The Stars find a new radio home

by Conjunction on Jan 16, 2009 8:54 AM CST

Starting next season, our area hockey team of the last fifteen years will be located on a new signal; one familiar to most in this area.

The Ticket has been hyping a major newsbreak at 8:30 this morning for quite a while now, and they delivered by announcing that they will be hosting Stars hockey for the next 5 years.

Good news: This will lead for a lot more exposure for the Stars. The TIcket is the proverbial king of the hill in the DFW radio market, and their demographic obviously is more suited toward hockey than BAP's.

However, one must take into account that their signal is renowned for its awfulness. I'm not sure whether the games will be simulcast on 93.3 (The Ticket's sister station) but I think we'd all hope so.

What are your thoughts about the switch? Good, bad, indifferent?

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I think it's a good switch.

While WBAP was great for listening to Stars games in Waco….they were still buried by the station’s news coverage.

This way the Stars get even more coverage than they do now and hopefully that means more Bob Sturm. This also means that the Ticket is definitely losing the Dallas Cowboys games.

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by Brandon Worley on Jan 16, 2009 9:02 AM CST reply actions

Probably

I could see the Cowboys moving to the Fan, or even the radio lackeys of the four-letter network. Additionally, the Cowboys have enough exposure to where they don’t need a set station fan base, they’d get their fans to transplant their ears to wherever the games were hosted.

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by Conjunction on Jan 16, 2009 9:23 AM CST up reply actions

I wonder

if Jub will stay on as the voice of Texas Stadium.

Muschamp seems like the kind of guy who used to beat up guys like Bob Stoops in high school.

by TheJeezus on Jan 16, 2009 9:46 AM CST up reply actions

Unlike some people...

… I’ve never had any signal issues with The TIcket when I’m in town, so I’m absolutely thrilled about the move.

The Ticket (BaD Radio in particular) seems like the only place in the Metroplex to get some good hockey talk on the radio, so I’m excited primarily that the Stars have a home on sports talk radio and that Bob Sturm’s role will likely only expand.

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by RPT on Jan 16, 2009 10:05 AM CST reply actions

This will be good

The Ticket is the most listen to radio station in Dallas / Ft. Worth for sports, and I’m sure they going to be promoting the Stars on a regular bases now, so If that can bring some fans in, I’m all for it

And hey, if it get Ralph or Razor in for talk shows on that network, totally down for it

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by Smoak Some on Jan 16, 2009 4:49 PM CST reply actions