If 890 is sold

[Bob Nelson]

WEEI on 99.5 would be great for me esp. at work since I'm in N. Reading and the
signal from 99.5's stick in Andover comes in very well. 850 does indeed have
weak spots...as for 99.5 not being a good signal on the South Shore, how
does 97.7 do? They could put it there, too. The 103.7 from Westerly prob.
helps, too.

> At the end of the day, I'd rather have WEEI on an FM station that more
> people can hear at night then on an AM frequency that doesn't cover the
> suburbs very well.   Why do you think Entercom took the Red Sox games
> off 850?  Because the signal sucks.

> Personally, I think it's brilliant, and my guess is the suits at
> Entercom were also thinking it when they made the deal for 99.5.

Yes.

  And once Howie moves to 96.9, 680 is toast.  I think Entercom
> learned their lesson on that one.  If WEEI is to continue being
> successful in the coming years, it needs to move to FM.  If they don't,
> someone else will try it.

Yes--whether or not it would be on 850 as well I would expect WEEI
to be on FM in Boston soon...as it already is in Westerly and
Easthampton (when I was in Hartford area yesterday, could pick up
both of those FMs.)

Why did the Sox games get taken off 850?  Because the
> signal is NON-EXISTANT at night in Metrowest, where a LOT of people who
> get diaries live and work.   99.5 would alleviate that problem, despite
> your love for the static-y AM signal.