Re: NorthEast Radio Watch 4/10: It's Baseball Time

[Doug Bassett <dbassett@sover.net>]

For a list of Red Sox radio affiliates, check out
http://www.bostonredsox.com. I don't know how accurate this list, though -
they also list WCIB as a Red Sox outlet ... 
Here in southern Vermont, the Red Sox are still on WKVT (1490), and this
Saturday's game will also be heard on WKVT-FM (92.7).

Doug Bassett
West Brattleboro (soon to be Guilford), Vt.


At 01:40 AM 4-10-1997 -0400, Scott D Fybush wrote:

>*Take me out to the radio: It's baseball season again, even if it is freezing
>outside, and that's enough excuse for us to run down the information we've got 
>on Northeast radio outlets for America's pastime:
>
>No change in the major-league flagships this year, as the Red Sox continue on 
>WEEI (850), the Mets stay on WFAN (660), and the Yankees remain on WABC 
>(770).  The Blue Jays are still on CJCL (590 "The Fan") as well as just about 
>every other AM station in Ontario, or so it seemed last Sunday when we parked 
>the NERW-mobile at the nice spot we've found on Lake Ontario where all the 
>Canadian stations blast in.
>
>Now, for the state-by-state rundown of who's where:
>
>MAINE:  
>
>The Eastern League's Portland Pirates stay on WPOR (1490) for another season.  
>We're not sure whether Bangor's Blue Ox are on the radio up there.  And of 
>course you'll hear the Red Sox on just about every small-town station up
there...
>
>NEW HAMPSHIRE:
>
>No minor league teams up that way..but of course the Red Sox network finds its 
>way to every corner of the Granite State, including WGIR (610) in Manchester.
>
>VERMONT:
>
>The Vermont Expos are on Burlington's WVMT (620) for another season of 
>single-A action.  Plenty of Red Sox affiliates as well - just spin the dial 
>and you'll find them somewhere.  What's missing this season is Montreal Expos 
>baseball, which had been heard on WEAV (960 Plattsburgh NY) in recent 
>seasons.   Expos flagship CIQC (600) doesn't have much signal in Vermont, but 
>French speakers can tune in the action on CKAC (730).
>
>MASSACHUSETTS - Major Sox affiliates include WEEI, WSAR (1480 Fall 
>River), WTAG (580 Worcester), and WHYN (560 Springfield), but there's one 
>big hole this year: no Sox outlet on Cape Cod.  WCIB (101.9 Falmouth) didn't 
>renew for another year, and that means WEEI is scrambling for a new 
>broadcaster to bring the Sox to the huge summer crowds on the Cape, where its 
>own signal is weak at best, especially at night. Cape viewers can see some Sox 
>action on WZBU (Channel 58) in Vineyard Haven, part of the WABU-TV 
>network.  By the way, someone ought to tell the Globe that WCIB isn't on the 
>network anymore...
>
>Yankees fans in the Worcester area will find the team on WWTM (1440), which 
>is now simulcasting co-owned WEEI most of the rest of the week.
>
>In the minors, you'll find the Lowell Spinners on WLLH (1400 Lowell-
>Lawrence) for another season.  The Pittsfield Mets return to WBRK (1340).  The 
>Massachusetts Mad Dogs have moved from Lowell's WCAP (980) to Salem's 
>WESX (1230), closer to their home base in Lynn.
>
>RHODE ISLAND: Besides Red Sox coverage on WPRO (630) and Yankees 
>games on WPNW (550), there's AAA action from the Pawtucket Red Sox, with 
>WLKW (790) as the flagship.
>
>CONNECTICUT:  Radio heaven for baseball fans, with affiliates for all three 
>area major-league teams, as well as three Eastern League clubs.  Here's how it 
>shakes out, with thanks to Bill Dillane:
>
>The New Haven Ravens have WAVZ (1300) as their flagship, with WNTY 990 
>Southington and WMMM 1260 as affiliates.  The New Britain Rock Cats are on 
>WMRD (1150 Middletown), as well as WLIS (1420 Old Saybrook).  WMRD 
>and WLIS are also carrying some games from the Ravens and the Norwich 
>Navigators, who move to WSUB (980 Groton) and WILI (1400 Willimantic) 
>from their former flagship, WVVE (102.3 Stonington).
>
>The Red Sox net includes WTIC (1080 Hartford), which is where everyone east 
>of the Hudson gets their Sox at night, along with WILI, the WSTC-WNLK-
>WINE trimulcast in Fairfield County, WINY (1350) in Putnam, and WAXB 
>(105.5) across the state line in Patterson NY.
>
>Yankees outlets include newcomer WICC (600 Bridgeport, nights and weekend 
>games only), WPOP (1410 Hartford, returning after several years), and WWCO 
>(1240 Waterbury).
>
>NEW YORK - We'll start with the AAA teams, two of which are in new 
>stadiums this year.  The Rochester Red Wings move from WCMF (990) back to 
>WHTK (1280) after an absence of several years, with an added bonus - Sunday 
>afternoon games, as well as opening night this Friday and the annual Orioles 
>exhibition game, will air on sister station WHAM (1180), with a 50 kilowatt 
>clear-channel signal.  Syracuse's SkyChiefs, now in their new home at P&C 
>Stadium, remain on WHEN (620).  And Buffalo's Bisons stay on WGR (550) in 
>their final American Association season 
>(they'll join Rochester and Syracuse in 
>the International League next year).  TV coverage is almost nonexistent except 
>for opening night games, seen in Syracuse on WIXT-TV (Channel 9) and in 
>Rochester on WHEC-TV (Channel 10).
>
>Further down in the minors, Binghamton's Eastern League Mets are on WNBF 
>(1290).  In the New York-Penn League, the Batavia Clippers are on WBTF 
>(101.7 Attica), the Hudson Valley Renegades are heard on WBNR (1260 
>Beacon), the Jamestown Jammers appear on WJTN (1240) and the Watertown 
>Indians show up on WTNY (790).  There's no radio for the Auburn Doubledays 
>or the Utica Blue Sox.  
>
>Thanks to Bill Dillane for Connecticut info and to 
>http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com for a lot of the other information...and we 
>look forward to hearing updates from all of you out there!  
>You'll find us parked 
>in front of a couple of Zweigle's hot dogs at Rochester's new Frontier Field...
>

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