Lots of avails on the WRKO Boston Red Sox Radio Network?

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 13 Jul 2007 at 12:06, Laurence Glavin wrote:

> Can somebody explain to me why the affiliates don't INSIST that the
> originating station not use their call letters before the station
> break? It must not be required or WTIC wouldn't talk over the WRKO
> calls (do they use WEEI on Wednesdays?). in some cases, WRKO may be in
> the driver's seat, able to tell WGIR to go screw and then flip the Sox
> to 1250....but in other situations, the affiliate may have the game
> boy because IT's the only signal in a particular market. On the Met
> broadcasts, they don't say "this is the WQXR-Metropolitan Opera
> Network!)
 
Well, once upon a time, back in the 1950s and 60s, WQXR did originate 
programming to other stations, and it was called "The QXR Network."

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