Re: Sox BZing You (was: MEDIA BLITZ BY JOHN MOLORI, 5/13/03)

["Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>]

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From: "Ron Bello" <RBello@BelloAssoc.com>
To: <billo@shoreham.net>; "'Dan Billings'" <billings@suscom-maine.net>;
"'Sean Smyth'" <ssmyth@suscom.net>
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Subject: Re: Sox BZing You (was: MEDIA BLITZ BY JOHN MOLORI, 5/13/03)

> When WBZ had the Celtics in the mid 70s, there were few affiliates.
> That is the way Westinghouse wanted it.  Don't know if the thinking
> has changed at 1170 SFR.

The Bruins also don't have much of a radio network.

If I was running a station that covered an area well coverd by WBZ, I would
have to think carefully about continuing as a Red Sox affiliate if the Sox
went to WBZ.  I think have the Sox on WBZ might make it hard to sell local
ads on the games.