The NFL Football Season begins, but where is DOUBLE T 104.3 ?

[crow]

So, I was looking foraward to kicking back and listening to the Pittsburgh game tonight on FM radio. I flipped on 104.3, looking forward to hearing the game broadcast on that beautiful FM signal. However, instead, I found some jagoffs talking about some random crap. There was no NFL game to be heard. So, I realized that I had to flip over to the extremely bad AM signal of KKAM to listen to the very first NFL game of the season. Now, obviously, this is because DOUBLE T does not have a deal with Westwood One and KKAM still does. However, I was foolishly under the impression that DOUBLE T was going to be the SPORTS AUTHORITY. So, needless to say, I think NOT having Westwood One on board with your new SPORTS STATION is a big loss for DOUBLE T. Now, the issue of not having Westwood One could simply be just a matter of time until they score them too or it could be something that they will never score.

[EggsOverEasy87]

The only question I have for Double T is where the heck is the website? Their website has taken way too long...

[Terriblejock]

Heh, Kinda reminds me of the Ford Pinto. Sure it got everybody's attention at first, but then the gas tanks started exploding and everybody realized it's crap. Haha Come to think of it, that should be their new positioning statement, " The new Double T 104.3 radio's Pinto".

[jjones596]

Not sure I'd call it the Pinto yet. They still have the market's best talk show imo (tech talk). They still have Tech sports plus Rangers and Cowboys. I'm not sure how not having NFL hurts them much.

However, the website fiasco is inexcusable. It's inconceivable that they're still not streaming, etc. Poor planning on someone's part over there.

[crow]

I am sorry. I just don't understand how you put time and money into a FM SPORTS STATION in a market the size of Lubbock... and you don't have NFL coverage... actual game coverage. However, this post could be wrong come Sunday afternoon... if they are carrying some NFL games. They will have Monday night football because of ESPN. However, if that is all they have, when it comes to NFL game's... I see it as a huge negative. Not everyone is interested in Rangers baseball, Cowgirls football or even Tech. Yet, maybe the ones that are into all of that... outweigh the ones who are not. As for the station not having a website... I don't think any of the Ramar stations have any web presence. Which, I really think is a ball being dropped. Even if you don't want to pay someone to keep it up to date and active for listeners to interact with it... at least put up a dummy page with just the basic info. In this day and age... you have to have web presence.

[EggsOverEasy87]

I am sorry. I just don't understand how you put time and money into a FM SPORTS STATION in a market the size of Lubbock... and you don't have NFL coverage... actual game coverage. However, this post could be wrong come Sunday afternoon... if they are carrying some NFL games. They will have Monday night football because of ESPN. However, if that is all they have, when it comes to NFL game's... I see it as a huge negative. Not everyone is interested in Rangers baseball, Cowgirls football or even Tech. Yet, maybe the ones that are into all of that... outweigh the ones who are not. As for the station not having a website... I don't think any of the Ramar stations have any web presence. Which, I really think is a ball being dropped. Even if you don't want to pay someone to keep it up to date and active for listeners to interact with it... at least put up a dummy page with just the basic info. In this day and age... you have to have web presence.

Double T 104.3 will hopefully have a website soon. If you go to doublet1043.com, the Double T 1043 logo appears. This website hasn't been updated ever since the station made its debut. I think it's clear that a website is in the works (why else would Ramar purchase the domain doublet1043.com?), but for them to take this long is simply inexcusable .

Recently, KDBN in Dallas flipped to CHR Top 40 and their website was ready literally right when the station launched. I don't understand why the same didn't happen for Double T.

[crow]

Like I said... you have to have some sort of presence on the web... something!

[cspotrun]

in short, i think you are all saying, "If You Want to call yoursef T H E Sports Station" you have to be ALL over it, people EXPECT that you will carry EVERY important GAME, Local & National, and that includes some games in the NFL. if you don't you're a joke.
there's NO excuse for it other than to say it is the half ass way Ramar does RADIO.

[static]

My guess is it's just like many other cities. One station gets the coveted home team, Cowboys, Texans, whomever and I think usually the secondary station gets what's left, in this case the NFL contract. Maybe it's different elsewhere, but I can recall in different cities hearing the home team network on one sports station then hearing the game of the week on one of the other stations. The Cowboys here were on 104 for probably seven hours today, which was great. Brad Sham is probably the best in the business. The other network probably wants to get air time on Sundays, something 104.3 can't offer.

I do think they have a pretty novel idea of putting their Tech pre-game show on TV, so you can go from home to car and back during the day. This week they did a better job of covering the nation's big games during the morning hours and their high school show is top-notch. I flew to Dallas in the afternoon, so didn't get to listen then. You'd think 1340 would counter with some kind of big college football show, but last week when I listened they had some guy talking about pipes and cigars. If that doesn't get you ready for college football I don't know what will! I heard Leach on the postgame when I was in Dallas and he was pretty funny talking with Jenson and Harris.

[fredcantu]

FYI--
The top news/talk here in Austin doesn't carry the Longhorns or the Cowboys.  Interestingly for the Horns KLBJ-AM does a pre-grame show and a post-game show but they run Money Talk and Dr Dean Edell during the game itself.  It works for them.