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Sports Radio’s Fall Book Ratings Recap (Mid Markets)
“Thank you to all the stations that participated and shared their stories with us.”
Published
1 year agoon
Earlier this week, we dove into the ratings stories from the top 20 markets around the country. Today, we take a look at the performance of sports radio brands in the mid markets.
The term “mid markets” defines everything below market 20, so there was obviously a lot of information to look at. We selected key markets and reported the information we received back. Thank you to all the stations that participated and shared their stories with us.
BALTIMORE
105.7 THE FAN
6 – 10 AM (Big Bad Morning Show) – 12.1 (1st)
10 AM – 2 PM (Vinny & Haynie) – 11.9 (2nd)
2 – 6 PM (Inside Access) – 10.1 (1st)
M-F 6A-7P – 11.4 (1st)
M-Su 6A-MID – 10.8 (1st)
PORTLAND
1080 THE FAN
6 – 9 AM (Dirt & Sprague) – 3.8 (10th)
9 AM – 12 PM (The Herd) – 2.7 (12th)
12 – 3 PM (Danny & Dusty) – 3.1 (10th)
3 – 7 PM (Isaac & Suke) – 4.0 (9th)
M-F 6A-7P – 3.6 (10th)
M-Su 6A-MID – 3.1 (10th)
PITTSBURGH
93.7 THE FAN
6-10 AM (The Fan Morning Show) – 8.9 (4th)
10 AM – 2 PM (Cook & Joe) – 12.5 (2nd)
2 – 6 PM (The PM Team) – 11.6 (3rd)
M-F 6A-7P – 10.9 (2nd)
M-Su 6A-MID – 9.5 (3rd)
MILWAUKEE
97.3 THE GAME
6 – 10 AM (Steve Czaban 6-9, Nine to Noon 9-10) – 4.4 (t-8th)
10 AM – 3 PM (Nine to Noon 10 – 12, Mike Heller 12-3) – 1.9 (16th)
3 – 7 PM (Drew & KB 3-6, local shows 6-7) – 2.5 (15th)
M-F 6A-7P – 2.9 (15th)
M-SU 6A-MID – 3.4 (15th)
94.5 ESPN MILWAUKEE
6 – 10 AM (Keyshawn, JWill & Max 6-7, Jen, Gabe & Chewy 7-9, Wilde & Tausche 9-10) – 2.2 (t-16th)
10 AM – 3 PM (Wilde & Tausche 10-12, Greeny 12-2, Homer & Tony 2-3) – 2.8 (15th)
3 – 7 PM (Homer & Tony 3-4, Scalzo & Brust 4-6, ESPN Radio 6-7) – 1.9 (18th)
M-F 6A-7P – 2.3 (t-16th)
M-SU 6A-MID – 3.1 (17th)
1250 THE FAN
6 – 10 AM () – N/A
10 AM – 3 PM () – 0.8 (t-18th)
3 – 7 PM () – N/A
M-F 6A-7P – 0.6 (t-20th)
M-SU 6A-MID – N/A
NASHVILLE
104.5 THE ZONE
6 – 10 AM (Ramon, Kayla, and Will) – 12. 5 (1ST)
10 AM – 1 PM (Buck Reising) – 11.9 (2nd)
1 – 3 PM (Blaine & Mickey) – 12.8 (2nd)
3 – 7 PM (3HL) – 15.2 (1st)
M-F 6A-7P – 13.2 (1st)
M-Su 6A-MID – 13.4 (1st)
INDIANAPOLIS
107.5/93.5 THE FAN
7 – 10 AM (Kevin & Query) – 9.8 (3rd)
10 AM – 12 PM (Greeny) – 5.6 (7th)
12 – 3 PM (Dan Dakich) – 8.8 (4th)
3 – 6 PM (The Drive w/JMV) – 10.7 (2nd)
M-F 6A-7P – 8.9 (2nd)
M-Su 6A-MID – 8.3 (3rd)
*JMV and Kevin & Query also ranked Top 5 with Adults 25-54.
Dan Dakich left the station in early December.
