Yeah, because a 3rd station has done so historically well before.

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I don't think The Game got a fair shake in this town. They pulled the plug way too early. Also, half of their marquee show was David Haugh.

So basically they are going to try and get North and Mac to compete against the Score and ESPN.

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Until this board is approached (with rotating hosts),their ratings will be microcosmic.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

might have a shot if the frequency can be found on car radios.

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WKEN is all coming together

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87.7 got fewer listeners than Olivet Nazarene University by doing sports talk but now does better than US99 and the Loop by playing crap by Dan Fogelberg. Infinite lols.

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good point. maybe the talent being horrible was the actual problem.

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Correct idea in that 670 and 1000 are poor products.
Wrong idea to introduce a 3rd station.

I've turned to podcasts and Soundcloud/Spotify.

And sports talk seems so lucrative too!

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To be fair, if you look at the out of work talkers in this town, would you tune in:

North
Mac
Chet
Murph

As someone under the age of 50, I sure as shit wouldn't.

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Chicago Senior Sports Radio!

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Later in the article they say the powers-that-be at this imaginary station would want proven ratings winners, which means...who? Mac? Can North still cling to the success he had 15+ years ago?

I'd say go the other way, get the Chicago guys from Barstool Sports and give them a show, social media sports personalities (YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, etc.), people with large followings that will listen to the terrestrial dial when they can, or a stream when they're out and about.

They need to recruit Dr. Ken.

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Might be as entertaining as this:

http://www.dickpritchettrealestate.com/eagle-feed.html

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

WEBIO!!!!!

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It sounds like this would be an expanded-band AM station (the FCC wouldn't be able to issue a new license anywhere between 560 and 1590), and from what I remember of this one oldies station that had Tommy Edwards and Larry Lujack for a while, expanded-band AM sounds like kuhhhh-rap. Also, some radios still don't go past 1610. Also-also, "reaching most of Chicagoland" from a stick in the south suburbs sounds like really bad coverage. How do you sell a station that doesn't come in north of, for the sake of argument, Irving Park Road?

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It was, but the signal was garbage. The Score and ESPN are lousy, no talent hacks..it wouldn't be hard to beat both with some new talent on a decent signal.

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Yeah, if it's AM and it doesn't cover the whole of Chicagoland, it must be pretty low power. Here's the daytime groundwave map of a 1kW station emanating from [EDIT: Joliet, duh]:

Good. I wouldn't want to listen to it in Gurnee, anyway.

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You have to bring back Chet and Boom Boom to start off the day. Pass it off to jail birds Dr Got Em Gupta and Webio financier Hernandez. After, go with the Bookie Priest, Anne Maxfield, and Julie Swieca (sp?). Evenings, will be that Scott Ferrall guy who has the beer tapper drop. Let him get drunk on air. Then loop Jim Rome replays overnight. If you need a fill in, get that child molester who worked for CLTV, Rob something or other.

This way, the failure will be swift and complete. We'll get a few laughs along the way.

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Is it the infamous Warren Freiberg station?

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I've always said it could work.

Yeah. Maybe they'd be 3rd. Yeah. Maybe the hosts would have to make 60k instead of 200-500k. Still, it has to do better than some of the bottom feeding stations in town.

What's wrong with making 60k to do a talk show that's 3rd of the three sports talkers? A lot of producers would jump at it.

I agree with you on getting social media personalities but all the Barstool guys are in New York now.

Chus stalked Farrell off the radio in Chicago

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Unless they have a piece of the action. Ownership stake

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Before Chernin bought Barstool, Dan Katz was in talks with 670 and 1000. He did a few shows with Shep on Saturday nights I believe. Regardless, PMT is wildly successful so it seemed to work out for him.

Side note: In January, they are starting Barstool radio on Sirius.

from that map, i would just catch it. If Mac is on the air, I'm listening.

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If North is already involved...I'm already not interested. He is a fucking boob...and the older he gets, the worse he gets.

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