Wie zuerst innen gesehen Mike Vogels blog und später verkündet durch die Mannschaft, haben die Washington Kapitalien das Hockey-hassende SportsTalk980 verlassen und ein Abkommen mit Bonneville International Corporation unterzeichnet. Die Kappen werden an gehört Gespräch Radio3wt bei 107.7 FM, 1500 morgens und 820 Am. Bonneville ist die Muttergesellschaft von WTOP, das die Kappen Rückseite einiger Jahre lüftete.
Bonneville hat viele Stationen und Frequenzen in den letzten drei Jahren mit dem spätesten geschlurft, um zu kommen dieser September. Es war verkündete diese Woche daß Teilhaberschaft Bonnevilles mit dem Washington Pfosten für Washington Pfosten-Radio, WTWP, am 20. September beendet.
„Die neue Station kennzeichnet Einheimischen und syndicated Gespräch Erscheinen, um die Programmierung zu ersetzen, die vom Pfosten bereitgestellt wird. WWWT, betiteltes „Gespräch Radio3wt,“ fängt an, Sept. zu lüften. 20. WWWT ist simulcast auf den gleichen Frequenzen, auf denen Washington Pfosten-Radio jetzt lüftet: 1500 morgens, 107.7 FM und 820 Am.“
Das Pressekommuniquã# von den Washington Kapitalien gibt an, daß das zweijährige Abkommen verlangt alle 82 Spiele Sendung sein, vor und postgame einschließend Erscheinen. Die Station lüftet auch ein wöchentliches einstündiges Kapitalzeitschrift Erscheinen auf Samstag Nächte um 6 P.M. sowie Kreuzförderungen auf Schwesterstation WTOP (103.5 FM und 103.9 FM).
â⠂ ¬Å “, welches die Hinzufügung eines anderen Premierfachmannes Vorrecht auf unserer Radiostation sports, bildet uns den führenden Versorger vom Spiel-durchspiel Sport in Washington auf einem der weitestreichenden Signale im Bereich, â⠂ ¬? besagtes Bonneville DC älterer Vizepräsident Joel Oxley. â⠂ ¬Å “ die Kombination des unwiderstehlichen Gespräches während des Tages und Spiel-durchspiel sports nachts und am Wochenende liefert eine leistungsfähige programmierenAufstellung für ‚ 3WT.â⠬?
â⠂ ¬Å “ werden wir zum Partner mit Bonneville aufgeregt und unsere Spiele zu solchen leistungsfähigen Signalen, â⠂ ¬ holen? Kapitalien Vorsitzender und Majorität Inhaber Ted Leonsis sagten. â⠂ ¬Å “ diese Vereinbarung läßt Kapitalventilatoren während der Region unsere Spiele hören, und die fördernden Elemente helfen uns, neue Ventilatoren außerdem zu erreichen. â⠂ ¬?
Dieses ist ausgezeichnete Nachrichten für Kappen' Ventilatoren, da die 1500 Frequenz whopping 50.000 Watt ist und in einem beträchtliche Abstand von der Verizon Mitte gehört werden kann, besonders nachts.
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I’m curious which came first: The Ted/Czabe debate, or the negotiations in changing radio affiliation.
That’s great news. I can now listen to away games in my car. Even in Baltimore.
Indeed, this is great news. 1500AM is a freaking blow-torch. I couldn’t get 980 driving home from the game, much less at home in Burke.
I remember listening to some some Caps/Islanders playoff games at my Grandparents house some 40 minutes outside of Philly when they were on 1500 back in the day.
I was losing the 980 signal around Greenebelt!
I definitely could get WTOP on certain nights all the way up in Syracuse, NY.
I can’t even get 980 driving down K Street some nights. Great news (though isn’t fellow hockey-hater Tony K. on 1500 in the mornings?).
“(though isn’t fellow hockey-hater Tony K. on 1500 in the mornings?)”
You are correct, JP. However, Mr. Tony won’t be on until his MNF gig is done, so we have a break from the hate.
From DCRTV.com:
I wonder if Ted is paying 1500 to broadcast the games (and if so, it’s got to be significantly more than he paid 980), or if he’s actually going to get paid for the rights.
TG, the way I think it worked for 980 was that the Caps paid for a “broadcast window” for each game, but the team kept any advertising revenue during that window. Not sure if it’ll be a similar deal for 1500 or not.
If Ted’s doing this because he is paying 1500 a lower rate, or because 1500’s signal is significantly stronger than 980’s signal and much, much stronger than 570’s signal, or for other, business-related reasons, then it is the smart thing to do. If he’s doing it because he had a squabble with Czaban, then it is a kneejerk,stupid thing to do.
For example, last season the Caps had a deal with WTEM providing for at least one guest appearance by a member of the team each week on both the Brian Mitchell Show and the John Thompson Show. I doubt there could be any similar deal with 1500, given their planned schedule of political talk shows. Giving that up because the hosts of one show are jerks would be stupid. Giving that up because there are other tangible business advantages to making the change would be smart.
BTW, why are people so convinced that Tony K. hates hockey? I have listened to him regularly for years, and yeah, he make jokes about poor attendance and TV ratings, but no more than the rest of the MSM. And he loves Ovechkin, and gave him props on his show all the time, and has often said that playoff hockey is the most exciting experience in all of sports. Yeah, real hatred there.
Excellent points Norske. First, I have to believe that 1500’s greatly increased signal strength is a major factor, and hopefully they have a good business deal as well. I doubt the Czaban squabble was the cause for this switch.
As for Kornheiser, I don’t think he *hates* hockey, but I’d rather have him ignore the sport than make uninformed & dismissive comments about it (which seems to be his M.O.).
Norske,
While they may not have the number of interviews with Capitals personnel on 980 this year as they did last year, there should be better promotion of the team this year. From the press release:
WTOP laughs at the ratings of all the other stations. And while we may not hear more in depth coverage (not that you get that out of John Thompson’s mouth… but you do with Smokin’ Al Koken) there will be a much larger pool to target promotions, etc. Also, with that being said, you don’t need to go to 980 for more in depth anyway. You can just visit us, Off Wing, and Japers’.
I actually stopped listening to the Sports Reporters long ago, so I voted with my radio dial on that show. I definitely don’t look to that station for good hockey coverage, so please don’t look at anything I said as a defense of them. (You can take my comments as a defense of Kornheiser, though, since I’ve always liked him. Not because of anything he has to say about hockey, though. Just in general.)
Yes, getting some promotion on WTOP would be a great thing, and something that, I admit, I missed in reading the story the first time. I’ll miss all the interviews, though.
I know most everyone hates Andy and Steve for their “anti-Cap stance,” but remember there are people at 980 who love hockey and will likely be sorry to lose it from the station.
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