Now official, Celts to 98.5

[Bob Nelson]

OK: We know Entercom declined to re-up with the Celtics on the flagship,
WEEI, presumably for economic reasons (the team is not as popular, and not
doing as well, and they didn't want to commit). Now:

--Entercom owns three of the four stations: WWEI-FM 105.5 Easthampton,
WVEI 1440 Worcester, and WVEI-FM 103.7 Westerly, RI. Entercom may want to
do the same with these--run talk with Mike Adams (and in some cases Red Sox
games when there are conflicts)
--The other is owned by Qantum I believe, WEII-FM licensed to Dennis. Who
knows if they would continue to run C's under the new Sports Hub Celtics
network.

You're right, for all we know the Entercom stations in Western MA, the Cape,
and Worc. may stay with the C's but maybe Entercom wants talk or the Sox.
It's up to Qantum to decide what they want on WEII. I thought maybe Entercom
didn't want the C's to air on their other stations as well...

WCRN may indeed be a good substitute for Worcester. Cape Cod? The two AMs
simulcast public radio and there are many music stations which could carry
the C's if WEII doesn't. Springfield/Hartford area, Clear Channel owns WPOP
1410 (Fox Sports) and WUCS-FM 97.9 Windsor Locks (ESPN). Either could pick
them up,
and in Springfield Cumulus owns WHLL 1450 (CBS Radio; the calls refer to
the Basketball HaLL of Fame)





On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Dan.Strassberg <dan.strassberg@att.net>wrote:

> Why? Does Entercom refuse to carry PBP that originates at a CBS O&O? Or do
> contractual agreements with the Bruins prevent the existing Cs affiliates
> in
> Springfield, Worcester, RI, and Cape Cod from pre-empting PBP that
> conflicts
> with Bruins games?
>
> A Worcester affiliate (WCRN) seems to be a natural. I have no clue about
> where the Bs (or Cs--depending on which team's games are displaced) would
> go in the other three markets.
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@gmail.com>
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> >
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 8:38 PM
> Subject: Now official, Celts to 98.5
>
>
>
>  When there are conflicts the C's go to WZLX. New network affiliates may
>> have to be found in Springfield, Worcester, RI and Cape Cod.
>>
>
>