Angels games to be simulcast on KFWB
by rspencer on Feb 13, 2009 2:17 PM PST
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According to a team press release, KFWB will carry 110 weekday Angels games.
Postseason games are included in the deal.
"The ability to provide fans unprecedented coverage throughout the Greater Los Angeles market has been a priority for us," said Angels President Dennis Kuhl. "This partnership with KFWB and the CBS Radio family is an important one for our respective sponsors and advertisers, but more importantly, for our fans throughout the Southern California region."
Kudos to the Angel front office for following through on yet another promise to the fans. Now, if we can just get them to broadcast weekday Cactus League games live. . . .
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So is this along with AM830 and
what station is KFWB? If this is a stupid question well deal with it :)
Give the young guns a chance...if they suck wellll...
by angelskid2210 on Feb 13, 2009 2:48 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Not a stupid question at all
It was a stupid omission on my part.
". . .and the young lions will lock horns!" -- Ron Fairly, from an Angels telecast
by rspencer on Feb 13, 2009 4:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And yes, it's along with AM 830
". . .and the young lions will lock horns!" -- Ron Fairly, from an Angels telecast
by rspencer on Feb 13, 2009 4:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This is good news for those of us who live in LA or Ventura county.
830 doesn’t come in well, especially at night, when it gets interference from some Ventura county station.
Angels fan since '67
by red floyd on Feb 13, 2009 3:31 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I agree with 830 not coming in well
But does 980? (I’m in Ventura County.)
by gilbert on Feb 13, 2009 4:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Live in Ventura
This is great news for me since AM 830 is weak here.
by lackey41 on Feb 13, 2009 4:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's good news for Pasadena, too
at least where I live. There’s a huge granite shelf hereabouts, which is great for surviving earthquakes, but lousy for AM groundwave propagation. The only way I can get KLAA in at night is to put the radio in the basement.
It was a similar situation for me in north Glendale growing up; I got used to listening to Angel games accompanied by a loud whine. It sounded like being at a Dodger game!
". . .and the young lions will lock horns!" -- Ron Fairly, from an Angels telecast
by rspencer on Feb 13, 2009 4:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Great line!
It was a similar situation for me in north Glendale growing up; I got used to listening to Angel games accompanied by a loud whine. It sounded like being at a Dodger game!
Take a victory lap for that one.
by George Kaplan on Feb 13, 2009 6:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you very much
I’m here all week.
Try the buffet—the shrimp cocktail is excellent!
". . .and the young lions will lock horns!" -- Ron Fairly, from an Angels telecast
by rspencer on Feb 13, 2009 7:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
funny
in my part of Pasadena, I get 830 fairly well, though not as well as KFWB. Still, KLAA comes in SO much better than the previous station (710 KSPN) that I can’t possibly complain.
by jjackflash on Feb 16, 2009 12:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm in Bungalow Heaven
We’re over solid rock here, which is bad for groundwave propagation, and groundwaves are what is required for good AM reception unless the antenna is close enough to deliver a consistent skywave. KLAA’s antenna is too far away to push a signal through the granite at night; it comes in worse here than KSPN does in Anaheim. During the day, KLAA comes in fine with the assistance of a Select-A-Tenna. KFWB never comes in well, but it comes in better than KLAA at night because it’s closer.
". . .and the young lions will lock horns!" -- Ron Fairly, from an Angels telecast
by rspencer on Feb 16, 2009 3:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Cal Tech/PCC Area
I guess just a few blocks south & east makes a huge difference.
by jjackflash on Feb 17, 2009 1:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
We're farther away than that
but it’s as much a function of geology than geography.
". . .and the young lions will lock horns!" -- Ron Fairly, from an Angels telecast
by rspencer on Feb 17, 2009 11:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Valencia / Santa Clarita ...
I barely get 830 ever up here. Hopefully I can get hear some of the 980 games. I miss listening to games on the radio since I moved up here.
by Red on Feb 17, 2009 9:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You give us 22 minutes, we'll give you the world
…and the Angels.
Weren’t the Dodgers on KFWB before moving back to KABC?
by swiss mcgee on Feb 13, 2009 3:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Yes, they were
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
by BeerCub on Feb 15, 2009 7:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Do these radio stations have online feeds?
