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Just got back from a month in Baltimore. Enjoyed 105.7, The Fan. CBS station. They carry the Orioles and appear to be live local all day. The talk hosts are local people and the one thing that varied from stations of that ilk is that the hosts were non-confrontational with the callers. To me, it sounded great. Heard my pal Jeff Laurence do the image liners for a mainstay on the station, "Wall to Wall Baseball" on Saturdays which is hosted by a guy who has been on Baltimore radio for eons! Some of their programming is simulcast on MASN as well.
 
Careful there, Frank! You're in danger of poking one of the sacred cows of sports/talk radio, that anything other than high volume, raw meat screaming, ranting and sheer volume is "dull, boring and not a ratings winner."

Radio is right up there with the NFL when it comes to being a copycat league. Tom Snyder showed that it's possible to do great talk without screaming and nose to nose confrontations, but in today's environment he'd be lucky to get a vanity show on the Internet.
 
Hear what you are saying, Mike. No intention of poking the "sacred cow". What works, works, however, The Fan was refreshing. There were no "Dave Trembley is a jerk" (Oriole manager) type calls and in return no host called a listener a jerk. Yes, there was opinion and criticism, however, without name calling. Plus, the station was part of the fabric of Baltimore with local people on the air around the clock. The MASN simulcast was neat to watch as well. Another thing that sounds good to my ear is familiar bumper music edited as to not get into the vocals. Well produced station. CBS could replicate the format here, however, would have to get the broadcast rights to our major league teams to succeed.
 
I think it's worth remembering that just about every pro and college program these days owns their own broadcasting operations. When a team is buying the time, they're going to be looking at signal strength first and there's no way 1010 can be configured to compete at night with any of CC's three AM signals.

It's going to be interesting to find out if the PPM measurements match the buzz I'm getting from sources inside 1010 that the meters are bringing them some significant numbers. Mind you, I"m just reporting rumors from potentially very biased sources, so take that with however many grains of salt you wish.
 
Ferreri said:
Just got back from a month in Baltimore. Enjoyed 105.7, The Fan. CBS station. They carry the Orioles and appear to be live local all day. The talk hosts are local people and the one thing that varied from stations of that ilk is that the hosts were non-confrontational with the callers. To me, it sounded great. Heard my pal Jeff Laurence do the image liners for a mainstay on the station, "Wall to Wall Baseball" on Saturdays which is hosted by a guy who has been on Baltimore radio for eons! Some of their programming is simulcast on MASN as well.
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I think someone is reading your posts! Check out this from the radio-info news:
"CBS is putting the feed of all-sports “Fan” WFAN (660) on the HD-3 channels of WOCL, Orlando (105.9), WLLD, Tampa (94.1) and “Sunny 104.3” WEAT-FM in West Palm Beach." Is 660 and 105.7 simulcast? More in the news section. Enjoy.
 
No, 105.7 is live and local in Baltimore. Well produced.
 
During a recent trip to SoCal, I got acquainted with XX 1090 San Diego. Man, what a breath of fresh air. Lively, well informed co=hosts on the morning show. A solid mid-day guy following Rome and a local legend named "Hacksaw" Hamilton in the afternoons with aother local host at night. All of them solidly oriented to San Diego, but with broad based interests in sports of all sorts and outside the San Diego region. It was everything I wanted in a sports station. Think about it, one station in a smaller market with more high octane local talent than we have on three sports talkers here combined. jSomething's wrong with this picture.
 
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