Kings departing am radio, creating la kings audio network on iheart radio

[Lt Dan]

and another fact re this move: fans will have to search out the hockey stream, which means that ZERO potential fans will bump into a hockey game as they scroll thru the dial "hey, what's this hockey all about?"

Dude it's not 1975.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Local industry insiders are discussing this:

Los Angeles Kings to have their games on the Iheart app

 

[Axl Rhoadz]

and another fact re this move: fans will have to search out the hockey stream, which means that ZERO potential fans will bump into a hockey game as they scroll thru the dial "hey, what's this hockey all about?"

No disrespect, but this is hilarious. You are worried about people not having the opportunity of finding the Kings as they ‘scroll’ through the AM dial?? Who does that anyways? I only have access to AM radio in one place, my car....which is surprising since I don’t even have a CD player anymore. Meanwhile, I have internet access everywhere.....my phone, my tv, my work computer, my home computer....etc. I’m actually surprised it took them this long to leave that outdated medium.

 

[Butch 19]

No disrespect, but this is hilarious. You are worried about people not having the opportunity of finding the Kings as they ‘scroll’ through the AM dial?? Who does that anyways? I only have access to AM radio in one place, my car....which is surprising since I don’t even have a CD player anymore. Meanwhile, I have internet access everywhere.....my phone, my tv, my work computer, my home computer....etc. I’m actually surprised it took them this long to leave that outdated medium.

With thousands of websites / streaming, would you ever bump into a hockey game without doing a search for "hockey"?

 

[Axl Rhoadz]

With thousands of websites / streaming, would you ever bump into a hockey game without doing a search for "hockey"?

No, but that’s like saying would you ever bump into a hockey website without doing a search? In addition, I would never bump into anything on AM radio because I don’t listen to it. Be happy that they aren’t exclusive on satellite radio (which would be a 1000 times better, IMO), cause that would cost you a subscription.

 

[Fishhead]

Local industry insiders are discussing this:

Los Angeles Kings to have their games on the Iheart app

That looks more like some old cranky people on the internet pining for the good ‘ole days.

 

[YP44]

I for one as an overseas Kings fan appreciate the death of AM radio. AM radio is so outdated it discriminates against anyone not directly present in the region. (And I haven't yet visited America, let alone California or LA.) I suppose I'll be able to tune in to the Kings network via IHeartRadio, and that's great. (Sorry about those for whom this is an inconvenience.)

Similarly, us overseas NHL fans are discriminated against in having no access to NHL Network, despite my being a paying NHL.tv subscriber for years. That sucks!

To summarize: any and all types of geoblocking are inherently absurd in the 21st century, and AM radio is the epitome of those "previous century" restrictions.

Could you not stream the AM feed online?

 

[YP44]

and another fact re this move: fans will have to search out the hockey stream, which means that ZERO potential fans will bump into a hockey game as they scroll thru the dial "hey, what's this hockey all about?"

I would be curious how many people have stumbled upon hockey on AM radio and decided to keep the dial where it was.

 

[Bandit]

I would be curious how many people have stumbled upon hockey on AM radio and decided to keep the dial where it was.

In Los Angeles? Since 1967? 3

 

[Bandit]

The iHeart feed is like 5 updates behind the NHL boxscore update. That's pretty f***ing slow...

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

The iHeart feed is like 5 updates behind the NHL boxscore update. That's pretty ****ing slow...

Just like the Kings.

 

[The Tikkanen]

I would be curious how many people have stumbled upon hockey on AM radio and decided to keep the dial where it was.

Is there still a dial? Regular radio as a whole is in danger with younger people opting for their phones or satellite radio which at full price costs you 80 cents a day. Sirius alerts me when Kings games are on when I turn on my car, AM radio does not. My phone plays music I want to hear with no commercials, regular radio plays the same 10 songs and commercials every 10 minutes. AM Radio has Juice Newton songs, Rick Dees, Wolfman Jack and Hacksaw Hamilton.

 

[Axl Rhoadz]

Has anyone tried streaming the Kings channel through a PS4? I've tried it several times and it always goes into like a buffering mode and never launches. I've tried the channel on every other device in my house with no issue...

If you have a PS4 and haven't tried it, please do and let me know. THANKS

 

[Fishhead]

I'm just glad the quality is better. If I stream through the receiver and sync up the feeds, it's almost like having Nick & Daryl calling road games on TV. It would be awesome if they pumped more of the rink mics through their feed.