RE: Opportunity missed for Sox

["Paul Hopfgarten" <hopfgapr@sprynet.com>]

I didn't finish the sentence...

> My understanding of radio is that as long as the station is over 50 miles
> from a stadium of a competing MLB team (with the obvious NY, Chi, Bay area
> and LA metro execptions)

that a radio station may carry any MLB team broadcast....


> Now, additionally NYC-Phil, are less than 100 mi apart, and Chi-Milw, also
> less than 100 mi apart, I believe Balt-Phil asr just OVER 100 mi apart, my
> guess is in these cases, it's 'split the difference'
>
> -Paul Hopfgarten
> -Derry NH
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> > [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of Howard
> > Glazer
> > Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 4:36 PM
> > To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> > Subject: Opportunity missed for Sox
> >
> >
> > Found this curious item on the Wilmington (N.C.) Morning Star website.
> > The city just lost its Single-A team, the Waves, to Albany, Ga., so the
> > station that carried the games is bringing in the Yankees. But not
> > before talking to the Sox:
> >
> > ====
> > STATION GOES WITH YANKS
> > After the Wilmington Waves moved to Albany, Ga., WMFD-AM 630 ESPN radio,
> > decided to carry a minimum of 140 New York Yankees' broadcasts this
> > season.
> > Why the Yankees?
> > According to station programming director Jim Clark, he made a number of
> > inquires to teams, including the Braves, Yankees, Boston Red Sox and New
> > York Mets.
> > "We thought it was best to go with the Yankees,'' Clark said. "They gave
> > us the best deal. We also got a lot of community support to do it and we
> > are not going to lose money on this deal.''
> > Without going into details, Clark indicated the station would break
> > even. The station, he acknowledged, lost money on the Waves' broadcasts
> > last year.
> > =====
> >
> > Now, in the same column, the writer, Chuck Carree, mentions that the
> > area's Fox Sports Net operation will not be carrying a small package of
> > Braves games this year, as baseball has determined eastern North
> > Carolina to be Orioles territory, so they'll see 80 O's games.
> >
> > I'm confused. Baseball has strict territorial regulations for TV, but
> > radio stations can cherry-pick deals with teams hundreds of miles away?
> > Why wasn't this station forced to carry Orioles games or nothing? What
> > if there's already an Orioles' affiliate in the market?  And if a
> > station in North Carolina feels it can do no worse than "break even"
> > with the Yankees, what's to prevent the Yanks from going out and
> > peddling their star-studded product to stations everywhere?
> >
> > Oh, and why would the station have been interested in Red Sox games? The
> > Trot Nixon connection?
> >
> > Howard
> >
> >
>