ST. LOUIS
101 ESPN
6 – 10 AM (Keyshawn, JWill & Max 6-7, The Opening Drive 7-10) – 5.2 (7th)
10 AM – 3 PM (The Balloon Party 10-11, BK & Ferrario 11-2, The Fast Lane 2-3) – 7.3 (t-4th)
3 – 7 PM (The Fast Lane 3-6, Blues pregame & ESPN Radio) – 8.2 (3rd)
M-F 6A-7P – 6.9 (4th)
M-Su 6A-MID – 6.2 (5th)
CHARLOTTE
WFNZ
6 – 10 AM (The Mac Attack) – 11.5 (1st)
10 AM – 3 PM (Charlotte Sports Today 10 – 12, Wes & Walker 12 – 3) – 6.8 (5th)
2 – 6 PM (Wes & Walker 2 – 3, Kyle Bailey 3 – 6) – 6.9 (t-4th)
M-F 6A-6P – 8.2 (t-3rd)
BIRMINGHAM
JOX 94.5
7 – 10 AM (McElroy & Cubelic) – 8.6 (2nd)
10 AM – 12 PM (3 Man Front) – 9.5 (1st)
12 – 2 PM (Matt McClearin) – 6.9 (4th)
2 – 6 PM (Paul Finebaum) – 7.6 (2nd)
M-F 6A-7P – 7.9 (2nd)
RALEIGH
99.9 THE FAN
6 – 10 AM (Keyshawn, Will & Max) – 4.3 (t-7th)
10 AM – 12 PM (#Greeny) – 3.5 (t-11th)
12 – 3 PM (Adam Gold) – 5.2 (7th)
3 – 6 PM (The OG) – 9.2 (2nd)
M-F 6A-7P – 6.0 (4th)
M-Su 6A – MID – 5.7 (t-5th)
MEMPHIS
92.9 ESPN
6 – 9 AM (Keyshawn, Will & Max) – 8.4 (3rd)
9 – 11 AM (Geoff Calkins) – 17.9 (1st)
11AM – 2PM (Jason & John) – 15.4 (1st)
2 – 4 PM (Giannotto & Jeffrey) – 15.4 (1st)
4 – 6 PM (Gary Parrish) – 17.4 (1st)
M-F 6A-7P – 14.4 (1st)
M-Su 6A – MID – 11.7 (1st)
BUFFALO
WGR 550
6-10 AM (Howard & Jeremy) – 11.3 (1st)
10 AM – 12 PM (The Extra Point) – 8.8 (2nd)
12 – 3 PM (One Bills Live) – 10.2 (3rd)
3 – 7 PM (Schopp & Bulldog) – 11.5 (1st)
M-F 6A-7P – 10.7 (2nd)
M-Su 6A – MID – 11.5 (1st)
COLUMBUS
97.1 THE FAN
6 – 9 AM (The Morning Juice) – 11.5 (1st)
9 AM – 12 PM (Bishop & Friends) – 15.9 (1st)
12 – 3 PM (Rothman & Ice) – 13.8 (1st)
3 – 6 PM (Common Man & T-Bone) – 22.4 (1st)
M-F 6A-7P – 16.4 (1st)
M-Su 6A – MID – 15.8 (1st)
SAN ANTONIO
San Antonio’s Sports Star 94.1
6 – 10 AM (R&R in the Morning) – 1.7 (16th)
10 AM – 12 PM (Greeny) – 1.4 (19th)
12 – 2 PM (Halftime) – 2.5 (12th)
2 – 4 PM (Paul Finebaum) – 2.3 (14th)
4 – 7 PM (The Blitz) – 2.0 (17th)
M-F 6A-7P – 2.0 (17th)
M-Su 6A – MID – 1.7 (18th)
LOUISVILLE
93.9 THE VILLE
6 – 10 AM (The DA Show 6-7, The Deener Show 7-10) – 5.3 (t-4th)
10 AM – 3 PM (93.9 The Ville carries Marquis Maybin 10-12 and Bart & Hahn 12-3) – 0.4 (t-24th)
3 – 7 PM (Mark Ennis 3-6, CBS Sports Radio 6-7) – 2.9 (t-11th)
M-F 6A-7P – 2.9 (10th)
M-Su 6A – MID – 2.5 (t-10th)
ESPN 680/105.7
6 – 10 AM (Keyshawn, JWill and Max 6-7, The Deener Show 7-10) – 1.0 (t-22nd)
10 AM – 3 PM (Issel & Louie 10-12 and The V Show 12 -3) – 0.0 (t-27th)
3 – 7 PM (Andy Sweeny 3 – 6 and ESPN Radio 6-7) – 0.4 (t-25th)
M-F 6A-7P – 0.4 (28th)
M-Su 6A – MID – 0.5 (t-24th)
*93.9 The Ville and ESPN 680 report together in morning drive as “ESPN Louisville“
Demetri Ravanos is the Assistant Content Director for Barrett Sports Media. He hosts the Chewing Clock and Media Noise podcasts. He occasionally fills in on stations across the Carolinas. Previous stops include WAVH and WZEW in Mobile, AL, WBPT in Birmingham, AL and WBBB, WPTK and WDNC in Raleigh, NC. You can find him on Twitter @DemetriRavanos and reach him by email at [email protected].
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Doug Gottlieb: There’s a “Less Than Remote Chance” On Getting Oklahoma State Job
“I was offered a job to be an assistant coach at Oklahoma State last offseason. Initially, the plan was to be able to do radio and be an assistant.”
Published
3 hours agoon
March 18, 2024By
BSM StaffFor the first time in seven years, Oklahoma State is looking for a new head men’s basketball coach. The school fired Mike Boynton late last week after posting a 119-109 record. Fox Sports Radio’s Doug Gottlieb, a former Oklahoma State point guard, has openly and publicly campaigned for the position in the past. It was brought up again recently on The Doug Gottlieb Show.
