Originally Posted by Lprechaun (Post 9380648)

You should hear 620 WDAE down here in Tampa.... some sports, mostly talk about chicks and bands haha

Originally Posted by Carlota69 (Post 9380567)

They also do about 12-14 mins of commercials per hour. It seems longer on Sirius for some reason tho. I think because the sound quality isnt as good as terresterial radio

Originally Posted by Dayze (Post 9380571)

the am guys here going to and back from a break spend a good 3-5 minutes talking about whatever awesome lunch deal they have going at a particular place.

especially the noon hour.

Originally Posted by GloryDayz (Post 9380527)

Has anybody ever done a study to find out how many minutes in an hour AM sports radio stations actually talk about sports?

I'd say less than 20 out of every 60 minutes are actually "sports talk." If they're not doing a commercial talking about buying jewelry, it's a divorce lawyer telling you how to get your ring back! Throw in a little porn music wile you wait for the host to get back from the pooper, and nearly 40 minutes have gone by. Add the "sports news update" and there's even less time the sports talk guys have talked sports!

No disrespect 610 and 810 station lurkers, y'all are awesome (ask yourself!), but it's just a question I've had for a while...

Originally Posted by houstonwhodat (Post 9380784)

Houston is not too bad.

WWL 870 in New Orleans is ****ing horrible.

First 10 minutes of the hour news and traffic.
then some sports
commercial
sports
commercial
sports
commercial at bottom of the hour and traffic update

total in all about 15 minutes of sports talk

all commercials

Originally Posted by mr. tegu (Post 9380787)

Do you like Nick Wright?

Originally Posted by Lprechaun (Post 9380648)

You should hear 620 WDAE down here in Tampa.... some sports, mostly talk about chicks and bands haha

Originally Posted by houstonwhodat (Post 9380640)

The FCC is supposed to regulate this.

Originally Posted by theelusiveeightrop (Post 9380877)

I only listen to NPR.

Originally Posted by Carlota69 (Post 9380608)

Time it. Every 'Commercial" radio station in the country is about 43-45 mins of content. 12-15 mins of commercials and little extras. If a radio station played 40 mins of commercials, they wouldnt be around very long. Also, image production isnt commercials. Thats the little fun shit you hear with the station call letters in it. Thats imaging, not commercials. In other words, thats content as well.

EDIT:
Now, if you are traveling during the time where they are most apt to play commercails, that may be why you are under the impression thats its more commercials than content. For instance, our "Stop Sets' (Commercials), are 6 mins a piece at 20 after the hour and 40 after the hour. So if someone drives everyday from 8:15am and arrives at work at 8:45am everyday, trhen they are going to hear more comercials, then say someone who leaves at 7:50am and gets to work at 8:30. those people will only hear 6 mins of commercials.

Originally Posted by GloryDayz (Post 9381260)

Actually that might be it, I leave the gym at around 6:40'ish in the morning and get into the parking garage around 7:20 (give or take for traffic). So that could be it.

Either way, even when a Low-T add isn't playing, or the hosts talking about something other than sports, the actual time spent on content still seems low... I'll get over it I'm sure...

Originally Posted by "Bob" Dobbs (Post 9381294)

Don't forget, different people have different ideas on what content IS. If they're talking about something sports related that YOU aren't into, you mentally push it into the "commercials and other bullshit" file in your mind. The next guy has a completely different outlook.

Originally Posted by GloryDayz (Post 9381403)

Point taken, but I'll do what I can to count basketball talk as "sports" talk. It'll be a challenge, but I think I can do it... :thumb: