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Sports Radio’s Winter Book Ratings Recap (Major Markets)

“If you have information you would like to share that is not included here, please reach out to [email protected]. We will happily update the piece with all relevant numbers and information.”

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The winter ratings book has come to a close. This is one of the most divisive books of the year. Some programmers put less value in this book than the other three. Others say all information is useful and important.

In an effort to keep industry professionals up to date on what transpired, Barrett Sports Media has created a single recap highlighting as many major markets as possible based on available information. If you have materials to share that aren’t listed here, please send an email to [email protected]. We will happily update the piece with new data.

For reference on book-to-book performance, click here to see the Major Market ratings round up for the fall.

NEW YORK

WFAN

6a-10a (Boomer & Gio) – 12.0 (1st)

10a-2p (Tiki & Tierney) – 5.7 (4th)

2p-6:30p (Carton & Roberts) – 7.7 (3rd)

98.7 ESPN NEW YORK

6a-10a (DiPietro & Rothenberg) – 3.0 (12th)

10a-3p (ESPN Radio’s #Greeny and Bart & Hahn) – 2.5 (14th)

3p-6:30p (Michael Kay Show) – 2.9 (15th)*

* – Full ratings information for 98.7 ESPN New York was not available. The numbers for afternoon drive on the station reflect the time that The Michael Kay Show is on head-to-head against Carton & Roberts (3-6:30 pm).

CHICAGO

670 THE SCORE

5:30a-10a (Mully & Haugh) – 4.4 (5th)

10a-2p (Bernstein & Holmes) – 4.6 (6th)

2p-6p (Parkins & Spiegel) – 4.2 (6th)

M-F 6a-7p – 4.4 (4th)

ESPN 1000

5:30a-10a (90 minutes of ESPN Radio followed by Kap & JHood) – 2.9 (13th)

10a-2p (2 hours of ESPN Radio’s #Greeny, 2 hours of Carmen & Jurko) – 2.1 (17th)

2p-7p (3 hours of Waddle & Silvy and 1 hour of Bleck & Abdalla) – 2.7 (16th)

M-F 6a-7p – 2.5 (16th)

*670 The Score’s numbers reflect total line reporting. ESPN 1000 only provides numbers from its over-the-air signal.

SAN FRANCISCO

95.7 THE GAME

The Morning Roast (6a-9a) – 5.5 (4th)

Willard & Dibbs (9a-12p) – 5.2

Steiny & Guru (12p-3p) – 5.5 (1st)

Damon & Ratto (3p-6p) – 4.5 (6th)

M-F 6a-7p – 5.0 (4th)

M-Su 6a-Mid – 1.8 (19th)

The Game made lineup changes in early March, dropping Damon & Ratto. As a result, the station’s lineup went from four three-hour shows to three four-hour shows. Ratings are presented in 3 hour blocks to reflect original blocks and show ratings for all shows.

KNBR

6a-9a (Murph & Mac) – 2.3 (17th)

9a-12p (1 hour of Murph & Mac followed by 2 hours of Papa & Lund) – 2.9

12p-3p (2 hours of Papa & Lund and 1 hour of Tolbert & Copes) – 3.6 (9th)

3p-6p (Tolbert & Copes) – 2.8 (12th)

M-F 6a-7p – 2.8 (14th)

M-Su 6a-Mid – 2.5 (14th)

Information for individual KNBR shows was not available. 

HOUSTON

Sports Radio 610

6a-10a (Payne & Pendergast): 3.3 (15th)

10 AM-3 PM (4 hours of In The Loop, 1 hour of Stoerner & Hughley): 2.5 (15th)

3-7 PM (3 hours of Stoerner & Hughley, 1 hour of CBS Sports Radio): 3.4 (14th)

M-F 6A-7P: 3.0 (t-14th)

M-Su 6A-Mid: 2.5 (16th)

ESPN 97.5 & 92.5

6-10 AM (1 hour of ESPN Radio, 3 Hours of The Bench): 1.7 (t-21st)

10 AM-3 PM (2 hours of Paul Gallant, 3 hours of The Killer Bs): 1.1 (t-21st)

3-7 PM (The Wheelhouse): 0.9 (24th)

M-F 6A-7P: 1.2 (22nd)

M-Su 6A-Mid: 0.9 (24th)

SportsTalk 790

6a-10a (Sean Salisbury Show): 0.4 (t-26th)

10a-3p (2 hours of Next Up, 3 hours of Matt Thomas): 0.6 (t-25th)

3p-7p (3 Hours of The A Team, 1 hour of The Night Cap): 1.8 (21st)

M-F 6a-7p: 0.9 (t-24th)

M-Su 6a-Mid: 0.8 (t-25th)

WASHINGTON DC

106.7 The Fan

6a-10a (The Sports Junkies) – 7.3 (3rd)

10a-2p (BMitch & Finlay) – 10.6 (1st)

2-6:30 PM (Grant & Danny) – 10.9 (1st)

M-F 6a-7p – 9.4 (2nd)

M-Su 6a-Mid – 7.4 (2nd)

The Team 980

6a-10a (The Sports Junkies) – 1.2 (20th)

10a-3p (3 hours of The Kevin Sheehan Show, 2 hours of Chris Russell) – 1.1 (20th)

3p-7p (1 hour of Chris Russell, 3 hours of The Hoffman Show) – 0.9 (22nd)

M-F 6a-7p – 1.0 (20th)

M-Su 6a-Mid – 0.9 (22nd)

* – Both ESPN 630 The Sports Capitol & 1190 iHeart Sports DC had 0.0 shares in all day parts and for the full week as well.

