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Old 01-05-2020, 08:50 AM   #276
Erick Estrada
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14 View Post
Rather unlikely. TSN doesn't have any radio presence in Calgary. Bell could reformat Funny 1060 into a sports radio channel, but honestly, the only three things worth listening to on sports radio in this city are the Flames, Stamps and Blue Jays. And TSN won't be getting the Stamps or Blue Jays any time soon. It's not really worth it for them to go after radio rights. The market just isn't big enough for two sports talk stations.
Yeah the Calgary sports radio market isn't lucrative at all and TSN is pretty prudent when it comes to spending money so I don't see them having a lot of interest in starting up a sports station in Calgary. To make it feasible they would need to get the rights to both the Flames and Stamps.
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