Re: Fwd: MEDIA BLITZ BY JOHN MOLORI, 5/13/03

["Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@tmail.com>]

The WEEI extension was signed by the old ownership and contains an 
escape clause for the new owners.

There have been wispers that Viacom in getting the 30 off air games also 
wanted the same deal the Yankees and YES struck with WCBS.

Why would Viacom send Brudnoy to the pullpen? Simple MONEY. Brudnoy does 
not command the rate card the Sox would. The Bruins bring big bucks in 
to WBZ and getting the Sox would be like opening the vault.

The Sox ARE looking at seeing if buying their own station and making it 
NESN Radio with talk in non game times that they could package to 
smaller markets would be viable. My hunch is 590 could be the station in 
play as Salem could meet its needs with 1150.

Entercomm through Jason Wolfe has angered the new Sox ownership with 
some promotions. Wolfe who has been hardnosed since he ran Tom Stars 
operations is a smart cookie but brutal to work with or for.

The Red Sox believe they are the most important radio property in town 
and in a local sense they are correct. Joe and Jerry nail every 
demographic there is. Stern listeners and little ol ladies all listen to 
the Sox.

On Wed, 21 May 2003 2:00PM -0500, Nostatic wrote:
> Sounds more like wishful thinking on Andleman's part.  Didn't the Sox 
> just sign a five-year renewal with WEEI last season?  Four years is a