On December 30, 2021 at the Morning Meeting for All Del Sol Rotarians,  Joe O'Neill, President of ESPN Radio 101.7 THE TEAM was the speaker.  He told the history of the station which is one of the few stand alone stations in the Albuquerque area.  He explained that most stations are a part of a group of stations.  101.7 was founded in 2008 after Joe had worked for a number of years at 770 KKOB doing sports color with Mike Roberts.  

 

101.7 broadcasts the Dallas Cowboys, LA Dodgers and Lobo Baseball as well as New Mexico United games.  They also do local high school sports and have a regular feed from ESPN.

 

One interesting note to Joe's talk was the effect that Covid has had on his sponsors and advertisers.  Joe said that a local station like his relies on Local small businesses as advertisers.  Since Covid many of those businesses have ceased advertising due to their own financial hardship. That has resulted in a loss of some staff at 101.7.

 

This Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 5:30PM there will be a Satellite Meeting for All Del Sol Rotarians.  The program will be on the Rotary Foundation.  Jeff will send out a message tomorrow as to whether Nexus Brewery can accommodate the meeting.  Otherwise it will be a ZOOM meeting.  Even if Nexus is available, members can still attend via the ZOOM link that Jeff has sent to all members.

 

On Thursday, January 6, 2022 at Jimmy's Cafe and on ZOOM there  will be a Morning Meeting for All Del Sol Rotarians.  Dave Simon is working to confirm the speaker and a followup addendum will be sent once the Speaker is confirmed.  Members wanting to attend visa ZOOM can use any of the links that Davis Riordan has sent out for past Morning Meetings. 

 

Now is the time to work on Sponsorships for the Rotary Charity Ball on April 23, 2022 at the Albuquerque Convention Center.  This is very important.  Please contact Sponsorship Chair Willie Edwards and/or the Ball website which can be reached from the caption part of this Homepage on the upper Blue Banner.

 

There is also a Sponsorship Committee meeting chaired by Willie on January 13, 2022 at 4:00pm.  More details to follow.