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Fred Roggin: Boston is Not a Better Sports Radio Market than Los Angeles

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On Friday, Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times authored a piece about the differences between Boston and Los Angeles sports radio. The article claimed that “no one listens to sports talk radio in L.A.”

That story and the methodology behind it fired up AM 570’s Fred Roggin of Roggin and Rodney in Los Angeles.

“The story is flawed.”

Roggin said that story is painting Los Angeles listeners as lackluster fans that could care less about sports.

“You don’t care,” Roggin said. “You can take it or leave it. You’re fair weather. You’re not invested. In Boston, it’s part of their life. Here, you don’t care.”

Roggin fired back, “People here desperately care.” He then cited the two Los Angeles area baseball teams that are in the top ten in attendance including the Dodgers who lead the league.

The story is “flawed” as Roggin put it because the author doesn’t factor in obvious differences in the coasts.

“In Los Angeles we have good weather,” said Roggin. “In Los Angeles we have hundreds of restaurants. In Boston they have bad weather. They have to go inside. In the east, you have nothing to do. We have hundreds of things to do.”

Roggin then spoke to the listeners again saying, “that does not mean Boston is a better sports radio market than L.A. That’s insane. And you should be offended by it. I’m offended by it.”

“I counted over 31 radio stations in Boston. There are over 100 in L.A. There’s more options. If you’re listening to sports talk radio, you’re invested… in Boston you are rooting for the Celtics or you’re mad at them. Here we have 35 teams.”

Roggin then said it’s even harder to be a notable sports figure because in Los Angeles, it’s completely results based. “Here, you have to win to be relevant. In a city of stars, you have to win and succeed to be relevant. You have to win every year. That’s how it is in the big time.”

Linda Cohn: Scott Van Pelt Was Passionately Opposed To ESPN Adding Bottom Line

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ESPN’s ever-scrolling ticker at the bottom of our screens wasn’t always there. The technology and idea didn’t fully merge onto the network’s programming until 1995. As common place and necessary as it feels now, it was met with some disagreement internally at the beginning.

Linda Cohn recalled one of those moments when she and some of her cohorts were learning about this “new thing” that scroll on SportsCenter and give the final score sometimes before the highlights even aired. She told the story on the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast with Jimmy Traina.

“We were like, ‘what?’, said Cohn upon hearing of the idea at first. “I thought you cared about how we present our on-camera lead-ins, which is what we write, to present this big game and to build up the anticipation and to get the audience involved even though one of these teams they couldn’t care less about them.”

Cohn recalled Scott Van Pelt debating against the idea in the same meeting.

“So I remember Scott standing up, and when he stands up he’s even taller,” said Cohn, “he put on such a great debate saying everything we were thinking. ‘Wait a minute, how are we telling people the score before they see the highlights? That doesn’t make any sense.'”

Cohn added onto the discussion by giving a film analgy.

“It’s a like a great movie,” Cohn began. “We are telling the end of the movie before we saw the whole movie. What are you doing?”

In the end, ESPN still decided to adopt the technology onto their flagship show.

“We had no choice, we had no say, and we did it and the rest is history.”

Charlie Kirk: NPR Should ‘Lose Funding’ For Gadsden Flag ‘Hit Piece’

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Charlie Kirk: NPR Should ‘Lose Funding’ For Gadsden Flag ‘Hit Piece’

Charlie Kirk, host of The Charlie Kirk Show, recently wrote that National Public Radio should “lose all public funding” for what he called a “hit piece” on the Gadsden flag and Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL).

NRP’s Scott Neuman reported a story earlier this week about Florida’s push to create a license plate patterned after the famous “Don’t Tread On Me” flag. Critics of the initiative said the flag represents “dangerous far-right extremist ideology”.

DeSantis said creating a license plate based on the flag would send “a clear message to out-of-state cars” accompanied with a link on how to presale purchase a plate, followed by an example of what the plate would look like.

