Sports Media Beat

Sports Media Beat


Athletics ditch flagship; Daytona down

February 20, 2020

Like a home run, the Oakland Athletics are saying bye-bye to their flagship radio station opting to present their audio play-by-play on the app TuneIn.  And as it turns out, the ratings for the Daytona 500 were down because of Sunday's postponement.  I talk about this and link to other stories discussed in the podcast:

Daytona 500 ratings
ESPN baseball broadcasting crews
Oakland Athletics ditch radio
NFL would expand playoffs
XFL ratings
Kostis rips CBS and the PGA
NHL Stadium Series
AT&T not getting price for RSNs