kevinfootes Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Per Dan Caesar, SLU remains without a radio deal. "Sources say athletic deprtment officials have had an unrealistic view of the value of the package" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Per Dan Caesar, SLU remains without a radio deal. "Sources say athletic deprtment officials have had an unrealistic view of the value of the package" That really sucks! I wonder what they think the value of the package should be? They spend all of the $$$ on the new arena and can't get a radio deal lined up? Guess TV deal is out of the question. I miss the Charter days with Cusumano... Someone needs to pull their head out of their A$$ and get something done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Chris May has apparently adopted the "Can you find me?" style of management. He is still on the payroll, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Jeez. Just sign a deal with 101.1. This shouldn't be so hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock_Tower Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Box and 3Star. You might want to tone down your remarks (because while they are true) you will marked as "negative" and a "nit-picker" like me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Box and 3Star. You might want to tone down your remarks (because while they are true) you will marked as "negative" and a "nit-picker" like me. You needn't remind the board every thread that you've been labeled. The board labeled you and doesn't need the reminder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOSLU68 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 That really sucks! I wonder what they think the value of the package should be? They spend all of the $$$ on the new arena and can't get a radio deal lined up? Guess TV deal is out of the question. I miss the Charter days with Cusumano... Someone needs to pull their head out of their A$$ and get something done! Too bad its not like baseball where Tony and the GM find a really old guy who just needs 49 more days for his pension and we sign him to a multi year contract with no guarantees if he can't play or we have Lloyds' of London insure him if he passes his physical and we sell out on tickets only to find that we have to play a bunch of guys who have been in the minors waiting for their big chance for 10 years and everyone wants our TV and radio package so we buy a really small radio station that you can't hear outside the arena or dorm-gee maybe that's the problem our campus radio is a competitor to some of these guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Unbelievable. I'm wondering if our games will even be on the radio this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbofive Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Unbelievable. I'm wondering if our games will even be on the radio this season. Just to make everybody feel better. 1. I'm hammered. a. I heard that 9 D-2 games will be broadcast on CBS next season. So f#&$ me in the mouth. What a $H!t package we have for next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfootes Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Just to make everybody feel better. 1. I'm hammered. a. I heard that 9 D-2 games will be broadcast on CBS next season. So f#&$ me in the mouth. What a $H!t package we have for next year. Thanks for your eloquence. It's not over yet. I'm hoping there's a decent radio deal on the horizon. It sucks to miss out on the opportunity to have additional promotions by the host station. As I've mentioned earlier though, nobody listens to the all sports stations anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikendave Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Jeez. Just sign a deal with 101.1. This shouldn't be so hard. 101.1 doesn't go to a sports format until January 1, 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 101.1 doesn't go to a sports format until January 1, 2009. They're playing all Christmas music right now. Something tells me they'd be willing to broadcast our games if a deal can be reached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikendave Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 They're playing all Christmas music right now. Something tells me they'd be willing to broadcast our games if a deal can be reached. No offense Box, really! But SLU may not want to have the lead in to SLU basketball as we are interrupting 3 straight hours of the Backstreet Boys/ Clay Aiken singing Christmas tunes for Billiken Basketball!!! Put our games on local access and we have reached the promised land!!!! Ooops, that would be better TV... Wahoo! Billiken basketball -- Catch the fever! SLU needs to get something done, immediately, if not sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 No offense Box, really! But SLU may not want to have the lead in to SLU basketball as we are interrupting 3 straight hours of the Backstreet Boys/ Clay Aiken singing Christmas tunes for Billiken Basketball!!! Put our games on local access and we have reached the promised land!!!! Ooops, that would be better TV... Wahoo! Billiken basketball -- Catch the fever! SLU needs to get something done, immediately, if not sooner. 101.1 would be the best signal the Bills have been broadcast on since KMOX. Being paired with Christmas music for two months would be a price I would be willing to pay for that signal. 101.1 will also probably also draw three to four times as large an audience with Christmas music in November and December than either current sports station in this market draws. Billiken basketball would be exposed to a far larger group of listeners and potential listeners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 101.1 would be the best signal the Bills have been broadcast on since KMOX. Being paired with Christmas music for two months would be a price I would be willing to pay for that signal. 101.1 will also probably also draw three to four times as large an audience with Christmas music in November and December than either current sports station in this market draws. Billiken basketball would be exposed to a far larger group of listeners and potential listeners.I've not been keeping up w/ the radio deal. What happened to 590? They drop us? We drop them? If so, does this mean Rammer and Earl Jr. are out of a winter gig if we don't renew w/ them. Seems a real shame. I liked Rammer and EA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 101.1 would be the best signal the Bills have been broadcast on since KMOX. Being paired with Christmas music for two months would be a price I would be willing to pay for that signal. 101.1 will also probably also draw three to four times as large an audience with Christmas music in November and December than either current sports station in this market draws. Billiken basketball would be exposed to a far larger group of listeners and potential listeners. brian is all over this angle imo. i cant be the only person that switches their car radio buttons after thanksgiving to listen to xmas songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I've not been keeping up w/ the radio deal. What happened to 590? They drop us? We drop them? If so, does this mean Rammer and Earl Jr. are out of a winter gig if we don't renew w/ them. Seems a real shame. I liked Rammer and EA.Bob Ramsey has been doing Billikens games on the radio for over 20 years and Earl Austin Jr. has been doing them at least three-quarters of that time, and in that time the Bills have been on three or four different stations -- sometimes two or three different stations in a single season. I'm confident that the choice of the announcers for the Billikens' radio broadcasts has nothing to do with which radio stations, if one at all, employ them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfootes Posted October 13, 2008 Author Share Posted October 13, 2008 Bob Ramsey has been doing Billikens games on the radio for over 20 years and Earl Austin Jr. has been doing them at least three-quarters of that time, and in that time the Bills have been on three or four different stations -- sometimes two or three different stations in a single season. I'm confident that the choice of the announcers for the Billikens' radio broadcasts has nothing to do with which radio stations, if one at all, employ them. How long has it been since EA Jr. replaced Claibs? I guess it was early '90s. Time flies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIKNS Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Could it be that maybe the school thinks that nobody really listens to the radio anymore and are working on an internet streaming angle? If you had to choose would you rather listen to the radio or on a laptop,and could browse while you listened?Just asking. I am hoping for a radio deal,and still don`t understand why NO games are on Fox-Midwest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I would rather have it on the radio. My radio is moveable, my PC.. not so much. I am in agreement with you on the FSN issue. However, I guess I could see that there is no reason to show home games on TV if the stadium isn't sold out. Now I do believe that every away game should be on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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