Sports radio in trouble?

[PtldPlatypus]

Maybe it's just me, but I've been hearing a lot more public service announcement commercials lately while listening to sports radio. I noticed the same thing when 620 and 910 first became sports radio stations, which made sense to me; new station/format, hadn't lined up advertising, filled the commercial time with PSAs. But when stations that have existed for a while (read, 750) have more PSAs than business advertisements, it suggests that they're having trouble generating advertising revenue.

Has anyone else noticed this? Am I just jumping to conclusions here?

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Are you listening online, via their stream? That's the only time I hear PSA's... and lots of them... the same ones over and over. They annoy the crap out of me at work.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Are you listening online, via their stream? That's the only time I hear PSA's... and lots of them... the same ones over and over. They annoy the crap out of me at work.

That could be it--I listen almost exclusively online. But I do hear a few regular commercials too. I have the Reynolds Defense Firm spots memorized.

 

[jlprk]

Internet message boards stole their ads.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

That could be it--I listen almost exclusively online. But I do hear a few regular commercials too. I have the Reynolds Defense Firm spots memorized.

The Child Safety Seat commercial makes my ears bleed, "we are the adults now Rosy", I turn down the volume when I hear it now. And the "we live in a diverse community" commercial drives me crazy also.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

The Child Safety Seat commercial makes my ears bleed, "we are the adults now Rosy", I turn down the volume when I hear it now. And the "we live in a diverse community" commercial drives me crazy also.

I hear you. I've long since tired of the "quiz" for registering your boat as well. The long-term-care.org ones are decent, though.

 

[Natebishop3]

I used to listen to sports radio a lot when I was younger. Hell, I worked in sports radio for a little while, but now whenever I listen I'm unimpressed. They really offer nothing new, and the sports radio guys that I was around in the locker room were some of the most uninformed, unprofessional, and boring journalists in sports. There's a reason why their listening audience has dropped over the years. There's much better content on the web.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

I don't listen to commercials. I have four stations that I will cycle thru (three when Canzano is on). If all are on commercial at the same time, I will listen to music.

 

[BigGameDamian]

If they use DVR for radio and make a phone app that's a TV guide rip off, Ten sports radio would be more popular then ever!

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I agree. It seems to me about 50/50 talk to commercials. And a lot of the talk is poor quality. I have found myself listening less and less and always changing stations when the commercials hit. I mean, if I hear Leif Hanson one more time...

 

[oldguy]

It's due to the fairness doctrine. They have to give soccer, golf, ultimate frisbee, lacrosse, track, wrasling, and underwater basket weaving the same amount of time they give MLB, NFL and NBA.

Go Blazers

 

[THE HCP]

Are you listening online, via their stream? That's the only time I hear PSA's... and lots of them... the same ones over and over. They annoy the crap out of me at work.

How do you listen online AND have that drive-thru window headset on?

 

[santeesioux]

Why would you want to listen to free radio when you can get podcasts without commercials every 15 seconds?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Why would you want to listen to free radio when you can get podcasts without commercials every 15 seconds?

Because I'm not smart enough to figure out how to load up several of them to run simultaneously so that they're just there whenever I have opportunity to put on my headphones. And because I like to listen to commentary and analysis of the most recent day's events. And because specific shows that I like are not podcasted (like Jay Mohr Sports).

 

[maxiep]

Sports radio has never held an attraction for me. There simply aren't enough interesting topics to cover on a regular basis. I'll enjoy the unique event where it's big enough to go in-depth on a facet of a contest they wouldn't normally cover (i.e., our playoff matchups, the World Series, the Super Bowl, etc.), but like cable news, there's simply too much time to fill and not enough talent to make it interesting.

What you get as a result is some blowhard creating some half-baked thesis and then spending the next couple of hours defending it from morons who call in by the use of semantics. I find the whole thing pathetic, actually.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

^^ I think the guys on 1080 The Fan do a good job of mixing sports with guy talk. Isaac, Suke, and Travis are great. Wilcox, not so much!!!

 

[RR7]

How do you listen online AND have that drive-thru window headset on?

I think he just picks up what is on the radio when a car pulls up to his drive thru. Brief snippets of them listening.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

^^ I think the guys on 1080 The Fan do a good job of mixing sports with guy talk. Isaac, Suke, and Travis are great. Wilcox, not so much!!!

To me, that's the problem. For every 60 minutes they have 30 minutes of commercials and 20 minutes of idiot talk about TV shows, movie stars... and about 10 minutes of sports talk. Granted those 10 minutes are pretty good, but why tune in to get 10 minutes of sports talk for every hour of air time?

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

To me, that's the problem. For every 60 minutes they have 30 minutes of commercials and 20 minutes of idiot talk about TV shows, movie stars... and about 10 minutes of sports talk. Granted those 10 minutes are pretty good, but why tune in to get 10 minutes of sports talk for every hour of air time?

Because I think the "guy talk" is funny and entertaining. I enjoy it just as much as the sports talk.
30 min of commercials is a big exaggeration.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Because I think the "guy talk" is funny and entertaining. I enjoy it just as much as the sports talk.
30 min of commercials is a big exaggeration.

Being a Beaver fan, you would. They must talk about football players and sheep...

 

[MarkRob]

It seems like generally the stations are on different clocks so it helps flipping back and forth

 

[Natebishop3]

Man.... does Colin Cowherd ever talk about sports?

 

[BigGameDamian]

Because I think the "guy talk" is funny and entertaining. I enjoy it just as much as the sports talk.
30 min of commercials is a big exaggeration.

If you want humorous guy talk then listen to playboy radio on siriusxm satellite radio.

 

[Stevenson]

The ads you hear online are different than the ads you hear on terrestrial radio, so that may be what you notice.

And a big vote here for Issac and Suke. Fun, entertaining show.

 

[Strenuus]

^^ I think the guys on 1080 The Fan do a good job of mixing sports with guy talk. Isaac, Suke, and Travis are great. Wilcox, not so much!!!

Isaac and Suke are fantastic. Dusty Harrah is great as well.

Wilcox I do not understand how he got a gig on there. Not that he's not likeable and all... but he's just so boring the way he answers questions from Travis.

Travis -"The Blazers did a good job last night, got in the post and all, do you think they have what it takes?"

Wilcox - "Yeah, The Blazers are a good little team. Yeah, they are. Yeah."

And sometimes, that's verbatim from Wilcox. He really doesn't offer anything. Travis is great though, he carries the show.

Issac and Suke can get me in stitches sometimes... though they can go overboard on some things, it's still funny. Club 1080 is hysterical.

620 is meh. Never have listened to 750 ever.

 

[MickZagger]

CIP is the shit. I listen daily.