The Jets’ contract is a little more complicated.Įmmis has not indicated any future plans for the station. A contract with MSG to carry the Knicks ad Rangers has a clause regarding what will happen if the station loses an FM signal. Losing an FM signal could complicate ESPN New York’s play-by-play relationships. The company currently runs ESPN Radio stations in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Cleveland that operate exclusively on an AM signal and through digital platforms. The set up would not be new to Good Karma. He also says that 80% of the radio audience will be able to find the station when it moves exclusively to 1050 AM. He says Good Karma Brands’ data shows that more than half of ESPN New York’s audience is not listening on a terrestrial radio signal. Sources tell Marchand that Emmis wants closer to $50 million to sell the signal outright.įor Karmazin, it is an easy decision. The deal, which was made more than a decade ago, currently sees ESPN New York pay around $12.5 million per year for use of the signal. The FM signal is leased to the radio station by Emmis Communications. “We’re committed to serving the New York sports fan and with the combination of our AM signal, the ESPN New York App, podcasts, smart speakers, YES and other additional audio and video distribution, investing in an FM signal was not relevant in the way it was a decade ago,” Good Karma Brands CEO and founder Craig Karmazin told The New York Post’s Andrew Marchand. Good Karma Brands has announced that it will abandon the 98.7 FM signal at the end of August and focus its operations on 1050 AM. In less than a year, ESPN Radio will be leaving the FM dial in New York City. Eskin will look to be the Aaron Rodgers following up Brett Favre after the latter famously also moved on to the Big Apple. He mentioned the challenge of having to diversify his content from primarily NFL which was the main focus in the city of Brotherly Love, to a city with nine pro sports teams. He mentioned his goal in radio was always to make his way to WFAN, just up I-95, and said it did not hit him until he got on the subway to go to the studio for his first day of work.Įskin has radio in his blood as he is the son of Howard Eskin, a longtime host on WIP. “It’s really, really exciting.”Įskin came to WFAN from WIP in Philadelphia, bringing over two decades of industry experience. to turn on the radio and hear Mark would be here already,” Eskin said. officially took over as WFAN's Program Director today, and he stopped by to chat with to kick off his tenure with and /EMMpy2Ouif- WFAN Sports Radio July 6, 2021
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