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fishing with the fam posted:Any other Chicago listeners confused by whatever the gently caress 670 the score is doing? Chicago radio in general is weird right now. Didn't The Loop become some sort of evangelical Christian station a month ago?
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Dexo posted:yes Seriously though. Who does McNeil have pictures of to get so many drat chances. The whole thing feels very skeevy. Saw a comment on Facebook I have to agree with, that launching Goff and bring in Mac just reeks of placating pissy white 'stick to sports' assholes. I don't like it.
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It feels like they gave up on getting a younger audience (which is weird since that's the only audience that advertisers care about). Does anyone under 50 care about Dan McNeil? This is a guy who has Mike North and Bruce Wolf on his show. Maybe they realize terrestrial radio is on its way out and they just want to milk the boomer demographic as they sink.
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Timby posted:Chicago radio in general is weird right now. Didn't The Loop become some sort of evangelical Christian station a month ago? They just had their first week under new ownership. It's still a classic rock station most of the time but with automated playlists instead of DJs. On Saturdays they play Christian music. Also the final songs played before the changeover were Shout at the Devil and Highway to Hell.
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Niwrad posted:It feels like they gave up on getting a younger audience (which is weird since that's the only audience that advertisers care about). Does anyone under 50 care about Dan McNeil? This is a guy who has Mike North and Bruce Wolf on his show. No one under 50 listens to loving talk radio
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Mar 15, 2018 04:12
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The older I get the more I realize how little I give a poo poo about ratings
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fishing with the fam posted:Any other Chicago listeners confused by whatever the gently caress 670 the score is doing? Confused isn't the word - giving an old white dude his four hundredth chance over a black man is pretty status quo for any industry on Earth.
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MourningView posted:No one under 50 listens to loving talk radio Counterpoint: they totally do. They do it to hear the tears of salty fans of <MAJOR TEAM HERE> after said team loses.
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The irony about ratings is that in the past ESPN cared very little about actual ratings because ad revenue was such a small proportion of their overall revenue. Nowadays with all the cord-cutting going on, their carriage fees no longer carry them and I'm sure ratings matter a lot more. I'm frankly shocked that their over the top service hasn't launched yet. They should've launched it two years ago.
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Mahoning posted:I'm frankly shocked that their over the top service hasn't launched yet. They should've launched it two years ago. They didn't have the infrastructure to do it (ESPN3 is a bad joke and entirely reliant upon ISP cooperation). That's the whole reason they bought BAMTech from MLB, so they could use its backend technology to power ESPN Plus (which is supposed to launch "this spring").
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Mar 15, 2018 15:10
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So it turns out John Skipper resigned because his cocaine dealer was blackmailing him. Can't say I saw that one coming.
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Mahoning posted:The irony about ratings is that in the past ESPN cared very little about actual ratings because ad revenue was such a small proportion of their overall revenue. Nowadays with all the cord-cutting going on, their carriage fees no longer carry them and I'm sure ratings matter a lot more. I'm frankly shocked that their over the top service hasn't launched yet. They should've launched it two years ago. They still make enough on carriage fees that I don't think it's worth canabalizing it and alienating providers yet. It's not like ESPN is actually losing money. They are still making a ton, it's just not increasing year to year like it was in past or like Disney shareholders expected it to.
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Crazy Ted posted:So it turns out John Skipper resigned because his cocaine dealer was blackmailing him. Two words: Rug Races.
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what ESPN programming decision was most likely approved because Skipper was being extorted?
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BWV posted:what ESPN programming decision was most likely approved because Skipper was being extorted? Rumor has it that the dealer was a really big Magic the Gathering fan.
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BWV posted:what ESPN programming decision was most likely approved because Skipper was being extorted? Softball
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BWV posted:what ESPN programming decision was most likely approved because Skipper was being extorted? Spelling bee
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Hockles posted:Rumor has it that the dealer was a really big Magic the Gathering fan. He said coke dealer, not ecstacy
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https://twitter.com/BenFinfer/status/974361334644080643?s=19 Ah so this is the dumbass who did this.
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Mar 15, 2018 21:34
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Spoken like a true Entercom man.
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MourningView posted:No one under 50 listens to I remember when everyone in NYC was all pissed that KRock became talk radio then Top-40. "But why are there no alt-rock stations in the NYC metro area??" because no one who listens to that genre listens to the goddamn radio. It was literally that "why doesn't MTV play music videos anymore" youtube video come to life
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Dexo posted:https://twitter.com/BenFinfer/status/974361334644080643?s=19 I actually thought it was smart that they had younger talent on that would talk social issues and stuff at times. Their biggest competition is ESPN 1000 and they never veer away from sports. It was something that separated The Score.
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Henchman of Santa posted:They just had their first week under new ownership. It's still a classic rock station most of the time but with automated playlists instead of DJs. On Saturdays they play Christian music. I don't think so. I turned it on at lunch and on my way home from work yesterday, and this morning on the way to work and it was always christian music.
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angrygodofjebus posted:I don't think so. I turned it on at lunch and on my way home from work yesterday, and this morning on the way to work and it was always christian music. Oh okay, I misread the Trib article on it about how this past Saturday it switched full time. I thought it was saying on Saturdays it was gonna be CCM.
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it would be funny if they kept that dumbass relic mancow on their morning show so he could just do his bullshit except pretending to be super christian. "you know what's really been bothering me? people who don't keep the sabbath (laserbeam laserbeam aoogah horn)." when i came back i was shocked to see billboards for that guy and that he was still around, apparently the chicago area desperately needed a 90s guy to pretend to shock people, be not even subtly racist, and give away tickets to see the remnants of warrant at a boat casino R.D. Mangles fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Mar 17, 2018 |
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Mar 17, 2018 02:41
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MourningView posted:wait what the gently caress mancow is still around???? i would say lmao not anymore, but then i'm going to be on the highway in three months and see a billboard for mancow on some station i've never heard of like DETH 100 THE BUTT
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Mancow is the one who's wife did NOT have sex with hulk hogan, if anyone is confused.
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Matt Lindland posted:Mancow is the one who's wife did NOT have sex with hulk hogan, if anyone is confused. Well at least not on camera
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Apparently Mancow is in the new Death Wish movie too
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MourningView posted:wait what the gently caress mancow is still around???? As long as radio stations exist in Chicago, Mancow will be working. It's funny because this is the 3rd rock station he's worked for and they all went under while he was there. They never learn.
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Is Jonathon Brandmeier still a thing o'er there? He made two attempts to break into Market #2 and crashed and burned both times to miserable results. Mancow was never a thing.
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He had some conservative radio show on AM but I think it got cancelled. Steve Dahl is still somehow on the air too. If you had any success in the 80''s or 90''s in this city you will always find a some shifty station willing to hire you..
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Niwrad posted:As long as radio stations exist in Chicago, Mancow will be working. I remember thinking he was hilarious on 103.1 when I was in elementary school, waiting for the school bus every morning.
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I forgot to mention this, but a shoutout to Big Ten Network for airing the entirety of the Women's Frozen Four. They were rewarded by having all three games go to overtime.
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https://twitter.com/richarddeitsch/status/976496512007049216 i think espn is mad that fox is simulcasting nfl network's coverage
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The NFL is mad at ESPN for occasionally saying stuff like "concussions are bad for you" on OTL rather than being full on state media for the league
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NBC and NBCSN will be solely broadcasting IndyCar starting next year, as well as offering an IndyCar package via NBC Sports Gold. All non-broadcast practices and qualifying sessions will be on the paid stream (unknown about tests, which Indy does livestream on Youtube at the moment). There will be 8 races on NBC proper, with four of those likely being the opener, the two Indy races, and the closer, with the other four unknown. Cost of the streaming package isn't known at the moment.
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MourningView posted:The NFL is mad at ESPN for occasionally saying stuff like "concussions are bad for you" on OTL rather than being full on state media for the league The NFL is also mad that ESPN is, by far, the most vocal of its TV partners regarding declining ratings. It's been reported in more than one outlet that the relationship between ESPN and the NFL is pretty frosty at this point.
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