It's been all over the Atlanta board about WDUN loosing GA Football after several decades. It's due to its proximity to the Cox stations in Athens and Atlanta that carry the games. It has left me wondering if there are any other major changes with long term UGA stations being fired or quitting?
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UGA Football
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WDUN and (maybe) WCON aren't the only longtime UGA affiliates that won't be carrying the Bulldogs this season.
There are a few more than a few around the state, and it has little, if anything, to do with exclusivity.
I'll likely have much more to say about the subject in a few days.
Stay tuned.
There are a few more than a few around the state, and it has little, if anything, to do with exclusivity.
I'll likely have much more to say about the subject in a few days.
Stay tuned.
Did I miss something? I thought Cox Radio was the syndicator. Or has that changed....or has their attitude toward the Dawgs changed?
ISP Sports owns the distribution rights for Georgia Bulldog sports beginning this season. WSB-AM continues as the flagship. Georgia games have aired on WSB since the late 1920's and regularly since the 1940's.
Are the rights in any way considered to be state property, or does the Athletic Association act as a private entity when they negotiate syndication? I realize that they must adhere to NCAA and SEC policies, but just how much freedom to operate does the Athletic Association have in these matters? It's funny: I'm a UGA alum, but I have never thought about this until this thread opened up.
The rights to broadcast the games are in no way state property. The Athletic Association ,as you point out must adhere to NCA and SEC policies.
The Association is also a generous contributor to academics and the University's President sits on the Athletic Association board.
The Association is also a generous contributor to academics and the University's President sits on the Athletic Association board.
It is as I thought, then: There is no requirement of bidding or public disclosure in the letting of these syndication rights. The Athletic Association makes millions, but they are not required to submit to scrutiny by the public. Nice.
You may be onto something, Witchlover. UGA is a publicly funded institution, and is including everything. Even the football team. Why would something like this, from a public school, not be open to public scrutiny. While the broadcasts are not state property, they are broadcasting something that IS state property.
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WRBN-Clayton; WNGA-Helen and WSGC-FM, Elberton, GA all dropped UGA. It was our decision following a large proposed fee increase. College football sales aren't what they used to be any way. Three stations in our company are actually paid by smaller colleges to air their games and unlike UGA, we are not saddled with nearly ten hours of programming. UGA has allienated a lot of Georgia radio stations with their new syndicator. Hope the $90 million plus deal pays out for them. If you want one viewpoint on what counts now at UGA, read the book, Behind the Hedges which came out earlier this year.ricksegers said:It's been all over the Atlanta board about WDUN loosing GA Football after several decades. It's due to its proximity to the Cox stations in Athens and Atlanta that carry the games. It has left me wondering if there are any other major changes with long term UGA stations being fired or quitting?
Mr. Sutton, when ricksegers started this thread, I thought that what you report might well be the case. I even prepared a reply that, likely as not, the smaller stations were being asked to pay higher fees to carry the games, but I could find no information to support my first blush on the issue. I cancelled the post and decided to wait and see what developed from comments by others.
I remember when the UGA broadcasts might take up five hours tops, pre-game to postgame with all of the play-by-play in between. To me the idea of starting the broadcasts three hours before kick-off and having a lengthy post-game show as well is just plain excessive. Frankly, much of what is offered is not very interesting to me -- and I consider myself a UGA fan.
I will indeed look into the book you suggest, but I do not need to read a book to know that this situation is a cash grab on the part of the syndicator. The smaller stations are being priced out of the market, and that is not only unfair to a group of fine people who were always there for the Bulldogs, even during the lean years; it is quite a sad commentary on college athletics marketing as it is committed today.
I remember when the UGA broadcasts might take up five hours tops, pre-game to postgame with all of the play-by-play in between. To me the idea of starting the broadcasts three hours before kick-off and having a lengthy post-game show as well is just plain excessive. Frankly, much of what is offered is not very interesting to me -- and I consider myself a UGA fan.
I will indeed look into the book you suggest, but I do not need to read a book to know that this situation is a cash grab on the part of the syndicator. The smaller stations are being priced out of the market, and that is not only unfair to a group of fine people who were always there for the Bulldogs, even during the lean years; it is quite a sad commentary on college athletics marketing as it is committed today.
The problem is, and I'm sure the new syndicator does not see this, is if you live by the big, corporate stations you also die by the big corporate stations. After the big stations have moved on to bigger and better things, what will these guys do when all the little stations are pissed off at them and won't take them back because they are moved on to Tech, GA Southern and other programming?
All it will take is a couple of lackluster seasons with no post-season bowl invitations, and we'll all see what the syndicators will do, I guess. Perhaps they can charge us all subscription fees to see and hear the games -- or maybe they'll charge the daily newspapers and sports magazines for the privilege of covering the teams they represent?
I know! We'll all purchase yearly licenses to wear our baseball caps and hoodies.
The current corporate mentality seems to be: ""Live for today. Tomorrow will be someone else's problem.
I know! We'll all purchase yearly licenses to wear our baseball caps and hoodies.
The current corporate mentality seems to be: ""Live for today. Tomorrow will be someone else's problem.
Witchlover said:The current corporate mentality seems to be: ""Live for today. Tomorrow will be someone else's problem.
That's pretty much the thinking that got companies like Clear Channel, Citadel, Cumulus, Radio One, et al in trouble in the first place. I guess nobody ever learns.
I have to weigh in here re: "Behind the Hedges". It is nothing but a rehash of ancient history. A waste of a read. Regarding the pre-game programming, yes, it is excessive, but ISP isn't interested in ears, they're interested in $$$. With the economy in the toilet, we'll see just how well the pre-game programming fares.
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