Callers: PPM’s Next Victim?

Posted by Randall Bloomquist on January 11, 2010

A recent column in Toronto’s Globe and Mail reports that Canadian sports-talk stations have developed a serious bias against callers, with some shows banning them all together, and others limiting listener participation to special “hot-button topic” segments or post-game shows. The most eyebrow-raising observation in the column comes from Bob McCown, host of an afternoon [...]

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This One Is Already Over

Posted by Randall Bloomquist on August 12, 2009

The Washington Post has a thumbsucker piece on DC’s new sports-radio rivalry between CBS’s WJFK-FM and WTEM-AM, which is owned by Redskins’ owner Daniel Snyder.  Here’s my prediction: Both stations will immediately face revenue shortfalls and budget pressure.  CBS will blink first and take WJFK to a cheaper music format.  Snyder will hang in there because [...]

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