tshile
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This happened on Monday. Here's the break down:
Griffin gives interviews on Monday - last Monday it was about a half hour. Most of the local TV news shows broke from their news format to cover the event live.
Side note: If any of our new Baylor alumni/fans forum members had any doubts about how Griffin would be received in the DC area, here's your answer - our local news stations broke away from their format for 30 minutes to cover the event live. For 30 minutes. To cover a (mostly) worthless first day of training camp Q&A. I do not believe this has ever been done before. Anyways...
But where it gets interesting is that the radio rights apparently caused problems... For those out of the area, 106.7 the fan DC and ESPN 980 are the two major competing sports talk stations on the FM dial around here. Their feuding goes back a ways
106.7 (WJFK) used to have rights to the redskins games - Sonny and crew called games on this station, the pregame/postgame shows were on this station, etc.
Then Snyder bought the Red Zebra Network stations ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Zebra_Broadcasting ) . For those interested, Snyder way over paid - I think he paid around 50 million for a station worth about 5 (This is from insiders I know, they may be wrong but I trust their opinion on things). ESPN980 is a member of the Red Zebra Network.
Side note: 106.7 at the time was just WJFK and was a general guy-talk station - Mike and Mike in the morning, The Junkies (not Sports Junkies), Big O and Dukes, and many other shows. They even used to have Howard Stern, Ron and Fez, etc.
So 106.7's contract with the redskins for radio rights came up for renewal and the redskins demanded a ridiculous amount of money. It soured the relationship on the spot. ESPN 980 then won the rights, and 106.7 WJFK went through a format flip (now called 106.7 The Fan DC, CBS's branding for sports stations in major cities) from general guy-talk to exclusively sports-talk; ushering in the re-branding of the Junkies to the Sports Junkies (to be fair they originally started out as the sports junkies over a decade ago), The Lavar Arrington Show with Chad Dukes, the Mike Wise Show, etc.
The two have been competing with each other ever since.
So thats the back story.
Here's what happened on Monday:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-radio-rights/2012/07/30/gJQA08MeKX_blog.html
Basically the Redskins told 106.7 the fan they could not carry the interview live. Only ESPN 980 could. They have exclusive rights, and the redskins exercised those rights to stop 106.7 the fan, while allowing all TV stations to carry it live.
They clearly did this to help their station and punish the other station. It's also worth noting that what they did was well within their rights.
Please note that Dan Steinberg, and The Washington Post, are clearly in the 'anti-redskins' camp in terms of bashing the organization. The Washington Posts's feud with the Redskins goes all the way back to when Snyder first bought the team and is a long story. But be aware that the two have been butting heads since 1999.
I'm curious what other people on the board think of this.
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My opinion: 106.7 the fan is a station full of hacks. the only show thats worth a **** is the sports junkies and even they aren't very good any more. they've admitted to half-assing the show and mailing it in for the last couple years now and it shows. they are the washington post equivalent on the radio in terms of being anti-snyder and anti-redskins whenever they get the chance to be. they have no reporters, no journalists, and no integrity when they cover the team. if you have any doubts about that just read the link I submitted - CK's (their program director) comments just scream childish tactics and inability to deal with anything like an adult.
106.7 the fan has gone out of it's way to bash the redskins and deliver stories in a way that purposefully paints the redskins (or snyder) in a bad light; going so far as to exclude important information in stories that would conflict with their agenda. they are worst than the post when it comes to this stuff.
so, i see it as a 'haha' moment. if you're going to attack an organization, then cry when they don't grant you rights over their exclusive rights holder, then you're clearly run by a bunch of idiots. I cannot stand 106.7 and the way their hosts go about conducting business. So to me I'm happy they got screwed on this one.
i also cannot stand their relentless accusations against espn 980 as somehow being snyder friendly or biased in their reporting. they have actually journalists and reporters on their show, and they're very fair towards the redskins. Sheehan, Polin, Lovero, and Czabe were calling for Cerrato's head (and Zorn's) long before most. They do not back down from criticizing Snyder when it is appropriate.
--------end my opinion--------
edit and side note:
My opinion can be viewed as being bias. You'll never convince me that 106.7 the fan is a station worth a crap anymore - they just aren't.
If you're interested in sports radio by people who have integrity and aren't hacks, I recommend the following:
in the morning 6-10 - Steve Czaben on Sports Talk 570 - 570 AM by Yahoo Sports Radio and ESPN Radio - http://sportstalk570.com/ for info and streaming purposes
10-12 ESPN 980 - they normally run Kornheiser who I love, but when he's not on they normally use Al Galdi. Right now its Dave Ross. www.espn980.com , 980 AM, 94.3 FM (for central to northern VA) and 92.7 FM for northern VA/MD area. I switch from 94.3 to 92.7 when going over the WW bridge into MD for the games, to give you an idea of coverage.
12-2 ESPN 980 - The Sports reporters with Kevin Sheehan and Thom Lovero - great show. they do 'Redskins at 1' every day, and cover other sports. Lovero is the baseball expert, and in general the two do well together.
4-7 ESPN 980 - The Sports Fix with Steve Czaben and Andy Polin - i love this show as well.
