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An Interesting Take on New York Islanders Radio
by Patrick Hoffman on 10/09/10 at 12:37 PM ET
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From Eric Mirlis via Mirl on Sports:
As the Islanders, after being backed into a self-constructed corner by first failing on an annual basis to come up with a radio deal to satisfy all of their fans, and then after pulling the plug on a real radio broadcast and going the cheapo route by simulcasting last year, announce that their games will be broadcast on the Hofstra student radio station, I think it might be time to jump off the ship, whether it is sinking or not.
I am a product of college radio and support it to the fullest. I was Sports Director of WNYU my senior year there, succeeding a guy you may have heard of, Kenny Albert. The New York sports media is dotted with other alumni of this program, including C.J. Papa, Rich Ackerman and Steve Cangialosi, with many more having very successful careers behind the scenes. I know how important college radio is to students that want to get into the business, and believe they should be afforded every opportunity available. I called a my fair share of basketball games while at NYU, including one at Madison Square Garden and one at Boston Garden. I had two internships while working there. Both of these internships created relationships that still remain, and have contributed to various opportunities I’ve had in my career. Even with all of that, I could never have fathomed the concept of any of us calling NHL games while still in school. Even Kenny rode the bus in the minors for a couple of seasons before his first NHL gig.
With that said, let’s talk about the Islanders’ amazing decision to place their games on a college radio station. I’ll break it down into different areas, so that all arguments on both sides can be seen:
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MSG and FSN are tv stations. The Islanders are on MSG+ for tv.
On the radio side both the Devils (WFAN) and the Rangers (WEPN) have basically locked up the two big local sports radio stations. And the Islanders aren’t attractive enough for the high powered non-sports radio stations.
That and as this article points out the Islanders are cheap and this is probably a cost cutting move without going to simulcast like they did last year.
Posted by jkrdevil on 10/09/10 at 05:52 PM ET
It’s sad that the Islanders always get owners with more interest in real estate than hockey. Until Wang sells the team you will continue to see stupidity like this. There training camp was a joke as well.
Posted by 13 user names on 10/10/10 at 12:25 AM ET
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Jeebus, that team is in an even bigger mess than originally thought. Broadcasting the Isles games on a collegiate signal instead of MSG? Couldn’t the Isles have gone to Fox Sports Net instead?
Posted by SYF from the bottom of my, what, 11teenth pint of Guinness? on 10/09/10 at 05:15 PM ET