ESPN New York moving to 98.7 FM (WRKS) KISS moves to 107.5 (WBLS)

[Bob Nelson]

By the way (I'll get to the NYC situation in a minute) in Philly,
Greater Media has landed the 76ers for its Sports Fanatic 97.5
and ESPN 950 (WPEN). What's interesting is the deal starts right away.
As in, 97.5 will have the playoffs. 76ers may not have been happy with
conflicts with Phillies or other games.

Think back to 2006: Greater almost had the Red Sox. In March of that
year it was said the Sox were negotiating with Greater to put the Sox
on WBOS, with a possible 25 per cent ownership stake in the station.
Two months or so later, Entercom wound up re-upping (and it was said
most games would go on WRKO, with WEEI handling 30 games.) But if the
Sox had indeed made that deal, 92.9 could have become an all sports
station--the first on FM here in town. As it turned out of course CBS
brought us the Sports Hub in the summer of '09 and Entercom started
simulcasting WEEI on 93.7 two years later.
But yes, Greater could have had an all sports station here as they do
in Philly, with at least one major team's play by play.

Getting back to the NYC situation, people on messageboards (Yahoo
Sports, and NYC newspapers) are welcoming the FM move of WEPN, saying
that they'll have much better reception. One piece I read was by
someone who said they could get the Mets, etc. on WFAN just fine, but
WEPN was a tough get.