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Blue Rocks games

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Does anyone on here ever listen to the Blue Rocks? I'd listen farily often, at least early in the season. But now that they are on a NJ small time FM station, I cannot even hear the games. Just curious if anyone has tried listening.
 
The Blue Rocks are on 89.7 WGLS. I think the station is from Rowan University. The games used to be on 1410 WDOV and I think 1150 WDEL too.
 
Blue Rocks were never on WDEL. WWTX, 1290, was their station. Loud and clear until the sun went down. Legal power around 43 watts around the final innings. And on most nights, it sounded like they were running legal power!
 
I agree that WVUD or WMPH would be better choices. I haven't listened for a while. If listening to a ball game, I'm either listening to the Phils on WDEL or WIP-FM or the Orioles on WWTX (sometimes they get bumped to WILM).
 
I just don't see how you can think that it makes sense for a high school station with one employee or a community volunteer station that specializes in music to disrupt their schedule for 100 plus events to carry an A level baseball team's games? While the Blue Rocks are a good in house product, how many people would listen to a broadcast? How much underwriting/advertising would it bring in? Would it be worth the logistical issues involved in coordinating?
 
The Wilmington Blue Rocks PAY THE RADIO STATION for airing the games. Since we can't hear the games below Wilmington, it would make sense. The games are currently on a NEW JERSEY college station. Why not a DELAWARE public station?
Or, like Wilmington television station WHYY, doesn't Delaware matter?
 
We can hear Rowan Radio 89.7 loud and clear below Wilmington. I live in Smyrna and WGLS dominates the channel here.

I guess the Rocks are on WGLS for the simple reason that no Delaware station wants to carry them. Whaddayagonnado?
 
I could understand the WVUD not being interested as they probably do quite well being supported by their listeners.

But WMPH at Mt. Pleasant High probably could use the money (seems like they went off the air prior due to a lack of money) they'd get from both the Blue Rocks and the sponsors who'd buy air time during the games. It would give the kids some real world radio experience of board oping a game, having to pay attention (not texting or talking on their cell phones while CD's play) so you didn't miss any local spot breaks, legal ids, etc, as your show was pre-empted for the game that night. I logged in many hours at WNRK on Saturday nights doing just that (we were carrying the Orioles back then and during baseball season my show was pre-empted quite often). It is part of being a radio broadcaster.
 
A few years back I dated a girl who loved WMPH's dance music format. I didn't even know they were back on the air, but it looks like they're doing a variety format with mostly classic rock now. Makes me wish the high school I went to many years ago had a radio station. I might be a little further into the game than I am now.

Tangents aside, I'd think that running baseball games would be a bit beyond the reach of such a small operation and would require a bit more from the students than they do now.
 
@Pilgrimway: You think the Blue Rocks radio situation is sad... The Islanders have their games heard on a college radio station. Mind you, this is an NHL franchise, and a once-proud one at that...
 
ProducerGuy: The stations only send the games through their studio equipment and transmitter. The team pays them, hires the on-air folks, etc. Any station with a license and transmitter can air the games and get paid for it!
Clear Channel couldn't even get that right! Having a transmitter at 42 watts for a couple of innings each night turns people off!
 
CC rather than preempt one of their predictable, boring, talk shows on WILM at 1450 ( Savage most likely), aired the Blue Rocks on their 1290 station with that power down to 42 watts thus most folks more than a few blocks from the Riverfront couldn't hear the game. At least with WILM the signal gets to the Bear area and to the upper Concord Pike, just below the PA/DEL line when dusk arrives thus serving far more people that WWTX 1290 at night.

Frankly, I don't see why they didn't air the Rocks on 94.7 WDSD. Most radio stations don't have stellar ratings at night, so why not air baseball and make some money both from the Rocks AND sponsors.
 
Mike, I suspect that the price for airing the games on WDSD would be more than the team could afford. Stations few listen to, such as WWTX and the NJ student station, would be very inexpensive.
 
So essentially that leaves Rowen Radio WGLS, WVUD UofD radio, WWTX, or WMPH Mount Pleasant High radio.
 
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