In addition to game coverage on satellite radio once the season begins, Compass Media Networks which began carrying NFL games in 2009 has expanded. In addition to renewing their contracts with Atlanta, Buffalo, Detroit, Dallas, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay and Washington, they also signed an agreement with Oakland. Compass will carry the games of all of these NFL franchises...
In addition to Compass, Sirius XM and local team stations, radio coverage of NFL games is available on Westwood One and the Sports USA Radio Network. It's a crowded field but it guarantees radio coverage wherever you live. Now that Arbitron has rolled out its PPM Radio Listening for Pro Baseball report in 26 markets, a similar report for the NFL is sure to follow...
10 Timeline Memories:
1.1910] Never the Twain: Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain dies...
2.1918] The Baron buys it: German ace fighter Baron von Richthofen ("The Red Baron") is shot down (by Snoopy?) and killed during WWI. He was just 26...
3.1956] A big surprise: Leonard Ross, age 10, becomes the youngest prize winner on the "Big Surprise", winning $100,000. A bigger surprise would be if this was on the level...
4.1960] I just want to testify: Dick Clark testifies before a congressional committee investigating payola. He will be forced to divest himself of record properties he has a financial interest in. Dick Clark, this is your life...
5.1965] That's fair: The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens its second and final season...
6.1977] The sun will come out tonight: The musical "Annie" opens on Broadway...
7.1980] Marathon scam: When Rosie Ruiz crosses the finish line first in the Boston Marathon, she didn't even break a sweat. The reason? Rosie took the "T" part of the way. Rosie is disqualified...
8.1986] Blank vault: A vault in Chicago's Lexington Hotel that was linked to Al Capone is opened on live TV and except for some empty gin bottles, the vault is empty...
9.1992] It's a gas: Robert Alton Harris becomes the first person executed by the state of California in twenty-five years when he's put to death in the gas chamber for the 1978 murder of 2 teenage boys...
10.1995] Celtic pride: The Boston Celtics play their last game at Boston Garden, their home since 1946. The Fleet Center (now TD Banknorth) is built right next door with a piece of the parquet floor from the old Garden, used on the floor of the new arena...
Music Memories:
- 1956] Number One on this date: "Heartbreak Hotel" - Elvis Presley...
- 1965] On the Tube: The Beach Boys sing "Do You Wanna Dance" on ABC-TV's "Shindig"...1977] Natalie Cole and John Denver guest on Frank Sinatra's ABC-TV special "Sinatra and Friends". These individual clips are from other specials...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Andie MacDowell (52), Tony Danza (59), Patti LuPone (61), Iggy Pop a.k.a. James Newell Osterberg Jr (63), Charles Grodin (76) and Queen Elizabeth II (84)...
Timeline Countdown: One day until the NFL Draft, 10 days until the Kentucky Derby, 18 days until Mother's Day and 40 days until Memorial Day...
