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Yahoo! It's Sporting News Radio (new name)

raccoonradio

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For the SNR fans out there (Laurojrm etc.): Yahoo Sports Radio is the new name of Sporting News
Radio effective immediately. I think there are some affiliates in New England incl. maybe down in
New Bedford area, Brattleboro VT, and other places; not sure if the occasional show pops up on
WWZN 1510 weekends (it was pretty much dropped by Sports Hub mere months after Sports Hub debuted; when WEEI took ESPN it dropped FSR, and 98.5 picked it up)

(List of affiliates; WWZN is still listed)
http://www.yahoosportsradio.com/affiliates/

From Radio-Info.com:
>>Sporting News Radio re-brands as Yahoo Sports Radio

The name change is immediate. David Gow tells Radio-Info that he began talking with Yahoo about six months ago, exploring a relationship "with three or four dimensions." Yahoo sports experts will contribute to the radio shows, and the radio-generated content will be used on Yahoo. Gow says "The initial reaction from radio has been very positive", given the strength of the Yahoo sports brand. No changes in the lineup at the former Sporting News Radio, which completely drops that identity. Expect one or two new radio shows to come from the partnership
 
weren't they also in talks with cbs sports??? i saw somewhere they wanted to have a cbs sports radio network and the cbs stations would get some content from that!!
 
Brattleboro's sports station WTSA (AM 1450) switched from SNR to ESPN several years back.

raccoonradio said:
For the SNR fans out there (Laurojrm etc.): Yahoo Sports Radio is the new name of Sporting News
Radio effective immediately. I think there are some affiliates in New England incl. maybe down in
New Bedford area, Brattleboro VT, and other places; not sure if the occasional show pops up on
WWZN 1510 weekends (it was pretty much dropped by Sports Hub mere months after Sports Hub debuted; when WEEI took ESPN it dropped FSR, and 98.5 picked it up)

(List of affiliates; WWZN is still listed)
http://www.yahoosportsradio.com/affiliates/

From Radio-Info.com:
>>Sporting News Radio re-brands as Yahoo Sports Radio

The name change is immediate. David Gow tells Radio-Info that he began talking with Yahoo about six months ago, exploring a relationship "with three or four dimensions." Yahoo sports experts will contribute to the radio shows, and the radio-generated content will be used on Yahoo. Gow says "The initial reaction from radio has been very positive", given the strength of the Yahoo sports brand. No changes in the lineup at the former Sporting News Radio, which completely drops that identity. Expect one or two new radio shows to come from the partnership
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Yes that's the one I was thinking of; I knew Brat had 2 AMs, the 1490 being prog talk and Sox games
and 1450 was sports. It indeed was SNR a couple yrs back but you're right, ESPN now.

What is now Yahoo Sports Radio is also on Ch 209 if you have XM radio (208, 209, something like that). Tuned in, heard Tim Brando show then a spot with David Gow saying "we all know about the sports radio network from Bristol CT--they just want to promote their TV network. At the one based in L.A. which has the glamour and glitz of Hollywood. But we're different, we're for the true sports fan" etc

There was and has been talk of a CBS Sports Radio network; I wonder if the 92.3 or 98.5 in Cle.
which may be switching to sports any time now might poss. affiliate with YSR, or would they be part of a proposed CBS Sports radio net--esp. for overnights, weekends...
 
raccoonradio said:
What is now Yahoo Sports Radio is also on Ch 209 if you have XM radio (208, 209, something like that).
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Close. It's on 207 part-time on XM (which I have), full-time on another channel on Sirius. 209 on XM is primarily TVG, a part-time simulcast of horse racing audio from the cable TV racing/betting channel.
 
Oh OK; I just checked the XM site and they listed The Tim Brando show as being on ch 208 10a-1p,
followed by 2 Live Stews, then Travis Rogers at 4. The XM/S site lists 208 as being "Sports Play By Play XM 208" while the display on my radio said "YAHOO Sports Radio" (and gave a phone number). I don't know if there are changes ahead to XM's sports channel lineup, but when I tuned in, like I said, it said YAHOO Sports Radio on 208. At that time...
 
Wbzfm2010 said:
weren't they also in talks with cbs sports??? i saw somewhere they wanted to have a cbs sports radio network and the cbs stations would get some content from that!!
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Well, CBS Radio still has those Yahoo! Radio stations on their radio player (AOL disbanded from them recently). Probably expect the new Y!SR on there in due time.
 
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