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Joe Concha: New York Times Best-Sellers List Isn’t Accurate

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Fox News contributor Joe Concha joined The Mark Simone Show on 710 WOR Tuesday to discuss his new book, “Come On Man!: The Truth About Joe Biden’s Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Presidency“. He told Simone his book deserves to be on The New York Times best-seller list, but you won’t likely find it there.

“If I’m on The Wall Street Journal best-sellers list and the Amazon best-sellers list, and the Publisher’s Weekly best-sellers list, why exactly did The New York Times — the paper of record — somehow leave me off theirs even thought I know my book sold more copies than most other books on that list? I think that might be biased, Mark. I think that just hit me,” said Concha.

Concha then went on to compare The New York Times not including the best-selling books on their list to them deciding the New York Mets actually defeated the San Diego Padres in the MLB playoffs because they like the Mets better than the Padres.

He then added that the author of “The Exorcist“, William Friedkin, sued the paper because his book wasn’t included on the best-sellers list, and The Times admitted the list isn’t solely based on book sales but is also editorialized.

“Isn’t this the paper that claims there’s no election tampering? They tamper with their own lists!”, Simone said.

Chris Oliviero: 1010 WINS Benefits More Than 880 WCBS From Move to FM Simulcast

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Last week, Audacy New York announced it would create an FM simulcast for all-news 1010 WINS on 92.3 FM. Audacy New York Market President Chris Oliviero discussed the change with Inside Radio, and said the media landscape “is changing under our feet”, noting that the move to an FM simulcast was necessary to protect both 1010 WINS and 880 WCBS.

Many had pondered why the company would choose to give an FM simulcast to 1010 WINS and not 880 WCBS, and Oliviero said it was a simple decision.

“From a facility standpoint, WINS would benefit from the update greater,” Oliviero said.

880 WCBS and 1010 WINS both have 50,000 watts of power on the AM dial. However, 1010 WINS is a directional Class B signal, while 880 WCBS is a Class A non-directional signal. WYNL, the call letters of the 92.3 FM frequency, has 6,000 watts of power.

In the latest Nielsen ratings, WINS had a 3.0 share in persons 6+, while WCBS saw a 2.9 share. ALT 92.3, the station restructured in the move, had a 1.2 share during the September ratings period.

WBNS Celebrating 100 Years On-Air

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WBNS Celebrating 100 Years On-Air

WBNS Radio in Columbus is celebrating 100 years on-air.

WBNS-AM was launched in 1922 by C.A. Entrekin as WCAH in the living room of his home, before being purchased by the Wolfe Family in the early 1930s. They changed the call letters to WBNS, with BNS standing for the family’s business interests Banks, News, and Shoes.

The Wolfe Family began experimenting with the FM band in the 40s before acquiring 97.1 FM in 1957.

The station is now owned by TENGA, and operates as 97.1 The Fan and 1460 ESPN Columbus.

“It is so exciting to be celebrating 100 years of broadcasting tradition and excellence on ESPN Columbus,” said vice president and station manager Todd Markiewicz.  “The Wolfe Family provided a century of tradition and service to our community and our entire team is proud to carry on that legacy. 100 years of doing anything well is impressive. Through our broadcasting, we’ve become part of the fabric of our community with a front row seat to its rich history.  These historic call letters have not only stood the test of time, but have gained momentum and grown into a local, regional, and national sports marketing leader.”

WBNS has served as the flagship radio station for Ohio State Athletics since 1983. It has also served as the radio home of the Columbus Blue Jackets since their inaugural season in 2000. In addition, 97.1 The Fan is the Columbus home for the Cleveland Browns.

To celebrate its 100-year anniversary, the station will air a one-hour special at 9:00 PM to commemorate the occasion.

Kenny Albert Believes Hockey Is Easiest Sport To Announce

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On Wednesday night, the NHL on TNT will begin its second season with a doubleheader of action. In Game 2 of the doubleheader, Kenny Albert will be on the call with Eddie Olczyk, Keith Jones, and Jackie Redmond as the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche host the Chicago Blackhawks (9:30 PM ET).

Albert was a guest on the latest episode of The Wormcast: How Sports Media Happens Podcast on Tuesday and he said NHL on TNT in its first year went very well and mentioned how having ex-players ask questions to current players before the game made for better answers.

