[TV orNotTV] Re: The I-Man to return to television

2009-08-12 Thread televisiongirl
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 6:28 PM, stan wrote: > > Wasn't WFAN originally an Emmis Broadcasting station? I don't think > Mel was in charge of them until Infinity merged with CBS Radio. > WFAN was owned by Emmis when Infinity bought it in the early 1990's. Mel was with Infinity at the time. He

[TV orNotTV] Re: The I-Man to return to television

2009-08-12 Thread stan
On Aug 11, 6:21 pm, "Mark J." wrote: > On Aug 11, 12:34 am, David Bruggeman wrote: > > Now, I'd be pooh-poohing it, but a lot of people thought that when > Karmazin (?) bought WNBC in NY and took WFAN down from 1050 to 660 > over 20 years ago, he was crazy for keeping Imus in morning driv

[TV orNotTV] Re: The I-Man to return to television

2009-08-11 Thread Mark J.
On Aug 11, 12:34 am, David Bruggeman wrote: > So good to see the old and tired band together for...warmth? > > This should remove any doubts that Fox Business is a loss leader for R.M.   > The channel's getting McEnroe level ratings and they want to pay money for a > name in the morning? Cons

[TV orNotTV] Re: The I-Man to return to television

2009-08-11 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:03 PM, K.M. Richards wrote: > > Wait, I thought Imus was being simulcast on RFD TV?  Or has that ended > (although I get the channel, Imus is done before I get up in the > morning, so I've never bothered to tune it in)? His deal with the farm report channel will termina

[TV orNotTV] Re: The I-Man to return to television

2009-08-11 Thread K.M. Richards
Wait, I thought Imus was being simulcast on RFD TV? Or has that ended (although I get the channel, Imus is done before I get up in the morning, so I've never bothered to tune it in)? On Aug 10, 10:15 pm, "Kevin M." wrote: > Don Imus is close to a deal with Fox Business which would simulcast > h

[TV orNotTV] Re: The I-Man to return to television

2009-08-10 Thread David Bruggeman
So good to see the old and tired band together for...warmth? This should remove any doubts that Fox Business is a loss leader for R.M. The channel's getting McEnroe level ratings and they want to pay money for a name in the morning? David From: Kevin M. D