CBS SPORTS 107.9 THE FAN

[AdMan17]

the domains have been booked

hope we all love boomer on a 3 hour delay

[KeithE4]

"CBS Sports 107.9 The Fan?"

Wouldn't Gumpdusky have something to say about the last part of that?

[Frequency Breakdown]

"CBS Sports 107.9 The Fan?"

Wouldn't Gumpdusky have something to say about the last part of that?

In this market, yes, they would. But "The Fan" moniker is used by CBS' sports stations throughout the country.

[KOOL Listener Lauren]

And what specific domains are those... that have actually been purchased?

[landtuna]

What a waste of a great music signal!!!! 

[KeithE4]

What a waste of a great music signal!!!! 

The question, assuming this does happen (and we all know what happens when we "ass u me"), is "What would they broadcast that would draw an audience?" 

If they're going to be just a CBS Sports Radio satellator, they're dead from Day One.  If they go local, it would be 100% talk shows unless they could wrestle the Coyotes away from XTRA 910.  TMISU have everybody else locked up.

And who would be their sports-talk hosts?  Would Gambo get tired of his de facto demotion at KTAR Arizona Sports 620 and talk Mark Asher into pairing up again?  Yet another 3-6 month stint in Phoenix for Arnie Spanier?  I hear he's available again.  Would Bob Kemp get tired of Gumpdusky and 1060's three listeners, and move over there?  It could give The Suck-Up Pollyana Positive Side of Sports yet another temporary home.

I'm not holding my breath for sports on 107.9.  There's no reason for it to exist.

[Ford]

I think the better question is, why would CBS give up a 3 share for a 1 share?

[KeithE4]

I think the better question is, why would CBS give up a 3 share for a 1 share?

Sports, if done right, bills far better than the ratings would indicate.  But they'd have to have content (read:  games), and right now TMISU has all local teams, except the Coyotes (XTRA) and ASU baseball & women's hoops (KDUS), locked up.

[crainbebo]

Country should ALWAYS be kept at the top of the dial in Phoenix. It's been that for eons now, and why the heck do they even want to do it? KMLE has a 4.0 AQH rating as of June, and they are in the Top 10.

-crainbebo

[sirlaughsalot]

I can't confirm the switch nor do I really care, and frankly Scarlett, I don't give a damn. But the AdMan knows what he's talking about, which is why I tend to believe him.