“If you go back seven years ago, when I had just started at Fox Sports Radio, that’s when Mike [Boynton] was hired,” Gottlieb said, “and I was, I think, a finalist…What you should know since then is, yeah, I’ve tinkered around with college coaching. I’ve always tried to protect still doing the radio show. One, because I love this, and two because I’m treated really, really well. And three, I was never in a position I thought, financially, to just walk away from stuff and start all over.”
“…I have been a consultant this year for the program, spent a lot of time there,” Gottlieb continued. “Last year at this time I was actually a finalist for a job at Wisconsin-Green Bay.”
Later, Gottlied got right to the heart of the matter, saying, “I think there’s a less than remote chance that I would get that job, and I know that because I have a good relationship with the Athletic Director Chad Weiberg…He called me, honestly, right after the news broke and in the very nicest way possible said, ‘Look man, I just had a coach for seven years who had not been a head coach before. I can’t hire another coach who has not even been a college assistant before.’
Gottlieb makes a case for himself stating he thinks he would be welcome in gyms and homes where he would need to be in order to recruit. He also says he has many connections between his own coaching in AAU basketball as well as his family’s history and connections in the area. “I think I fit how college basketball is now more so than previously,” he said.
Gottlieb told his audience, “I was offered a job to be an assistant coach at Oklahoma State last offseason. Initially, the plan was to be able to do radio and be an assistant. Then that plan kind of changed, they were like, ‘Hey, you gotta make a decision. Do you want to do the radio show and all of the other stuff you do, or be an assistant coach?’ I wasn’t ready…my girls are seniors in high school, it felt like a sacrifice, frankly, not worth making.”
In the end, Gottlieb made it clear he knows he may never be the head coach at his alma mater and part of that is because of how much he enjoys what he is currently doing. “I am not chasing anything,” he said. “… It’s an itch that I don’t know if it will ever be scratched. I love what I do and the people I get to meet along the way. But, if the right thing presents itself and it feels right, well yeah. But, I don’t think I need to pack anytime soon to be the head coach at Oklahoma State. Even if I do believe that I’m the right guy there, I truly believe that.”
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Adam Crowley: Joe Lunardi “Should Be Ashamed of Himself”
“That is such a low-class, low-rent, jerkwad move that I’m never sticking up for the guy again.”
Published
5 hours agoon
March 18, 2024By
BSM StaffAdam Crowley, co-host of The Fan Morning Show on 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh, did not take kindly to a social post from ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi. Prior to the start of ‘Selection Sunday,’ the X account for the University of Pittsburgh men’s basketball team posted a graphic with some information about their resume to make the NCAA Tournament. Lunardi quoted their post and said, “The line with the 343 [Non-Conference Strength-of-Schedule] must have gotten cut off on my screen.”
In a bit titled, ‘Social Media’s Biggest Loser,’ Crowley chose Lunardi as his pick and said, “I’ve been defending Joe Lunardi for weeks, as the ‘messenger who was being shot.’ Joe is just predicting what the committee, in a flawed system, was going to do. That’s all he was doing. But, this was too far for me.”
In explaining to his audience the social exchange, Crowley said, “Pitt basketball tweeted out a worthy resume and posted a really nice graphic…It had all of the reasons why they should’ve been included in the dance.”
After reading the response from Lunardi, Crowley exclaimed, “Look, that’s why they got left out. Joe, you don’t gotta be dunkin’, man. That is such a low-class, low-rent, jerkwad move that I’m never sticking up for the guy again.
“And I get that he probably got worn down by Pitt fans…you gotta have thicker skin, Joe, and you don’t gotta be dunking on a fan base an hour before they find out that they’re not making the NCAA Tournament. That to me was such a low-class, jabroni move by him. It’s not a professional thing, its just a bad move on his part and I think he should be ashamed of himself.”
As he wrapped up the segment, Cowley added, “What do you hope to gain from that?… A big ‘L’ for Joe Lunardi there.”
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Report: Mike Missanelli Could Be Headed Back to 97.5 The Fanatic
“Mike’s name has come up. He’s a great talent, and we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. A lot of people are interested in the radio station right now. So I’ll leave it at that.”
Published
9 hours agoon
March 18, 2024By
BSM StaffAs 97.5 The Fanatic in Philadelphia announced changes to its lineup last week, The Philadelphia Inquirer has reported there may be another change ahead. The newspaper reported former host Mike Missanelli could be headed back to the station and has had conversation with station management.
Program Director, Scott Masteller, who took over those duties in January of 2024, told the Inquirer. “Mike’s name has come up. He’s a great talent, and we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. A lot of people are interested in the radio station right now. So I’ll leave it at that.”
Missanelli had been with the station for 15 years before his surprise exit on the final day of May in 2022. At the time, Missanelli said on the air, “The station and I are talking about me remaining with the company in some kind of a role, but who knows. What I can tell you is they already have a replacement show under contract and I’m sure you’ll be hearing about that in the next few days.”
Andrew Salciunas has been moved from middays to mornings to work with John Kincade and Former Philadelphia Daily News writer Bob Cooney has been shifted to the midday slot. Speculation in the market has been Missanelli could jump in with Cooney should he return.