Snyder Expands Radio Empire

Redskins owner Dan Snyder reached a deal yesterday to buy three local AM radio stations from Clear Channel Communications, including the area's leading sports-talk station, WTEM.

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This probably means that any of the current radio hosts that have been critical of the Skins in the past (Czaban, B. Mitch, Al Koken) might be on very short leashes, and that's assuming that Snyder keeps them around.

Czaban is pretty popular. Hard to throw away ratings but I guess DS could if so inclined.

Gotta love Snyder as much as he loves money :)

Redskins owner Dan Snyder reached a deal yesterday to buy three local AM radio stations from Clear Channel Communications, including the area's leading sports-talk station, WTEM.

washingtonpost.com (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/04/AR2008060404080.html?hpid=moreheadlines)

The bottom line is Snyder wants to control all the media regarding the team. He just doesn't want anyone blasting him. Otherwise why would he buy the station that rips him the most???

Either DS is gonna let them continue to bash the Skins because he knows they get good ratings, or he's gonna can their asses the second they talk bad about him. We'll see how it plays out. I'm just glad they acquired better stations, there were two cases last year where I had to listen to the games on the radio because they were night games and I had to work, and the signal sucked even though I was listening on 100.3.

The bottom line is Snyder wants to control all the media regarding the team. He just doesn't want anyone blasting him. Otherwise why would he buy the station that rips him the most???

He wants a stronger signal and these stations were up for sale. I think Koken stays, Mitchell's been hinting at leaving anyway, and Czaban is a complete ass who, in my opinion, should never be heard from again.

He wants a stronger signal and these stations were up for sale. I think Koken stays, Mitchell's been hinting at leaving anyway, and Czaban is a complete ass who, in my opinion, should never be heard from again.

I haven't heard of any talk of B Mitch leaving, wheres that coming from? And if so have you heard where he is planing on going or is he just hanging it up?

I haven't heard of any talk of B Mitch leaving, wheres that coming from? And if so have you heard where he is planing on going or is he just hanging it up?

Heard from some mutual friends that he's been having some conversations with a radio station in either NY or Philly. I don't remember which off the top of my head.

...Czaban is a complete ass who, in my opinion, should never be heard from again.

Czaban just seems like such a dick. He doesn't play that down at all. But his show is pretty entertaining sometimes.