Compass Media Networks
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Compass Media Networks is an American radio network. The company launched in January 2009. [1] It is owned by former Westwood One CEO and former COO [2] of Connoisseur Media, Peter Kosann. The company focuses on radio and offers representation and marketing services for national radio.[3]
History
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Compass Media Networks debuted in January 2009 with a focus on national radio programs.
Programming
- hot talk program hosted by Gregg "Free Beer" Daniels and Chris "Hot Wings" Michael, along with producers, Steve and Kelly. It is mostly heard on classic rock, alternative rock and active rockstations.
- DeDe In The Morning, DeDe McGuire, syndicated morning urban radio program originating from KKDA-FM in Dallas, Texas and owned by Service Broadcasting.
- The Lars Larson Show. Lars Larson is a conservative political talk show host based at KXL-FM in Portland, Oregon. The show is heard on dozens of affiliates.
- The Market Score Board Report with Ron Insana debuted nationally on May 11, 2009, and offers daily business reports Monday-Friday at the open and close of the stock market.
- Taste of Country Nights hosted by Amber Atnip and Evan Paul, a country music radio show syndicated throughout United States and distributed by Compass Media Networks.[4]
- This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal with cohost Jennifer Kushinka and producer Michael Gavin, a four-hour morning news and information program for news-talk radio stations. It airs at 5 a.m. ET weekdays. A recorded one-hour roundup show is heard on Saturday or Sunday mornings on many of the weekday show's affiliates. A podcast version of the show is produced Monday through Saturday.
- Markley, Van Camp and Robbins — Originally co-hosted by Jamie Markley and David van Camp, the show went into national syndication in 2019 from WMBD in Peoria, Illinois.[5] Scott Robbins was later added to the show, with the name of the program being expanded to include him.[6] Airing live between Noon and 3 p.m. ET weekdays, the show would take the place of Rush Limbaugh on many Alpha Media stations following his death in 2021.[7] Many other stations also chose to air the show on tape delay.[8]
Acquisition of Westwood One programs
After
After Dial Global merged with
Acquisition of Wall Street Journal This Morning
In November 2014, Compass announced the acquisition of The Wall Street Journal This Morning, a morning
Sports
National Football League coverage
Compass, in conjunction with
Compass currently features exclusive broadcast rights for two NFL team broadcasts, the
NCAA football and basketball coverage
Dial Global and Compass announced they would offer a slate of NCAA football games beginning in the 2009 season, competing with ESPN Radio, Sports USA Radio Network, Dial Global, Nevada Sports Network, and Touchdown Radio productions. No specific conference affiliation was announced, and the schedule featured games with teams from the Pac-12 Conference, Western Athletic Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big East Conference, Big 12 Conference, Conference USA, and the Southeastern Conference. In December 2009, Compass Media announced they had gained the national radio broadcasting rights for the Texas Bowl. The Texas Bowl rights lasted only one season as ESPN Radio took over the rights in 2010. By 2012, Compass Media was only broadcasting games from the Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC conferences.
In July 2009, Compass Media announced they would expand their sports coverage to include NCAA basketball, competing with Westwood One. While Compass can't gain rights to any NCAA Tournament games, they announced that they signed a contract with the Big Ten Conference to be the exclusive radio provider of the first and second rounds of the Big Ten Tournament in 2010 and all tournament games beginning in 2011.[11]
In 2011, Compass Media Sports increased their coverage of the Big Ten conference by inking a multi-year deal to broadcast the Big Ten Championship game, meaning the Big Ten Basketball Tournament and Big Ten Championship game will be on the same radio affiliates nationwide and at the network's website[2].[12]
Major League baseball coverage
In April 2012, Compass announced an agreement with
Former Programs
- Tampa. His show is broadcast live weekdays 3 to 6 p.m. ET from WHNZand distributed nationwide to an affiliate lineup of nearly two dozen stations.
References
- ^ "FREE BEER & HOT WINGS Partners With Compass Media Networks". Reuters. 2009-03-05. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09.
- ^ "Blog Archive » Peter Kosann steps down as Chief Operating Officer of Connoisseur Media in order to focus full-time on Compass Media Networks". Connoisseur Media. 2009-03-24. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
- ^ [1] Archived March 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Taste of Country Nights with Sam Alex" (PDF). compassmedianetworks.com. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ https://radioinsight.com/headlines/122638/alpha-takes-markley-van-camp-show-national-syndication/[bare URL]
- ^ https://radioinsight.com/headlines/177338/syndication-notes-5-31-scott-robbins-joins-markley-van-camp/[bare URL]
- ^ "'Markley, van Camp and Robbins' taking Rush Limbaugh's old spot on Peoria's WMBD radio".
- ^ "MVCR Affiliates".
- ^ All Access. "Compass Media Networks To Continue Gordon Deal's Morning Show After Wall St. Journal Pulls Out". All Access Music Group. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ^ Nox Solutions. "Sports Programming". Compass Media Networks. Archived from the original on 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
- ^ Nox Solutions. "Sports Programming". Compass Media Networks. Archived from the original on 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
- ^ Nox Solutions. "Compass Media Networks". Compass Media Networks. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
- ^ Marcucci, Carl (2012-04-25). "Compass Media Networks signs LA Angels". RBR.com.
- ^ "Carrino, Quis to call Angels baseball". staatalent.com. 2012-05-15. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.