Re: XTRA in LA

["Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@mediaone.net>]

That rule seems not to exist any more or is not enforced. Example George
Steinbrenner feeds the Yankees into Tampa even though the area has it's own
team.

The Sox and the Yankees may take a hands off policy with each other because
of the "battleground: in Connecticut on who gets NESN  or MSG (or in some
cases both)....one has to admit that Yankees games on WNRB "would" gather
some listeners.


----- Original Message -----
From: <Sptseditor@aol.com>
To: <radiobuzz@mailcity.com>; <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>;
<kvahey@mediaone.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: XTRA in LA


> In a message dated 4/6/00 7:26:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> radiobuzz@mailcity.com writes:
>
> <<  Sister sports station XTRA AM 690/(XTRA Sports San Diego) also
broadcasts
> the Dodgers and gets about the
>  same numbers in LA ratings book as does KXTA -- ~1.5
>  share.  >>
>
> Doesn't this violate Major League Baseball's rules, since you're not
supposed
> to send games from one market into another (radio or broadcast TV)?
>
> Somehow the Whalers got around similar NHL rules all those years and got
> their games on SportsChannel, right up against the Bruins. (I'm presuming
> it's because the Whale were originally based in Boston.) It was wonderful
> being able to watch those playoff series between the Bruins and Whale on
both
> SCNE and NESN.
>
> -Sean