Re: AFC CHAMPION NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

["Dan Billings" <dib9@gwi.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Smyth" <Sportswriter@dejazzd.com>
To: "Dan Billings" <dib9@gwi.net>; "Bob Nelson" <bobonradio@yahoo.com>;
<anastasi@javanet.com>; <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: AFC CHAMPION NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS


> Interesting that happened. I know back when the Patriots made the Super
Bowl
> in '97, I am fairly certain the Patriots radio network feed did air on
WSKO
> in Providence, as well as WBCN. I thought there was some rule limiting the
> Super Bowl radio broadcasts to just the flagships, but I didn't know this
> applied to the conference championship games as well.

I thought the same thing you did until hearing the announcement this week
that WZAN would not carry the game because of NFL contracts.  It may be that
the radio contract has changed since 1997 or it may be that WSKO picked up
the game in 1997 because no other station in the market carried the NFL
radio package.

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine