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Dan Snyder buys 4 Roanoke Lynchburg radio stations
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 4:29 pm
by absturgill
from dcrtv.com which is a site for radio and TV news in DC and Baltimore.
DCRTV hears that Redskins owner Dan Snyder's Red Zebra broadcasting arm has picked up four radio stations from North Carolina-based Centennial Broadcasting in the Roanoke-Lynchburg area of Virginia. Including news talk WLNI-FM(105.9), oldies WLEQ-FM,(106.9) and rocker WZZI-FM/WZZU-FM.(97.9 and 101.5)
http://www.dcrtv.com/
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 4:57 pm
by blwall1416
Freakin' great.
I already get ticked when Comcast (our only "Fox College Sports" affiliate around here) delays showing an ACC basketball game so that we can watch 6 hours of Redskin postgame reports.
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 5:02 pm
by absturgill
Dan Snyder programmed ESPN radio on his 3 and soon to be 6 stations in DC. ESPN radio already has affiliates in Roanoke and Lynchburg. Does he put Fox Sports Radio on those stations and his local programming too? or what?
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 6:14 pm
by flamesbball84
Wonderful, 97.9 is one of the very, very few radio stations that actually plays decent music...
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 6:41 pm
by givemethemic
I got to get back to work.. but I will shed more light on this buy by Red Zebra...
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 10:37 pm
by ALUmnus
givemethemic wrote:I got to get back to work.. but I will shed more light on this buy by Red Zebra...
Hmmm, sort of cryptic yet somewhat incomprehensible.
Glad to see you back posting, dude, you always keep us guessing....at what the heck you're actually trying to say.
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 12:43 am
by givemethemic
I know isn't it fun... Red Zebra took over operations on Monday.... They have been just all sportstalk stations in the markets that are in.. D.C, Va Beach, Richmond... But they aren't going to make all 4 stations that they aquired in the deal sportstalk stations.. More than likely they will keep most of the same formats but just play the Redskins games on there stations....But sense ESPN Radio is owned by our good friends in Forest... look for one to become a Fox sports station... I hope that makes sense:)
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 8:03 am
by Purple Haize
Maybe now we will get Rush Limbaugh back in the burg?? That would be nice, now that he signed his ginormous contract!! Howard Who?? I have always found it ironic that the unofficial heart of the conservative movement doesn't have him on the air! But with Danny Boy's money, hopefully he will pony up for RL! And could this mean the SportsLine returns??? Ok maybe I am going to far!
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 8:42 am
by givemethemic
O how we have learned the famous quote "Never say never" Right Sly?
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 9:04 am
by Fumblerooskies
Maybe he will get THE SPORTSLINE back on the air and back to its roots on WLNI.
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 9:47 am
by Rooster Cogburn
Is Rich even still in town? Would be nice to have a local sports talk show back. I vote for Larry are the Main host though! Or Alvis!
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 10:21 am
by LUconn
Rooster Cogburn wrote:Is Rich even still in town? Would be nice to have a local sports talk show back. I vote for Larry are the Main host though! Or Alvis!
He's got a segment on the morningline. So he's already got his foot back in the door. But it's interesting the LNI would have the skins on. Because that's WBRG's territory.
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 11:08 am
by bigsmooth
bring on fox sports radio.. i listen to it daily on XM or online when im in the office.
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 11:24 am
by ALUmnus
Yes, please give us an alternative to cowturd and tirico and estrada, ah what the heck, pretty much all of espn radio.
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 11:28 am
by Sly Fox
Perhaps Sporting News Radio?
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 11:35 am
by SuperJon
ALUmnus wrote:Yes, please give us an alternative to cowturd and tirico and estrada, ah what the heck, pretty much all of espn radio.
Scott Van Pelt is good.
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 12:01 pm
by Rooster Cogburn
SuperJon wrote:ALUmnus wrote:Yes, please give us an alternative to cowturd and tirico and estrada, ah what the heck, pretty much all of espn radio.
Scott Van Pelt is good.
Agree, but not a big Tirico fan and really don't like Tafoya.
FSR in the 'burg would be huge.
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 12:15 pm
by ToTheLeft
Sports talk radio begins, and ends, with Jim Rome.
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 12:20 pm
by RagingTireFire
ToTheLeft wrote:Sports talk radio begins, and ends, with Jim Rome.
Operative word being "ends".
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 12:48 pm
by givemethemic
All I can say is there is a lot being talked about... Will share more when I can.... As for double RR we talk everyday and he is doing very well... He works over at UBS now..and does a 10 min seg on the Morningline as mentioned before..you just never know what might happened:)
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 2:11 pm
by HenryGale
givemethemic wrote: As for double RR
Wouldn't that be RRRR?
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 3:04 pm
by thepostman
HenryGale wrote:givemethemic wrote: As for double RR
Wouldn't that be RRRR?
haha, oh how i've missed gmtm making a fool of himself....