0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/4/2014
All Times Eastern Thursday, September 4 8:30 p.m. Westwood One Green Bay at Seattle — Kevin Harlan/Boomer Esiason//Mark Malone Sunday, September 7 1 p.m. Compass Media Oakland Raiders Radio Network Oakland at New York Jets — Greg Papa/Tom Flores//Lincoln Kennedy ESPN Radio New England at Miami — Mark Kestecher/Louis Riddick//Ian Fitzsimmons Sports USA Radio New […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/21/2014
Mercer pulled off the upset of the NCAA Tournament thus far as the #14 seed in the South Region defeated the #3 seed Duke 78-71. While CBS aired the game and probably got some decent ratings in the midday window, WestwoodOne Sports also broadcast the game on radio and through the Tune In app and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/19/2014
We can’t forget the radio partner of the NCAA Tournament, WestwoodOne which will broadcast all of the games. Granted, you won’t be able to hear all of them, but at least WW1 is providing listeners access to the games either through the March Madness Live app, Tune In, WestwoodOneSports.com, SiriusXM and on terrestrial radio. So […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/16/2014
Thanks to its contract with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, SiriusXM will carry all of the NCAA Tournament games on five dedicated channels on both the Sirius and XM platforms. On Selection Sunday, Mad Dog Radio’s Chris Russo and Steve Torre co-host a four-hour program beginning at 5 p.m. ET going over all of the […]
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WestwoodOne Sports continues as the exclusive radio home of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The radio network will provide audio coverage of all of the games. WestwoodOne’s coverage can be heard in a myriad of ways either through SiriusXM, the March Madness Live mobile and tablet apps, NCAA.com and on WestwoodOneSports.com. In addition to the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/6/2014
Continuing as the U.S. radio rightsholder for the Olympics since 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, WestwoodOne Radio will be on the scene in Sochi for the XXII Olympic Winter Games. WestwoodOne will provide daily around the clock updates as many as three times per hour. In addition, the network will air long form programming, two […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/30/2014
All Times Eastern noon Super Bowl Preview — Scott Graham/Boomer Esiason 1 p.m. Super Bowl Insider — Mark Malone 2 p.m. The Super Bowl Tailgate Show — Craig Carton/Rod Woodson/Tim Ryan/Laura Okmin 4 p.m. Super Sunday Pregame Show — Jim Gray/Larry Fitzgerald/Tom Brady/Scott Graham/Rod Woodson 5 p.m. Super Bowl XLVIII Pregame — Jim Gray/Kevin Harlan/Boomer […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/27/2014
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, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/16/2014
All Times Eastern Studio and Pregame Shows NFL Matchup — ESPN, 6:30 a.m./ESPN2, 7:30 a.m. NFL Films Presents: The Candlestick Makers — ESPN2, 7 a.m. NFL GameDay First — NFL Network, 7 a.m. That Other Pregame Show — CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m. NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network, 9 a.m. Sunday NFL Countdown — […]
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Westwood One Radio will present coverage of NFL Conference Championship Sunday with a doubleheader. Kevin Harlan and Dan Fouts will be live in Denver for the AFC Championship. Kevin Kugler and James Lofton will call the NFC Championship from Seattle. Details are below. WestwoodOne Sports Presents National Audio Coverage of NFL Championship Sunday Winners of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/9/2014
Westwood One Radio will air all of the NFL Divisional Playoffs games this weekend. Familiar names like Ian Eagle, Kevin Harlan, Kevin Kugler and Dave Sims will call the play-by-play. Analysts such as Dan Fouts, Trent Green, James Lofton will join them in the broadcast booth. The Westwood One Sports press release is below. WestwoodOne […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/3/2013
This Sunday, Westwood One Radio will have the opportunity to air four NFL games in a span of 13½ hours. Starting at 1 p.m. ET and running until 2:35 a.m. on Sunday, Westwood One will have an afternoon doubleheader followed by an evening twinbill. Westwood One will offer Seattle at Indianapolis followed by Denver at […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/19/2013
Thursday, September 19 8:30 p.m. Westwood One Sports Kansas City at Philadelphia — Ian Eagle/Boomer Esiason//Mark Malone Sunday, September 22 1 p.m. Compass Media Networks Detroit at Washington — Chris Carrino/Brian Baldinger St. Louis at Dallas — Kevin Ray/Danny White ESPN Radio New York Giants at Carolina — Bill Rosinski/Bill Polian//Ian Fitzsimmons Sports USA Radio […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/12/2013
Thursday, September 12 8:25 p.m. Westwood One Sports New York Jets at New England — Ian Eagle/Trent Green//Ross Tucker Sunday, September 15 1 p.m. Compass Media Networks Dallas at Kansas City — Kevin Ray/Tony White San Diego at Philadelphia — Chris Carrino/Brian Baldinger ESPN Radio Minnesota at Chicago — Sean McDonough/Herm Edwards//Ian Fitzsimmons Sports USA […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/7/2013
Sunday, September 8 1 p.m. Compass Media Networks Oakland at Indianapolis — Greg Papa/Tom Flores/Jim Plunkett//George Atkinson//JT the Brick Seattle at Carolina — Chris Carrino/Brian Baldinger ESPN Radio Tennessee at Pittsburgh — Sean McDonough/Mike Tomczak//Ian Fitzsimmons Sports USA Radio Network Cincinnati at Chicago — Larry Kahn/Ross Tucker//Troy West Westwood One Sports Atlanta at New Orleans […]
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Ok, let’s do another Westwood One Sports press release. This is regarding its announcing teams for the NFL season. Westwood One, formerly Dial Global Sports, has the contract for all NFL primetime games, Sunday, Monday and Thursday Night Football. In addition, it will air all Thanksgiving Day games and all of the NFL’s postseason games […]
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After killing the Westwood One brand during the 2011-12 NFL playoffs and telling the world that Dial Global was now the syndicator of all things Westwood One. This included all of the sports programming Dial Global inherited from Westwood One after the companies merged. I wrote an article at Awful Announcing this week on the […]
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 1/16/2012
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 […]
