Boeheim buying a radio station

[elimunelson]

Jim Boeheim buying into radio station company that carries Syracuse University games

 

[upperdeck]

I wish they would make it easier to listen to post game shows. you finally get to the car and the show is over or out of range before you get half way home.

 

[elimunelson]

CTO, what is the business decision making of buying a radio station in 2018? I'm curious what the long term plan is here. I would think the future for Syracuse University is to essentially broadcast the games directly to consumers via streaming options. Why use the radio station when you can eliminate the middle man ultimately. I'm talking 10 years down the line.

 

[cuse10]

So, no one thinks this is a conflict of interest for a number of reasons?

 

[LeMoyneCuse]

CTO, what is the business decision making of buying a radio station in 2018? I'm curious what the long term plan is here. I would think the future for Syracuse University is to essentially broadcast the games directly to consumers via streaming options. Why use the radio station when you can eliminate the middle man ultimately. I'm talking 10 years down the line.

Neither Syracuse nor Galaxy produce games - IMG does. Outsourcing limits the expense of doing it themselves, and it's very unlikely Syracuse would go backward on that. And out-of-market streaming is already a big thing. But why stream on your phone while you're driving if you already have a radio in your car? I understand what you're saying, but 10 years ago, it looked as though Sirius and XM would kill local radio. It didn't, just like TV didn't.

Also, Galaxy is currently killing it in the CNY markets. Small operations like Galaxy have huge opportunities to fill voids left by constant cuts by the big names (iHeartRadio, etc.).

 

[OrangeXtreme]

They're not buying one radio station.

They're investing in a company which owns 7 radio stations throughout CNY.

Much bigger than 1-2 basketball games a week.

 

[elimunelson]

They're not buying one radio station.

They're investing in a company which owns 7 radio stations throughout CNY.

Much bigger than 1-2 basketball games a week.

Gotcha. I still think the future of radio is going to be fascinating. This may be the model

 

[rrlbees]

So, no one thinks this is a conflict of interest for a number of reasons?

no

 

[Frozen]

So, no one thinks this is a conflict of interest for a number of reasons?

ESPN owns many of the bowl games and November/December early season basketball tournaments they cover, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[OttoMets]

So, no one thinks this is a conflict of interest for a number of reasons?

When a public figure takes a share of a media group that covers him? Absolutely.

But I'm more interested in the conversation about the business model, which I don't know much about.

 

[orange79]

When a public figure takes a share of a media group that covers him? Absolutely.

So, you're afraid the coverage will be more pro-Cuse?

 

[OttoMets]

So, you're afraid the coverage will be more pro-Cuse?

Eh, Boeheim's maybe the last guy who'd want some kind of editorial influence as an investor. But I don't know too much about Galaxy's past coverage...the lion's share of my SU sports media consumption comes from this site.