The NFL pairings; Houston-KC; Wash-Detroit; LA Rams-Philly; Balt-Bills – Lots of snow possible
By David J. Halberstam 01/16/2025
Saturday, January 18
4:30 PM- Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs (12-31 degrees)
ABC, ESPN: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters, Laura Rutledge
ESPNDEP:Rebeca Landa, Sebastián Martinez-Christensen, MJ Acosta-Ruiz
Westwood One: Kevin Harlan, Ross Tucker, Olivia Dekker
Entravision: Ricardo Celis, Tony Nuñez
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8 PM- Washington Commanders at Detroit Lions (16-34 degrees + SNOW)
FOX: Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi
FXDEP: Adrian Garcia-Márquez, Jaime Motta, Jessi Losada, Rodolfo Landeros
Westwood One: Kevin Kugler, Mike Mayock, Laura Okmin
Entravision: Ricardo Celis, Tony Nuñez
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Sunday, January 19
3 PM- Los Angeles Rams at Philadelphia Eagles (23-36 degrees + SNOW)
NBC, Peacock: Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark
UNVSO, TELE: Miguel Gurwitz, Rolando Cantú, Ariana Figuera
Westwood One: Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Ben Leber
Entravision: Ricardo Celis, Tony Nuñez
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6:30 PM- Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills (10-22 degrees + SNOW)
CBS: Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson, Jay Feely
CBS SAP: Armando Quintero
Westwood One: Ryan Radtke, Mike Golic, Derek Rackley
Entravision: Ricardo Celis, Tony Nuñez
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Amazon and Al Michaels
The purveyors draw income from several sources including rights from local telecasters, increased material sales, ability to easily access them, increased viewership fees, ads to events and more Streamer splashes.
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Al Michaels, 80, likely the best network NFL play-by-player ever, having stared in 1970 is likely to re-sign with Amazon TV. How much dough would Amazon commit to pay Uncle Al? The play-by-play announcer will likely return for 2025. Media writers Andrew Marchand and Richard Deitsch project Michaels will be back.
The rumblings continue that Michaels might continue on a single, year-to-year basis, paying him between $10 and $15 million. God bless Al. He’s had a lot to do with the growth of the league.
Amazon draws income from several sources including rights from local telecasts, increased material sales, ability to easily access increased viewership fees, sell ads to events and wherever Streamer splash.
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All games are on this weekend at 100%, market-by-market, essentially dictation by distribution, and little slippage.
Westwood One doesn’t typically fill 100% of the country. When it does, it’s semi-finals and the Super Bowl. The NCAA Tournament are also on national radio.
From my naked eye, it appears that revenues are down on the network side, college or NFL. Not too much!
