0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/12/2014
“I toad ya that I wude be back awn TV. I’m back in a big way. When YES announced it wude drop me, I toldya I would have a new deel and I do. “Stahting on Mahch 24 … that’s a Mondey, if you must know, ok? I’ll be on Fawx Spawts 1 from one […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/18/2013
We end our prolific posting this morning with this on CBS Sports Network. We knew that it was going to pick up the simulcast of WFAN’s Boomer and Carton morning show. We just didn’t know when it was going start. Well, we know that now. CBS Sports Network announces that you’ll begin to see the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/14/2013
According to the New York Daily News’ Bob Raissman, YES Network will end its long-running simulcast of Mike Francesa’s radio show next month. Since 2002, YES had aired WFAN’s Mike and the Mad Dog and then Mike Francesa’s show when he went solo starting in 2008. Raissman reports that the YES decision had nothing to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/2/2013
Announced this morning, CBS Sports Network will pick up WFAN’s morning show “Boomer and Carton” co-hosted by the NFL Today’s Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton. The show has been on the air since 2007 replacing the embattled “Imus in the Morning” and became popular with listeners in the New York tri-state area. It had been […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/6/2013
My apologies for not doing what was the bread-and-butter of this site and that has been the linkage. A change of schedules in the morning have prevented me from gathering links and they have hurt the content. I hope to get back to a normal publishing schedule. Here is what we have today. Tripp Mickle […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/11/2013
Just announced by CBS Radio and Mike Francesa on WFAN, the New York Yankees will move from WCBS-AM to WFAN starting next season. It means the New York Mets will have a new radio home starting next season. Under the agreement, the Yankees will be heard on both WFAN 660 AM and 101.9 FM. Both […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/31/2013
Ok, lots of things to get to. Let’s do some Friday links. From Anthony CrupiCrupiCrupi of Adweek, a Disney executive downplays any threat from Fox Sports 1 to ESPN. From Variety, Rick Kissell says NBC Sports Network saw stellar ratings for the NHL Conference Semifinals. R. Thomas Umstead from Multichannel News says the next Floyd […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/30/2013
Trying to provide two consecutive days of linkage, something I haven’t done in quite some time. Here we go. Pete Iacobelli of the Associated Press writes that Fox is still investigating the incident that caused a rope supporting its overhead camera to snap at the Coca-Cola 600. Tim Baysinger of Multichannel News writes that Fox […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/30/2013
Monday was quite the day in the sports world. As people were getting up and preparing to go to work on the East Coast, little would they know how things were going to develop. Let’s review what happened as events occurred. All times listed below are Eastern. 7:53 a.m. —
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/2/2013
He’s been fodder for plenty of jokes, been caught falling asleep on live television, allegedly received a police escort and held up a plane to New Orleans earlier this year, yelled at numerous callers and has made countless handwaves to numerous producers, but it all doesn’t matter. After plenty of speculation that Mike Francesa would […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/26/2013
During today’s Mike Francesa show in Tampa, FL, the Pope decided that he doesn’t like being shot from the side. As he was coming back from break on both WFAN and YES, Francesa saw a camera shot of him from his right side and he immediately went off on the production crew. It reminds me […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/30/2012
Wasn’t able to do any posts yesterday as I was away for most of the day. Tough to get anything done when you’re out of range for any internet or even 3G. First World Problems. Anyway, time for some Friday megalinks. Been doing well with the links, except for Thursday, but let’s continue doing them […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/14/2012
Time for some overdue sports radio thoughts. I apologize for the inconsistency in posting. I’ve been sick since last week and its hit me like a ton of bricks. It’s no fun not having a voice and certainly not good to feel wrecked every time I awake. I hope to get better soon, but this […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/1/2012
I’ll do a few links on this Thursday. Can you believe it’s November already? Michael Hiestand of USA Today says the NBA’s television partners are still setting their lineups as the season begins. Hiestand reports that the Mitt Romney campaign is throwing a monkey wrench at ESPN in its attempts to get the GOP Presidential […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/30/2012
I hope those of you in the Mid-Atlantic states are ok after Hurricane Sandy. I’m lucky to still have power after yesterday’s gusts in Southern New England. I know many are not. Hopefully you’re ok after Sandy and you can start getting back to normal. Let’s do some linkage for you. Michael Hiestand of USA […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/16/2012
Time for some long overdue sports media thoughts. First I want to apologize for the lack of content over the last three days. I’ve been helping in dealing with a family crisis and that’s been taking my time. Suffice to say that it might influence the number of posts this week into next. I’ll do […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/10/2012
Let’s do some links now. Austin Karp at Sports Business Daily says the MLB TV partners saw record low ratings this season. Sports lllustrated’s Richard Deitsch reviews ESPN2’s first foray into pro hockey since losing the NHL in 2005. Michael Hiestand of USA Today notes that Bob Costas is back calling postseason baseball for the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/8/2012
This news has broken over the last hour. CBS Radio has announced that it has purchased the 101.9 FM frequency in New York, currently a rock station operated by Merlin Media. CBS plans to put its venerable sports radio station, WFAN on the FM dial, maintaining an AM/FM simulcast for the time being. WFAN has […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/12/2012
I’ll provide a few links on this Wednesday afternoon. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at CBS pushing its Sunday primetime lineup to 7:30 p.m. ET to accommodate the NFL. Michael Kruse of Grantland has a very good story catching up with former ESPN Radio host Nanci Donnellan aka “The Fabulous Sports Babe”. Ed Sherman […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/8/2012
Let’s provide some mid-week linkage before I get too busy later on. Austin Karp of Sports Business Daily writes that NBC’s overnight rating for Tuesday’s Olympic primetime was up from the comparable night four years ago. Tripp Mickle of SBJ says NBC is about to set up a set of exhibition beach volleyball matches between […]
