{"id":1647,"date":"2012-04-04T21:34:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T01:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2012-04-04T21:34:22","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T01:34:22","slug":"just-say-yes-to-10-years-of-yes-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/04\/just-say-yes-to-10-years-of-yes-network.html","title":{"rendered":"Just Say Yes To 10 Years Of YES Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s not easy starting a television network, just ask Oprah Winfrey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The queen of the daytime talk show has found it MUCH more difficult to run her own, that is OWN.<\/p>\n

That’s what makes the success of the YES Network<\/em> so remarkable. In the just as competitive world of sports television, think ESPN<\/em> nationally and MSG<\/em> and SNY<\/em> in the New York area, YES has still carved out a very successful “product”.<\/p>\n

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George Steinbrenner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OK, so airing Yankee games is a no-brainer route to success with the most top franchise in all of sports. However, the network has also built up a stable of successful shows in Centerstage, Yankee Classics, Yankeeography<\/em> and more.<\/p>\n

The network was also wise enough to air a simulcast of the Mike and the Mad Dog<\/em> radio program from WFAN. The duo was a success and Mike Francesa has held the program together well on his own when the pair split up after 19 years.<\/p>\n

As Marv Albert would say …. YES! indeed.<\/p>\n

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