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Sportscasting now the "real" alternative radio?
Cantore lasted less than a month. Something about how they wanted him to talk more traditional sports but he wanted to stick with action sports. In hindsight, it seems like Cantore should have started out as a once-a-week weekend show and then grow from there. His five day a week show was just too much of a shock to 1090's traditional sports system. But as it is now, 1090 is tanking horribly in spite of its 50,000 watts. And 1360 will never matter because of its horrible AM signal. Seems like an opportunity for 94/9 to come in and swoop up male listeners with a new sports+lifestyle+entertainment talk format.....listeners who just don't relate to traditional sports talk on AM radio.
— May 27, 2017 11:25 a.m.
Sportscasting now the "real" alternative radio?
Yes, San Diego is no Boston or Detroit or Cleveland. It just isn't that into sports. That's why if 94/9 drops alt rock for talk, it seems likely it would be a mix of male-oriented talk, sports-talk and Padres. What I don't get is why did Entercom commit to five years of Padres on 94/9 when the rest of the station's music DJs seem to completely ignore the Padres. There is no interaction between the music side and the Padres. When the Chargers were on Rock 105 the morning show was constantly talking to the players and coaches and the whole station seemed connected to what the Chargers were doing. 94/9 is treating the Padres like a burden they would rather not have. And then there's Mighty 1090 which has nothing to talk about any more since SDSU and The Padres left them and since the Chargers left town. Last week I heard Scott Kaplan on air personally bashing one UT sports columnist, while speaking lovingly to Kevin Acee, a different UT columnist who shamelessly used his column as a mouthpiece for the Spanos family. I gather that Acee is the only UT sportswriter who will still speak to Kaplan.
— May 25, 2017 1:20 p.m.
Sportscasting now the "real" alternative radio?
Yes aardvark good point. Maybe Dee has a vested interest to make sure his Padres/949 decision ultimately makes sense. Maybe there is more sports/male-based talk in 949s future. Maybe some talk hosts from 1090 might end up on 949. Maybe that above mentioned Men's Room show is destined for 949.
— May 25, 2017 4:35 a.m.
Sportscasting now the "real" alternative radio?
Entercom is the Philadelphia-based group that owns KISW-99.9FM, a top-rated rock station in Seattle that hosts "The Mens Room," a successful afternoon dude-oriented talk fest that irreverently talks up pot, ladies, music, beer, movies, TV, cars and many other trending topics. Yesterday, the hosts announced on air that their listeners will be hearing some minor changes to their show going forward since they are going to start syndicating their afternoon show to other markets. Insiders say it is likely The Mens Room could be picked up by FM-94/9 which is also owned by Entercom. FM-94/9 is now the poorest-performing station in its San Diego "cluster" of stations. The Mens Room hosts would not disclose what other cities their show may end up on.
— May 24, 2017 7:43 p.m.
Sportscasting now the "real" alternative radio?
It should be noted that FM-94/9 is even poppier than 91X. It should also be noted that 91X also beat Rock 105 for the first time in many years.
— May 24, 2017 5:32 p.m.
Belly Up County
oops. Make that couple of miles south of the Belly Up. not west.
— May 18, 2017 2:06 p.m.
From one hot Oceanside neighborhood to another
Confusingly, there are two Anita's Mexican food restaurants in Oceanside. Both were founded by the elder Alvarez, however it was sold decades ago to another party. The two are completely unrelated, except they both have the same name and are both in Oceanside. When the Anita's on El Camino Real was sold in the 80s, it was allowed to keep the Anita's name, which results in confusion to this day.
— May 16, 2017 10:32 a.m.
Chris Cantore to replace Chargers insider Kevin Acee on Mighty 1090
Not to pile on (OK, I guess I am piling on), I am told by someone who knows, that the night it was announced-- Jan. 11 -- that the Chargers were leaving Acee was not even in town and that Jay Posner had to write the story for the UT. I am told the UT staff was hugely pissed and demoralized because UT management apparently did nothing about it.
— April 2, 2017 12:49 p.m.
Rest in peace, Boss Lady
From the road in New Orleans Matt Hensley writes: "So f-ing bummed to hear this news. She organized countless shows and events for me and pub. Highly motivated person. The Flying Elephant would have been a lot less cool without her. She will be very missed. RIP."
— March 24, 2017 5:13 p.m.
Saturday night in San Diego
It was learned yesterday that CW6 will cease to exist as an English language station in April. Inside San DIego producer Fale Luis says that he knows for sure his show will air on CW6 as long as it exists, which appears to be February and March. After that, he says he is not sure. His contract he says he has for the airing of 24 shows is with Bay City Television, operators of Channel 6/XETV. Luis says he is hoping the show will continue on the new KFMB-owned station after the CW programming moves there.
— January 27, 2017 11:12 a.m.
