0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/8/2012
Continuing the College Basketball theme today, we have this press release from Sirius XM stating that the official satellite provider of the NCAA Tournament will carry all 67 games of March Madness on both Sirius and XM platforms. Games will be aired on five dedicated channels on Sirius and XM receivers. All games will provided […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/8/2012
This from our friends at Dial Global Radio, the official radio partner of the NFL. Through phone surveys, Dial Global was able to determine from interviews conducted by Edison Research that 23.1 million people listened to Super Bowl XLVI either at home, at work, in the car or in other locations. This follows the 22.9 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/26/2012
Dial Global, the owner of Westwood One Radio and the national rightsholder of the National Football League, says 22.9 million people listened to the AFC and NFC Championship Games. A study conducted for Dial Global found a majority listened to the games on terrestrial radio, but also through satellite radio and via the Verizon NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/23/2012
Time for some sports media thoughts once again. I owe you some since I wasn’t able to do them after last Monday’s post. As always, they come in bullet form. Since I was out for most of the afternoon on Sunday, I missed the Pregame coverage and 3/4 of the AFC Championship Game, but I […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/22/2012
Super Bowl XLVI, Indianapolis, IN Sunday, February 5, 2012 — New England Patriots (home team) vs. New York Giants — NBC/Dial Global Radio, 6:30 p.m. Announcers — NBC, Al Michaels/Cris Collinsworth/Michele Tafoya/Alex Flanagan; Dial Global Radio, Kevin Harlan/Boomer Esiason/James Lofton/Mark Malone Pregame — NBC, Hosts: Bob Costas and Dan Patrick/Analysts: Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison/Dial […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/20/2012
NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. NFL Championship Chase — CBS, 1 p.m. The NFL Today — CBS, 2 p.m. 3 p.m. AFC Championship, Foxboro, MA Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots — CBS, Jim Nantz/Phil Simms/Steve Tasker; Dial Global Radio, Dave Sims/James Lofton/Tony Boselli 6 p.m. Fox NFL Sunday — Fox, 6 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/16/2012
Let’s do some linkage on this MLK Day, a holiday for some of you. We’ll begin with a story from an unusual source, Newsweek/The Daily Beast. Nick Summers of Newsweek writes about how ESPN’s subscriber fees could force cable providers to place the network on pay tiers. Michael Hiestand at USA Today reports that CBS […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/13/2012
Saturday, January 14 NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, noon Fox NFL Sunday — Fox, 3:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers — Fox, Kenny Albert/Daryl Johnston/Tony Siragusa; Dial Global Sports, Kevin Kugler/Mark Malone/Scott Kaplan 7:30 p.m. The NFL Today — CBS NFL GameDay Scoreboard — NFL Network 8 p.m. Denver […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/1/2011
This is part of a busy Monday in the world of sports media. Westwood One Radio which was once one of the most powerful syndicators in the medium has merged with Dial Global. At one time, Westwood One Radio was part of CBS and was able to amass rights to most of the country’s biggest […]
