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Denver Nuggets Broadcasters Chris Marlowe, Scott Hastings, Chris Dempsey Depart

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"Altitude Sports is moving in a different direction and decided not to renew my contract. It has been a wonderful 22 year run, and I want to thank everyone who was there along the way."

Clay Travis: NFL Placing 87% Of Games On Free TV Means They’re “Violating The Law” 13% Of The Time

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"You guys have an important responsibility and an opportunity to apply the law fairly freely and help fans everywhere across the entire nation pay less and get more."

NBA Finals Game Three Viewership Highest Since 1998

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"Game 3 averaged 23.8 million viewers on ABC and ESPN, a 159% jump from last year's Game 3. The audience peaked at 26.3 million viewers at 11:15 p.m. ET."

CBS News Earned $362 Million From 60 Minutes, CBS Evening News, Others in 2025

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"Halfway through this year, CBS is still at 22% of the dollar share."

Rob Dibble, 97.9 ESPN Help Collect Nearly 5,000 Turkeys

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"This year, the support from listeners, sponsors, partners and volunteers helped make a remarkable state-wide impact."

The BSM Top 20 Mid Market Afternoon Shows of 2018

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"Radio executives voted to determine the Top 20 Mid Market Sports Radio Afternoon Shows of 2018."

97.9 ESPN Strikes 10-Year Deal with UConn

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The University of Connecticut will spend the next decade working with a brand new radio partner. After WTIC in Hartford parted ways with the...

The Top 20 Mid-Market Afternoon Shows of 2017 Are…

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The midway point of the week is where we celebrate the programs who entertain our audiences as they head home from work each afternoon....

The Top 20 Mid-Market Afternoon Shows of 2016 Are…

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We're halfway through the 2016 BSM Top 20 in Sports Radio, and today the afternoon shows gain our undivided attention. Before you scroll down...

Dealing with Tragedy in Sports Talk Radio

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Sports radio serves as a distraction from everyday life for its audience. Whether you listen to it while in transit to or from work...

Welcome To The 2016 Sports Radio Draft

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Welcome to the second annual sports radio draft. I created this project last year to introduce sports radio fans, and industry people to some of...

Tim Spence Headed to Connecticut to Serve as PD of 97.9 ESPN

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Tim Spence is on his way to Connecticut where he will join iHeartMedia and oversee the company's sports and news brands in Hartford and New Haven....

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Clay Travis: NFL Placing 87% Of Games On Free TV Means They’re “Violating The Law” 13% Of The Time

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"You guys have an important responsibility and an opportunity to apply the law fairly freely and help fans everywhere across the entire nation pay less and get more."

NBA Finals Game Three Viewership Highest Since 1998

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"Game 3 averaged 23.8 million viewers on ABC and ESPN, a 159% jump from last year's Game 3. The audience peaked at 26.3 million viewers at 11:15 p.m. ET."

CBS News Earned $362 Million From 60 Minutes, CBS Evening News, Others in 2025

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"Halfway through this year, CBS is still at 22% of the dollar share."

NAB President Curtis LeGeyt: Congress Must “Reaffirm The Scope” Of Sports Broadcasting Act Of 1961 With All Leagues

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"We're not here to scrutinize the NFL's business practices. We're here to affirm that if they want to take advantage of an antitrust exemption granted to them by this body, that there are certain public interest obligations that went along with that."