“I thought year 1 went very, very well. I loved some of the things that Turner decided to do with the pregame crew. Those guys would do the interview with players before the games on the ice for example. Those of us in the booth can ask the same 2-3 questions to a player before the game and you might get the same stock answers. What are the keys tonight? What are the biggest challenges against your opponent? When you have a Wayne Gretzky or a Rick Tocchet or an Anson Carter or a Paul Bissonette asking the questions, the players certainly react to that.”

Going into that first season, Albert mentioned that they wanted to take the great work that NBC did in the prior 15 years and add to it.

“I think the mantra was to take what NBC had done over the decade and a half and move forward and enhance the broadcast. I thought both networks did an outstanding job.”

Albert has one of the unique distinctions of having been a play-by-play announcer for all four major sports (MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA). To the surprise of many, Albert said that hockey is the easiest one to call and if you don’t call baseball everyday, it will be a challenge.

“There are similarities to all 4, but also major differences. To me, hockey is the easiest and most people think it would be the hardest…On the radio, you have to be so descriptive and give the time and score a lot more often no matter what the sport is. Hockey, on radio in particular, you are just calling the game for 60 minutes. Football is the most rhythmic. Baseball to me is the most challenging if you don’t do it every day because there is so much down time in between pitches and you have to rely even more so on the analyst.”

Jazz Chisholm Joins MLB Network As Guest Analyst

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Jazz Chisholm Joins MLB Network As Guest Analyst

MLB All-Star Jazz Chisholm is joining MLB Network as a guest analyst for the Divisional Round.

The Miami Marlins middle infielder will appear on MLB Central and MLB Tonight during the week.

On Tuesday, Chisholm will join Greg Amsinger, Sean Casey, and Harold Reynolds for MLB Tonight following the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees contest. Wednesday, he’ll work alongside Matt Vasgersian and Yonder Alonso following the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves NLDS game. Thursday, he’ll work both MLB Central and MLB Tonight.

The 24-year-old Bahamian had a breakout first half in 2022, hitting 14 home runs with 45 RBI in 60 games. He made his first All-Star team, but did not play in the game. A back injury sidelined him from June 29th through the remainder of the season.

NFL Network Sees London Ratings Record With Giants/Packers

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NFL Network Sees London Ratings Record With Giants/Packers

The New York Giants bested the Green Bay Packers in a game that aired exclusively on NFL Network from London Sunday morning, and the contest provided an NFL Network record for viewers.

The game garnered 5.2 million viewers, which is a new high for a London broadcast on the cable outlet. The previous record was 4.6 million viewers, set only a week ago as the Minnesota Vikings faced the New Orleans Saints.

The 5.2 million viewers, however, pales in comparison to other NFL broadcasts in exclusive windows. Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime Video saw an audience of 9.7 million viewers, while Monday Night Football saw an audience of 12.5 million on ESPN, while 1.6 million watched the Manningcast on ESPN2. Sunday Night Football drew 15.8 million viewers on NBC.

The game also aired on local television in New York and Green Bay. According to Nielsen, the game garnered a 6.9 share in New York and a 25.4 share in Milwaukee.

Tomi Lahren Locked Out Of Facebook After Vaccine Video

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OutKick political commentator Tomi Lahren claims she was locked out of Facebook last week after the social media platform flagged a video posted to her page as COVID-19 disinformation.

While discussing Twitter censoring a tweet from the Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo that claimed males between the ages of 18-39 were more likely to suffer a cardiac-related death if they had received the COVID-19 vaccine, Lahren revealed her recent troubles with Facebook.

“This same crap happened to me just last week when another ‘Warden of Truth’, Facebook, locked me out of my account for 24 hours for posting this,” Lahren said as she showed a screen shot of a post she made in August saying airline pilots were suffering dangerous side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine.

In the video clip posted to Facebook, Lahren discussed claims from Josh Yonder of US Freedom Flyers — an organization that advocates for “medical freedom for all airline passengers and personnel” — saying a pair of pilots suffered side effects from the vaccine while flying. Lahren commented that “very few doctors will come out and say this is vaccine related”.

“I’ll say it again. See how invested these supposedly neutral content platforms are at pushing and protecting a narrative is dangerous and quite frankly evil,” Lahren concluded. “Ask yourself why. I’ll leave you to ponder that for yourself.”

