In Jackson, MS, you can hear Mississippi State sports on an FM sports station. Their AM sister oldies station plays Alabama football.
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Sister stations playing rival teams' broadcasts
- Thread starter the golden boy
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Back in the early 2000s, the flagship radio stations for arch rivals Duke University, WDNC 620, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, WCHL 1360, were not only co-owned, but their air studios faced each other (in the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, no less). It was a real hoot seeing Duke announcer Bob Harris and then-voice of the Tar Heels Woody Durham both visit the station one day (the two are good friends from the same hometown).
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KYTN, 104.9 out of Union City, TN, is a St. Louis Cardinals affiliate. Sister station Star 95.1 out of Martin/Dresden, TN, is an Atlanta Braves affiliate. Links to both teams websites from their homepage at wcmt.com.
Also, WCMT-AM and FM have both traditionally been University of Tennessee (Knoxville) and University of Tennessee at Martin affiliate stations (maybe even the flagship of UT-Martin). Whenever games overlapped, the Vols were heard on the FM station, and the (then) Pacers were heard over the AM station. Games of both teams simulcast whenever there was no overlap. When the above mentioned Star 95.1 was purchased, Vols games were eventually moved there. Not sure about the UT-Martin teams, now known as the Skyhawks since about 1995.
KYTN, 104.9 out of Union City, TN, is a St. Louis Cardinals affiliate. Sister station Star 95.1 out of Martin/Dresden, TN, is an Atlanta Braves affiliate. Links to both teams websites from their homepage at wcmt.com.
Also, WCMT-AM and FM have both traditionally been University of Tennessee (Knoxville) and University of Tennessee at Martin affiliate stations (maybe even the flagship of UT-Martin). Whenever games overlapped, the Vols were heard on the FM station, and the (then) Pacers were heard over the AM station. Games of both teams simulcast whenever there was no overlap. When the above mentioned Star 95.1 was purchased, Vols games were eventually moved there. Not sure about the UT-Martin teams, now known as the Skyhawks since about 1995.
In Springfield, Mass Clear Channel used to have to AMers (one of which they have since sold to WFCR Public Radio) - WHYN 560 and WNNZ 640. WHYN carried the Redsox and WNNZ carried the Yankees.
Now the Redsox flagship station in Boston WEEI-FM added a Springfield Market Simulcast on a 105.5 move-in signal and they carry the team. And the Yankees are on Cumulus owned AM 1450 The Hall, which is the CBS Sports Radio affiliate in Springfield.
Now the Redsox flagship station in Boston WEEI-FM added a Springfield Market Simulcast on a 105.5 move-in signal and they carry the team. And the Yankees are on Cumulus owned AM 1450 The Hall, which is the CBS Sports Radio affiliate in Springfield.
Starting this season, WWIK 98.9 FM in Charleston will carry South Carolina football games. Their sister signal, WQSC 1340 and WJKB 950, has carried Clemson for several seasons. Another one of their signals carries The Citadel.
In Louisville, WHAS-AM (840 kHz, 50kw/u, 1-A) is the normal flagship for University of Louisville and University of Kentucky football and mens' basketball..unless there is a scheduling conflict. Then, U Of L is shifted for live game coverage to WKRD-AM (790 kHz, 5kw/d, 1kw/n, 3-A).
UK bought off Clear Channel, the owner of both stations, with much coin to get this "advantage"...city of license be darned. But, after the UK live coverage (and after the skywave coverage takes hold), CC usually runs the U of L delayed coverage, giving U of L nearly nationwide reach.
UK bought off Clear Channel, the owner of both stations, with much coin to get this "advantage"...city of license be darned. But, after the UK live coverage (and after the skywave coverage takes hold), CC usually runs the U of L delayed coverage, giving U of L nearly nationwide reach.
WKZC (94.9) plays Michigan football and basketball. New sister station WLDN (98.7) plays Michigan State football and basketball. Michigan State used to be on a pair of graveyard AMs that were co-owned with WKZC (one has been sold off and the other is a sister station to WKZC and WLDN)
Oops...WKRD is a Class 2-B station...my mistake! ;D
The King Bee said:
Nope...you had it right the first time.
790 was a III-A regional station under the old NARBA scheme; after the Rio agreement changed the class designations for North American AM stations, it became a class B. There are no longer numerical designations for AM station classes.- Status