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WFAN Extends Radio Broadcast Deal with Yankees

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WFAN extends flagship partnership with New York Yankees | WFAN Sports Radio 101.9 FM/66AM New York

As part of the extended partnership, English broadcasts of Yankees baseball will continue to be heard on WFAN and streamed digitally via the Audacy app for fans within the Yankees broadcast territory. | WFAN Sports Radio 101.9 FM/66AM New York
www.audacy.com www.audacy.com

Number of years not disclosed, but these deals are usually in the 5-year range.
This covers both English-language broadcasts on WFAN and Spanish-language broadcasts (currently on WADO 1280).
Notable additions include more Yankees-Audacy podcasts and
year-round content to be featured on Keith McPherson's WFAN evening program.

NY Yankees President Randy Levine will appear on the WFAN Carton + Roberts program at 5:45 PM ET today (Wed. 7/27/2022),
likely to discuss the contract extension.
 
>>>Number of years not disclosed, but these deals are usually in the 5-year range.<<<

Later reports indicate that the deal extends into the 2030s, so likely a 10 year deal.
Previously, it's estimated that WFAN/Audacy/Entercom paid the Yankees in the range of $15-20 million per year.
 
NY Islanders announcer Brendan Burke, 38, has emerged as a possible successor to John Sterling according to Andrew Marchand of the NY Post. Burke subbed for Sterling earlier this year on road games at Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

Sterling has said that he wants to call games for as long as he can, yet eliminate long travel where possible.

Brendan has called minor league baseball games for the Batavia Muckdogs of the New York Penn League and the Lakewood BlueClaws of the South Atlantic League.

Burke has been the Islanders announcer on MSG since 2017. He's also called national hockey games for NBC and Turner.

 
I wonder if the contract specifies that games on the flagship be carried on AM and FM, or if WFAN has the right to go FM only with the Yankees if it decides that 660 is not producing revenue anymore and turns it into a 50,000-watt graveyard for syndicated sports talk, the way 850 was tossed aside in Boston. AM in 10 years ... hard to see it surviving that long.
 
pjc1961 said:
NY Islanders announcer Brendan Burke, 38, has emerged as a possible successor to John Sterling according to Andrew Marchand of the NY Post. Burke subbed for Sterling earlier this year on road games at Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

Sterling has said that he wants to call games for as long as he can, yet eliminate long travel where possible.

Brendan has called minor league baseball games for the Batavia Muckdogs of the New York Penn League and the Lakewood BlueClaws of the South Atlantic League.

Burke has been the Islanders announcer on MSG since 2017. He's also called national hockey games for NBC and Turner.

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Sterling himself was an Islanders announcer -- among other jobs -- before becoming voice of the Yankees.
 
What happens when the Mets and the Yankees play at the same time? WCBS can't carry both games at the same time.
 
Loverofradio said:
I meant to ask why did they swap stations? I remember hearing the Yankees were on wcbs and the Mets were on wfan for decades
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It was not a direct swap. Then CBS Radio did not renew the contract with the Mets on WFAN, and the Mets went to WOR/iHeart. The Yankees then moved from WCBS to WFAN. When the WOR contract expired, the Mets went back to now Entercom/Audacy and made the deal to come back on WCBS.
 
CTListener said:
I wonder if the contract specifies that games on the flagship be carried on AM and FM, or if WFAN has the right to go FM only with the Yankees if it decides that 660 is not producing revenue anymore and turns it into a 50,000-watt graveyard for syndicated sports talk, the way 850 was tossed aside in Boston. AM in 10 years ... hard to see it surviving that long.
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I don't think Audacy is interested in that honestly. The AM side reaches into Westchester and other downstate counties where the FM signal is not reliable, and unlimited data plan customers have not proliferated enough for simply streaming WFAN in the car to be an option.

With that said, the Mets being on WCBS is keeping that station alive in my opinion.
 
AceBiscuits said:
I don't think Audacy is interested in that honestly. The AM side reaches into Westchester and other downstate counties where the FM signal is not reliable, and unlimited data plan customers have not proliferated enough for simply streaming WFAN in the car to be an option.

With that said, the Mets being on WCBS is keeping that station alive in my opinion.
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WFAN AM can reach past Hartford, they won't put it only on FM.
 
Don CT said:
WFAN AM can reach past Hartford, they won't put it only on FM.
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I assume you mean WCBS, since the Yankees have a Hartford FM affiliate. As for WCBS, the Mets trashed their entire radio network several years ago, including cities where WCBS isn't as easy to pick up as it is Hartford -- Syracuse, for example. The Mets have their top farm club there but are content with people in that market watching games on TV or listening via streaming or satellite rather than on some also-ran AM.
 
CTListener said:
I assume you mean WCBS, since the Yankees have a Hartford FM affiliate. As for WCBS, the Mets trashed their entire radio network several years ago, including cities where WCBS isn't as easy to pick up as it is Hartford -- Syracuse, for example. The Mets have their top farm club there but are content with people in that market watching games on TV or listening via streaming or satellite rather than on some also-ran AM.
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WFAN can clear Hartford sometimes better than WUCS.
 
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