It's not WEEI vs. WCRB - it's WEEI *and* WCRB

[David Tomm]

Interesting, since there were articles in both the Globe & Herald today 
saying that Dennis & Callahan were negotiating directly with Nassau 
about doing mornings on a new regional sports network based at WCRB.  
You have to wonder if Entercom swooped in and set this up with Nassau 
from right under D&C to limit their options and force them to budge at 
the bargaining table.  It also eliminates a possible competitor to WEEI 
in Boston, and expands their reach.  Nassau makes out since they can 
put a profitable format on a bunch of their stations around New England 
and I'm sure that the cash infusion from selling 50% of 99.5 will help 
their bottom line.  It looks like a win-win for everyone 
involved--except for D&C.

I would assume that the two AM's they own in Portland and Lewiston 
which currently program ESPN would be prime candidates for the WEEI 
network, but I wouldn't be surprised if they put it on the Bone 
stations to keep it on FM.  WPXC on the Cape, which has struggled in 
the ratings since Nassau acquired them will most likely pick up WEEI.

Dave Tomm
"Mike Thomas"


On Aug 16, 2007, at 6:16 PM, Scott Fybush wrote:

> Just received a news release from Entercom - they're partnering up 
> with Nassau, will take a 50% ownership stake in 99.5, which will stay 
> classical - and will put the WEEI network on 11 Nassau stations in 
> Portland, Lebanon/WRJ, Concord, Montpelier/Barre and Cape Cod. No word 
> on which stations just yet, but we can start speculating, can't we...
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