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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:16 AM Original message |
I have not attended a Cleveland Indians game since the 1990's because their flagship station |
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obliviously (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Your serious arn't you. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Like a heart attack... |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think any MLB team has a choice because of media deregulation |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. WKNR is not a Clear Channel station.... |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. But what's their broadcasting range and frequency |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'd boycott the station, not the team. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. They sign lucrative contracts with the radio stations to carry the games... |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Doesn't someone have to contract with the station to carry the games? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The stations pay to air the games... |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Money is exchanged. The team itself simply has no say in the matter. (NT) |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Bull shit, the stations sign contracts with the teams... |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. "Bull shit?" |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. MLB has a contract with Fox Sports and ESPN... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Here is a recent story fromBoston that explains what I am talking about... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Bull Shit, cousin of Bull Durham |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 04:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. The league controls broadcast rights |
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seeviewonder (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. I am a Cardinals fan and their flagship (550 KTRS) airs the right wing stuff. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. WTAM a 50,000 watt station... |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. 1100 WTAM. |
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seeviewonder (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I'm in central Illinois |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Hi, seevie....:-) Fellow Illinoisan.....but I'm in Macomb |
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seeviewonder (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I've definitely heard of Macomb! |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 03:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. hahaha...don't trap me! |
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seeviewonder (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I'm a diehard Buckeye!!! |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 02:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. When I was a kid in the 60's in Chicago |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
10. What other big AM stations are in Cleveland? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Clear Channel owns WTAM |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
21. I found a list of radio stations in Ohio that broadcast their game |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
23. That's silly. The team doesn't make that call. The Front Office inks that deal. |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Exactly |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
30. How's that working so far? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. SoI guess it's okay to boycott products sold at a store that has |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I don't care which athletes, actors, or musicians support certain politicians. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm a baseball fan who couldn't give a FUCK about which radio station carries my team's games. |
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