No more Rich Eisen in SoCal

[Jstnpspck]

Driving my better half to work this morning and I noticed 1090 is no longer carrying the Rich Eisen show and is now all ESPN Radio through mornings and middays. Given that both XEPRS and KLAA are likely content to carry ESPN outside of their afternoon local shows, would any other station clear RE? I doubt it. FOX Sports already declared their allegiance to Cowherd in that time slot a few years back. Curious if whoever syndicates RE makes a push to get him clearance again in a major market like LA.

Slightly tangential, but I find it funny that 1090 has still retained their “anti-sports-talk-radio-establishment” imaging long after affiliating with arguably that biggest sports monolith there is, ESPN (and now carrying a large part of their schedule!)

 

[Ryan Williams]

Looks like Rome is gone too.

 

[Loverofradio]

Driving my better half to work this morning and I noticed 1090 is no longer carrying the Rich Eisen show and is now all ESPN Radio through mornings and middays. Given that both XEPRS and KLAA are likely content to carry ESPN outside of their afternoon local shows, would any other station clear RE? I doubt it. FOX Sports already declared their allegiance to Cowherd in that time slot a few years back. Curious if whoever syndicates RE makes a push to get him clearance again in a major market like LA.

Slightly tangential, but I find it funny that 1090 has still retained their “anti-sports-talk-radio-establishment” imaging long after affiliating with arguably that biggest sports monolith there is, ESPN (and now carrying a large part of their schedule!)

Ive already stated my opinion on which station needs to add sports programming 🤷🏽‍♂️ 😂

 

[hotpatrick2004]

There will not be an fm sports station in la. The alt stations Kroq and Kysr are not going away and just throw this in indie 103.1 which I loved is not going to be resurrected.

 

[Don CT]

Who distributes Eisen’s show now?

 

[Jstnpspck]

It looks like Westwood One distributes it with an additional deal with Audacy to amplify distribution digitally

Westwood One Inks Partnership With Rich Eisen › Cumulus Media

The Rich Eisen Show Launches January 4th on Westwood One Podcast Network New Podcast, Just Getting Started, Slated for 2021 Launch NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 17, 2020 – Cumulus Media’s Westwood One today announced a partnership with Emmy-nominated broadcaster Rich Eisen to bring The Rich Eisen Show...

www.cumulusmedia.com

Rich Eisen, Audacy Reach Distribution Deal

"The Rich Eisen Show, which is owned and operated by Eisen himself, will not see any change. All three hours will still be available on NBC's OTT platform Peacock at 3 pm Eastern on weekdays."

barrettsportsmedia.com

The show is owned and operated by Eisen himself which (IMO) is a barrier for re-entry. It seems like in major markets, sports radio networks want an all-or-nothing carriage deal, so you’ve got KLAA and 1090 clearing more and more of ESPN Radio instead of picking and choosing shows. There’s a pipe dream of Audacy integrating Eisen into their Infinity Sports Network lineup, but that isn’t even cleared here, with KCBS instead airing Audacy’s gambling-focused “BetQL” network on their HD3

 

[Don CT]

It looks like Westwood One distributes it with an additional deal with Audacy to amplify distribution digitally

Westwood One Inks Partnership With Rich Eisen › Cumulus Media

The Rich Eisen Show Launches January 4th on Westwood One Podcast Network New Podcast, Just Getting Started, Slated for 2021 Launch NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 17, 2020 – Cumulus Media’s Westwood One today announced a partnership with Emmy-nominated broadcaster Rich Eisen to bring The Rich Eisen Show...

www.cumulusmedia.com

Rich Eisen, Audacy Reach Distribution Deal

"The Rich Eisen Show, which is owned and operated by Eisen himself, will not see any change. All three hours will still be available on NBC's OTT platform Peacock at 3 pm Eastern on weekdays."

barrettsportsmedia.com

The show is owned and operated by Eisen himself which (IMO) is a barrier for re-entry. It seems like in major markets, sports radio networks want an all-or-nothing carriage deal, so you’ve got KLAA and 1090 clearing more and more of ESPN Radio instead of picking and choosing shows. There’s a pipe dream of Audacy integrating Eisen into their Infinity Sports Network lineup, but that isn’t even cleared here, with KCBS instead airing Audacy’s gambling-focused “BetQL” network on their HD3

Dan Patrick owns his show as well I think, but he has a deal with Fox Sports.

 

[Robnoxious]

#1 Market NYC - WFAS-AM/FM
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#3 Market Chicago - via Joliet WJOL-AM
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#10 Market Boston - via Manchester/Concord KBNW-AM

3 out of 10 appearances in the top radio markets do not a successful "radio" show make.

Eisen, by all intent and purposes, has gone digital only like many others (Jim Rome especially but his shtick is FAR long in the tooth by now to be construed as a viably successful metric).
Dan Patrick still clears 7 of the top 10 DMAs with almost all 10 available via rimshot stations bleeding into the market (Houston is an outlier since Dan is on an HD sub).

Perhaps it will work out for Eisen. I don't see that same path at least not via terrestrial means unless things change.

Eisen, Patrick and even Rome have sidecar deals with streaming and cable placements but maybe I'm just an old fuddy-duddy... I just don't subscribe to cable or streaming to listen to radio.

Seems like a losing proposition.