ATLANTA

92.9 The Game

5a-9a (John and Hugh in the Morning): 4.2 (8th)

9a-11a (The Steakhouse): 5.0 (7th)

11a-2p (Middays with Andy and Randy): 6.2 (T-4th)

2p-7p (Dukes and Bell): 5.8 (T-3rd)

M-F 6a-7p: 5.5, 5th

Sa-Su 6a-6p: 4.0, T-8th

Ratings were not made available for 680 The Fan

PHILADELPHIA

94 WIP

6a-10a (Angelo Cataldi retired 2/17. Joe DeCamara & John Richie moved into mornings 2/20): 17.9 (1st)

10a-2p (DeCamara & Richie were in middays until moving to mornings and were replaced by Joe Giglio & Hugh Douglas): 15.2 (1st)

2p-6p (Marks & Reese): 17.5 (1st)

M-F 6a-7p: 17.0 (1st)

97.5 The Fanatic

6a-10a (John Kincade): 3.1 (10th)

10a-2p (Anthony Gargano): 3.9 (t-9th)

2p-6p (The Best Show Ever): 3.0 (t-11th)

M-F 6a-7p: 3.3 (t-10th)

*- 94 WIP’s numbers represent total line reporting. Numbers provided for The Fanatic only reflect the over the air signal.

BOSTON

98.5 The Sports Hub

6a-10a (Toucher & Rich): 25.6 (1st)

10a-2p (Zolak & Bertrand): 20.7 (1st)

2p-6p (Felger & Mazz): 19.8 (1st)

M-F 6a-7p: 19.4 (1st)

WEEI

6a-10a (The Greg Hill Show): 5.7 (5th)

10a-2p (Gresh & Fauria): 3.1 (7th)

2p-6p (Jones & Mego): 3.6 (t-8th)

M-F 6a-7p: 4.0 (t-8th)

DETROIT

97.1 The Ticket

6a-10a (Stoney & Jansen): 14.4 (2nd)

10a-3p (4 hours of Karsch & Anderson, 1 hour of the Valenti Show w/Rico): 17.6 (1st)

3p-7p (3 hours of the Valenti Show w/Rico, 1 hour of Wojo & Riger): 17.1 (1st)

M-F 6a-7p: 16.3 (1st)

M-S 6a-Mid: 13.6 (1st)

*- The Ticket’s numbers reflect total line reporting. The station was also #1 in middays, afternoons, primetime, and full week with adults 25-54.

SAN DIEGO

97.3 The Fan

6a-10a (Ben & Woods): 6.8 (4th)

10a-2p (The John Kentera Show): 3.1 (t-11th)

2p-6p (Gwynn & Chris): 3.9 (t-9th)

M-F 6a-7p: 4.5 (7th)

Ratings were not made available for San Diego Sports 760 or The Mightier 1090

DENVER

104.3 The Fan

6a-9a (Schlereth & Evans): 7.1 (3rd)

9a-11a (The Players’ Club): 5.3 (4th)

11a-2p (Stokley & Zach): 6.1 (2nd)

2p-6p (The Drive w/Derek Wolfe & DMac): 6.9 (3rd)

Ratings were not made available for Altitude Sports Radio

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Jason Puckett Launches PuckSports.com

“I am super motivated right now and I can’t wait. I have probably been busier now than I’ve ever been in the last 48 hours.”

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Jason Puckett, who decided to walk away from a contract offer from iHeartMedia’s KJR in Seattle after finding out his partner Jim Moore had been laid off, has launched a new venture – PuckSports.com. ‘Puck’ has a baseball opening day show posted on the Puck Sports YouTube page and also posted an introductory message about his new venture and what led to creating it.

“I wanted to talk to you guys, the listeners out there, the viewers out there, sorry for all of this,” an emotional Puckett said. “Sorry for what has happened and what has taken place. Thank you for all of the comments and the well-wishes and what you have said about myself and Jim.

“It has been a whirlwind of a last few days, for sure and I do want to say that I feel for the people that we used to work with. “I know it’s not easy to go through that, I have been on that side of it many, many times in this industry when someone is let go and you have to sit there and answer all the questions about them and for them…It’s unfortunate and it shouldn’t be that way, but the reality of this business is it’s like that.”

Puckett then told his fans that PuckSports.com and YouTube are where you will be finding his content along with Moore. “I am going to take what I have learned over the years and apply it to a new age of media,” he said and noted this was a direction he had been thinking about for a while.

As for what took place that led to his decision to not sign his contract and talk away, he said, “I just want to take you briefly back to last week. I don’t want to get too much in the weeds, I’m not here to lay any blame or point any fingers at anybody…there’s too many good people that I have worked with that I don’t want to drag into this. It was a process that was at times handled fine, handled perfectly, and at other times it got to a point where it just went on too long. But that’s corporate media and that’s what happens.”

