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Re: MNF



Sean Smyth wrote:
>Dan Billings said:
> > Weird not to hear music on WBLM.  I'm sure, in the
> > short-term, picking up the Patriots will help WBLM's
> > bottom line but I wonder up diluting their classic
> > rock franchise with football.
>The way it was explained in the media at the time WBCN got the Patriots'
>rights, was that Sunday afternoons are periods that draw low ratings in the
>targeted demos for rock and classic rock since most men 25-54 are... well,
>watching football. Monday night games throw a wrench into that whole thing,
>of course, but they're big events anyway.


I doubt that classic rock draws much of an audience after 6pm 
either.  Considering the general migration of football to FM rock stations 
over the past few years, it must be successful.