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United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
network
Radio network
There are two types of radio networks currently in use around the world: the one-to-many broadcast type commonly used for public information and mass media entertainment; and the two-way type used more commonly for public safety and public services such as police, fire, taxicabs, and delivery...
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The company launched in January 2009.
It is owned by former Westwood One
Westwood One
Westwood One was an American radio network and was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation, and Viacom and was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group...
CEO and former COO of Connoisseur Media, Peter Kosann. The company focuses on radio and offers representation and marketing services for national radio.
Overview
Compass Media Networks debuted in January 2009 with the mission of providing outstandingrepresentation and marketing services to the best brands and programs in national radio.
Programming
The Schnitt Show is broadcast live weekdays 3pm - 6pm ET from WFLA-AM in Tampa and distributed nationwide to a growing affiliate lineup of over 22 stations. In addition to hosting THE TODD SCHNITT SHOW, Schnitt is also the host of the MJ MORNING SHOW, broadcast live weekday mornings from flagship station WFLZ-FM 93.3 FM in Tampa and heard across a regional network of stations. Like several of the country's most prominent talk radio host, Schnitt began - and continues - his career on FM morning radio, including stints with Pirate Radio in Los Angeles, and WPLJ-FM.The Free Beer and Hot Wings Show
The Free Beer and Hot Wings Show
The Free Beer and Hot Wings Show is a syndicated talk radio show based at WGRD-FM in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The show is hosted by Gregg "Free Beer" Daniels and Chris "Hot Wings" Michaels with Eric "Zane" Zeitunian, "Producer" Joseph Gasmann, Jr, Assistant Producer Steve McKiernan, and Robot. The...
- Hosted by cast including Gregg "Free Beer" Daniels, Chris "Hot Wings" Michaels, Eric Zane, and Producer Joe, FREE BEER & HOT WINGS offers five-hours of live morning drive entertainment programming. Broadcasting from WGRD-FM studios in Grand Rapids - where the show captures roughly 35% of the listeners in the market, Free Beer & Hot Wings is now heard nationwide in a growing number of markets.
The show airs weekdays: 5am - 10am.
The Lars Larson Show - For nearly a decade, Lars Larson
Lars Larson
Lars Larson is a conservative U.S. talk radio show host based in Oregon. Larson hosts a national talk radio show, which as of 2009 is syndicated by Compass Media Networks...
has consistently grown the audience and distribution of THE LARS LARSON SHOW - now heard across a growing network of over 100 affiliates. Broadcasting from the KXL studios in Portland, Oregon, Lars is an award winning news-journalist, frequent guest on the country's leading cable news channels, and ranked by Talkers Magazine as one of America's best talk show hosts.
The show airs weekdays: 6pm - 9pm ET, weekends: 6pm - 9pm ET, Daily Feature: 6am - 7pm weekdays
The Market Score Board Report with Ron Insana
Ron Insana
Ron Insana is a reporter for Market Score Board Report with Ron Insana, syndicated by Compass, and a former Senior Analyst at CNBC. He was Managing Director of Insana Capital Partners from inception to collapse. He was the anchor of CNBC's "Street Signs", which aired weekdays during stock market...
- Since debuting nationally on May 11, 2009, THE MARKET SCORE BOARD REPORT WITH RON INSANA has become one of the fastest growing programs in the radio industry with affiliates in New York (ESPN 1050), Los Angeles (KSPN), Chicago (WMVP), Dallas (ESPN Radio), Washington (WTNT), Houston (KFNC-FM), and Miami (WIOD/WINZ). Offering daily business reports Monday - Friday at the open and close of the stock market, THE MARKET SCORE BOARD REPORT is both a PPM ratings winner and revenue drive for affiliates.
Countdown to Game Time with Kevin Burkhardt
Kevin Burkhardt
Kevin Burkhardt is a reporter who works for SNY. He is the field reporter during New York Mets telecasts. He joined the broadcast team at the beginning of the 2007 season, replacing Chris Cotter...
- Countdown to Game Time with Kevin Burkhardt is a 30 minute weekly NFL preview show. The show features a preview of the upcoming weeks top match-ups, player interviews and game analysis. Kevin Burkhardt is the Mets field reporter for SportsNet New York, former NFL beat reporter and well known sports radio host.
National Football League coverage
Compass, in conjunction with Dial GlobalDial Global
Dial Global is a radio syndication company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Triton Media Group and is a sister company to Townsquare Media, both of which are owned by Oaktree Capital Management....
, began offering a slate of Sunday afternoon games from the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
beginning in the 2009 NFL season
2009 NFL season
The 2009 NFL season was the 90th regular season of the National Football League.The preseason started with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on August 9, 2009, and the regular season began September 10. The season ended with Super Bowl XLIV, the league's championship game, on February 7, 2010 at...
