Friday Preview Show

Kasept · #1 02-23-2007, 03:42 PM

http://www.attheracesandbeyond.com (Click on LISTEN LIVE)..

Tune in.. Previews of the Weekend Action..

John DaSilva, NY Post on the NYRA/Excelsior/NYS negotiations, Wknd Stakes..

Frank Carulli, PIM-LRL TV Host/Handicapper on the LRL 9th, Leg A of Magna 5..

Gus Alonso (Bogey!) with a P4 play or two, maybe a Magna try..

Rick Hammerle, Santa Anita Racing Director trying to give out the the SA Magna leg winners (Leg C and E) for the 3rd straight week!

Andy Serling on the Gulfstream legs of the Magna (B and D).. More..

Open phones at 4:45 and 5:45..

Hope you'll listen..

randallscott35 · #2 02-23-2007, 04:54 PM

Do you know what will happen in Sirius and XM merge? You guys will still be around? B/c as of now, I can only listen online b/c I have XM, and even then sometimes the website is suspect....Be nice if I could get it on XM since I have it anyway.

Kasept · #3 02-24-2007, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by randallscott35

Do you know what will happen in Sirius and XM merge? You guys will still be around? B/c as of now, I can only listen online b/c I have XM, and even then sometimes the website is suspect....Be nice if I could get it on XM since I have it anyway.

The Sirius-XM merger has a long road ahead towards finalization. They have to clear government antirust first, as the two FCC licenses granted the companies were originally issued with specific guidelines AGAINST an eventual merger. There are then technology questions that need to be answered as the systems are incompatable. So this ain't happenin' overnight.

We are about to renew our contract for another year on Sirius and they did just create Channel 126 specifically for us to end the head-banging with European soccer coverage, so I think there's a pretty strong commitment on their part. They added a second replay of the show (now 1-4am and 4-7am, Tues-Sat) which is proving to be a bonanza with East Coast trainers having radios on in the tack room or office. Our listenership appears to be growing constantly, and we're picking up new advertisers with alacrity right now as a result.

So, I think we're going to 'still be around'... Question makes me think of Brooklyn Tracker who was constantly questioning whether the show could survive and was always making fun of the "I'm Chris McCarron and you're listening to ATRAB" ads...