Neuman’s story quotes Rachel Carroll Rivas, who works for the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center as the deputy director of research and analysis. She said it was clear the DeSantis administration couldn’t pretend they didn’t know what the flag represented to a certain portion of the population, noting it had been use for some “really awful” causes, notably the January 6th Insurrection.

Kirk later called Carroll Rivas a “conservative-hating leftist expert” before saying “NPR should lose all public funding and then see if the outlet can stand on its own. It is pathetic that a taxpayer-supported ‘media’ outlet can so casually insult more than half the country”.

NPR receives no direct federal funding but does receive grants from the Department of Education and the Department of Commerce which equates to 2% of the organization’s annual revenues.

Keith Olbermann: Charlie Kirk ‘Not So Brightest’ Young Conservative

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Keith Olbermann: Charlie Kirk ‘Not So Brightest’ Young Conservative

On the Friday edition of his Countdown with Keith Olbermann podcast, the host hard harsh criticisms for Turning Point USA founder and talk radio host Charlie Kirk.

Olbermann called Kirk a “balloon head” and “the evil Charlie Brown” before staying the Salem Media Group radio host was “not the best and not so brightest young conservative troll”.

The criticism comes after Kirk called the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate a “military occupation” and Kirk’s insistence that Republican-backed states refuse to cooperate with the Internal Revenue Service after a recent push to hire as many as 87,000 new agents.

“Kirk says the red states should defund the federal government,” Olbermann said before quoting Kirk. “‘State’s should say — Arizona should say — the IRS is not welcome in Arizona. Just an idea’. Yeah, and a good one. The last calculation from Business Insider said the state of Arizona gets $41 billion more a year out of the federal government than it puts into the federal government. While everyone in New York state, pays an average of $3,000 into the national kitty. It costs me three grand a year to keep the other states in business!

“Every man, woman, and child in Arizona is basically paid, by the government, $4,400 per year to be an American citizen. So keep the IRS out. Watch Arizona’s government go bankrupt in a week to 10 days, and save me the $85 or so bucks a year I pay to keep just Arizona alive.”

Fox Sports 910 Adds Arizona State Hockey

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Fox Sports 910 Adds Arizona State Hockey

iHeartMedia’s Fox Sports 910 in Phoenix will air Arizona State men’s hockey on the station this season.

All home games and select road games will air on the station, and will also air a weekly coaches show feature Greg Powers.

“Fox Sports 910 and iHeartMedia Phoenix are proud to partner with Arizona State University as they launch their inaugural radio broadcast for hockey play-by-play,” iHeartMedia Phoenix Market President Linda Little said. “We look forward to bringing ASU Hockey to fans throughout Phoenix on Fox Sports 910 and nationwide on the iHeartRadio app.”

Tyler Paley will serve as the team’s radio play-by-play voice.

Jerry Coleman Exits 105.7 The Fan

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Jerry Coleman Exits 105.7 The Fan

Sports with Coleman host Jerry Coleman has announced he’s been dropped from 105.7 The Fan in Baltimore due to a cost cutting measure.

Coleman, who hosted the 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM shift, had been on the Baltimore sports scene for more than 20 years. He had previously served as the Fan’s on-field reporter for the Orioles and Ravens.

Coleman says the move happened as a previously planned vacation was about to begin.

Matthew Berry: ‘Entrepreneurial Spirit’ Led to ESPN Exit

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It’s been over a week since renowned fantasy football expert Matthew Berry joined NBC Sports after announcing his intention to leave ESPN after 15 years. It made many to wonder why Berry would switch networks.

Berry was on the Brother from Another show with Michael Smith this week. Smith and Berry will do two fantasy shows in the upcoming weeks. On Wednesday, August 17 at 8 PM ET on Peacock, they will host the RotoWorld Draft Guide Show. During the football season, the duo will host the Fantasy Football Tailgate show from 11 AM-1 PM on Peacock before the day’s NFL action begins.