Griffin gives interviews on Monday - last Monday it was about a half hour. Most of the local TV news shows broke from their news format to cover the event live.
Side note: If any of our new Baylor alumni/fans forum members had any doubts about how Griffin would be received in the DC area, here's your answer - our local news stations broke away from their format for 30 minutes to cover the event live. For 30 minutes. To cover a (mostly) worthless first day of training camp Q&A. I do not believe this has ever been done before. Anyways...
But where it gets interesting is that the radio rights apparently caused problems... For those out of the area, 106.7 the fan DC and ESPN 980 are the two major competing sports talk stations on the FM dial around here. Their feuding goes back a ways
106.7 (WJFK) used to have rights to the redskins games - Sonny and crew called games on this station, the pregame/postgame shows were on this station, etc.
Then Snyder bought the Red Zebra Network stations ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Zebra_Broadcasting ) . For those interested, Snyder way over paid - I think he paid around 50 million for a station worth about 5 (This is from insiders I know, they may be wrong but I trust their opinion on things). ESPN980 is a member of the Red Zebra Network.
Side note: 106.7 at the time was just WJFK and was a general guy-talk station - Mike and Mike in the morning, The Junkies (not Sports Junkies), Big O and Dukes, and many other shows. They even used to have Howard Stern, Ron and Fez, etc.
So 106.7's contract with the redskins for radio rights came up for renewal and the redskins demanded a ridiculous amount of money. It soured the relationship on the spot. ESPN 980 then won the rights, and 106.7 WJFK went through a format flip (now called 106.7 The Fan DC, CBS's branding for sports stations in major cities) from general guy-talk to exclusively sports-talk; ushering in the re-branding of the Junkies to the Sports Junkies (to be fair they originally started out as the sports junkies over a decade ago), The Lavar Arrington Show with Chad Dukes, the Mike Wise Show, etc.
The two have been competing with each other ever since.
So thats the back story.
Here's what happened on Monday:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-radio-rights/2012/07/30/gJQA08MeKX_blog.html
Basically the Redskins told 106.7 the fan they could not carry the interview live. Only ESPN 980 could. They have exclusive rights, and the redskins exercised those rights to stop 106.7 the fan, while allowing all TV stations to carry it live.
They clearly did this to help their station and punish the other station. It's also worth noting that what they did was well within their rights.
Please note that Dan Steinberg, and The Washington Post, are clearly in the 'anti-redskins' camp in terms of bashing the organization. The Washington Posts's feud with the Redskins goes all the way back to when Snyder first bought the team and is a long story. But be aware that the two have been butting heads since 1999.
I'm curious what other people on the board think of this.
--------------------
My opinion: 106.7 the fan is a station full of hacks. the only show thats worth a **** is the sports junkies and even they aren't very good any more. they've admitted to half-assing the show and mailing it in for the last couple years now and it shows. they are the washington post equivalent on the radio in terms of being anti-snyder and anti-redskins whenever they get the chance to be. they have no reporters, no journalists, and no integrity when they cover the team. if you have any doubts about that just read the link I submitted - CK's (their program director) comments just scream childish tactics and inability to deal with anything like an adult.
106.7 the fan has gone out of it's way to bash the redskins and deliver stories in a way that purposefully paints the redskins (or snyder) in a bad light; going so far as to exclude important information in stories that would conflict with their agenda. they are worst than the post when it comes to this stuff.
so, i see it as a 'haha' moment. if you're going to attack an organization, then cry when they don't grant you rights over their exclusive rights holder, then you're clearly run by a bunch of idiots. I cannot stand 106.7 and the way their hosts go about conducting business. So to me I'm happy they got screwed on this one.
i also cannot stand their relentless accusations against espn 980 as somehow being snyder friendly or biased in their reporting. they have actually journalists and reporters on their show, and they're very fair towards the redskins. Sheehan, Polin, Lovero, and Czabe were calling for Cerrato's head (and Zorn's) long before most. They do not back down from criticizing Snyder when it is appropriate.
--------end my opinion--------
edit and side note:
My opinion can be viewed as being bias. You'll never convince me that 106.7 the fan is a station worth a crap anymore - they just aren't.
If you're interested in sports radio by people who have integrity and aren't hacks, I recommend the following:
in the morning 6-10 - Steve Czaben on Sports Talk 570 - 570 AM by Yahoo Sports Radio and ESPN Radio - http://sportstalk570.com/ for info and streaming purposes
10-12 ESPN 980 - they normally run Kornheiser who I love, but when he's not on they normally use Al Galdi. Right now its Dave Ross. www.espn980.com , 980 AM, 94.3 FM (for central to northern VA) and 92.7 FM for northern VA/MD area. I switch from 94.3 to 92.7 when going over the WW bridge into MD for the games, to give you an idea of coverage.
12-2 ESPN 980 - The Sports reporters with Kevin Sheehan and Thom Lovero - great show. they do 'Redskins at 1' every day, and cover other sports. Lovero is the baseball expert, and in general the two do well together.
4-7 ESPN 980 - The Sports Fix with Steve Czaben and Andy Polin - i love this show as well.
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