12/19/08 - Thank you KLJ for coming into my life.
by norcaliangelsfan on Feb 13, 2009 4:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but
doesn’t MLB make them block the games from their stream?
". . .and the young lions will lock horns!" -- Ron Fairly, from an Angels telecast
by rspencer on Feb 13, 2009 4:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yes they do
I guess I already used my Manny bomb for the month?
by hauldog on Feb 13, 2009 10:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There are other reasons to get XM Radio
but unlimited access to the Angel games clinched it for me. Anywhere I drive, I can get the game. No having the signal fade out when getting out of the area, or disappearing when the car goes under a bridge.
I know satellite radio is having a tough go of it right now and they might wind up stiffing MLB on the 2009 season payment, but so long as it lasts it is great to have.
by George Kaplan on Feb 13, 2009 6:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
the baseball coverage is what has kept me with XM. I can drive to Vegas and still here the game broadcast
Have you seen Jim Abbot's Glove Switch? Holy crap.
by HaloDutch on Feb 13, 2009 11:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
sigh.
that’s HEAR the game broadcast.
Have you seen Jim Abbot's Glove Switch? Holy crap.
by HaloDutch on Feb 13, 2009 11:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It made sense to me the first way
As in, the game comes in in Vegas like you’re still here.
". . .and the young lions will lock horns!" -- Ron Fairly, from an Angels telecast
by rspencer on Feb 14, 2009 1:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hear, Hear!
Peanuts...Get your Overpriced Peanuts!
by Angel Hawker on Feb 14, 2009 9:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Does this mean the end of Terry Smith on weekdays?
I hope not; he’s my favorite on radio. As far as I could tell, he was the one guy who wasn’t on TV last year; hence, no weekday radio this year if it’s a simulcast, and last year’s pattern continutes. I never could figure out what they were doing with the rotation last year. It seemed that they drew names out of a hat, and it was, “You two do TV, you go do radio with Terry.”
by cj1646 on Feb 15, 2009 8:22 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
No change in personnel was mentioned
It’s not a simulcast of radio and TV, but of KLAA and KFWB. Think of it as KFWB joining the Angels Radio Network. I don’t anticipate any change in the broadcast itself, except perhaps the pre- and post-game segments will be shorter, and the breaks longer, to accommodate KFWB’s news and traffic updates. That’s just a guess.
BTW, I like Terry too. I think the reason he’s always on radio is because they always have two play-by-play guys on radio, and Terry’s third chair in that section.
". . .and the young lions will lock horns!" -- Ron Fairly, from an Angels telecast
by rspencer on Feb 16, 2009 2:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Pleeeeeeease
give us live Spring Training games.
That's just Manny being..........a jackass
by autry's cowboys on Feb 16, 2009 8:30 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I am kinda pissed about this
because the have traffic on the ONES and KNX has traffic on the FIVES and I switch back and forth … anyone else have a good traffic radio station that can be heard in the L.A. area??
by Rev Halofan on Feb 16, 2009 8:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
sigalert.com screw the radio, since I usually turn it on at the 2 or the 6 and have just missed the traffic report.
by Downing Rules on Feb 16, 2009 10:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
google maps with real time traffic conditions. It's free. You can slew and zoom in to your hwy of interest.
by Stirrups on Feb 17, 2009 3:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not particularly useful when you're actually on the freeway.
I’ve been able to use KNX/KFWB traffic reports to avoid bottlenecks — my favorite was on my way to an Angels game, and there was that closure of the 5S-91E ramp. I managed to pick up the 605 to the 91 back to the 5 and avoid that whole mess.
Angels fan since '67
by red floyd on Feb 17, 2009 4:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Googling traffic reports is what a co-driver is for
besides qualifying you for car pool lanes and, uh, stuff like that.
". . .and the young lions will lock horns!" -- Ron Fairly, from an Angels telecast
by rspencer on Feb 17, 2009 6:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's the downside of this
I was happy when the Dodger games moved to KABC for just this reason. Well, that and the fact that KABC does not come in at all where I live, so I never run the risk of inadvertently hearing "Encanarcion.’
". . .and the young lions will lock horns!" -- Ron Fairly, from an Angels telecast
by rspencer on Feb 17, 2009 6:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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