Comments on: Interview About ESPN Boston http://fangsbites.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/09/interview-about-espn-boston/ Your One Stop Source for All Things Sports Media Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:07:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Sinking Fang’s into ESPN Boston « bases full http://fangsbites.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/09/interview-about-espn-boston/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Sinking Fang’s into ESPN Boston « bases full Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:09:22 +0000 http://fangsbites.bostonsportsmedia.com/?p=654#comment-171 [...] into ESPN Boston By basesfull OK, maybe that’s a stretch. But Ken Fang did get an (e-mail) interview with Jim Paster, the senior vice president of business divisions at ESPN, to talk about the [...] [...] into ESPN Boston By basesfull OK, maybe that’s a stretch. But Ken Fang did get an (e-mail) interview with Jim Paster, the senior vice president of business divisions at ESPN, to talk about the [...]

]]> By: Archive » Quicker-than-expected launch of ESPN Boston right for a “combination of reasons” » National Sports Journalism Center http://fangsbites.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/09/interview-about-espn-boston/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Archive » Quicker-than-expected launch of ESPN Boston right for a “combination of reasons” » National Sports Journalism Center Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:59:29 +0000 http://fangsbites.bostonsportsmedia.com/?p=654#comment-170 [...] resource reasons and the overall competitive landscape." Read the entire interview with Pastor here. Tools: e-mail | permalink | var addthis_url = [...] [...] resource reasons and the overall competitive landscape." Read the entire interview with Pastor here. Tools: e-mail | permalink | var addthis_url = [...]

]]> By: It_is_I http://fangsbites.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/09/interview-about-espn-boston/comment-page-1/#comment-458 It_is_I Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:53:24 +0000 http://fangsbites.bostonsportsmedia.com/?p=654#comment-458 The "problems" with breaking into the Boston sports market with a new radio station are multiple. The hodgepodge 890/1400/1400 arrangement was plagued from the get-go with weak signal problems. <br><br>Another difficulty they had was that there was one established juggernaut in Sports Radio 850 - WEEI, which carries the Red Sox, and "Mickey" quickly killed off the Boston outlet arrangement when CBS decided to bring the Patriots, Bruins, and a new sports station to FM.<br><br>Another station, plagued with similar signal problems to the ESPN arrangement, has gotten out of the sports biz for the most part - they still carry some college football, boxing chat, wrestling chat, and poker talk .... is poker a sport? .... <br> <br>The situation here in Boston is that the sports radio market is saturated. If ESPN radio wants to come back into the market, they have to overcome three problems -- <br><br>1) get on FM, but if you can't do that, get a strong signal<br><br>2) snag a radio affiliation with one or two of the major pro teams, but that doesn't seem possible, for a long time to come. No, women's soccer and minor league baseball don't count. <br><br>3) create a strong local or regional cable (or non-cable) TV tie-in. The Mouse could purchase one of the not-so-profitable non-network stations in town and deliver some locally-based sports content.<br><br>But all in all, what it comes down to is, perhaps the Boston sports radio market is too overloaded right now to take on any other players. And ESPN Radio may be sitting it out for a long time to come, and determine if they'll ever come back here? The “problems” with breaking into the Boston sports market with a new radio station are multiple. The hodgepodge 890/1400/1400 arrangement was plagued from the get-go with weak signal problems.

Another difficulty they had was that there was one established juggernaut in Sports Radio 850 – WEEI, which carries the Red Sox, and “Mickey” quickly killed off the Boston outlet arrangement when CBS decided to bring the Patriots, Bruins, and a new sports station to FM.

Another station, plagued with similar signal problems to the ESPN arrangement, has gotten out of the sports biz for the most part – they still carry some college football, boxing chat, wrestling chat, and poker talk …. is poker a sport? ….

The situation here in Boston is that the sports radio market is saturated. If ESPN radio wants to come back into the market, they have to overcome three problems —

1) get on FM, but if you can't do that, get a strong signal

2) snag a radio affiliation with one or two of the major pro teams, but that doesn't seem possible, for a long time to come. No, women's soccer and minor league baseball don't count.

3) create a strong local or regional cable (or non-cable) TV tie-in. The Mouse could purchase one of the not-so-profitable non-network stations in town and deliver some locally-based sports content.

But all in all, what it comes down to is, perhaps the Boston sports radio market is too overloaded right now to take on any other players. And ESPN Radio may be sitting it out for a long time to come, and determine if they'll ever come back here?

]]> By: It_is_I http://fangsbites.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/09/interview-about-espn-boston/comment-page-1/#comment-169 It_is_I Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:53:24 +0000 http://fangsbites.bostonsportsmedia.com/?p=654#comment-169 The "problems" with breaking into the Boston sports market with a new radio station are multiple. The hodgepodge 890/1400/1400 arrangement was plagued from the get-go with weak signal problems. <br><br>Another difficulty they had was that there was one established juggernaut in Sports Radio 850 - WEEI, which carries the Red Sox, and "Mickey" quickly killed off the Boston outlet arrangement when CBS decided to bring the Patriots, Bruins, and a new sports station to FM.<br><br>Another station, plagued with similar signal problems to the ESPN arrangement, has gotten out of the sports biz for the most part - they still carry some college football, boxing chat, wrestling chat, and poker talk .... is poker a sport? .... <br> <br>The situation here in Boston is that the sports radio market is saturated. If ESPN radio wants to come back into the market, they have to overcome three problems -- <br><br>1) get on FM, but if you can't do that, get a strong signal<br><br>2) snag a radio affiliation with one or two of the major pro teams, but that doesn't seem possible, for a long time to come. No, women's soccer and minor league baseball don't count. <br><br>3) create a strong local or regional cable (or non-cable) TV tie-in. The Mouse could purchase one of the not-so-profitable non-network stations in town and deliver some locally-based sports content.<br><br>But all in all, what it comes down to is, perhaps the Boston sports radio market is too overloaded right now to take on any other players. And ESPN Radio may be sitting it out for a long time to come, and determine if they'll ever come back here? The “problems” with breaking into the Boston sports market with a new radio station are multiple. The hodgepodge 890/1400/1400 arrangement was plagued from the get-go with weak signal problems.

Another difficulty they had was that there was one established juggernaut in Sports Radio 850 – WEEI, which carries the Red Sox, and “Mickey” quickly killed off the Boston outlet arrangement when CBS decided to bring the Patriots, Bruins, and a new sports station to FM.

Another station, plagued with similar signal problems to the ESPN arrangement, has gotten out of the sports biz for the most part – they still carry some college football, boxing chat, wrestling chat, and poker talk …. is poker a sport? ….

The situation here in Boston is that the sports radio market is saturated. If ESPN radio wants to come back into the market, they have to overcome three problems —

1) get on FM, but if you can't do that, get a strong signal

2) snag a radio affiliation with one or two of the major pro teams, but that doesn't seem possible, for a long time to come. No, women's soccer and minor league baseball don't count.

3) create a strong local or regional cable (or non-cable) TV tie-in. The Mouse could purchase one of the not-so-profitable non-network stations in town and deliver some locally-based sports content.

But all in all, what it comes down to is, perhaps the Boston sports radio market is too overloaded right now to take on any other players. And ESPN Radio may be sitting it out for a long time to come, and determine if they'll ever come back here?

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