Weber chooses flagship for Manchester baseball

[Paul Hopfgarten]

Yes, WTPL does indeed put a listenable signal into Manchester. I would say
that Derry Is about the southern-most Town where 107.7 does not get blown
out by WXKS-FM (Kiss 108).

-Paul Hopfgarten
-East Derry NH

-----Original Message-----
From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org
[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org]On Behalf
Of Mark Watson
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 8:47 AM
To: Kevin Vahey; bri@bostonradio.org
Subject: Re: Weber chooses flagship for Manchester baseball


  Kevin Vahey wrote:


> and the winner is WKXL Concord.

  Reading the article that Kevin linked, it says the games will be on the
WKXL Network, which as of now is 2 stations: WKXL (1450 Concord) and WTPL
(107.7 Hillsborough), and is currently negotiating with other stations to
become affiliates. WKXL Sports Director Mike Murphy and WKXL Operations
Manager Bob Lipman will be handling the play by play and color commentary
duties.

   The article also says that WKXL's signal blankets the Capital Region of
NH and WTPL's signal covers a third of the state from Manchester to Tilton.
Does WTPL put a usable signal into Manchester? And did any of the Manchester
stations negotiate with the team? One would think that WGIR, WKBR, or WFEA
(owned by Clear Channel, Northeast Broadcasting, and Saga respectively)
would be a logical choice for flagship. All three of those stations put a
city grade signal into Gil Stadium, the team's temporary home for this
season, and the new stadium that should be open for the 2005 season.

Mark Watson