I heard a promo twice on Clear Channel's WKSS 95.7 stated that tonight's Uconn NCAA Tournament game can be heard on Clear Channel's The River 105.9. I guess since Clear Channel has Westwood One's Hartford-New Haven rights, they could put the game on one of their FMs. WAVZ 1300 and WPOP 1410 have been the NCAA Tournament in the Hartford-New Haven markets. I would be a little upset if I were WTIC.
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WHCN to air tonight's uconn game
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newbritainradio said:
Nothing TIC can be upset about. Rights are rights.
An FM station that programs music should never program Sports.
The listeners are thinking, "what are they doing?" & it's a sudden flip of the dial.
There are plenty of AM stations that can program it.
Enough of this Sports.
You can make a lot of $ with balls.
Golf balls, basketballs, footballs, baseballs, etc.
A bunch of guys playing basketball, all thinking they're going to be in the NBA.
Go get a real job.
The listeners are thinking, "what are they doing?" & it's a sudden flip of the dial.
There are plenty of AM stations that can program it.
Enough of this Sports.
You can make a lot of $ with balls.
Golf balls, basketballs, footballs, baseballs, etc.
A bunch of guys playing basketball, all thinking they're going to be in the NBA.
Go get a real job.
Didn't hear about this until I read it here. I wish the hell that instead of airing the UCONN game on three different stations (WTIC, WPOP and WHUS), SOMEONE would air the Connecticut Whale games on a real radio station, instead of WTIC FM HD 2 which NO ONE gets!!! I hope that Baldwin fixes this major gaffe for next season, please!!!
progressivetalk said:
I'm pretty sure the Whale is on HD2 for the same reason the New Britain Rock Cats are. There aren't enough local businesses willing to advertise on minor league sports play-by-play on radio. Heck, there are barely enough local businesses willing to advertise on radio, period, these days.
PS -- Instead of whining about how "no one gets" HD Radio, if you want to hear these games so badly, why don't you go out and GET ONE?
Because it costs MONEY,of which for me is in short supply. Now if you want to donate one to me,then we can work on it.
I wonder if Clear Channel decided to test the UConn Elite Eight game on HCN to get a feeling if sports would work on the new 97.9. Will the Final Four game next Saturday be on HCN?
If Clear Channel is thinking of putting sports on 97.9 when and wherever it gets going, then what does CC plan to do with WPOP, which frankly doesn't have much of a signal north of Hartford (I've heard WPOP better in Concord, NH,where I used to live then I do now in Windsor Locks, especially at night)? However, WPOP does air the Yankees and I'm not sure if Clear Channel would move the Yanks during the regular season to another station. WPOP has been the long-time home of ESPN in the market, which is in essence, ESPN's "back yard" but moving it to a much stronger FM signal might be enough of an inducement to do it, Bronx Bombers not withstanding.
Bill1820 said:
I was wondering the same. With Boston's 98.5 Sports Hub (WBZ-FM), Providence's WEEI-FM (103.7) and Springfield's WVEI-FM (105.5) along with other major markets doing sports on FM, it seems to me just a matter of time before Hartford gets a FM sports talker. If 97.9 does indeed go sports, it would dovetail nicely with ESPN's low power 98.1 "experimental" signal coming from their Bristol campus. Maybe CC could throw Fox Sports on 1410 with Mets, Jets and Celtics play-by-play or ESPN Desportes.
I know the feeling but in reverse. Was on a trip to Hartford last summer and brought a radio to listen to the World Cup on WPOP and drove by the WDRC AM transmitters and blew out the upper third of the dial for at least three miles.
Im surprised Clear Channel would cut music on 105.9 to air the UCONN game from Westwood One. I think more people are listening to the game on 1080 because thats the home broadcast team for the Huskies.
Plus I am sure CBS Radio isn't to unhappy with CC cutting music on 105.9 because they can just put on 96.5 TIC or Lite 100.5 WRCH.
Also about Westwood One rights, WTIC 1080 just got the NFL rights last year.
Plus I am sure CBS Radio isn't to unhappy with CC cutting music on 105.9 because they can just put on 96.5 TIC or Lite 100.5 WRCH.
Also about Westwood One rights, WTIC 1080 just got the NFL rights last year.
It would be good for me if one of the large CC FM stations simulcasted WPOP/WAVZ. Night coverage is a problem for me because I live too far north of New Haven and too far south of Hartford.
I don't know why so many people here consider sports on FM music stations to be such a trainwreck. I'm not a UConn fan, so where their games are on the dial doesn't concern me, but I appreciate the better sound quality of FM and would certainly listen to their games on WHCN rather than WTIC or WPOP if I were interested, just as I'd gladly catch the Red Sox on WTIC-FM should CBS Radio decide to switch them there from AM.
If I'm not mistaken, the NFL actually prefers that its clubs put their games on FM stations to better reach the younger demographics. Why not? I like classic rock as much as the next Baby Boomer, but I'm not losing any sleep over the three hours of music on WAQY that I lose to the Patriots on Sundays during the NFL season. I'll just catch "Free Bird" and "Layla" during the week. Would WHCN's listeners be so outraged by losing two hours that station's 400-song playlist to the most popular sports product in the state, UConn basketball, that they'll never return to 'HCN? I don't think so.
Look, as AM dies its inevitable natural death over the next decade or two, FM is going to start looking a lot like what AM used to look like, with music and talk and news and sports all over the dial.
If I'm not mistaken, the NFL actually prefers that its clubs put their games on FM stations to better reach the younger demographics. Why not? I like classic rock as much as the next Baby Boomer, but I'm not losing any sleep over the three hours of music on WAQY that I lose to the Patriots on Sundays during the NFL season. I'll just catch "Free Bird" and "Layla" during the week. Would WHCN's listeners be so outraged by losing two hours that station's 400-song playlist to the most popular sports product in the state, UConn basketball, that they'll never return to 'HCN? I don't think so.
Look, as AM dies its inevitable natural death over the next decade or two, FM is going to start looking a lot like what AM used to look like, with music and talk and news and sports all over the dial.
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