WPKZ To Air Yankees Games

[Ron Bello]

Lets not forget the Sox are also on 50K watt WCRN which covers Fitchburg &
Leominster just fine

Why would WPKZ pay big $ to Entercom only to compete with them for ad
dollars ?
Might make more profit carrying Yankees even though fewer listeners.


On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually it makes sense for the station -  with Sox on 93.7 now the Sox
> coverage is fine.
>
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Mark Watson <markwats@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >  WPKZ Fitchburg (formerly WEIM) will no longer be airing Red Sox games,
> > instead this season they will air Yankees games. Sox games have aired on
> > 1280 for 45 years. Article from the Fitchburg/Leominster Sentinel &
> > Enterprise quotes some Sox fans as not happy with the station's change to
> > pinstripes.
> >
> > Link to article:
> >
> > http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/local/ci_20086301
> >
> > Mark Watson
> >
>