Keith Olbermann: Media Shouldn’t Defend Maggie Haberman

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Keith Olbermann: Media Shouldn’t Defend Maggie Haberman

Keith Olbermann has been outspoken in his criticism of Maggie Haberman and her decision to not report several facts she learned about Donald Trump in The New York Times and save them for her book “Confidence Man“. Tuesday, Olbermann lauded a BBC reporter for pressing Haberman for more details on her decision, and added the media shouldn’t defend The Times reporter for her actions.

“BBC News apparently startled Maggie ‘Where’s My Book Deal?’ Haberman,” Olbermann began.

“Interviewing Haberman for BBC Radio reporter and host Zeinab Badawi pressed her about all the stuff she held back for the book and kept out of The Times. ‘This was new information, wasn’t it? We have on-going investigations. Why did you not make this revelation sooner?’ Haberman tap-danced about painting a fuller picture but Badawi pressed the point. ‘Were you putting profits before principles?’

“By this point, Haberman was thoroughly flustered and finished up talking about books taking time and added ‘The book is part of journalism. The book is a work of journalism. You know, books are part of journalism’. Waiting for the 39 pieces from the political media industrial complex defending Haberman and ‘access journalism’ and attack Miss Badawi of the BBC.”

“Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America” was released on October 4th.

Bob Costas: ‘All Football Broadcasters Have To Understand Basics Of Concussions’

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Concussions and their lingering effects have been part of the conversation around football for years. Fans know more about the risk of head trauma in the sport than ever before. Richard Deitsch of The Athletic recently asked Bob Costas how fans should expect broadcast booths to cover those issues when they become relevant in a game.

Costas noted that there is so much NFL-related programming on TV now that is it hard to keep up with everything that is or isn’t said about the issue. He even admits that he did not see the Thursday Night Football game between the Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals where quarterback Tua Tagvailoa is widely believed to have suffered a second concussion within five days. Still, he offered some general thoughts.

“All announcers who cover football, be it college or pro, ought to be aware at least in broad terms of the nature of concussions, how they present themselves, what the early signs are that a layperson can observe in real-time, even before a neurologist gets to examine somebody. Then they need to be aware of what the specifics are from the NFL as the case may be. They don’t have to editorialize about it, but they need to be able to recognize it and, to some extent, contextualize it if it becomes appropriate.”

The policies that the NFL has in place around concussions are far from perfect. Still, Bob Costas notes that the league’s standards for what is acceptable have changed. Fans know it and broadcasters have to take that fact into account.

“It wasn’t very long ago that players would argue with their coaches or the trainer or the medical staff out of taking them out of the game. That just can’t happen anymore,” he said. “So that general awareness is not really even taking a position. It’s just being aware of what the presently understood facts of the matter are. Everyone who broadcasts games should at least have a baseline understanding of that. They should familiarize themselves with what Chris Nowinski of the Concussion Legacy Foundation put out there. In fact, they even have a course, which you can take online, that gives you at least a rudimentary grasp of what the issue is.”

He added that he was never his willingness to address issues of CTE on NFL broadcasts was a problem for NBC. He tried to address the issue with some regularity, but was respectful of the limitations his position presented.

The Fan Morning Show: Nobody Moves ‘On Your Radio Dial’

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The Fan Morning Show: Nobody Moves ‘On Your Radio Dial’

The Fan Morning Show got off to a funny start Tuesday, as host Colin Dunlap described the seating arrangement of the other hosts in studio to the radio audience. Chris Mack and Dorin Dickerson chuckled and thanked him for his descriptive nature before saying they are sitting “right to left on your radio dial”.

The show then reminisced about their former co-worker Jim Colony and his hatred for the phrase.

“Jim Colony hates that. He goes ‘Why do I need to know that?’ It doesn’t move on your radio dial. It just moves,” Colin Dunlap said.

“You know what? I love it,” Chris Mack countered. “I need the picture!” Mack then impersonated an announcer’s descriptions of uniforms and direction the play is headed to begin a football game.

“Jim hates when they say ‘Right to left on your radio dial’ because nobody moves on your radio dial,” Dunlap reiterated.

“I just need to envision it, Jim!”, Mack replied.

Dunlap then said he was thinking of Colony this morning after remembering a time disgraced Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown called the program to beg for airtime to try to tell his side of the story of a recent controversy. Brown, as the show remembered, was fond of Colony.

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