Farewell to The FAN

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: Ceetar wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: IOW, it's not the actual game telecast or even pre & post game shows that'll change much if at all, but in that time slot after all that is over when you're still interested (assuming you even were) in hearing and talking about the ballgame or about baseball in general where the fan (as opposed to 'The FAN') may lose out. well, that's the only thing that actually concerns me here, that there will be some..oversight as to the pre and post agendas. Or that ESPN or someone will decide a corporate crony should interview the players afterwards, or Zeus forbid, decide they don't like Howie Rose and Josh Lewin. Zeus is a freaking anti-Semite.

Yeah, Gods don't have a real good record when it comes to racism. Perhaps I should've said "Flying Spaghetti Monster forbid"

[seawolf17]

Kong76 wrote: Just one annoying thing after another with this fucking lot.

I don't care if they're on WFAN or not, I just care if I can hear them when I want to hear them. But Kase's point is it for me. It's the hats, the Dodgers fellation, everything. This is an organization that literally can't seem to do anything right, ever. They signed David Wright, but everything else in the last several years has been a complete shitshow.

[Edgy MD]

Everything?

They booked REO Speedwagon, you ungrateful jerk.

[HahnSolo]

Edgy MD wrote: Everything? They booked REO Speedwagon, you ungrateful jerk.

And then they ruined things by bringing in Foreigner without Lou Gramm. F'in Wilpons.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Plus they booked Cheap Trick, the show got canceled, and they never rescheduled.

Stupid Fred.

[batmagadanleadoff]

http://www.newsday.com/sports/media/yankees-move-to-wfan-made-official-1.6054930

excerpt:

The Yankees and CBS Radio made it official Wednesday, announcing that the team would move from WCBS to corporate sister station WFAN in 2014, effectively ending the Mets' 26-year run on the station. The deal, first reported by Newsday on Tuesday, is believed to cover 10 years at more than $15 million per season.

Whaddya like better: eff n Jeff or Fred n Fredo?

[Valadius]

As somebody who grew up on Mets games on the FAN, this is extremely disappointing.

On another note, Fredo Wilpon is a surprisingly apt moniker for Jeffy.

[duan]

If I can listen to games in BallyGoBackwards on a phone so can ye lot.
Jaysus. You're giving out about AM RADIO? Am I back in 1997?

[Guest d'Kong76]

duan wrote: If I can listen to games in BallyGoBackwards on a phone so can ye lot. Jaysus. You're giving out about AM RADIO? Am I back in 1997?

I wanna listen in my garage, like I did for Santana's no-no, with my
thirty-year-old Technic speakers with the 15" woofers ... not on a
tinny mobile device. I'm a dino!

There are only 4-5 clear-channel AM stations on the east coast.
Maybe they can end up on 770 AM.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I wonder if Steve Somers has any kind of contract with WFAN,
or he just goes on when scheduled. Can't picture him on a the
Yankee flagship station.

[metsmarathon]

i very much like the idea of a SNY radio monolith. make it happen already! AM! FM! XM! PM! all the M's!!!

[Frayed Knot]

Kong76 wrote: I wonder if Steve Somers has any kind of contract with WFAN, or he just goes on when scheduled. Can't picture him on a the Yankee flagship station.

Half of Somers' schtick is teasing Yanqui (or Cowboy, or Devil, or whoever) fans to the point where they're goaded into calling him.
No reason why his act should change just because his shift precedes/follows a different game.

Besides, where else would he go?

[Guest d'Kong76]

I guess I meant more, would Yankee royalty want someone of his
ilk on before or after or whenever on their new flagship station.

[Frayed Knot]

Well, Yanqui royalty shouldn't have a say in the rest of the WFAN broadcast day except what falls within the pre-game/game itself/post-game show window.
IOW, if they want Somers kicked out because he teased them and pulled their pigtails all these years, FAN mgmt should simply tell Trost, Levine, and the Steinbrenner boys to go fuck themselves.

[Guest d'Kong76]

We'll see .. always thought it odd that Mike F's WFAN show is on
YES but I guess it's all about money.

[Ceetar]

metsmarathon wrote: i very much like the idea of a SNY radio monolith. make it happen already! AM! FM! XM! PM! all the M's!!!

back to innovation (hey, I can dream right? Even after being frustrated that NJ Transit closed escalators to 'conserve power' instead of installing motion detectors like I saw in Munich)

Now, caveat is I don't understand the legal rules behind the scenes, but it seems like teams can put out radio broadcasts if they like. The rule is you can't do play by play if you aren't affiliated with the club's broadcast (i.e. Francesa has to wait a beat if he's live-watching games, although given that games are basically play by play'd on Twitter..well, another discussion there) but if the team is authorizing multiple avenues?

