Re: Lowell Spinners' radio broadcasts

["Kevin Vahey" <k-vahey@attbi.com>]

Yet the LockMonsters numbers seem to work

Chaz Scoggins is another piece of the puzzle  he once told me his most 
loyal listener lived in Acton  one Dan Duquette



On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:21PM -0500, Gary Francis, WCAP wrote:
> Unless you know what freezes over WCAP will NOT be carrying the Lowell
> Spinners....and the Bob Ellis issue isn't the real issue - it basically 
> is
> not a money making proposition - plain & simple.  I've seen the numbers 
> and
> they don't work.
>
> -gary f
> (back from the frigid south)
> (if i ever suggest going to FLorida the last week of Dec and first week 
> of
> January again would someone please hit me with a dummy load!)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Smyth" <ssmyth@suscom.net>
> To: "Kevin Vahey" <k-vahey@attbi.com>
> Cc: "Boston Radio Mailing List" <bri@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Lowell Spinners' radio broadcasts
>
>
>>  Kevin Vahey writes:
>>  > One thing is a given Bob Ellis stays with the Spinners so that 
>> rules out
>>  > WCAP as Maurice and Bob will not be breaking bread anytime soon.
>>
>>  What is the deal? I can understand WCAP not hiring Bob 
>> full-time...but why
>>  the animosity?
>>
>>  > JUL could work as the model has been set by Staten Island which 
>> uses the
>>  > City College station there ( the 6th inning brought to you by 
>> Burger
>>  > King on Victory Blvd )
>>
>>  "The fourth inning brought to you by Fresh Kills Landfill....sniff 
>> and..."
>>  (silence followed by vomiting noises)
>>
>>  To me, 91.5 is the Spinners' only opportunity if a WCAP deal is not
> reached,
>>  though The Station Formerly Known As WADN puts in an OK signal into 
>> Lowell
>>  at night (aren't they directional to the north?). Maybe Wayne 
>> Braverman
> can
>>  do the color with Ellis...that might qualify as the Deep Voiced 
>> Tandem of
>>  the Year and would keep a WJUL connection in there.
>>
>>  > Don't rule out 1510 as Sporting News Radio does the Brooklyn games
>>
>>  SNR was desperate to get play-by-play on 620 and they weren't getting 
>> the
>>  Mets or Yankees. Also, I believe 620 had some programming related to 
>> the
>>  Mets (i.e. the GM's show or Valentine's weekly show) and the Mets are
>>  Brooklyn's parent club.
>>
>>  Having tried to pick up 1510 in Westford and along 495 at night, I 
>> believe
>>  that's not even an option.
>>