0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/28/2014
As ESPN begins its broadcast day in covering Super Bowl XLVIII in New Yawk, plenty of guests will be paraded in and out of its various studios in Herald Square, Times Square and Bryant Park. In addition, Media Day will take place at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ meaning both the Denver Broncos and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/27/2014
And our final Super Bowl-centric post at least for now deals with CBS Sports Radio’s plans for this week. CBS Sports Radio, a joint venture between CBS Sports and Cumulus Radio, will have its weekday lineup broadcast live New York City to cover the Big Game. The shows that begin at 6 a.m. and run […]
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NBC Sports Radio, a joint venture between NBC Sports and WestwoodOne Radio, is out in full force in New York City for the Super Bowl. Three of its shows hosted by Brian Kenny, Newy Scruggs, Mark Malone and Donovan McNabb will be placed on Radio Row in the Sheraton Times Square in New York. The […]
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On Sunday, February 2, Super Bowl XLVIII will air exclusively on WestwoodOne Radio. The network’s coverage begins at noon with Super Bowl Preview co-hosted by Scott Graham and Monday Night Football analyst Boomer Esiason. That will be followed by three other shows including Super Bowl Tailgate hosted by WFAN’s Craig Carton at the New Meadowlands, […]
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Starting now as a matter of fact, ESPN begins its 5,341,093 hours coverage of Super Bowl XLVIII from New York. It begins at 6 a.m. ET with Mike & Mike from Super Bowl Boulevard in Herald Square near Macy’s Department Store. Then it continues from ABC’s Times Square Studios and from Bryant Park all day […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/25/2014
Time to do a quick notebook for you on this early Saturday morning. They’ll be bullet form. Fox has increased its stake in the YES Network. In late 2012, it purchased a 49% share in the regional sports network. On Friday through a press release from parent company 21st Century Fox, YES will become a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/24/2014
NBC will air the last Pro Bowl on broadcast television until 2022 at least. Starting in 2015, ESPN will get the Pro Bowl every year like it used to from 1989 until 2006. Since the 2007 game, the Pro Bowl has been on broadcast TV except for 2010 when CBS relinquished the rights to ESPN. […]
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Using New York City’s Herald Square and Times Square as backdrops, ESPN will provide some 115 hours of TV and radio programming involving Super Bowl XLVIII next week. ESPN’s main set will be at Herald Square in front of the famous Macy’s department store. Another set will be at ABC’s Times Square Studios were ESPN’s […]
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On Thursday, Fox held two Super Bowl-related conference calls with the media. Some interesting things were said including Fox Sports President Eric Shanks talking about the potential for bad weather plus producer Richie Zyontz explaining why he he had cut off the now-infamous Erin Andrews interview with Seattle’s Richard Sherman. You can take a look […]
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This from the fine people at CBS Sports. With Super Bowl Week fast approaching, the various sports television networks have unveiled their plans to provide programming for the days leading up to the Big Game in New Jersey. I’ll post what you can expect to watch on CBS, ESPN and NBC’s Family of Networks today. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/23/2014
Just one guest today on the Fang’s Bites podcast and it’s James Andrew Miller, the co-author of Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN. The subjects discussed: Brent Musburger being replaced as Voice of College Football Management Changes at ESPN The Grantland story on Dr. V, the transgender woman who committed […]
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Continuing its tradition to air just about everything about the Super Bowl except for the game, NFL Network plans to carpetbomb viewers with shows and programs surrounding the Big Game during the week and hours leading up to kickoff. NFL Network says it will provide over 140 hours of programming, a record 86 of them […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/22/2014
On February 2, the Fox Sports Go app which currently is available to select authenticated cable subscribers including Cablevision’s Optimum and Comcast’s Xfinifty, will open up to everyone so people can see Super Bowl XLVIII online. Fox is calling this a “Special Preview” and the app will open to all starting at noon ET and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/21/2014
You may not be familiar with the name of Jerry Smith if you’re a new school NFL fan. But old school fans remember he was a very good tight end for the DC NFL Team from the 1960’s into the 1970’s. When he retired after the 1977 season, Smith held the record for receptions by […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/20/2014
The National Football League is giddy tonight. It’s giddy over the viewership numbers which say the AFC and NFC Championship Games drew an average of over 50 million viewers. Together, they averaged 53.7 million. The AFC Championship on CBS brought in 51.3 million viewers making it the third most-watched AFC Championship ever. The NFC Championship […]
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Fox saw some very good ratings and viewership for the NFC Championship between the San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks. The game which ended in a 23-17 win for the Seahawks resulted with a 28.5 rating for Fox. It had a 44 share. That’s 18% better than last year’s NFC Championship. Overall, it had […]
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CBS’ overnight ratings for the AFC Championship between the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos are the highest dating back to 1987 when the Broncos took on the Cleveland Browns on NBC. The rating of 29.5 and 52 share is the second highest for the AFC Championship and it’s 13% better than last year’s Conference […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/19/2014
Time to do some thoughts before the NFL Conference Championship Games. Once they start, I won’t be able to get this done. As usual, they come in bullet form. Last week, Grantland put forth a story by Caleb Hannan on the science behind a golf putter and the person who invented it. And while it’s […]
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Starting today, SiriusXM will offer more NFL Spanish language programming including live games. With the Conference Championship games, talk shows and an increased live game schedule starting in September, SiriusXM will bring more programming to its Latino listeners. At 2 p.m. ET today, former NFL placekicker Benny Ricardo will host “La Onda de la NFL” […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/18/2014
The San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks fight for the right to play in Super Bowl XLVIII in New Jersey on Fox on February 2. Fox Sports will be there to monitor it all from Fox NFL Sunday which will be live from CenturyLink Field in Seattle, WA to the actual game. With Fox […]
