RadioAaron wrote:

torontostan wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

TSN's lack of content

What planet do you live on? OneSoccer is the one with a lack of content.

The one where Rogers has the stranglehold on the biggest teams in market #1 and the national rights for the biggest sport in the country.

2023 Revenue: 
TSN: 610M (potentially excludes most NFL revenue)
SN: 848M

2023 pre-tax profit:
TSN: 14%
SN: 10%

You're making it sound like TSN is on par with OneSoccer, when actually they're more profitable than Sportsnet as per CRTC filings. Exclusive NFL, CFL, FIFA, IIHF, NASCAR, F1, Golf, plus regional Jets, Sens & Habs (including RDS), plus half of the Leafs & Raptors leftovers isn't exactly "lack of content" ...... I'd argue Sportsnet has made worse decisions, which have left them with all their eggs in two baskets (Blue Jays performance & NHL overpaying). 

RadioActive wrote:

with stars like Drake and The Weeknd often dominating the charts down south. So it's been a success.

I agree with all of your points.... however it is important not to forget that many songs by those two Canucks do not qualify as cancon.... making the existing regulations even more laughable

Radiowiz wrote:

I argue that ALL radio stations that are close enough to a border should be fully exempt from the Can Con regs so that they can better compete with the American stations that be. 

 

If you're saying that the existence of Cancon regulations harms listenership, then the argument should be that the entire thing be scrapped. Why should the other stations suffer just because they're not a border station?

RadioActive wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

So it seems it's not just TNT doing this. It may be a lot closer to home.


 

So let me get this straight - Rogers sends a radio crew to Los Angeles to cover the Jays games there. But they couldn't fork over the dough to send two announcers to Ottawa for the first round of the Leafs playoffs? In what world does this make any sense?

Rogers does not send radio on the road for Blue Jays games either. 

"Rick Zamperin joins CHCH Morning Live as new co-anchor"

RadioActive wrote:

Interesting to note that CFRB is taking CTV television audio, while AM640 and Corus are doing dedicated audio-only coverage from Ben O'Hara-Byrne, different from Global.

While CTV has a powerhouse line-up of guests, there is one big advantage to what 640 is doing - the Bell network has the vote totals on the screen indicating who's leading and elected. Which doesn't help much if you happen to be listening on the radio. 

So 0.01% of the audience tonight. 

paterson1 wrote:

From 2017...https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/bell-media-radios-newstalk-1010-and-tsn-1050-now-available-in-crystal-clear-hd/

This is not what he's talking about. In the U.S. many AM stations are HD-only, and cannot be received on analogue receivers. 

RadioActive wrote:

So it seems it's not just TNT doing this. It may be a lot closer to home.


 

I'm sure they could drive themselves if they wanted to.... 

RadioActive wrote:

torontostan wrote:

RA.... comparing ESPN to local radio crews is laughable. Apples and oranges. 

I don't recall me or the article mentioning ESPN in relation to hockey. True, they cover baseball (although their contract with MLB ends after this season.)

This was about Rogers deciding not to send their radio crews on the road for the Jays. Part of that, as I recall, used COVID as an excuse, but it kept happening even after the pandemic ended.

In either event, sending your crew to cover a live sporting event - regardless of organization - is part of the game, no pun intended. I recall at least one instance when Ben Wagner, who was the play-by-play guy at the time, couldn't call a play on the field because it was out of camera range. He embarrassedly had to admit that on air. Unacceptable on a professional nationwide broadcast regardless of who is doing it. 

Sorry, you indirectly referenced TNT, not ESPN. Even still, playoff radio is a audio medium and its audience would be measured in thousands, playoff TV is a visual medium and its audience would be measured in millions. There's zero justification for continuing to send radio announcers to cover games like it's 1970.... I guarantee you none of them breakeven on the travel & staffing expenses associated with it. If TNT is tight on budget for sending staff, rest assured radio is in the red. The only reason it remains is rights-holders want to please the teams to keep their agreements in place, without it many of these stations would have no selling point to their local advertisers.... and very often the air travel is covered by the team jet, however that will see it's end in the next few years for hockey and basketball if I had to bet... the other reason is bad PR when they do shut it down, being called "cheap" by people who have no idea how to run a business. All that, and to boot... the old white men running teams still think sports radio play by play is relevant... numbers don'

RadioAaron wrote:

Shorty Wave wrote:

This is the first live program announcement from MuchMusic that I have seen in years. All they seem to air these days is back to back episodes of The Simpsons. Boy, Much once was a powerhouse for live performances, loved it back in the day!

MUCH and MuchMusic have become two separate entities.

MUCH is the cable channel th at formerly known at MuchMusic, and now shows almost nothing but Simpsons and Friends repeats.

MuchMusic has been reborn as a Gen Z targeted social media thingy.

This is the first, and oldest-skewing production from MuchMusic I've seen so far to cross back to TV. It's not even airing on MUCH.

and it's not live... see the photo in the release... it was clearly pre-taped 

Famously not what it's named.... try again Paterson

eladb wrote:

I don't know even one person with a 437 area code. They've already run out of those?

Binson Echorec wrote:

All those areas were 416 at one time. The 416/905 split was what delineated Toronto from the GTA. 905 has also been split a few times itself.

That is correct. I live in Vaughan. My home phone's area code is 905 now, but was originally a 416 area code. 905 has been split with 289 and I believe 365 as well. 

A lot of non-callable cell network devices (tablets, connected cars....) also require a number 

Digital "tuning" is quickly catching up (if not already surpassed) AM band tuning for AM talk stations in this country.... it makes sense to promote digital listening over analogue..

I Used Carts wrote:

torontostan wrote:

 FX hasn't aired a game in years. Sportsnet now has the ability to multiplex their feeds, so using an entertainment channel is bad business now. 

Agree with you though.... people here seem to forget that they do not put all playoff games on CBC anymore.
 

The March 1st Columbus/Detroit stadium game aired on FX just last month, and at least one game of the Vegas/Dallas series last year was there too. So it’s not impossible…

Who knew... my apologies. I can't see Rogers putting a Canadian team on FX.... not that you suggested that. They'd also be limited to about 2 games a week based on their license if I am remembering those rules correctly 

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:

torontostan wrote:

They basically have all the major radio companies except Rogers and CBC.... (Vista, Pattison, Evanov, Corus, and of course Bell)

Not yet.
They don't have golden west, durham, ralco and local radio lab.

I said "basically" and "major" so yes.... I was correct. None of the companies you mentioned are major and most are in very small markets