. These broadcasts compete with the NFL on Westwood One
NFL on Westwood One
The NFL on Westwood One is the brand name given to weekly National Football League games carried on the radio over the Dial Global Radio Network...
and the Sports USA Radio Network
Sports USA Radio Network
The Sports USA Radio Network is the largest independent nationwide sports broadcasting radio network, specializing in live broadcasts of American football, specifically of the NCAA football Division I-A and National Football League...
. Compass's broadcast pairings feature Chris Carrino
Chris Carrino
Chris Carrino is an American sports play-by-play announcer. He currently serves at the lead radio play by play announcer for the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association, a position he has held for nearly a decade, and as one of Compass Media Networks' NFL play-by-play...
with Brian Baldinger
Brian Baldinger
Brian David "The Facemask Fingerer" Baldinger is a former professional American football player and former color commentator for National Football League telecasts on the Fox network. He also covers Atlanta Falcons preseason games as an analyst on WXIA-TV with Randy Waters...
and Kevin Burkhardt
Kevin Burkhardt
Kevin Burkhardt is a reporter who works for SNY. He is the field reporter during New York Mets telecasts. He joined the broadcast team at the beginning of the 2007 season, replacing Chris Cotter...
with Curtis Conway
Curtis Conway
Curtis Lamont Conway is a former National Football League wide receiver and was a first round 1993 NFL Draft choice out of the University of Southern California...
. Matt "Money" Smith and Jon Rothstein
Jon Rothstein
Jon Rothstein is a College Basketball Insider for MSG Network, CBS Sports Network, and CBSSports.com.In late 2010, Jon joined CBS Sports Network as their College Basketball Insider. As part of his duties, Jon is a regular studio analyst on Inside College Basketball, CBS College's weekly college...
serve as studio hosts.
All of Compass's 2009 NFL games were broadcast by individual agreement with eight teams, which will feature in all of Compass's games: the Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
, Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...
, Oakland Raiders
Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
(with whom Compass also manages local broadcast rights as of 2010), Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...
, and Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
. The Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
and Arizona Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
were added to the agreement in 2010. For 2011 Compass Media acquired the rights to all pre-season and regular season Dallas Cowboys games and will be able to broadcast them nationally on compassmediasports.com alongside the Raiders broadcasts. The coverage also allows them to seek for affiliates who want the Cowboys outside of the covered Dallas Cowboys Radio Network. An additional 4 teams also added their names to Compass's NFL coverage for the 2011 season- the Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
, and Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...
. By virtue of the teams involved in the two international games, Compass Media Networks holds exclusive national broadcast rights to both the NFL International Series
NFL International Series
Beginning with the 2005 season, the National Football League has hosted regular season American football games held outside the United States in a series known as the International Series.-Background:...
and Bills Toronto Series
Bills Toronto Series
The Bills Toronto Series is a five-year deal consisting of a series of National Football League games featuring the Buffalo Bills played at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The series began in the 2008 NFL season and will end during the 2012 NFL season...
games in 2011. When all was said and done, Compass Media was to expand their coverage to 60 games a season with the new contracts.
NCAA Football and Basketball coverage
Dial Global and Compass also announced they would offer a slate of NCAA Football games beginning in the 2009 season, competing with ESPN RadioESPN Radio
ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...
, Sports USA Radio Network, Westwood One, and Touchdown Radio Productions. No specific conference affiliation was announced, and the schedule featured games with teams from the Pac-10 Conference, Western Athletic Conference
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...
, Big Ten Conference
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
, Big East Conference
Big East Conference
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...
, Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
, Conference USA
Conference USA
Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...
, and the Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
. In December 2009, Compass Media announced they had gained the national radio broadcasting rights for the Texas Bowl
Texas Bowl
The Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, formerly known as the Texas Bowl, is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game that was held for the first time in 2006 in Houston, Texas. The bowl replaced the now-defunct Houston Bowl, which was played annually from 2000 to 2005...
. The Texas Bowl rights lasted only one season as ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...
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.
In 2011, Compass Media Sports increased their coverage of the Big 10 conference by inking a multi-year deal to broadcast the Big 10 Championship game, meaning the Big 10 Basketball Tournament and Big 10 Championship game will be on the same radio affiliates nationwide and at compassmediasports.com.
The full Compass Media College football schedule in 2011 is as follows:
9/10: Penn State vs. Alabama
9/15: LSU vs. Mississippi State
9/17: Miami vs. Ohio State
9/24: Alabama vs. Arkansas
10/1: Wisconsin vs. Nebraska
10/8: Penn State vs. Iowa
10/15: Mississippi State vs. South Carolina
10/22: Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech
10/29: Missouri vs. Texas A&M
11/5: Alabama vs. LSU
11/12: Stanford vs. Oregon
11/19: Stanford vs. Cal
11/26: Wisconsin vs. Penn State
12/3: Big Ten Championship