Before the two of them broke down fantasy football, Berry told Smith that he wasn’t necessarily looking to leave the Worldwide Leader and the money wasn’t exactly that much different.

“I wasn’t looking to leave ESPN. I have nothing bad to say about the place. The reason anyone gives a blank about me is because of those four letters and I’m proud of everything we accomplished there.”

“What I would tell you is that there were two things that were super important to me. Obviously, you want to be paid as much as you can get. We all want to make as much money as possible. It was very comparable in terms of what ESPN offered me to stay. ESPN offered me a 3-year extension, very nice raise. NBC also made a very generous offer, so the money was basically equal.”

With money not being the sole reason for the switch, Berry wanted to keep the Fantasy Life app and FantasyLife.com going, which was something he would not be able to do if he was still at ESPN.

“I have an entrepreneurial spirit…I wanted to continue my Fantasy Life stuff. I wanted to be able to keep doing that and building those businesses,” said Berry.

The other main reason for Berry going to NBC is that he wanted to be a part of the NFL coverage, an opportunity he was told he would have by being on Football Night in America Sunday nights during the season.

“I wanted to be a part of NFL coverage. I’ve always tried to push the ball forward in terms of fantasy analysis. I believe that when you are talking fantasy, you are talking NFL. All it is is you are just talking ball…At ESPN because ESPN is owned by Disney, the entrepreneurial stuff wasn’t going to be allowed and I just wasn’t going to be a part of NFL coverage there. That’s how they’ve set their company up and let’s be clear, they have done really, really well over the years. It’s important for me to be a part of NFL coverage to have fantasy truly be aligned.” 

Jenna Wolfe Departs ‘First Things First’

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Jenna Wolfe Departs ‘First Things First’

First Things First host Jenna Wolfe announced her departure at the end of this morning’s show. Wolfe has co-hosted the show with Nick Wright and Kevin Wildes since 2017.

“I’m heading off to some other things,” Wolfe said during her announcement. “I have had an absolute blast here, minus not always knowing what day it was.

“What’s important is I will be watching you guys (Wright and Wildes) and I will be rooting for you guys. And for you at home, thank you so much for waking up with us every day. It meant the world to me. I will miss you. I will mis this.”

Wolfe, 48, ended her goodbye by saying “It’s Jordan. It was always Jordan,” in regards to the show’s frequent conversation about whether Michael Jordan or LeBron James is the greatest basketball player of all time.

The former TODAY Show host did not mention what future projects may be in store.

810 WHB Celebrates 100 Years On-Air

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810 WHB Celebrates 100 Years On-Air

810 WHB celebrated 100 years of on-air excellence at an event Thursday night.

The longtime top 40 station switched to sports in 1999, and held a banquet at The Midland Theatre in downtown Kansas City to celebrate the milestone brought former Chiefs and Royals players, as well as current and former Kansas Jayhawks and Kansas State Wildcats to the city.

“We had a chance to be exposed by them in many ways. We had a great season, and we’re all very proud of it and very proud to be here,” said Kansas Head Basketball Coach Bill Self to KCTV.

100% of the proceeds from the event were given to Kansas City charities. The station also honored host Nate Bukaty for his numerous charitable works in the city since joining the station in 2004.

Panhandle Sports Star Coming to Amarillo

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Panhandle Sports Star Coming to Amarillo

Alpha Media is flipping the format of hip-hop We 102.9 to sports. Starting on Monday, local listeners will be introduced to the Panhandle Sports Star.

The “Sports Star” brand is currently in use by the company’s San Antonio station, which recently hit the FM airwaves.

The station will feature mostly ESPN Radio programming, while adding a pair of local shows. Lance Lahnert, a columnist for the Amarillo Globe-News, will host “The Drive” from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, while Jake Boesen and Allen Roberson will host “The Sports Nerds” from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.

Both shows had previously aired, in some iteration, on Alpha Media’s Amarillo news-talk station KGNC.

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