LancasterSteve Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/bills-nfl/article693970.ece Just give it to a Toronto station, the Bills will be there soon enough.
CodeMonkey Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Did the team's lousy play hurt listenership and prompt Cumulus to pull out? Osadchey downplayed the impact of another losing season, calling it "the new norm." Ouch.
PromoTheRobot Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/bills-nfl/article693970.ece Just give it to a Toronto station, the Bills will be there soon enough. I predict Rogers' "The Fan 590" in Toronto will be the new Bills flagship. PTR
Heitz Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Bummer - I loved streaming the pre-game the past few years, it was a little bit of Buffalo before watching the show on Sunday Ticket...
dhg Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) Now I have zero reason to listen to that cr*p station. Edited January 3, 2012 by dhg
RJ (not THAT RJ) Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 I predict Rogers' "The Fan 590" in Toronto will be the new Bills flagship. PTR Well, I hope they pick up a network station that has an iPhone app....
McD Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Well, I hope they pick up a network station that has an iPhone app.... Use the tunein app. You should be able to get the station from there.
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 The more important question - Will they continue to sponsor the Jills???
RJ (not THAT RJ) Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Use the tunein app. You should be able to get the station from there. Thanks!
HurlyBurly51 Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Wow - strange bedfellows. Going to WGR! Maybe Schopp starts talking Bills. http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/bills-nfl/article694869.ece Edited January 4, 2012 by HurlyBurly51
PromoTheRobot Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Wow - strange bedfellows. Going to WGR! Maybe Schopp starts talking Bills. http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/bills-nfl/article694869.ece I was wrong. I was pretty confident Rogers would step into the bidding. PTR
sir andrew Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Will they actually have to be positive? Never!
Offside Number 76 Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Will they actually have to be positive? Never! Are people really critical that GR isn't positive about the Bills? Has there been much to be positive about? During just two short stretches since I moved back here seven years ago, the team has been worth talking about in a positive manner: FIrst five weeks of 2008 and first five weeks of 2011. Do you really want the radio opinion folks to talk up a crappy team? Is that useful? If so, to what end?
San Jose Bills Fan Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Are people really critical that GR isn't positive about the Bills? Has there been much to be positive about? During just two short stretches since I moved back here seven years ago, the team has been worth talking about in a positive manner: FIrst five weeks of 2008 and first five weeks of 2011. Do you really want the radio opinion folks to talk up a crappy team? Is that useful? If so, to what end? My understanding of the criticism of GR (I don't listen to them) is that they are dismissive, lazy, and not serious about their coverage of the Bills. They were apparently dismissive because they carry the Sabres and not the Bills so there is a strong rationale for not drumming up Bills conversation… it's bad for their business. That will now change. Their hosts, Schopp and Bulldog made short, dismissive, snarky, simple-minded remarks and analysis about the Bills. I hate this personally… and it happens on this board quite a bit. I don't give a damn really if someone is "negative" as long as they're not just shytting out flip statements. If a professional sports broadcaster thinks something, then by all means explain it intelligently because as we all know, Buffalo is a serious sports town. We don't like dismissive and flip sports commentary. If Gailey sucks, approach the subject with the same seriousness, analysis, and passion that your listenership approaches it with. From what I gather, this is where GR has failed for many years. Edited January 4, 2012 by San Jose Bills Fan
Chef Jim Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 That's how I followed most games this year streaming 97 Rock. For some reason I prefer it on the radio. That was I can have it as background as I do more entertaining things like cooking, shaving my back hair or jerking off. Those of you that have spent any kind of money to watch this team every week the past 10 is nothing but a sucker.
'64 Bills Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Really, how much money can a local radio station make off an NFL football game especially if they aren't a sports directed station? Anybody that knows what they are doing can watch the games on their PC's or cell phones - blacked out or not - - radio advertising income is falling off the chart.
San Jose Bills Fan Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 That's how I followed most games this year streaming 97 Rock. For some reason I prefer it on the radio. That was I can have it as background as I do more entertaining things like cooking, shaving my back hair or jerking off. Those of you that have spent any kind of money to watch this team every week the past 10 is nothing but a sucker. It's not like shaving my back while listening to Van Miller on WBEN back in the glory days… that's for sure.
Offside Number 76 Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 My understanding of the criticism of GR (I don't listen to them) is that they are dismissive, lazy, and not serious about their coverage of the Bills. They were apparently dismissive because they carry the Sabres and not the Bills so there is a strong rationale for not drumming up Bills conversation… it's bad for their business. That will now change. Their hosts, Schopp and Bulldog made short, dismissive, snarky, simple-minded remarks and analysis about the Bills. I hate this personally… and it happens on this board quite a bit. I don't give a damn really if someone is "negative" as long as they're not just shytting out flip statements. If a professional sports broadcaster thinks something, then by all means explain it intelligently because as we all know, Buffalo is a serious sports town. We don't like dismissive and flip sports commentary. If Gailey sucks, approach the subject with the same seriousness, analysis, and passion that your listenership approaches it with. From what I gather, this is where GR has failed for many years. They talk about the Bills ALL THE TIME. People get pissy when the folks at the station talk hockey. I can't imagine what they'd do in a market with four--or seven!--pro sports teams plus major college sports. People also get pissy when they do things like a country draft or Thanksgiving dinner Survivor (you'd have to listen to understand; you wrote that you don't). I can understand a little more about the frustration with that, even if I think it's entertaining. It certainly isn't sports talk. But they do treat the Bills very seriously. Negatively, which is deserved, but seriously. They had a great ten-minute interview with SJ the day after the benching. 97 Rock didn't. Schopp and the Bulldog make snarky remarks about drunk callers, not so much about the Bills. Frankly, listening to the drunk caller beat-down is usually more entertaining than listening to the coack explain a loss, but I'll certainly admit that Sunday, I was tuned in to 97 to hear Gailey explain the SJ situation. That lasted a minute, and then I was back to GR to hear a decent dialogue instead of just an interview.
San Jose Bills Fan Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 They talk about the Bills ALL THE TIME. People get pissy when the folks at the station talk hockey. I can't imagine what they'd do in a market with four--or seven!--pro sports teams plus major college sports. People also get pissy when they do things like a country draft or Thanksgiving dinner Survivor (you'd have to listen to understand; you wrote that you don't). I can understand a little more about the frustration with that, even if I think it's entertaining. It certainly isn't sports talk. But they do treat the Bills very seriously. Negatively, which is deserved, but seriously. They had a great ten-minute interview with SJ the day after the benching. 97 Rock didn't. Schopp and the Bulldog make snarky remarks about drunk callers, not so much about the Bills. Frankly, listening to the drunk caller beat-down is usually more entertaining than listening to the coack explain a loss, but I'll certainly admit that Sunday, I was tuned in to 97 to hear Gailey explain the SJ situation. That lasted a minute, and then I was back to GR to hear a decent dialogue instead of just an interview. Thanks for the perspective of a regular listener. You do hear tons of criticism of the station hereabouts and not much in the way of compliments.
The Senator Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Guess I won't be listening to any Bills games, unless I can find somehow tune in the opposing team's broadcast.
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