I think the odds of Entercom trying to launch another sports station are only slightly better than the odds of 98.9 going sports were a year ago when that station eventually went rock. The only thing Entercom has going for them that Hubbard didn't was they'll own the CBS sports network. Otherwise, they have the same challenges that Hubbard would have had. This, of course, assumes that 1090 doesn't stay sports.
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Reading into Entercom's Divestures
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Oh wise one...who put news on FM in this market first? It wasn't KOMO.
Say what you want, but FM is the future for spoken word formats as AM listening continues to decline.
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And what station out of the ones they're keeping will they blow up to do it? And what teams are they going to pursue? Bonneville has them locked up for the foreseeable future. (When KIRO lost the Mariners years ago to KOMO, who owned KIRO? It wasn't Bonneville. Do you really think if Bonneville had owned KIRO at that time, they'd let the Mariners get away?)
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And if they did, that would open the door for another broadcaster to take a signal country. Not logical.
A station that is only sports talk, without being a 'team player' will be insignificant.
If Entercom wanted to do sports in Seattle, they would have kept 1090 KFNQ. This would've given them a platform to start from.
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Oh wise one? That's a bit condescending. And you're right, KOMO wasn't the first news station on the FM, KUOW was. Good try though.
And yeah, we're all just speculating, but it's more entertaining than this board has been in a long time.
One interesting thing about this merger is that Entercom will now have the most format-stable group of stations in the market. KMPS, KISW and KNDD are 3 of the most heritage stations in the market. KKWF has been around 12 years too, so it could almost be considered heritage. In a world of quick fixes it's refreshing to see a group of stations that have stayed the course.
Not intended to be condescending.
However, I was thinking of KIRO's news-talk format moving to FM. They did the move first, and KOMO reacted with an FM rim-shot. (Is KUOW really news? It's about as newsworthy as KTTH, KVI and KLFE, and completely boring.)
Hey, I got an idea...focus on radio in your home market.
You would if you worked for them, or had their stock.
Some of the confusion concerning 95.7 is my own post (I confused KJR-FM's frequency with Jack's), where I may have misquoted another post here by accident.
The point I was trying to make is the same, though.... about the oddness of successful stations possibly getting flipped. Carry on.
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Some of the confusion concerning 95.7 is my own post (I confused KJR-FM's frequency with Jack's), where I may have misquoted another post here by accident.
The point I was trying to make is the same, though.... about the oddness of successful stations possibly getting flipped. Carry on.
See it wasn't me and no I wasn't blurry eyed. Bottom line is this: people who know what's going on don't take the time to post it on boards like these. The speculation game is just that. A bunch of washed up semi retired AE's board ops and part timers who have nothing better to do than to play fantasy radio GM like myself included. Hey it's better than posting about how MSM won't touch the Uranium One deal and how the Clintons paid for the dirty dossier on Trump. Oh wait I forgot this isn't reddit.
You call begging for money every other month winning? More like whining. Plus they're partially supported by tax dollars, which makes their job easier than those who seek out advertisers.
Of course they 'win' in extreme left Seattle. Running a private radio station or any kind or private business is greedy and evil.
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You're saying in order to attract a sports team for play by play rights or in order to simply be recognized in the market, a station must get traction on what you acknowledged as a dying AM band? That's ridiculous. Why not do something bold and go on FM in the first place? That would be a competitive advantage over KJR-AM and KIRO-AM out of the gate.
First you complain about them "begging for money," and then say their job is "easier." Asking for listener support isn't easy. Neither is asking advertisers for money. Neither is qualifying for government support. Someone has to pay for free radio. KUOW puts together listener support, corporate support, and some tax money to fund a service that advertisers alone won't pay for. At least not in Seattle. Why? Typically the audience is too old. Same with several other stations in Seattle.
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No, I call leading in Nielsen ratings winning.
Take a close look at the initiatives KUOW has undertaken in the past few years, both in digital and content. They are a prime example of how creating interesting and compelling content wins every time. And in order to achieve those, they have to pay people to create the infrastructure and the journalism.
Look at the opposite side of things, such as Sinclair. They're busy cutting jobs, fighting employment discrimination suits, a camera operator union and bad press about corporate agenda-driven programming mandates in newscasts.
Compare the directions of those two operations and see who is winning and who is whining.
KUOW is a non-profit organization. Thus, their financials are very easy to find; 88% of their funding is non-tax dollars (listener donations and business support/underwriting).
If you want to complain about entities and tax dollars, Google the long list of companies that pay zero tax dollars and ask yourself if you're happy to be supporting those companies.
There are few "private business" radio operators in Seattle. Hubbard and Crista are two big names that come to mind (oh, and be sure to look up Crista and their tax status while you're at it).
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