REPORT: Orioles To move to ESPN Radio 1300 AM and WHFS-FM

[Jul]

The Baltimore Examiner is reporting that CBS's WJFK-AM and WHFS-FM Will be the new homes for the Orioles in the 2007 season. http://www.examiner.com/a-470587~MASN__Red_Zebra_should_make_great_partners.html

 

[rapking]

What ! When did B-more get a baseball Team ?

 

[radionut925]

The Baltimore Examiner is reporting that CBS's WJFK-AM and WHFS-FM Will be the new homes for the Orioles in the 2007 season. http://www.examiner.com/a-470587~MASN__Red_Zebra_should_make_great_partners.html

Yet another major professional sports franchise leaving its longtime AM powerhouse flagship for an FM flagship. The times, they are a changin!

 

[MarcB]

A weak signaled FMer at that. 105.7 is the weakest signaled Baltimore FMer.

 

[Jul]

Orioles games will now be on WHFS-FM 105.7

Press Release: http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/NA...ent_id=1775201&vkey=pr_bal&fext=.jsp&c_id=bal and Update the wikipedia pages of the baseball Team, WBAL-AM and WHFS-FM to include this info. Baltmore Sun: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/...an09,0,3286263.story?coll=bal-sports-baseball Thoughts on this news?

 

[radionut925]

A weak signaled FMer at that. 105.7 is the weakest signaled Baltimore FMer.

At 50,000 watts and a 492 foot tower? After all, Baltimore is like class B1, or somewhere in that neighborhood, right?

 

[chuckydoll]

Orioles' new flagship is WHFS-105.7

Also reported by DCRTV, which covers Baltimore as well as D.C. You have to scroll down as DCRTV is set up as a blog.

Why did the Orioles leave WBAL-1090? They got pi$$ed that WBAL ran Ravens promos during Oriole games even though WBAL is now the Ravens co-flagship.

105.7 in Baltimore is highly directional because of 105.7 in York PA -- only 40 miles or so north -- and 105.9 in Woodbridge VA/Washington DC. The Orioles are setting up a network in DC/MD/PA/VA.

For the record WJFK-1300 will do Orioles-related shows but not carry PxP.

 

[mleach]

This may very well actually hurt the Orioles as far as their radio network goes. A few years back WBAL automated the Orioles games. Now that the games are going to JFK/HFS, will the games still be automated? If they are not, expect some stations to drop out as far as being a part of the Orioles network goes.

 

[Jul]

Orioles games will now be on WHFS-FM 105.7

Press Release: http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/NA...ent_id=1775201&vkey=pr_bal&fext=.jsp&c_id=bal and Update the wikipedia pages of the baseball Team, WBAL-AM and WHFS-FM to include this info. Baltmore Sun: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/...an09,0,3286263.story?coll=bal-sports-baseball Thoughts on this news?

 

[ixnay]

I can't let 1090 and the Birds part ways without telling this story.

One of the most ironic promos I ever heard, I heard during the 1987-88 offseason. It hyped WBAL's reacquisition of Orioles PBP after 8 years on WFBR-1300 and one year on WCBM-680. The promo smacked of optimism after a losing 1986 season and a losing-er (a perfectly crumulent word) 1987 season that torpedoed 20 years of contending Oriole tradition. Sung, as best as the song spoofer could, to Bruce Springsteen's "Glory Days", it went...

Bal-ti-more...stand up and cheer
Or-i-oles...it's gonna be a comeback year
Bal-ti-more...Or-i-oooooo-o-o-oles

After all that optimistic hype, when the bell rang for 1988, the Birds went off to an 0-21 start.

ixnay

 

[chuckydoll]

Slight timeline correction

One of the most ironic promos I ever heard, I heard during the 1987-88 offseason.It hyped WBAL's reacquisition of Orioles PBP after 8 years on WFBR-1300 and one year on WCBM-680.

The Birds were on WFBR from 1979-87 and WCBM in 1988. WBAL got the Birds back in '89 because WCBM didn't pay a rights fee on time; that was the year WCBM went dark for several months.

 

[rdcuffpa1]

A few years back WBAL automated the Orioles games. Now that the games are going to JFK/HFS, will the games still be automated?

I'm curious -- what does "automated" mean in the context of a sports broadcast? That the in-game ads and IDs are all automated?

Hadn't seen that term before in a sports play-by-play context.

Richard in Allentown, PA (ex-Lutherville)

 

[ixnay]

Re: Slight timeline correction

One of the most ironic promos I ever heard, I heard during the 1987-88 offseason.It hyped WBAL's reacquisition of Orioles PBP after 8 years on WFBR-1300 and one year on WCBM-680.

The Birds were on WFBR from 1979-87 and WCBM in 1988. WBAL got the Birds back in '89 because WCBM didn't pay a rights fee on time; that was the year WCBM went dark for several months.

You have access to 1988 Washington Post microfilms? Earlier this winter, I looked at some from that 0-21 start (visting a small college's library). They clearly indicate WBAL had the right to the O's in '88.

ixnay

 

[8638]

A weak signaled FMer at that. 105.7 is the weakest signaled Baltimore FMer.

In light of the fact that there is at least one Class A in the market, I wouldn't say that. This station is kinda shoehorned between York (co-channel) and Woodbridge, Va. (first adjacent). Despite this, the station gets out almost to Wilmington, Del. to the northeast, and down into Prince George's County to the south. A shame to see the O's go off 'BAL, though, I enjoyed listening to games post sunset here in New Jersey, where they have a killer night signal.