You know how many Podcasts and fledging ideas there are out in the Mets fandom? You could broadcast the games over the internet, and hell, offer it to local radio stations all over the place. Pump in your SNY (even Sterling if you like) ads (hey advertisers, for 5% more you can ALSO have ads on all these radio stations.) and let them at it. Then fill the off-time with fan podcasts and call-in shows. Give SNY to us. Have an American Idol type show where fans compete to get spots/shows affiliated. You have Metsblog on the servers anyway, but that's so limited in scope. Expand the network (which they just contracted). If you get enough Mets blogs there you'll almost be able to direct most Mets traffic to your own site.

I know companies are so petrified of releasing control and oversight, afraid someone's going to say something bad. But it's an illusion. You have no control and oversight over the personalities you hire. They say stuff on their own, on Twitter, elsewhere that you might worry reflects badly on you. So screw it. Dump your typical "The views and opinions of all employees does not represent the views and opinion of SNY as a whole" and disavow responsibility.

[MFS62]

Ceetar wrote: back to innovation (hey, I can dream right? Even after being frustrated that NJ Transit closed escalators to 'conserve power' instead of installing motion detectors like I saw in Munich)

That gave me a flashback. I remember falling ass over teakettle down an escalator in Munich Airport because I thought it was broken and wasn't ready for it to start moving.

Later

[Ceetar]

MFS62 wrote: Ceetar wrote: back to innovation (hey, I can dream right? Even after being frustrated that NJ Transit closed escalators to 'conserve power' instead of installing motion detectors like I saw in Munich) That gave me a flashback. I remember falling ass over teakettle down an escalator in Munich Airport because I thought it was broken and wasn't ready for it to start moving. Later

lol!

[batmagadanleadoff]

quote from the other side in heavy rotation:

Yankees Managing General Partner Hal Steinbrenner, looking over his new broadcast digs, said, �The paramount consideration was how our fans would best be able to hear our games. Having the Yankees on WFAN(AM/FM) provides listeners in the New York metropolitan area and beyond with superior broadcast quality and vast territorial signal strength.�

http://www.radioworld.com/article/yankees-steal-wfan-/221372

Yankee owner Hal Steinbrenner said WFAN's reach and power were too much to ignore. "The paramount consideration was how our fans would best be able to hear our games," Steinbrenner said. "Having the Yankees on WFAN-AM/FM provides listeners in the New York metropolitan area and beyond with superior broadcast quality and vast territorial signal strength."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323595004579069472634011200.html

[batmagadanleadoff]

[batmagadanleadoff]

more quotes not from the Mets:

CBS Radio president Dan Mason said: �There is no bigger name in baseball than the Yankees, nor an organization so steeped in tradition.� The pact leaves the Mets station-less. On Tuesday, Mets COO Jeff Wilpon said, �Right now we�re still negotiating with several parties about what we�re going to do with our radio rights. The dog ate my homework.�

http://nypost.com/2013/09/11/wfan-to-be-new-radio-home-of-the-yankees/

Edited September 12, 2013 by Guest

[metirish]

Will any station want them?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I do think the FAN is buying high on the MFYs and selling low on the Mets.

A distressed-properties investor might see a good opportunity here.

[Edgy MD]

It is doubtless that the Mets will find a broadcast partner. How much is there on the radio that anybody listens to any more? There's political partisanship, religious paritsanship, and baseball.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Edgy MD wrote: How much is there on the radio that anybody listens to any more? There's political partisanship, religious paritsanship, and baseball.

I listen to 1010 WINS still, old habits die hard.
You give us 23 minutes, we will start repeating ourselves.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Edgy MD wrote: It is doubtless that the Mets will find a broadcast partner. How much is there on the radio that anybody listens to any more? There's political partisanship, religious paritsanship, and baseball.

There's a little thing called KLASSIK RAWK, thank you.

[Lefty Specialist]

Edgy MD wrote: It is doubtless that the Mets will find a broadcast partner. How much is there on the radio that anybody listens to any more? There's political partisanship, religious paritsanship, and baseball.

Their new radio station combines all three.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I do think the FAN is buying high on the MFYs and selling low on the Mets. A distressed-properties investor might see a good opportunity here.

[brightens]

[Checks wallet]

[Frowns once again]

[metirish]

What will happen to "The Schmoozer" and his die hard callers?, maybe nothing?

[Lefty Specialist]

The question will be- will the FAN become a complete Yankee cheer squad, where no dissent is tolerated? If so, the Schmooze is doomed. They'll just re-run Francesa to fill the time.