by jon » Fri Sep 27, 2013 5:40 pm
Looks like everyone missed this in Cam Tait's Journal Sports column a day or two ago:
Looks like Team 1260 will become TSN Radio
The winds of change could very well be in the air, especially around the Team 1260’s studios.
We’re hearing the all-sports station will be flipped to TSN Radio, perhaps as soon as early next week. Bell Media — which owns TSN — recently bought Astral Media, which included the Team 1260. The TSN branding was imminent.
And that leaves some very interesting questions, especially with the Edmonton Oilers and 630 CHED. The current radio deal between the Oilers and CHED is up at the end of the upcoming 2013-14 NHL season.
TSN televises NHL games and provides a national perspective. So why not package them both and tie them up in a bow with a microphone cord?
I hope there will not be any job casualties, but new owners have that right.
Host Mark Spector’s last show on the Team is Friday, we hear. Spector, who has had the 12-2 p.m. time slot, works for Sportsnet, TSN’s main competitor.
Spector has not been fired by The Team. In fact. they want to keep him.
So could TSN be calling him?
Stay tuned.