Today's recap is a biggie...the best and worst sports radio shows in Boston. WEEI is the 800 lb gorilla in this category, but has slipped ever so slightly in the overall ratings over the last six months or so. Their ratings dominance this decade has been extraordinary. To what should their success be attributed to? … Continue reading BSMW Awards Recap – Best/Worst Sports Radio Show
Column: What I’ve Learned Since Starting BSMW
In a previous post, I outlined how BSMW came to be. It's been four years since that time and I've learned so much since those early days. Here are just a few of the things that have become clear to me. 1) I never want to be a sports writer. ( But I knew that … Continue reading Column: What I’ve Learned Since Starting BSMW
BSMW Awards Recap – Best/Worst TV Sports Show
We're starting off the new week with a look at the best and worst sports television shows in the Boston area. Once again, there were just so many candidates that we forgot one. Somehow, the Globe SportsPlus program which runs on NESN was omitted. Honestly, that was not a bit of backlash against the Globe … Continue reading BSMW Awards Recap – Best/Worst TV Sports Show
BSMW Awards Recap – Best/Worst Independent Sports Web Site
For today's recap, we're taking a look at the best and worst independent sports websites in the region. This was another hotly contested poll. It was somewhat difficult defining the criteria for what sites to include in this poll. Some of the sites on this list are not local, but seem to have a lot … Continue reading BSMW Awards Recap – Best/Worst Independent Sports Web Site
BSMW Awards Recap – Best/Worst Basketball/Hockey Beat Writers
We're knocking off two categories today, the basketball and hockey beat writers. First, we'll look at the writers who cover the beat of the Boston Celtics. It's been a mostly rough 20 year stretch for the Celtics, yet they still have a couple writers on the beat who were around for the glory days of … Continue reading BSMW Awards Recap – Best/Worst Basketball/Hockey Beat Writers
Afternoon Update
Couple of blogs and recent missives from some media critics to check out on a rainy Wednesday afternoon. Dave Scott checks in on witih Scott's Shots while John Molori's Media Blitz column features Andrea Kremer. Over the past few months I've found Chadd Finn’s Touching All the Bases to be a must read. Another blogger … Continue reading Afternoon Update
BSMW Award Recap – Best/Worst Radio Personality
Today's voting recap is the category of Best/Worst Sports Radio Personality. These are guests, not full time hosts. We'll have a recap on that category later in the month. It was hard to include everyone, with so many media people making regular appearances on sports radio these days. Here's how the voting came out in … Continue reading BSMW Award Recap – Best/Worst Radio Personality
Column: The Story Behind BSMW
I've given bits and pieces before, but I don't think I ever gone into detail as to why Boston Sports Media Watch exists today. I've always been a huge consumer of anything Boston sports. I would buy all the newspapers, listen to WEEI all day, watch the Sunday night sports shows, and read USENET postings … Continue reading Column: The Story Behind BSMW
BSMW Awards Recap: Best/Worst Studio Analyst
Get your Red Sox information from the weekend on the Red Sox Daily Links page, and you can also get series coverage from the Baltimore Sun. With the surging popularity of the local sports teams, we have a plethora of experts brought into the studios on a regular basis to comment on the games as … Continue reading BSMW Awards Recap: Best/Worst Studio Analyst
Entercom Wins Out
There's a new leader in the clubhouse for 2006 Sports Media Story of the Year (see 2005 results below). Contrary to earlier reports, it appears Entercom (owners of WEEI and WRKO) has retained the rights to the Red Sox broadcasts with the broadcasts likely to move to ‘RKO (680) on the AM dial. Jesse Noyes … Continue reading Entercom Wins Out
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