Re: 1660am rebranding to "The Bison."
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EndZoneQB
Don't you think NDSU noticed the KFGO situation when deciding to do 1660? Me thinks they were smarter than that and saw the writing on the wall with how bad KFGO is right now. None of their personalities do anything for me, even talking NDSU...just don't have the stomach for it. It really is the absolute worst talk station in Fargo.
You gotta remember that 107.9 the FOX is our main station and it's the #2 rated station and #1 FM station in town. It's also 100,000 watts. Were not going to lose anything by dropping kfgo. Bison fans will learn to flip over to the Fox. We will gain new listeners on it that never listened to KFGO
http://www.inforum.com/news/3936936-...top-fm-station
1660 is our daily talk station. What's awesome is we get partial ownership (basically) and will earn 35% of the revenue. This could be a total cash cow. When you basically own the station, you get more control over the content too.
Besides our total radio coverage is freaking amazing. There isn't an inch of the state you can pick up a Bison game.
As far as KFGO declining, our buddy Rob Port had a good article on this. Plus the decline started with the crappy Wisconsin ownership
https://www.sayanythingblog.com/entr...ratings-trend/
Despite this, online media is the future
Re: 1660am rebranding to "The Bison."
On 740 Jack said they'd still be covering the Bison. It'll be interesting to see how their coverage compares to how they covered UND before. KFGO is in an interesting position.
Re: 1660am rebranding to "The Bison."
You know, the funny thing that many forget is when big Eddie went to KFGO in the '90's, KFGO went with UN_ when they could not get the NDSU contract. (Admit, not sure they tried hard or not, but they did pick UN_ at the time.) Amazing how history repeats itself with UN_ always being the fall back, second fiddle.
Re: 1660am rebranding to "The Bison."
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Originally Posted by
THEsocalledfan
You know, the funny thing that many forget is when big Eddie went to KFGO in the '90's, KFGO went with UN_ when they could not get the NDSU contract. (Admit, not sure they tried hard or not, but they did pick UN_ at the time.) Amazing how history repeats itself with UN_ always being the fall back, second fiddle.
The difference being that these are affiliate deals for UND in Fargo. Don't you think it would be pretty strange if a Fargo-based station picked being an affiliate of UND's radio network instead of the flagship station of the university located in Fargo?
Re: 1660am rebranding to "The Bison."
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abc123
The difference being that these are affiliate deals for UND in Fargo. Don't you think it would be pretty strange if a Fargo-based station picked being an affiliate of UND's radio network instead of the flagship station of the university located in Fargo?
I'm sure Kate Upton thought it was strange when I chose my wife over her.... but she got over it, much to the delight of Justin Verlander.
Re: 1660am rebranding to "The Bison."
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Originally Posted by
THEsocalledfan
You know, the funny thing that many forget is when big Eddie went to KFGO in the '90's, KFGO went with UN_ when they could not get the NDSU contract. (Admit, not sure they tried hard or not, but they did pick UN_ at the time.) Amazing how history repeats itself with UN_ always being the fall back, second fiddle.
I would hope so. If a Grand Forks station had NDSU football games, they obviously won't stop talking about UND football or Hockey unless they want like zero listeners
Re: 1660am rebranding to "The Bison."
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Originally Posted by
HerdBot
I would hope so. If a Grand Forks station had NDSU football games, they obviously won't stop talking about UND football or Hockey unless they want like zero listeners
They might....
Re: 1660am rebranding to "The Bison."
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Originally Posted by
HerdBot
I would hope so. If a Grand Forks station had NDSU football games, they obviously won't stop talking about UND football or Hockey unless they want like zero listeners
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ByeSonBusiness
They might....get the worst ratings ever
Fixed it for you
Re: 1660am rebranding to "The Bison."
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HerdBot
I would hope so. If a Grand Forks station had NDSU football games, they obviously won't stop talking about UND football or Hockey unless they want like zero listeners
Does Grand Forks even have many NDSU alumni or fans there? Doesn't seem like an ideal place to live if you want to be successful, let alone, happy in life.
Re: 1660am rebranding to "The Bison."
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Christopher Moen
Does Grand Forks even have many NDSU alumni or fans there? Doesn't seem like an ideal place to live if you want to be successful, let alone, happy in life.
I obviously don't have any numbers, but posters on SS frequently complain about the number of folks in El Forke Grande wearing Bison championship gear.