Houston Sportstalkers--revenue weaklings?

[War Of Attrition]

The flipside is 790 to continue the format and op at a loss at just over a million is now a question.

Where do you get your information that 790 is loving $1M a year? I was under the impression it was making money, although not a lot.

How could they be loosing $1,000,000?  Clear Channel does not believe in stations that don't make money and you would have to work really hard to loose that much money with a decent signal and sales team like what CCH has with KBME. 

[bayou_city_bob]

I've heard that KTRH pulls about $2-$2.5 million per year off of the Astros and all related programming (Spring Training, Astroline, Local Pregame and 10th Inning shows).

Are you saying KTRH "clears" /profits 2.5M from Astro's or is that the total revenue. Because the former would be a great number, the later would be awful.
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Total revenue brought in.....

[Faraway]

I agree with "War" - CC does not allow stations to lose $1M a year w/o someone getting in real big trouble. 

As for the Astros billing - if KTRH pays a right's fee, I'd be very surprised the figures quoted are accurate because I know of lesser teams bringing in more revenue.  If it's a barter deal, and the team is keeping most or all of the inventory, that'd be pretty good.

[War Of Attrition]

I agree with "War" - CC does not allow stations to lose $1M a year w/o someone getting in real big trouble. 

As for the Astros billing - if KTRH pays a right's fee, I'd be very surprised the figures quoted are accurate because I know of lesser teams bringing in more revenue.  If it's a barter deal, and the team is keeping most or all of the inventory, that'd be pretty good.

The KTRH and network feeds are not the same.  They are separate.  I am not sure if there are two feeds coming out of the box, or if KTRH feeds the network, but I am sure about KTRH not taking THE network feed.

This arrangement would imply that KTRH buys the local rights and the Astros get the network.  If this is the case then that revenue number is beyond embarrassing.

[jasondm4]

what was cumulus even thinking when they flipped 97.5 to sports? there wasting a perfectly good channel. There ratings have gotten even lower! I'm sure they will flip again

[War Of Attrition]

what was cumulus even thinking when they flipped 97.5 to sports? there wasting a perfectly good channel.

I am going to have to take issue with the "perfectly good channel" part.

[jasondm4]

sorry i didn't mean to put perfectly in there