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WFNZ definitely annoys me with their lack of coverage of App, at least T-Bone completed his bet after App beat SCar and wore a turkey costume on Wednesday for their charity event.
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Truth by told, Charlotte doesn't get much coverage in the Charlotte Market. The Charlotte Market Covers Carolina, the ACC/the Panthers, then the Hornets. Charlotte and Davidson get occasional coverage.
WFNZ 610 is the flagship station for 49er Football and Basketball, so you would expect them to have a vested interest in promoting those programs. Ratings still equal advertising dollars.
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That's what I was saying about App as far as Charlotte being the media market for App . It's not. W-S is.WASU 93 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 29, 2019 3:38 pmTruth by told, Charlotte doesn't get much coverage in the Charlotte Market. The Charlotte Market Covers Carolina, the ACC/the Panthers, then the Hornets. Charlotte and Davidson get occasional coverage.
WFNZ 610 is the flagship station for 49er Football and Basketball, so you would expect them to have a vested interest in promoting those programs. Ratings still equal advertising dollars.
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Honestly outside of the Panthers, WFNZ is pretty much a no-go for sports coverage. They will do a 30 minute SEC/ACC football talk here and there, same for college basketball.WASU 93 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 29, 2019 3:38 pmTruth by told, Charlotte doesn't get much coverage in the Charlotte Market. The Charlotte Market Covers Carolina, the ACC/the Panthers, then the Hornets. Charlotte and Davidson get occasional coverage.
WFNZ 610 is the flagship station for 49er Football and Basketball, so you would expect them to have a vested interest in promoting those programs. Ratings still equal advertising dollars.
But even the Hornets barely get a peep.
Have you ever heard those guys try to talk baseball/hockey/soccer, literally any other sport? I get much of it is listener driven but those dudes are incredibly one-dimensional. Which is shocking given it’s their profession.
If I wanna hear a Cam Newton vs Kyle Allen debate for the 456th time, I tune to WFNZ. Otherwise I go elsewhere.
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I live in Charlotte. I fight these fools all the time.
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Chris McLain is a really good dude, and when he wants to, he is good at talking any sport. Problem is, he has become too much of a Charlottean and has become a typical Charlotte sports fan who only knows Carolina BBall, Duke BBall, Panthers and Hornets. I've been fighting with him for years to give App some more love. Atleast they interview Drink more than the other shows, and he always does a good segment with him. Kyle Bailey is more knowledgeable, but he is slowly falling into the same trap of only talking about what the casual Charlotte fan thinks they want to hear.
Charlotte fans will embrace App if we can get more run and the casual sports guy can identify with our players and coaches more. People want to root for winners, and App State does plenty of winning. Drink has more of a personality than Satt, so that's a step in the right direction, but DG needs to get some of our players out there for people to identify with.
Charlotte fans will embrace App if we can get more run and the casual sports guy can identify with our players and coaches more. People want to root for winners, and App State does plenty of winning. Drink has more of a personality than Satt, so that's a step in the right direction, but DG needs to get some of our players out there for people to identify with.
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Wonder how much an ad would cost in the Disturber sports section? “Letter from App Fans”. Also our SID needs to bombard the area with info
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Houston has three college football teams within its city limits; U of Houston, Rice, and Texas Southern, yet almost ALL local media coverage of college sports, whether it be print or broadcast, is centered around Texas A&M which is located in College Station, 90 miles away. The University of Texas follows somewhat behind in second place as far as college sports are concerned. But, of course, just as it is in Charlotte, the Stros, Rockets and Texans dominate the media, depending upon the season.appstatealum wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:20 amChris McLain is a really good dude, and when he wants to, he is good at talking any sport. Problem is, he has become too much of a Charlottean and has become a typical Charlotte sports fan who only knows Carolina BBall, Duke BBall, Panthers and Hornets. I've been fighting with him for years to give App some more love. Atleast they interview Drink more than the other shows, and he always does a good segment with him. Kyle Bailey is more knowledgeable, but he is slowly falling into the same trap of only talking about what the casual Charlotte fan thinks they want to hear.
Charlotte fans will embrace App if we can get more run and the casual sports guy can identify with our players and coaches more. People want to root for winners, and App State does plenty of winning. Drink has more of a personality than Satt, so that's a step in the right direction, but DG needs to get some of our players out there for people to identify with.
This season, the University of Houston has not drawn more than 30,000 for any one game and normal attendance is about 25,000; and that is from a campus enrollment of over 45,000 students and a metropolitan area of over 6,000,000 people! On game day morning in College Station the four lane highway from Houston to the A&M campus is bumper to bumper traffic the whole way.
These are the realities of major college sports vs “mid-major” sports. Appalachian has about 100,000 living alumni. UNC, NC St. et al have many more. Ratings?
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Great example. You have to start somewhere. Look at Clemson.... They are a smaller school with tremendous support. I know it's a stretch, but it doesn't hurt to have goals.
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WFNZ is not the flagship for UNCC. AM 730 is...
I personally can’t tolerate Mac or WFNZ. During the 5 minutes per day he isn’t talking about Cam Newton he has said nothing positive about App.
I personally can’t tolerate Mac or WFNZ. During the 5 minutes per day he isn’t talking about Cam Newton he has said nothing positive about App.
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A great reward for the team. It should really be a good game.
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