Category Archives: America Loves Sports!

Clemson wins Orange Bowl 40-35

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Over Thanksgiving dinner, I was regaled with the wonders on the football prowess of the South Carolina gamecocks and mumbled something like “Go Clemson!” to which I was admonished that I had just proven I know nothing about College football. … Continue reading →

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“We came, we saw, we conquered”

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Darrell Wallace, Jr is the first fruit to be harvested from the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program as he won the Kroger 200 truck race at Martinsville, winning a race that Gannett’s USA Today described as a sport dominated by … Continue reading →

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How much is Baseball worth to radio?

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Fred Stiening

WGN-AM in Chicago has been carrying Chicago Cubs baseball since the beginning – Tribune owned both the Cubs, WGN and the Tribune newspaper (and WGN TV).  It made no difference if the cubs had zero chance of winning the season … Continue reading →

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30 minutes until WWE raw

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Driving past the Allstate Arena (formerly the Rosemont Arena) and noticed the World Wrestling E-something is putting on a show tonight. Parking is $20, cash only [IRS, are you listening?] There is just not enough sports!

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Dan Patrick added to Sirius/XM Sports talk channel

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Fred Stiening

http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n27538 Dan Patrick has jumped around a bit – he was on ESPN for a while, and currently Fox Sports. There is no suggestion that he is leaving Fox Sports, although clearly he is more focused now on seeing his … Continue reading →

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Sirius/XM extends contract with MLB until 2021

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Just a few days ago, I wrote that I was noticing that radio station ratings seem to be less and less affected by baseball – I had attributed that to people watching the games on TV. Up until now, XM … Continue reading →

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Paul Finebaum has a new home – ESPN

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Fred Stiening

On the same day 100s of ESPN staff got layoff notices (maybe America doesn’t like sports after all?), it was announced that the guru of all things Crimson (University of Alabama reference) will be doing a TV radio simulcast. ESPN … Continue reading →

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Summer is coming

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Tonight is the Darlington “Bojangles” Southern 500. Grab your Cherry Lemon Sundrops and Moon Pies, hop in your jacked up Road Runner and let’s tailgate.in the infield

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It’s playoff time

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Fred Stiening

It’s that time of year – the NBA and NHL playoffs have started – stations that don’t normally carry sports (neither hockey nor basketball are really radio sports) will start having periods of time where streaming is down (or they’ll … Continue reading →

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Good news – more sports radio!

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Fred Stiening

April 1st was the launch date for the full 24 hour/day NBC sports Talk being produced by Dial Global. Dial Global is also the distributor of CBS sports radio, carried on more Cumulus radio stations than CBS Owned stations. As … Continue reading →

Posted in America Loves Sports!, Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 18 Comments