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OUT-OF-MARKET MLB GAMES ON RADIO

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Dighton Rockhead

Does anyone know what the MLB rules are regarding radio broadcasts of out-of-market teams?

I've always wondered if 790 (and before that, 550) needed to get some sort of waiver or special permission from the Boston Red Sox to allow New York Yankees games to air on radio in Metro-Providence......OR......Is Providence far enough away from Fenway Park that it doesn't matter?

Just as a side-note......Some of the older folks here with really long L-O-N-G memories might remember that for a time in the mid-1960's, Channel 6 had carried New York Mets baseball on a limited basis (usually just Saturday and Sunday games).
 
No idea about the rules, but being between both cities you can pick up the games on both Boston and New York radio stations anyway. So I personally couldn't give a crap what Rhode Island radio wants to do. You don't even need it. With internet streaming Rhode Island radio REALLY doesn't matter, unless you are one of those dudes with a small transistor radio stuck to your ear because your wife makes you go to some family function that you don't even want to be at.
 
When I was working part-time at then-WNZS AM 930 - Jacksonville, FL, we carried Cincinnati Reds baseball in 1993. I never asked the PD or OM why. I was just happy to be the only one who was willing to board-op the games, so I was able to pick up an extra 20 hours/week.
 
My understanding is that MLB rules prohibit the broadcast of out-of-market games by stations in the same county or adjoining counties of a home team's ballpark. So for Fenway, that would rule out any Yankees (or Mets, or anything else) in Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex or Middlesex counties. There have been Yankees affiliates in Worcester County, which is acceptable, and obviously so is Providence by that standard.
 
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