Radio Disney

[Doug Drown]

Hmm.  Perhaps this also explains why we're getting two ABC affiliates (WVII 
in Bangor and WMTW).  But then again, we also get the NBC and CBS affiliates 
from both Bangor and Portland, the logic of which escapes me as well.  -Doug


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>
To: "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@myfairpoint.net>
Cc: "(newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest" 
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: Radio Disney


> More than likely your system carries WMTW or WMUR (owned by Hearst)
> which owns 20 percent of ESPN. Hearst years back told the former Media
> One they could not carry WCVB unless they picked up the then new ESPN2
>
> The reason Comcast desperately tried to buy Disney is the enormous
> fees they pay the mouse for programming fees.
>
> A-la-carte is a cat Mickey Mouse is very scared of.
>
> On 3/3/09, Doug Drown <revdoug1@myfairpoint.net> wrote:
>>> On the cable side an operator has no choice but to carry The Disney
>>> Channel at a hefty fee because otherwise they can't carry ESPN
>> unless they pick up Mickey.
>>
>> If that's the case, either we're gettin' cheated up here or somebody has
>> found a loophole.  Our local cable system carries both ESPN and ESPN 2, 
>> but
>> we don't get Disney.  I've often wondered why.
>> -Doug
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>
>> To: "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@myfairpoint.net>; "(newsgroup)
>> Boston-Radio-Interest" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 11:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: Radio Disney
>>
>>
>>>I saw in the Chicago Tribune yesterday that Paul Harvey was
>>> responsible for ninety percent of the income of ABC Radio Network.
>>>
>>> Also the story noted that Citadel was officially dislisted by the NYSE
>>> the day before Harvey died.
>>>
>>> Disney thinks enough of the Radio Disney franchise that they bought
>>> 1260. On the cable side an operator has no choice but to carry The
>>> Disney Channel at a hefty fee because otherwise they can't carry ESPN
>>> unless they pick up Mickey.
>>>
>>> On 3/3/09, Doug Drown <revdoug1@myfairpoint.net> wrote:
>>>> Interesting how Disney/ABC can continue to run Radio Disney and ESPN 
>>>> but
>>>> felt financially compelled to spin off the other radio networks and the
>>>> radio O&Os.  I guess it tells us something about demographics and the
>>>> state
>>>> of things.   -Doug
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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