Arizona Coyotes upset with flagship radio personality scheduled before games
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I seriously doubt that any team would have approval rights for lead in talent, as after dark radio(especially AM) has a minimal impact on income for stations.
TheLegend
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Included in the article was a statement to The Athletic from the Coyotes:
Article also states a source from the Coyotes has said the Coyotes will not allow any of their players or coaches to appear on Sileo's show in the forseeable future.
Article also states a source from the Coyotes has said the Coyotes will not allow any of their players or coaches to appear on Sileo's show in the forseeable future.
BKIslandersFan
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Dan Sileo - Wikipedia
Called three black NFL players monkeys.
Told Erin Andrews to go make him some cake and women belong in porn, not sports.
Among other things.
Christ is it any wonder why Coyotes are mad.
Called three black NFL players monkeys.
Told Erin Andrews to go make him some cake and women belong in porn, not sports.
Among other things.
Christ is it any wonder why Coyotes are mad.
BKIslandersFan
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Can’t blame them for trying. Why would you want to be associated with a station that thinks having that bozo on air is a good idea?
Sure they can...they're providing a product. They can negotiate the terms of future availability of their product. It's as simple as "We will not be renewing our contract with Fox Sports 910 to be our flagship station if Sileo remains the lead-in to our games; we're willing to take less money for our broadcast rights elsewhere in order to have a more-inclusive lead-in."
Christ, this isn't even new. The Whalers exercised their demand 30 years ago that local sports-broadcast legend Arnold Dean and his sports-talk call-in show have the slot before their pre-game show on WTIC 1080 in Hartford. Dean would have preferred to retire (He was about 80 at the time. Even after retiring as sports director, he continued to do SportsTalk1080 P/T and only before Whalers games) and WTIC would have preferred to lead-in with signed on-air talent they were trying to boost the visability of. (Specifically, liberal on-air political satirist Colin McEnroe, who also occasionally covered sports for both WTIC and The Hartford Courant newspaper.) Eventually, some compromise was reached that WTIC's UConn basketball play-by-play announcer Joe D'Ambrosio could also host ST1080 before Whalers games...but McEnroe could not.
30 years ago is 30 years ago, might as well be 100 years ago. Things changed 20 years ago and have only gotten worse.
They just signed the deal, they’re on a distant #2 sports station, after dark ad rates to buy an hour in the Phoenix market can’t be more than $100/hr
They just signed the deal, they’re on a distant #2 sports station, after dark ad rates to buy an hour in the Phoenix market can’t be more than $100/hr
tony d
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Don't agree with the guy either but from what I can read the Coyotes can't do that much here only be upset.
Jumptheshark
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tarheelhockey
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It was smart of them to at least say something, though. Now their position is known, and there’s no guilt by association.
TheLegend
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McGarnagle
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cptjeff
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Well, iHeartMedia is the company, then Clear Channel Communications, that once published a list of songs that they deemed unpatriotic that their radio stations couldn't play. Not exactly the most upstanding corporate citizens in the world.
TheLegend
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According to Scott Bordrow’s latest article in The Athletic, Sileo is now out at Fox Sports 910 after four days on the air.
LadyStanley
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BKIslandersFan
F*** off
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All we know is that the Coyotes, very publicly, and very strongly objected to Dan Sileo being on the air in the slot prior to Coyotes games. 910 has1 team, the Coyotes, and the Coyotes announced to the public that they would let no players or staff appear on that show.
It is a strange fact of nature that for no reason at all, a company might shoot itself in the foot. 910 did it. The Raiders did it. The Coyotes did it under prior ownership.
Warden of the North
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Why would anyone hire him?
Disgusting. 100% with the coyotes on this one.
I REALLY need to get on with my business idea of being a "This is a bad idea" consultant.
hangman005
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And I'll be a hindsight consultant and be like "Your should have listened to Warden"
But agree with the yotes here, and hopefully he is turfed.
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Ernie
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Because Sileo was popular enough to be syndicated earlier in his career and iHeartMedia is a terrible company, by all indications. Probably thought it could fly under the radar, and they almost got away with it. As far as I can tell it was only the Athletic that covered this, no other mentions in other local publications.
LadyStanley
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MSM doesn't seem to be following the story.
That's not to say that the Coyotes' complaints led their sponsors into threatening to pull advertising on the radio station. Nor that non-affiliated advertisers also threatened to pull their advertising. That can be a lot of pressure.
That's not to say that the Coyotes' complaints led their sponsors into threatening to pull advertising on the radio station. Nor that non-affiliated advertisers also threatened to pull their advertising. That can be a lot of pressure.
MBH
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It's going to come down to what's in their contract.
I'm sure some sports teams have outs clauses to protect them in case their flagship station turns into KKK radio.
TheLegend
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iHeart is going to keep the whole affair as quiet as possible.
The fact the only one local journalist caught on to it isn’t really surprising.
The fact the only one local journalist caught on to it isn’t really surprising.
