Re: Patriots 10 year contract extension with WBCN

["Aaron 'Bishop' Read" <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 03:45 PM 12/8/2002, SteveOrdinetz wrote:
>  Hakim Madjid wrote:
>
>>I dare say it was a good move for the Krafts to bring to Pats
>>broadcasts to 104.1. The station seems to have great signal coverage in
>>most of Metro Boston and then some! Arguably the only AM outlet with as
>>good a signal would be WBZ.
>
>
>WBCN's demographics (18-30-ish men) are a pretty good match too.  Many 
>football teams seem to have FM flagships (and affiliates) today...more so 
>than other sports.  Of course there are far fewer games than baseball, 
>hockey or basketball, and most of them are Sunday afternoons, so it's 
>minimally disruptive formatically.

The only real problem with WBCN is that they don't reach Connecticut worth 
a damn because of co-channel WMRQ in Hartford.  But I've been able to 
clearly receive WBCN as far south as Coventry, RI on I-95, so I'd say 
that's a far piece better than WEEI can do.

Speaking of WEEI and football...has anyone tuned into a BC football game on 
WEEI and then flipped to WZBC?  The difference in commentary is often quite 
amusing.  The ZBC crew is noticeably "less professional" but the color 
commentary can't be beat, IMHO  (and I'm a BU grad no less)   :-)



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