Here is my Tuesday newspaper column about the latest step in the long march toward every American having his or her own sports talk radio or TV show or blog.
It's your chance to take your own shots at SNY's new debate shows, and at me! That's what we're all here for.
Have you noticed of late that my newspaper columns are more apt than in the past to be about one topic rather than be divided up by subheads and ellipses? That's OK. I'd be scared if you had.
The reason is that a lot of the smallish notes I used to put in the paper now end up on the blog.
People who care about the stuff I write really should read both the newspaper and the blog. Tell your friends. Thanks. (And remind them to click on the ads on the blog, too. Thanks.)
Comments (4)
Maybe it's just me, but I got the sense that a frustrated newspaper columnist wrote that piece more than an unbiased media critic. It seemed to have a heavier touch than your usual pieces.
That being said, I don't have the time or the inclination to watch any of these scream shows, PTI, etc.. So, I can understand why covering them might get you down.
.1 percent of the viewers is 7,400 or so I guess? And Mike and the Dog get .2 percent so 21,000 are wasting their time watching these radio hosts try to do TV ( or simulcast radio shows) because the networks can't afford to put any good programming on instead because they have no viewers. I remember quite well the days when MSG only broadcast at night and special times when there were games to cover during the daytime. Maybe these sports stations should really consider going back to that because they are just wasting everyone's time for about 21 hours per day.
Those ratings figures count households, not actual viewers.
And of course there are the "unrated" thousands who watch in offices, bars, schools, etc.
Sports networks and others such as CNBC in particular have a lot of those viewers.
I saw elsewhere that the current suite of SNY yellers might do better as late-night programming. But as far as daytime programming is concerned, hell, that's what you get for next to nothing -- radio [and yes many newspaper guys] who want to get their faces seen and opinions heard on another media platform.
SNY is emulating other regional sports networks run by Philadelphia's Comcast - cheap, loud, unwatchable except for the games.
And yes, Sandy, I do remember the part-time MSG ... it even broadcast the 1950's series "The Untouchables" for a time ...
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