0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/26/2007
Here are some more links today. The Sports Media Watch looks into the Packers-Cowboys game on Thursday which be available in at most, 35 million cable and satellite households. Bill Ordine of the Baltimore Sun blogs that it will be hard to find the game this Thursday. The Consumerist blog on cable TV says Comcast […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/15/2007
I was going to make a rain reference in the title as it’s been raining in Eastern Massachusetts, but then I realized it may not be raining where you are so I decided against it. Anyway, I do hope you have decent weather where you’re reading this. We’ve had sporadic downpours this morning. Anyway, let’s […]
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Time for some links now. Let’s start with some weekly Thursday media columns. The Worcester Telegram & Gazette’s Bill Doyle writes that Charter in Central Massachusetts has added NHL Network, but not the NFL Network. Joanne C. Gerstner of the Detroit News says the lineup of sports radio station WDFN is in a state of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/3/2007
Let me give you some links before I go to bed and I get ready for Hurricane Noel to come up the East Coast and wreak havoc in Rhode Island. Before it comes, let’s get to the links. Newsday’s Neil Best blogs that Patrick McEnroe will be hosting a show for 1050 ESPN Radio in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/24/2007
Here we are with our links for Wednesday. Michael Hiestand of USA Today has an extensive column which includes stuff about Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Eric Byrnes going into broadcasting while being an active player, plus stuff on TNT hiring Mike Fratello to join Marv Albert and Reggie Miller on the NBA. Neil Best of Newsday […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/23/2007
Well, I found some linkage for this afternoon. Let’s get to them. Good friend, LC of the anti-Glenn Geffner blog, 38 Cliches, has the news that regular listeners of the Red Sox Radio Network outside of Boston won’t be able to hear Goofner during the World Series unless they log on the internet. ESPN Radio […]
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Giving you some links on this Monday night. We start this update with a blog entry from Neil Best of Newsday. He has some quotes from Joe Buck and Tim McCarver from a Fox conference call and both men discussed the future of Joe Torre. And thanks to Best who got the link from Awful […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/18/2007
Let’s give you a few links this afternoon. First, Neil Best of Newsday lets us know that the Watchdog blog got a redesign. And Neil has the press release from Sports Illustrated about Dan Patrick joining the SI team. The Ventura County Star’s Jim Carlisle blogs that the Anaheim Angels have changed their flagship radio […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/15/2007
Let’s go to the links this morning. Starting with USA Today’s Michael Hiestand, he writes that the ranking of South Florida at #2 in the BCS got the attention of the Fox NFL Sunday crew. From his Four DVR’s, no waiting blog in the Houston Chronicle, David Barron gives a wrapup of the Sunday NFL […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/9/2007
As I did with the League Division Series, I’m going to give you the schedule for the American League and National League Championship Series by date and by series. Don’t forget TBS will carry the NLCS and Fox will have the ALCS this season. ESPN Radio will carry all of the games. TBS Hot Corner […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/3/2007
We did early morning Wednesday links today. As we’re back at work today, time to give you some real linkage. First, the LPGA has unveiled a new logo and online pro shop. Steve DiMeglio of USA Today has the story. Also from USA Today, Michael Hiestand says TBS will offer some new technology showing Cal […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/27/2007
Hello, time for some links. Pretty busy morning at work so I’m trying to squeeze in some information for you in between tasks. First, ESPN Radio has made its announcer assignments for the MLB postseason. While ESPN TV no longer has the rights to the League Division Series as it once did, ESPN Radio will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/21/2007
Let’s give you some links before the weekend officially arrives. Randell Mell of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel says the Big Ten Network chose the right year to launch. Scott Pierce of the Deseret (UT) News says TV is a major reason for a conference to expand and it’s not a good enough reason for the […]
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Here are your regular Friday links. Lots of stuff. Today, I’ll start it in the Midwest, then head South, head East and back out West. Our usual start is Michael Hiestand of USA Today and he writes about TBS setting up its MLB postseason announcing lineup. From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Bob Wolfey writes that ESPN’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/20/2007
Ok, let’s give you some more links today. Maury Brown in the Biz of Baseball site has a story from Sports Business Daily about the rise in TV ratings for 21 MLB teams. Teams like the Brewers, Indians, Dodgers, Cubs and Mariners are seeing major increases from last year. Neil Best blogs about Mike Tirico’s […]
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Finished my work over at the jobsite so it’s time to provide you with some links. Over to the SOX & Dawgs site which has a petition seeking to have Glenn Geffner removed from the Red Sox Radio booth. CNBC’s Darren Rovell has a story on Dale Earnhardt, Jr. who yesterday announced his new number […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/19/2007
The links are here. Let’s get to them. Newsday’s Neil Best has a short review of the Boomer and Carton in the Morning show on WFAN. And he says he prefers ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown. ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reports that the NFL is investigating how Fox got hold of the Patriots’ spy tape from Week […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/17/2007
ESPN has just announced that starting Thursday, Mike Tirico and Steven A. Smith will host separate shows in the timeslot that used to be Dan Patrick’s. From 1 – 3 p.m. ET, Tirico will do his show. It’s a return to ESPN Radio for Tirico as he was one of the original hosts when the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/21/2007
Here are some links for you today. Even though the Big Ten Conference is having trouble launching its channel, other college conferences are looking into launching channels of their own. Michael Smith and John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal report that the Southeastern Conference may forge ahead with plans to launch a channel and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/20/2007
It’s Monday, August 20 and our friends, John Dennis & Gerry Callahan are still out from WEEI, termed a “vacation” by the station’s public relations firm. Sitting in for D & C today were FSN New England’s Greg Dickerson and Fox 25’s Butch Sterns. And it was the first Patriots Monday for the station. Dickerson […]
