It is absolutely amazing that once again Rogers Sportsnet Fan 590 got the upper hand on TSN 1050 as they have put their morning show of Brady and Lang on Sportsnet one from 6 to 9 AM from Monday to Friday which gets their product out from coast to coast. It is away to sell more product and it is live TV instead of running the same hour over and over throughout the morning like Sports center on TSN and the morning rush on TSN 2 which is a fast pace 15 minute package that runs from 6 AM to noon which is pre-taped at like 2 or 3 in the morning and this week they are running Hockey 2 Nite from 5 to noon. The morning show on TV gets live sports on TV and if something breaks during the morning Sportsnet can run with the story which TSN would not be able to do and Sportsnet would be the more current product and have a much better rating.
The most surprising thing is that TSN Radio's morning show Mike Richards is more expensive as Richards contract is bigger than both Brady and Lang contracts together and if contract is at the level of Bob McCown whose show is covered across all the Sportsnet channel at one time or another and is on a number of radio stations across the country which is something that Richards show does not have. Also Richards show was supposed to be on TV at the beginning of September when the fall TV schedule begins and as of right now there is no word on even if the Morning show will be still going to TV at some point or if they have just dropped the idea because of how horrible their ratings @ TSN Radio have been since its launch and if this is the case they have completely dropped the ball.
This maybe the biggest disaster in TSN history as they usually are a head of the curve and do it well
Tom Mehegan
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