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Will the plug be pulled on STAR 100.7?
- Thread starter clangham
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Wow. That would certainly be interesting. They would need to have a pbp though, and they have no access to any either through local Pittsburgh stations, or ESPN.
West Wood 1 may be, but that's it.
West Wood 1 may be, but that's it.
Taken at face value, it would seem that they would have someone like Ellis Cannon doing a local show and then have CBS sports radio for the remainder of the day. Outside of Ellis, there is a dirth of local sports personalities available that could attract and keep a radio audience. And Pittsburgh is not a great national sports market--we want Stillers 365, we don't care about the NBA, nascar, college bball (outside of big east), college football (outside of pitt/penn state), etc. They also would need to buy broadcast rights of one of the major pro teams or pitt.
Now if EPSN buys the station, it's a slam dunk, but I don't know if this would work.
Now if EPSN buys the station, it's a slam dunk, but I don't know if this would work.
My preference would be adult R & B/classic soul, but anything to get this trainwreck of a format off the air. It's the Jay Leno of Pittsburgh radio.
PMan- I'll buy Pittsburgh doesn't care about basketball, but I won't agree with the other two points you make.
For instance, at the beginning of the last decade I was doing some work with FOX and they told me Pittsburgh got the third highest ratings for NASCAR.
It's true we'd rather hear talk about our local teams. But show me the market that doesn't want to hear about their local teams first.
For instance, at the beginning of the last decade I was doing some work with FOX and they told me Pittsburgh got the third highest ratings for NASCAR.
It's true we'd rather hear talk about our local teams. But show me the market that doesn't want to hear about their local teams first.
First, while sports might end up on 100.7, my guess is that B94 would still be the station to go. I've always heard that Star outbills the B by a significant margin (unless that has changed over the past year), and Star would likely benefit from the better signal on 93.7 (Star 94 just sounds better as well...).
Second, CBS has started sports formats elsewhere with no Play-by-play. They might have just gotten lucky and had Eliis drop into their laps, but I'm at a complete loss to think of anyone else local they could put on the air. CBS also has not yet developed national content.
About the only syndicated show I could think of that might be interesting is Tony Bruno, syndicated by Content Factory, but he's a west coast evening show that runs 10P-1A here. I have no clue what Sporting News Radio offers these days.
They should hire Jimmy Roach for mornings and let him do sports/"guy talk". I know when I worked with him at Y97 he was overjoyed the day that his Golf Magazine subscription got forwarded from Florida.
Second, CBS has started sports formats elsewhere with no Play-by-play. They might have just gotten lucky and had Eliis drop into their laps, but I'm at a complete loss to think of anyone else local they could put on the air. CBS also has not yet developed national content.
About the only syndicated show I could think of that might be interesting is Tony Bruno, syndicated by Content Factory, but he's a west coast evening show that runs 10P-1A here. I have no clue what Sporting News Radio offers these days.
They should hire Jimmy Roach for mornings and let him do sports/"guy talk". I know when I worked with him at Y97 he was overjoyed the day that his Golf Magazine subscription got forwarded from Florida.
Actually Tony Bruno is now part of the Fox Sports Radio lineup, so unless 970 AM were to flip formats I doubt he would end up on an FM station here.
It looks like B94 is leaving us once again. :'( I hope they still keep the name "B94" even though it may be changing to the awful HOT AC format. Do we really need two HOT AC stations right next to each other on the FM dial (93.7 and 92.9)?
I hope they market the new station as "Classic B94". I'm sorry but the STAR name has to go. . . I think it could be very successful, although I hate the idea of anything other than CHR being on 93.7. If this change must happen, then please put Bubba, Shelley, and Melanie in the mornings please!
I won't be listening to the new B94 (or whatever it becomes), but I wish them continued success. It's back to KISS for me. . .
I hope they market the new station as "Classic B94". I'm sorry but the STAR name has to go. . . I think it could be very successful, although I hate the idea of anything other than CHR being on 93.7. If this change must happen, then please put Bubba, Shelley, and Melanie in the mornings please!
I won't be listening to the new B94 (or whatever it becomes), but I wish them continued success. It's back to KISS for me. . .
I Heard That
93.7 To fliped To 93.7 The Fan
100.7 To Flip To CHR (B94 & 100.7 Into One Station)
93.7 To fliped To 93.7 The Fan
100.7 To Flip To CHR (B94 & 100.7 Into One Station)
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Any of this based on fact?
CBS had the NASCAR rights when 93.7 was talk, and moved them to Y108 to finish the season when the B came back. They could fill that void in Pittsburgh. I know WEGW can be heard for those south of the city, but I don't know about the rest of the area. Plus they could do tie-ins with Y108.
Both B94 and Star are terrible sounding stations. CBS Radio is to cheap to even voicetrack their evening shifts on Star or Y108. Its nothing but liners and music or song to song seagues on both stations. A change in format would be nice but its also very expensive to change a format. I personally dont see anything changing anytime soon. Remember the CBS stations are still for sell why would they want to dump money into them when they will be sold sometime in the future.
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