Nassau/Entercom trouble in paradise already??????

[Ray D. Oh]

I hear that the Entercom WEEI programming on all of the Nassau stations has been put on hold indefinitely. Seems there is some trouble with the deal between the two entities. Anyone know what's going on? The Concord folks were told this the other day....after they had gone and told all their clients that the format WEEI was replacing sucked. How do you say...backup and re-group folks!! Another stellar programming move...from the only folks who could keep screwing it up this bad....Nassau.

 

[newhampshiredude]

If this is true Nassau is in big trouble. I hope the employees tell Nassau to stuff it.

 

[newhampshiredude]

I kind of realized something must be up because there has been zero marketing for the new stations as of yet. Nassau has ruined local new hampshire radio. I wasn't really minding the WEEI simulcast idea because at least it would be a good station even though it wasn't NH local.

This sickens me because I sit in a community between Manchester and Concord and the radio is terrible. Well, at least in the Concord market. I have made the case many times before that manchester, concord, and nashua need to form a combined market, which you have all agreed if only the radio stations in Concord could actually reach Nashua.

Something needs to be done before Nassau introduces any more trimulcasts with stations that were each able to survive on their own before Nassau purchased them.

 

[probuttonpusher]

why dont they just switch the hawks to Frank simalcasts since basicly they all play "classics" anyway. That way they only need 1 person for 4 stations. That should make corp happy.

 

[newsbot]

I'm also hearing from a well-placed source that the deal is dead.

 

[jlehmann]

I wonder if they're regretting the 99.1/104.9 format flip to Frank last week? Could we see them reverse it? I think there's quite a bit of overlap between Frank and The Hawk.

 

[NO DAG]

I would hope that is not the case, it seems like a lot of resources have been put in place already to move the WEEI project along.. it would be a shame to have the plug pulled so close to the anticipated start up date.. Having a Frank / Hawk set of 'brands' in the same market like C & LR would be redundant, and one would have to think would not be fully executed if the change was not going to take place ?

 

[Ray D. Oh]

Jo Jo....that would be a dumb move but I think it's a matter of no communication going on at Nassau along with this WEEI deal falling apart rather recently. Many times within nassau it seems that people at the top never tell the people at mid-level what's happening. I bet these changes were in the works and they went on as planned...then the Nassau higher-ups pulled a Homer "D'oh!!" You're right...they will compete agaibnst thjemselves. Either oldies will come back somewhere or you will see FX/ESPN/Something sports on those frequencies. maybe an AC format as well. But i believe the WEEI simulcast is now DOA.

 

[jeffwoehrle]

"Nassau has ruined local new hampshire radio."

Welcome to the club! Nassau has handled their markets here in NEPA about as well as a monkey with a football.

Stunning levels of incompetence!

Best of luck to all New England Nassau employees in the new year. Get out now if you can...

 

[jlehmann]

Scott Fybush's NERW is reporting, in a late update today, that the deal has collapsed.

Will we see Nassau pull a quick reverse flip on 99.1/104.9?

 

[NO DAG]

I hear that the Entercom WEEI programming on all of the Nassau stations has been put on hold indefinitely

It appears you nailed it, "Ray D. Oh.. " Good ears, as they say. Seems like an unfortunate event for Nassau, hopefully something good can be made out of it.. Happy New Year..

 

[raccoonradio]

Fybush reports the deal collapsed (http://www.fybush.com/nerw.html ) --look for "10A" on the 12/31/07
edition, a late revision from yesterday afternoon--though who knows (no official word yet from
either party but Fybush says "now there's word that Nassau and Entercom were unable to close the deal, and now the arrangement is history"). Will Entercom try to get its WEEI
programming on some _other_ outlets? And could Entercom buy more of WCRB and put its sports on 99.5,
with a signal reaching much of southern NH? Classical would move to HD, I'd think, and The Whiner Line
would be in stereo on 99.5. Could happen.
Of course the collapse of this deal may also mean the deal for Entercom to buy half of 99.5 is also
dead. I'm not sure if that deal was officially tied in to Entercom's "agreement in principal" to put
WEEI programming on some Nassau outlets)

 

[NO DAG]

One would have to wonder if Dennis & Callahan's new contract had any language about being syndicated or networked around New England. Wern't D & C trying to work out a deal with Nassau on their own prior to their signing with Entercom, and the Entercom / Nassau deal coming together at that time ?? Just a thought..

 

[JustinT]

One would have to wonder if Dennis & Callahan's new contract had any language about being syndicated or networked around New England. Wern't D & C trying to work out a deal with Nassau on their own prior to their signing with Entercom, and the Entercom / Nassau deal coming together at that time ?? Just a thought..

The specifics of D&C going to Nassau via 99.5 in Boston were more-so speculation as far as I know, the station that they were close to signing with was Greater Media's 92.9 WBOS, which would have flipped to sports.

 

[NO DAG]

Since it appears that the Nassau / Entercom deal is dead.. Fybush, Inside Radio, etc.. Any speculation of ESPN radio being carried by the some of the stations destined for "WEEIville" ? It seems that Nassau struck a deal to simultcast WEPN 1050 (ESPN) on a station they own with a signal on 1040 AM in Flemington, NJ thats seems to fit perfectly with the 1050 signal which is sharply nulled to New Jersey which 1040 services ?

 

[Laurence Glavin]

There's a report that longtime WCRB announcer "Ray Brown's" bio no longer appears on that station's website.