Continuing on Puckett said, “…I had been without a contract since about January…when I was away from the station that was something that we and the station agreed upon…to see if we could get something done and we were all hopeful that we would…I was only supposed to be gone a couple of days…unfortunately as these things sometimes happen, it just went a little bit longer…We received the deal and it was what we wanted, but unfortunately with that news a few hours later came the news from corporate that Jim had lost his job. Obviously there was a mix of emotions with that from me.

“I wrestled with that and the decision and what I would do. It was hard for me to move forward…I couldn’t fight the perception more than anything that I had received a new deal while at the same time, my partner and good friend, guy I love to death, who I grew up reading…it was a hard reality…The loyalty I have, I couldn’t live with myself even though Jim knew what the truth was.”

Puckett said he was aware Moore was planning to step away from the radio show at the end of the year and was looking forward to the nine months they would have left to work with one another. Then, when iHeartMedia made the decision to make Moore a casualty of their latest round of layoffs, Puckett knew he needed to revisit the idea of starting his own venture.

He said, “It has kind of changed my timeline as far as what I wanted to do and where I felt I was at…I am super motivated right now and I can’t wait. I have probably been busier now than I’ve ever been in the last 48 hours.”

Puckett said several of the show’s regular guests would stay with the show and he thanked several sponsors who he said would remain supporters of the show with the new venture. ‘Puck’ noted that starting next week, “…We get underway in full force…I’m going to continue to try and make people laugh and entertain you and talk about sports…and all of the other things you have become accustomed to with this show.”

As he started to wrap up, Puckett said, “I’m jumping into the deep end of the pool and I am going to see if I can swim or sink.”

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Kirk Minihane: WEEI is “Going to be Andy Gresh and Rich Shertenlieb in Afternoons”

“It’s going to be Andy Gresh and Rich Shertenlieb in the afternoons, which is going to be so awful.”

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As the speculation continues on where Boston sports talker Rich Shertenlieb will end up, one former WEEI host said he has the scoop on what is going to happen. Kirk Minihane, now with Barstool Sports, said, “What I heard was, initially, was they were moving Rich Keefe from nights to middays, moving Adam Jones from afternoons to middays and keeping Fauria there, and moving Andy Gresh to afternoons…But now it appears Rich Shertenlieb is going to do afternoons with Andy Gresh.”

On Wednesday, Boston Globe sports and sports media columnist Chad Finn put out a post on X, saying, “Didn’t think Rich Shertenlieb would end up at WEEI after leaving Sports Hub. I do now, most likely in afternoon drive. Audacy management has been telling people to expect changes.”

Minihane continued commenting on the matter, saying, “It’s going to be Andy Gresh and Rich Shertenlieb in the afternoons, which is going to be so awful. Maybe the two most sensitive c***s in the history of radio. That’s a show we are going to ruin…we haven’t done that in a while, we are going to take that show down…Once that show starts, we are just going to blitz them with phone calls because Gresh can’t handle that.

“What they don’t understand, because they are so dumb, is that…Rich Shertenlieb has no fan base…no fan of [Toucher and Hardy] in the morning is going to be like ‘I’m not going to listen to Felger in the afternoons, I’ll now listen to Andy Gresh and Rich Shertenlieb.’ It’s going to be dreadful.”

Recapping what he has heard the rest of the WEEI lineup will be, Minihane said, “…And then in middays you have Adam Jones, failed afternoons. Rich Keefe who has now failed middays, drivetime, nights and is now going to fail again in middays… and Christian Fauria who has never drawn a rating in his life.”

WEEI has not commented on any of the speculation. BSM will have more as the story unfolds.

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Former 670 The Score Host Tommy Williams Has Died

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Tommy Williams, who was heard for a decade on 670 The Score, died on Wednesday at the age of 66.

Williams began his broadcasting career in his hometown of Gary, Indiana in 1982 at WLTH before moving on to The Score. In 2003, Williams became the PA Announcer for the Gary Southshore RailCats of the American Association where he had his signature call to get the attention of the fans, “People, People, People.”

A story in The Times of Northwest Indiana said, “The longtime RailCats public address announcer and Lakeshore Public Media sports journalist was known for broadcasting countless games, interviewing countless athletes and covering Region sports at all levels. The Gary native and co-host of “Prep Sports Report,” “Prep Football Report,” and “Lakeshore PBS Scoreboard” often signed off shows saying, “Gary, Indiana, you know I love you.”

“The cadence he had in his voice echoed across the Region in a way we may never see again. He was widely known and widely loved,” Tom Maloney, vice president of radio operations at Lakeshore Public Media told the paper.

“He’d want to be remembered as the voice of Lakeshore sports,” his Regionally Speaking co-host and producer Dee Dotson told The Times. “Most people will remember him for covering prep sports all the way up to semi-pros. He’ll be remembered for treating each of his subjects like they were world champions. His depth of knowledge of sports at all levels is commendable. He was a walking encyclopedia of stats.” 

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