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I'm shocked that a Union game has not been heard on WIP, yet. I don't understand it.
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what is to not understand. soccer on tv barely gets ratings....can you imagine it on AM radio....plus there is less breaks in soccer than most sports, thus less ad revenue. plus the anemic ratings that 610 now gets might get even lower with Union games.
WIP needs ratings for the AM version, not soccer.
Julius, as usual it is simple dollars and sense......the real world is not made up of hopes and wants...ok?
WIP needs ratings for the AM version, not soccer.
Julius, as usual it is simple dollars and sense......the real world is not made up of hopes and wants...ok?
Julius May said:
I remember an article that said agreement was for 17 games. Maybe it's for the last 17 games of the season?
http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/2011/10/union-ink-radio-deal-sportsradio-610-wip
They should take their business elsewhere.
Only one sports translates well to radio -- baseball.
Football is a rather distant second. Basketball and hockey are worse. They're like listening to a PBP of one of of those vibrating electronic football games.
A few years ago, soccer was listed as the 11th most-popular sport in America. There aren't EVEN eleven sports! Even NASCAR stuff finished ahead of soccer. Ever enjoy a race-car PBP? If so, good luck with your therapy.
WIP likely would pick up more listeners by broadcasting chess.
But, as radio people keep saying, 'gotta be local'. That provincialism might pick up a few Union sponsors.
Football is a rather distant second. Basketball and hockey are worse. They're like listening to a PBP of one of of those vibrating electronic football games.
A few years ago, soccer was listed as the 11th most-popular sport in America. There aren't EVEN eleven sports! Even NASCAR stuff finished ahead of soccer. Ever enjoy a race-car PBP? If so, good luck with your therapy.
WIP likely would pick up more listeners by broadcasting chess.
But, as radio people keep saying, 'gotta be local'. That provincialism might pick up a few Union sponsors.
Old mass media and soccer don't coexist very well. So here's an idea: Webcasts of the games (with video). Camera equipment is now cheaper than ever, and the shows don't have to have all the whiz-bang effects of big network football. Just stream the games for the niche following that is definitely out there. Streaming could even make a few dollars.
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jhguthlac
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The issue here is what became of that agreement? 610-WIP is to air 17 games. When?
Has anyone heard the weekly show?
Has anyone heard the weekly show?
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iloveradio93173
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Def about the money...wake me up when the games over....
Julius, can you please reply?
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Jul
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reply to what?Adam said:
As you may know, soccer is huge with international audiences. Outside of the U.S., 'football' refers to soccer, not the sport with the peanut-shaped thing that stops the action every 25 seconds when someone drops it (or is dropped by another player).
With three other sports signals available, is there room for 610 CBS Deportes?
With three other sports signals available, is there room for 610 CBS Deportes?
musichead1029 said:
610 doesn't reach those mystical lands where they play "real" football (or what soccer fans continually remind gridiron football fans is "real"). Cricket is even bigger than soccer in some places, and you won't hear it on radio here.
I have no idea why 610 isn't airing these games. But it's not crazy to suggest that it's due to lack of interest.
Absolutely. But I'm wondering if there is enough interest regionally for the fourth sports station to program some blocks to the audience that has connections to other countries and other sports. Comcast sells a fair amount of international channel packages; I don't know if the numbers add up to profitability for 610 even as brokered programming, but with 12.6% of the Philly population of Latino/Hispanic origin, it's seems possible.ProducerGuy said:
And I should have thrown a smiley in with my tongue-in-cheek characterization of American football. But I have relatives of South American descent and nobody gets between them and their soccer games. It's a lot harder to sell spots though during a game with 4 breaks...
Julius, many of us have offered reasons why the Union games should not be on the radio and you (as always) never respond. I would appreciate if you were to open up a topic, you would add more than an outrage?
This is not to slam you, Julius. I think you need to be more involved with these treads.
This is not to slam you, Julius. I think you need to be more involved with these treads.
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I am not happy that WIP hasn't aired a Union game yet. It doesn't make any sense. Why did WIP sign a contract with the Union to carry their games in the first place. I really wished that KYW would make a sacrifice and start carrying all of their games for the rest this season and beyond. I wouldn't mind if they did that. At least the team will get major exposure on a major radio station like 1060.
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