WBTS and WHDH

[Sean Smyth]

One of the main reasons Channel 38 became so widely carried was the Bruins
and Red Sox, and later the Celtics. It's been years since any of those
teams had a local broadcast TV package.

On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 12:24 PM Doug Drown <ashboy1951@gmail.com> wrote:

> It has occurred to me that there may be a silver lining for WHDH amidst all
>
> this kerfuffle over the affiliation loss.  What if WHDH were to give
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> Comcast and NECN some significant competition outside Boston?  According to
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> what I've been reading, the station plans to significantly beef up its news
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> operation; what if it were to become a "superstation" comparable to WSBK
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> and WGN, offering Boston and New England news to the rest of the region
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> (and Canada) via Time Warner and other non-Comcast-owned cable companies,
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> as well as via satellite?  DISH and DIRECTV don't carry NECN; it's a
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> cable-only operation.  I think this could be a great opportunity for WHDH,
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> if it could be worked out.
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