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Re: MESSAGE ID: 1EC610858

On Thu, 31 Jul 1997 NORIAC@mln.lib.ma.us wrote:

> Incidentally, WMEX grabbed the Red Sox rights in the late summer of 1975,
>  and the way the contract that expired at the end of the 1975 season with
>  WHDH went, the WHDH/Sox contract ended at the conclusion of the 1975
>  REGULAR-SEASON. Thus, Ned Martin and Jim Woods' broadcasts of the 1975
>  playoff series against Oakland and World Series against Cincinatti aired
>  on WMEX.

I remember that the Red Sox changed to WMEX and WSBK-TV after
having been with WHDH since Time Immemorial.  Both the Channel 38
signal and the WMEX nighttime signal were pretty bad in Bedford, prompting
my father, who was a big sports fan, to remark, "Why is a big-league club
doing business with minor-league stations!

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