Did KGO make a bad bet on sports wagering in California?

Wednesday, November 9, 2022 5:49 PM
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  • Mark Saxon, Sports Handle

On Wednesday morning, the syndicated hosts of Audacy’s BetQL morning show were discussing wagering on the lowly Detroit Tigers to win the 2023 World Series at 50/1 and whether the underdog Seattle Seahawks were a good bet this weekend against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

“This feels like a sharps vs. public kind of game,” said one of the show’s hosts.

Imagine the confusion of a longtime Bay Area listener tuning in to KGO-810 to get that morning’s local traffic and weather.

After a century as one of the primary providers of local radio news talk and variety programming, last month the venerable California station changed its format to a sports betting theme.