plus WMBR and WZBC, which have decent signals.
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plus WMBR and WZBC, which have decent signals.
Sports radio--ex Sports Hub host Christian Arcand was hired by Audacy/WEEI FM
I saw that on another site, back as a PM drive producer and a 3 hour shift alone on Saturday afternoon.
Although the way AUD is going, this may be a short term gig.
Although the way AUD is going, this may be a short term gig.
I feel bad for the legacy Westinghouse/CBS properties that Entercom/Audacy acquired.
Which ones are left? They spun off WBZ-AM/FM, and sold WAAF. WEEI isn't a legacy station. It was originally WHDH.
Mix is no longer the heritage WBCN. Not much real legacy left.
Well, let's see; which other legacy Westinghouse/CBS stations does Audacy control now?
Just these few and close to 100 others, I believe.
WCBS, WCBS-FM
WINS, WNEW-FM
WPHT, WOGL-FM
KYW, KYW-FM
KDKA, KDKA-FM
WBBM, WBBM-FM
KMOX
KCBS
KNX, KCBS-FM
KTWV
Yeah, I may've thrown in a favorite or two that CBS managed to acquire, but, hey: remember, before WBZ and WBZ-FM, CBS owned WEEI and WEEI-FM.
My point is I was not concerned solely, if at all, for Audacy's Boston properties.
The fact is that CBS was going to get out of radio, as NBC and ABC did earlier. So who would you have preferred to buy CBS radio?
Looking back now some five years ago this coming week, still can't understand why Entercom retained the Boston properties that ultimately make up their cluster today.
they retained the maximum amount of stations without going over the percent of market ad sales revenue number (40%) they had to stay under at the time of the transactions
While staying under the cap....they DID have the choice of WHICH of the two sports stations they held onto, and which they spun off.
Their choice was to keep WEEI, and spin off The Sports Hub.
Because they knew WEEI and knew the staff and management. They did the same thing in Seattle when they acquired a second country station. They blew up the CBS station and kept the Entercom format, even though the CBS station made more money. They were loyal to their people, even though it cost them money.
Could Entercom remained under the cap if they had done the opposite, e,g., kept WBZ-AM, WBZ-FM, WKAF, WZLX, and WRKO? Is there any way they the could have held on to either WBMX or WODS, or both, also while remaining under the cap?
I think the FCC limit is five FM stations in a market (I'm SURE I'm using the word "market" wrong here!).
At the time, Entercom had WEEI-FM, WAAF, WKAF. I suppose adding WZLX would've been OK, and maybe even WBZ-AM, BUT
they would've had to choose EITHER WEEI-FM or WBZ-FM, since these two stations derived revenue from all the major Boston teams (Sox, Celtics, Bruins, Pats), and that was a no-no.
And they were restricted from having nearly 100% of the subset of sports revenue and audience.
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