I also think that, sometimes, when one of the other ABC/Disney station has conflicts in scheduling, the sports get pushed to 1560 simply to make room for them.
Paul On Jan 8, 2008 9:17 AM, LAWRENCE STOLER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When the LMA began between the New York Times Company and Disney, they did > run some sports on WQEW for a short time. I believe that was brokered > programming and they had to run out the contract with whatever team was > buying the time. > > Many times in New York, sports teams have to be shared with other stations > not necessarily the ones where they are usually heard. This comes from a > non sports fan. > > I am not a fan of Radio Disney. I was dialing around a few years ago and > did hear sports on 1560 so I assumed that was left over as far as > contractual commitments from the days before the format change. > Larry Stoler > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "k4ape" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" > <irca@hard-core-dx.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 3:44 AM > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney > > > > > > > > > > > Willis said: WQEW doesn't follow Disney to the letter. They will have > > > baseball and football games from time to time along with local adds. > > > ///// > > > Thanks Willis. That explains it. Disney likes to wave that logo in > front > > > of everyone as often as they can. So I'm surprised the network doesn't > > > cue the local logo bumpers even more often than they do. > > > > Pat- > > Just this last year WQEW had Yankees or Mets, don't remember during the > play > > offs. Seems that WFAN opted for a baskeball game(not sure, there ended > up > > that both New York teams that WFAN carries, we playing at the same time) > and > > QEW got to have baseball. But it isn't always, just once and a great > while. > > > > Just for fun, let ask you, have you ever been up at the top of the > Empire > > state building where all the antennas are. I was there in January of > 1998. > I > > believe that at that time only some of the FM stations were using the > > antennas, as I believe the TV was all over at the WTC. What does that > have > > to do with Disney? nothing. > > > > Willis > > > > _______________________________________________ > > IRCA mailing list > > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1213 - Release Date: > 1/7/2008 > 9:14 AM > > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
