network.....no...do they have some
good hosts....yes....brando is solid...the stews are
not for everyone.....monty at night is the best along
with todd wright. weekends are solid. What does the
4 letter have besides mike & mike and collin? They
have downsized the talent on weekends and nights.
SNR. Is a great network.....no...do they have some
good hosts....yes....brando is solid...the stews are
not for everyone.....monty at night is the best along
with todd wright. weekends are solid. What does the
4 letter have besides mike & mike and collin? They
have downsized the talent on weekends and nights.
jimbradley said:
but they're still ESPN...yes they've cut back, but they're still live when it matters. The only time they go the taped route is friday night into saturday when they run a bunch of football shows hosted by their major talent
K
kjl
Guest
I would listen to SNR all day over that crap on ESPN radio. Peter Brown's a good show, what happened to Jason Goch sp? This Bushka sp? dude just rambles on, bring back Goch on the weekend overnight!
The only way SNR is in trouble is if some group with big bucks decided to launch a new sports talk network. Even if that happened, they would probably look to purchase or partner with SNR going forward. If you want to speculate on sports talk networks going away, why don't you talk about sports byline usa? I would say SNR is in 1000 times better shape then them and yet both remain on the air.
Here's a prediction Czaban to Sporting News in the next few months.
Here's a prediction Czaban to Sporting News in the next few months.
ok walters said:
A lot of money has been lost betting on the demise of both SNR and Air America. Somebody's still listening, and buying advertising at that.
I am making the point that while SN Radio might be on the rocks I don't think that is a good thing. ESPN Radio is owned by Disney, they sold most of thier radio interests to Citadel but they kept the ESPN network and the stations. Why? Because they want to be in sports radio. Fox made a deal with Clear Channel to brand their brand stations as Fox Sports Radio. Why did CC do this? Because they want to be in the sports radio business. American City Business Journals bought Sporting News to get the magazine. Getting the network was kind of like the rain poncho you get for buying a subscription to Sporting News-gift with purchase. The radio network was a gift with purchase. Not something they were looking for or want to keep. Now that ACBJ is in the middle of drastic cut backs there is no reason to think that they have not thought long and hard about selling it or shuting it down. There is not a long line of buyers though it would be nice if President Clancy Woods could pull off a buyout of the network. Short of that stand by for radio silence. It is hard to run a network without a 24 hour lineup and your biggest stations only take overnights.
tomficker said:
I doubt that. Especially since - even for the last year he was at FSR - he had NO flagship station, as Washington's WTEM/980 switched to ESPN Radio. (How embarrassing is THAT - broadcasting nationally, but not in your home market?)
Czabe still has a successful gig as co-host of WTEM's afternoon show, and that's not going anywhere. Maybe a self-syndicated effort... if that.
O
ok walters
Guest
jgalt said:
Your post looks alot like the many over the last five years. Bad lineup, poor management, owner doesn't want the network, financial issues, no major advertisers, etc.... You have no specific information, just speculation and little else. Stand by for silence, huh? Do you want to bet on it?
The way SNR is programmed - less than 24 hours live and no live sports events - they appear to have very low costs compared to other sports networks. The limited number of major affiliates may not be as big an issue as you think.
That, and they probably aren't solely dependent on terrestrial radio, thanks to new platforms (internet, wireless phones, satellite radio).ok walters said:
I think Mr Wesley is correct. Spend 12 dollars on talent and marketing, re-run shows to hundreds of 3rd tier affiliates and bundle sales with the bunches of magazines and you turn a 13 dollar profit so slicksters like Clancy Woods can crow to the folks who run this make believe network see him as a hero.
Forget quality shows with legit sponsors and afililates in major markets. It's all about crunching bogus numbers of affiliates to ad people who buy all of the sports networks with ointments, lotions and potions, give them 100 spots instead of 50 and they feel good about themselves. Embarassing!
Forget quality shows with legit sponsors and afililates in major markets. It's all about crunching bogus numbers of affiliates to ad people who buy all of the sports networks with ointments, lotions and potions, give them 100 spots instead of 50 and they feel good about themselves. Embarassing!
After extended research(20 minutes) we looked back at Zilla's past 30 posts. He ripped Stephen A, Chris Myers, Ben Maller, 2 Live Stews, Rome, Angelo Cataldi, Clancy Woods, Sporting News, J.T., Fox Sports Radio, SportsbyBrooks,Ruppert Murdock, Jody Mac, Cowherd, Van Earl, Jason Smith and Todd Wright. Zilla ony supports one radio host over and over again and trashes every other talent. Your cat is out of the bag! Stop being so obvious. "The cream always rises" gave you away! Our entire office is laughing at you!
O
ok walters
Guest
radiogodzilla said:
Embarassing? What is "embarassing" is you can't spell EMBARRASSING. You have a problem with everyone (well, almost everyone) - that is the real embarrassment.
Sporting News Radio/One-on-One Sports was not a bad network many years ago. I thought it was more caller intensive and interactive... not as flashy/imaging/production happy kind of network, mostly focusing on national stories with relatively competent hosts. The constant issue they have had is continual turnover of hosts so that listeners aren't really sure what the lineup is... they've gone through about two dozen morning shows in the last 7-8 years and a lot of significant changes to their weekday lineups.
More recently, they hipped up the imaging a bit so it sounded a little bit like previous incarnations Fox Sports Radio. I'm not really a fan of many of their shows personally (David Stein, Todd Wright, etc), but I would hate to see SNR go by the wayside... I often wonder how they do stay in business though. I suppose as long as FSR runs Stephan A. Smith in the morning, SNR will get at least a minor listener boost by default.
More recently, they hipped up the imaging a bit so it sounded a little bit like previous incarnations Fox Sports Radio. I'm not really a fan of many of their shows personally (David Stein, Todd Wright, etc), but I would hate to see SNR go by the wayside... I often wonder how they do stay in business though. I suppose as long as FSR runs Stephan A. Smith in the morning, SNR will get at least a minor listener boost by default.
- Status