WEEI-FM 93.7

[Paul]

BTW: How long before 850 AM becomes a 24/7 ESPN relay? I say 6 months to 'train'
the listener to go to 93.7, then 93.7 goes from WEEI-FM to WEEI (FM) and 850 is
some amalgamation of WESP or WSPN or some such....
 
-Paul Hopfgarten
Epping NH


On September 9, 2011 at 4:41 PM Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@mail.com> wrote:

> By the way, the Sox could have been on a Boston-area FM in '05 or
> '06 (and note I say Boston, so I'm not talking about WBOQ or
> anything)
>
>  2005: WODS _almost_ went to a Jack-like format. "Mike 93.7" beat them to it.
>Had WODS gone to Jack, Entercom may have just said, "well, maybe we can
>simulcast WEEI on 93.7..."
>
>  April 2006: Papers like the Globe reported a "done deal" in which Greater
>Media would have sold much of WBOS 92.9
>  to the Red Sox. The flagship would have been 92.9...imagine, WBOS would have
>been your home for the 2007
>  World Champions. In May of '06, GM must have thrown in the towel, walked
>away. Entercom signed a 10 year deal (has since been extended?) with WRKO
>carrying most games, WEEI a few. Of course when Sports Hub debuted in August of
>2009, Entercom quickly switched just about all Sox games to 850 only to shore
>them up as a sports station.
>  (WRKO had occasional situations like Celts/Sox conflicts, from then)