Dan Caesar

It's all business for Bensinger

It's all business for Bensinger

Former teenage sportscasting phenom from St. Louis embarks on high-risk season of his national TV show.

May 25, 2012 | 12:30 am | (Loading… ) comments.

FSM woes give Cards fans a night with Enberg

FSM woes give Cards fans a night with Enberg

Technical troubles forced FSM to pick up San Diego feed, which featured legendary broadcaster.

May 22, 2012 | 12:40 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Blues analysts headed to limbo

Blues analysts headed to limbo

Contracts expiring for Chase, Pang, Federko.

May 18, 2012 | 12:40 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Corcoran wraps it up with sports show, may leave town

Corcoran wraps it up with sports show, may leave town

Outspoken radio personality J.C. Corcoran, a man of many incarnations at multiple stations who recently was dumped at KTRS (550 AM), thinks his days in the St. Louis market might be over after a nearly three-decade run.

May 18, 2012 | 12:35 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Kilcoyne eager to tackle non-sports role

Kilcoyne eager to tackle non-sports role

Martin Kilcoyne is quick on his feet, has a sprite humorous side and has been one of St. Louis' top sportscasters for more than a decade.

May 11, 2012 | 12:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Video: ESPN fires reporter over fraud claims

ESPN severed its ties with columnist Sarah Phillips after Deadspin.com claimed Phillips and a partner committed fraud and extortion. CineSport's Noah Coslov & Sporting News' Will Leitch discuss.

May 02, 2012 | 12:30 pm | (Loading… ) comments.

Media Views: Fans again aren't a league's priority

NHL is latest to put television ahead of ticket buyers.

Apr 27, 2012 | 12:25 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Balzer out at WXOS, will cover draft for KTRS

It's less than a week until the NFL draft begins and perhaps St. Louis' biggest ''draftnik,'' Howard Balzer, is out of a broadcasting job. But that doesn't mean he won't be covering the draft on the air, something he has been doing since 1979 — when he was working at The Sporting News and Bud Bre…

Apr 20, 2012 | 6:00 am | (Loading… ) comments.

FSM-AT&T Cards squabble is resolved

The long financial battle between Fox Sports Midwest and AT&T is over, and the winner is neither — it's Cardinals fans who subscribe to AT&T's U-verse system.

Apr 14, 2012 | 12:00 am | (Loading… ) comments.

FSM vows to clean up Cardinals home opener coverage

FSM vows to clean up Cardinals home opener coverage

Recent Cards home openers have been TV debacles.

Apr 13, 2012 | 3:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Media Views: Lots of TV ahead for playoff hockey

The Blues will be in the playoffs for only the second time in eight seasons when the Stanley Cup tournament begins next week and the way it is being televised will be unlike ever before.

Apr 06, 2012 | 12:30 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Cards will be in national spotlight

Redbirds play in stand-alone opener akin to NFL kickoff.

Mar 30, 2012 | 12:35 am | (Loading… ) comments.

20 Cardinals games blacked out on AT&T U-verse

20 Cardinals games blacked out on AT&T U-verse

FSM will black out 20 Cardinals games on AT&T U-verse unless an agreement is reached.

Mar 30, 2012 | 12:30 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Fun-loving reporter Sager's wardrobe speaks loudly

Fun-loving reporter Sager's wardrobe speaks loudly

It will be loud at the Edward Jones Dome this weekend, but it might be even louder on the sideline if you're looking at Craig Sager's attire.

Mar 23, 2012 | 1:30 am | (Loading… ) comments.

KMOV rains on NCAA TV viewers

While the NCAA Tournament rolled along Thursday, KMOV often covered the part of the screen containing the score and time left in the game in favor of updates about storms and flooding in the region.

Mar 16, 2012 | 12:05 am | (Loading… ) comments.

McLaughlin returns to FSM today

McLaughlin recently was reinstated after being suspended in late September after his second drunken-driving arrest in 13 months.

Mar 11, 2012 | 12:14 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Buck-McKernan show: A different ride

Buck-McKernan show: A different ride

Joe Buck and Tim McKernan promised a show that would veer in many directions, basically a loosely planned program of "whatever comes to mind,'' and they certainly have followed through this week on the first four editions of a five-episode run.

Mar 09, 2012 | 12:40 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Few changes for NCAA Tournament TV coverage

Unprecedented change took place last year in the way the NCAA Tournament was televised, as CBS entered a business arrangement to share the stage with three Turner Sports outlets. The result was that every game was televised nationally in its entirety for the first time. And with a successful resu…

Mar 09, 2012 | 12:00 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Cards' spring radio, TV broadcast plans set

Spring recently has been in, and soon will be on, the air locally.

Mar 04, 2012 | 12:00 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Many won't see Billikens, Big 12 games on TV

Conference tournament play gets into full swing next week, with the major basketball leagues having at it. And there will be a mixed bag of TV coverage for the teams of greatest local interest — Missouri, Illinois and St. Louis University — with a stark bottom line: SLU and some Big 12 games will…

Mar 02, 2012 | 12:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

KC dunks St. Louis in college basketball viewership

Missouri's upset basketball loss at home to Kansas State on Tuesday might have taken a tad of the luster off the Tigers' trip Saturday to Kansas. But with it being MU's last appearance at Allen Fieldhouse for the foreseeable future — plus the fact Mizzou beat KU in Columbia in scintillating fashi…

Feb 24, 2012 | 12:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Media Views: Times a changin' on Cards' schedule

Media Views: Times a changin' on Cards' schedule

Club has only two home games set for late-afternoon starts.

Feb 17, 2012 | 10:05 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Karraker upbeat after bypass surgery

Karraker upbeat after bypass surgery

Sportscaster Randy Karraker was only two days removed from four-way heart bypass surgery, but already was talking about being back at work.

Feb 17, 2012 | 12:00 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Mizzou soars in TV ratings

Mizzou soars in TV ratings

Number for basketball surpassing football; MU-KU game rates higher than any Blues telecast

Feb 10, 2012 | 12:25 am | (Loading… ) comments.

MU on TV, by the numbers

Television ratings in St. Louis for recent Missouri basketball games:

Feb 10, 2012 | 12:00 am | (Loading… ) comments.

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