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Sportscasting now the "real" alternative radio?
Cantore lasted less than a month. Something about how they wanted him to talk more traditional sports but he wanted to stick with action sports. In hindsight, it seems like Cantore should have started out as a once-a-week weekend show and then grow from there. His five day a week show was just too much of a shock to 1090's traditional sports system. But as it is now, 1090 is tanking horribly in spite of its 50,000 watts. And 1360 will never matter because of its horrible AM signal. Seems like an opportunity for 94/9 to come in and swoop up male listeners with a new sports+lifestyle+entertainment talk format.....listeners who just don't relate to traditional sports talk on AM radio.— May 27, 2017 11:25 a.m.
Sportscasting now the "real" alternative radio?
Yes, San Diego is no Boston or Detroit or Cleveland. It just isn't that into sports. That's why if 94/9 drops alt rock for talk, it seems likely it would be a mix of male-oriented talk, sports-talk and Padres. What I don't get is why did Entercom commit to five years of Padres on 94/9 when the rest of the station's music DJs seem to completely ignore the Padres. There is no interaction between the music side and the Padres. When the Chargers were on Rock 105 the morning show was constantly talking to the players and coaches and the whole station seemed connected to what the Chargers were doing. 94/9 is treating the Padres like a burden they would rather not have. And then there's Mighty 1090 which has nothing to talk about any more since SDSU and The Padres left them and since the Chargers left town. Last week I heard Scott Kaplan on air personally bashing one UT sports columnist, while speaking lovingly to Kevin Acee, a different UT columnist who shamelessly used his column as a mouthpiece for the Spanos family. I gather that Acee is the only UT sportswriter who will still speak to Kaplan.— May 25, 2017 1:20 p.m.
Sportscasting now the "real" alternative radio?
Yes aardvark good point. Maybe Dee has a vested interest to make sure his Padres/949 decision ultimately makes sense. Maybe there is more sports/male-based talk in 949s future. Maybe some talk hosts from 1090 might end up on 949. Maybe that above mentioned Men's Room show is destined for 949.— May 25, 2017 4:35 a.m.
Sportscasting now the "real" alternative radio?
Entercom is the Philadelphia-based group that owns KISW-99.9FM, a top-rated rock station in Seattle that hosts "The Mens Room," a successful afternoon dude-oriented talk fest that irreverently talks up pot, ladies, music, beer, movies, TV, cars and many other trending topics. Yesterday, the hosts announced on air that their listeners will be hearing some minor changes to their show going forward since they are going to start syndicating their afternoon show to other markets. Insiders say it is likely The Mens Room could be picked up by FM-94/9 which is also owned by Entercom. FM-94/9 is now the poorest-performing station in its San Diego "cluster" of stations. The Mens Room hosts would not disclose what other cities their show may end up on.— May 24, 2017 7:43 p.m.
Sportscasting now the "real" alternative radio?
It should be noted that FM-94/9 is even poppier than 91X. It should also be noted that 91X also beat Rock 105 for the first time in many years.— May 24, 2017 5:32 p.m.
Belly Up County
oops. Make that couple of miles south of the Belly Up. not west.— May 18, 2017 2:06 p.m.
From one hot Oceanside neighborhood to another
Confusingly, there are two Anita's Mexican food restaurants in Oceanside. Both were founded by the elder Alvarez, however it was sold decades ago to another party. The two are completely unrelated, except they both have the same name and are both in Oceanside. When the Anita's on El Camino Real was sold in the 80s, it was allowed to keep the Anita's name, which results in confusion to this day.— May 16, 2017 10:32 a.m.
Chris Cantore to replace Chargers insider Kevin Acee on Mighty 1090
Not to pile on (OK, I guess I am piling on), I am told by someone who knows, that the night it was announced-- Jan. 11 -- that the Chargers were leaving Acee was not even in town and that Jay Posner had to write the story for the UT. I am told the UT staff was hugely pissed and demoralized because UT management apparently did nothing about it.— April 2, 2017 12:49 p.m.
Rest in peace, Boss Lady
From the road in New Orleans Matt Hensley writes: "So f-ing bummed to hear this news. She organized countless shows and events for me and pub. Highly motivated person. The Flying Elephant would have been a lot less cool without her. She will be very missed. RIP."— March 24, 2017 5:13 p.m.
Saturday night in San Diego
It was learned yesterday that CW6 will cease to exist as an English language station in April. Inside San DIego producer Fale Luis says that he knows for sure his show will air on CW6 as long as it exists, which appears to be February and March. After that, he says he is not sure. His contract he says he has for the airing of 24 shows is with Bay City Television, operators of Channel 6/XETV. Luis says he is hoping the show will continue on the new KFMB-owned station after the CW programming moves there.— January 27, 2017 11:12 a.m.