I've been told that ORU women's basketball and baseball will now be going to "internet streaming only" from the ORU website and apps, which is probably fine since that's how so many people listen to broadcasts these days anyway, and the signal quality should be better, since ORU will be controlling the production instead of some Hourly Pay Joe at the Sports Animal. ORU can now have have any and all the station breaks during those broadcasts, which means more spots to sell. And, I'm also told that The Franchise may from time to time pick up the ORU internet production of high-profile women's basketball and baseball games, for radio broadcast.
I really like this move: The Franchise operations in both Oklahoma City and Tulsa have the powerful backing of Tyler Media, while "Sports Animal-Tulsa" has always been a red-headed stepchild to the Oklahoma City version, and to its Stephens Radio Group big brother in Tulsa, KXOJ/KCFO. Tyler Media's technology is much further along than the Sports Animal, in terms of their mobile app, their streaming capabilities, their social media presence, and their website.
And, like him or not, John Hoover is a tireless writer who blogs on anything and everything pertinent to sports in Oklahoma on The Franchise website. I can't imagine he won't be opining on ORU's fortunes (good or bad) even more, now that the Golden Eagles are "family".
Smart move by Scott Higgins and crew, if for no other reason than ORU's men's basketball broadcasts are no longer going to get bumped by Union High School girl's basketball and the like.