Dan Snyder Expands Radio Empire

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WTEM Staff Concerned About Control of Coverage Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, June 5, 2008; Page C01 [link]

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Skins Own All Words Said About Them
Published 6/5/2008 by Chris Mottram at Mr. Irrelevant
... Danny Snyder gobbled up three more DC area AM stations yesterday, including the biggest sports talk network in the area, WTEM, better known as Sports Talk 980. This now means that the team can essentially control who is saying what about the organization. Obviously, ...

The WTEM Purchase: Feedback Rolls In
Published 6/5/2008 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
... in The Washington Times: "This is a terrible thing for fans," said Charles Warner, a former radio station executive and journalism professor at the University of Missouri, who now serves as an industry consultant. "When a team owns a radio station, I don't think fans' needs are served at all. It's a terrible idea." (An industry consultant, meantime, said other teams should move in that direction.) From Farhi's Post article : Bruce Gilbert, Red Zebra's chief executive, said that his company would encourage, "within reason," a freewheeling exchange of opinions. "You can't be ...

THURSDAY MORNING ONE-LINERS
Published 6/5/2008 by Michael David Smith at ProFootballTalk.com
... . Redskins owner Dan Snyder is expanding his radio empire . Says Ravens offensive coordinator Cam Cameron of Jason Brown, “We felt like it was a natural to move him back because ...

Redskins Owner Daniel Snyder Now Controls Sports Talk Radio in Washington, D.C.
Published 6/5/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
... After Snyder reached a deal yesterday to buy three local AM radio stations, Paul Farhi of the Washington Post wrote that the purchase "gives Snyder control of sports talk radio in Washington. It thus gives the owner of the most popular and closely followed sports franchise in the region ownership of the biggest broadcast outlets for commentary about his team." ...

Plan D - Part Four
Published 7/20/2008 by Ben Folsom (noreply@blogger.com) at The Curly R: A Washington RedskinZ Blog
... And so did Dan Snyder go to Clear Channel and make a deal to buy SportsTalk 980 WTEM, the original and flagship sports talk station in the Washington DC for the past 16 years. A 24.5 million dollar ...

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He finally did it. Dan Snyder has purchased the biggest sports talk radio station in DC, WTEM Sportstalk 980. Snyder purchased 3 low powered DC area radio stations in 2006 creating his own Redskins Radio network and he has used these stations to essentially become the Fox News Channel of Redskins news. Instead of spreading Republican propaganda, it spreads Redskins propaganda. Broadcaster ...