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Fox Sports, hold the sports.

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Fox Sports, hold the sports. iHeartMedia's Nov 3 revamp will include 10 hrs of entertainment talk in hopes of getting a wider audience."Both moves are the first major steps by the big broadcasters to widen the appeal of their Talk stations after years of letting them run stagnant with non-stop Conservative ideology and aging audiences. How successful they are will potentially lead to more adventurous moves by these and other operators. "

Too many sports networks? Maybe FSR will lure some listeners who like entertainment talk and those who want sports talk can explore other options (local if you have it or
ESPN, CBS, NBC, or yahoo)
 
Maybe they can call it Fox News Lite? (Everything you always wanted in talk radio, and less...)
 
There is WAY too much sports talk on the air right now. What once was an accompaniment to actual sports broadcasts has spawned entire networks of talking about sports while not carrying any broadcasts of it.

Much of FSR's clearance relies on 'plug and play' stations that have next to no local programming, but are sports branded stations. They would seem to be left in a lurch as a result of this.

Who the heck is the target audience here? More than likely anyone with a heartbeat, but seriously, general talk can be had in many other places with better programming in that regard. They could just simulcast FS1, save on unique programming costs and do as well as they currently are.
 
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They have to create some content that will cause more cable companies to pick up the channel. That's the primary issue for them. This year, they put the ALCS and NLCS baseball championships on FS1. That pissed off a lot of baseball fans. But if they're pissed off enough, perhaps that will inspire more cable companies to at least offer the channel. Fox has been through this before with several other cable channels.
 
Fsr

There are a lot of sports options out there. FSR is trying to separate itself from the pack.

Eisen has yet to impress me, but it's only been the first week.

Joel McHale filled in today. Awful. Is that the best they could do?

Mohr has really grown on me.

The morning show is finding itself and I've now given up on The Czabe.

Still loving TJ, Looney and Maller.
 
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There is WAY too much sports talk on the air right now. What once was an accompaniment to actual sports broadcasts has spawned entire networks of talking about sports while not carrying any broadcasts of it.
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YSR becoming an online only outlet would fix this (Everything else Yahoo! does is online only. Sports is THE ONLY thing that isn't)
Much of FSR's clearance relies on 'plug and play' stations that have next to no local programming, but are sports branded stations. They would seem to be left in a lurch as a result of this.
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Err.....I would HARDLY count KKFN as being in this category. If they had to, they could EASILY become the WFAN of FM sports talk (The entire Denver Sports Talk landscape is in a QUAGMIRE right now so a lot can happen)

Cheers & Happy Holidays :)
 
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