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MSG GOES ONE ON ONE WITH RADIO STATION, BUT IT'S NOT WFAN
Published May 11, 1998
MSG "ignored the Knicks' radio flagship, WFAN, to sell
ad space on in-arena give-away playoff towels to the new
radio sports kid on the block, One on One Sports," according
to Phil Mushnick of the N.Y. POST. Sources say that MSG
charged One on One $20,000 for the promo, which Mushnick
called "hardly a lot of money to take in exchange for
ticking off your radio partner, unless that was part of the
plan." The act "has exacerbated a poor relationship between
MSG and WFAN," a relationship that "could be severed next
spring when the station's Knick and Ranger rights expire."
While MSG is "already threatening" to launch a radio
network," Mushnick wrote that this also "might be posturing
to get an edge in negotiations" (N.Y. POST, 5/10).




