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Sox Radio Ads on Mike FM

I believe the only way the Red Sox get on FM in Boston is when the contract rights for WEEI are up and WBZ-FM makes a strong bid to get the Red Sox. Also has CBS Radio Boston ever have the radio rights to the Red Sox?
 
I don't think CBS Radio Boston has had the rights, though years ago WBZ under "Westinghouse" may have had.
The contract with Entercom was for 10 yrs, signed in 06--and supposedly it got extended
recently (or at least payment sched was adjusted)...

http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/496355/sox_games_to_be_split_between_wrko_weei_in_radio/
(May 9,2006)
<<The Sox inked a deal that is one of the most lucrative in Major League Baseball -- about $13 million to $14 million a year over the life of the 10-year contract.
 
Red Sox shouldn't have made the deal so long. But back in 2006 their weren't as many sports stations on FM as we do today. Sure the Red Sox got a good radio deal becasue of how much its worth.
 
yes, even with DX on, 93.7, 94.5, 97.7, 98.5, 101.7, and 103.3 does not come in on any walkman inside Boston. New and Old walkmans

Ok, if not an AC station, they (93.7) should change to HOT AC. They have to think about the listenner, not only ratings. They have to also go to the real person. Because not everyone like Rock and roll music. If not AC, they should change to HOT AC, and play some kine of Love songs show at night but focus on NEW Urban AC,, New AC, New Country Love Songs, and New Soft Dance Music. Because not everybody likes Rock and roll. They have to think about the real people

During Playoffs, ESPN doesn't have all their News Updates, that's why I suggest "Sporting News Radio" It's not for me personnally. I like both networks. It's for keep listenners tuned in. And "Sporting News Radio" sounds more capturing with their great production and "Update Bed Music"
These are just ideas, nothing to hurt no one
 
Here we go again. Try to understand...Radio is a BUSINESS. Listeners are irrelevant. Ratings are mostly irrelevant except that good ratings usually bring in more revenue. All that matters is money. Without the money, there is no station. The guys in the suits in the big offices don't treat a radio station any different than a retail store, factory, or other business. If there was money to be made programming Gregorian chants, someone would do it.

LAUROJRM said:
They have to think about the listenner, not only ratings.
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Indeed and this is why for example you won't hear traffic reports, weather, or indeed news (other
than maybe D&C's "Headlines" but that's really talk) on WEEI. They aren't needed (can be
found elsewhere) in the formula and their listeners tend to want sports and sports talk only
(with a dose of politics in the morning). Mike 93.7 has its format and doing sports updates from
SNR doesn't fit in. (Now, they could conceivably interrupt the Mike format with a simulcast of
Sox games--WBOQ is mostly soft classic pop but they do also have the Sox--but you're
possibly driving away listeners who want the music with SNR or ESPN updates.

>>All that matters is money. Without the money, there is no station

A station might get only so-so ratings but do good billing. It's money in the long run that matters.
Delivering for the advertiser who wants to reach the listener.

>>they (93.7) should change to HOT AC.

In your opinion, but does that mean it'll happen? No. I suppose WKLB should change from
country to rap; WBZ to foreign language; WCRB to top 40 rock and roll; WODS could
go big bands, Sports Hub should dump sports and go Spanish. Yeah! :) Who cares
about ratings and billing and all that! Just kidding of course. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Lady Gaga. Next on WCRB, 99.5...Because someone out there wants it.

RATINGS:
http://www.radio-info.com/markets/boston

Check out what WMKK got. For the record it's the second highest Entercom Boston station,
trailing only WEEI. Ahead of WAAF/WKAF and WRKO. Why...change...it?

...other than maybe simulcasting the Sox, but "that's just me" :)

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look at "98 and 99 The Highway, Your Vegas Radio" They are HOT AC, and they have "Sporting News Radio" updates at the top of the hour and around 20 and around 40 past the hours. So why not 93.7 can not do that. I don't see why not. I think it'd be a great idea
On a side note, Yeah, a Spanish AC station wouldn't be a bad idea on FM.
 
If they want an audience that cares about sports as well as music they would, but I think they already have a sports station "just down the hall" if people want score updates. And if Sox or C's are in a game
you could try 98.5 of course! (Though during games there's some score updates)

Vegas is Vegas, Boston is Boston, and I don't know if Entercom would make that...gamble ;D
Is there tech. a Hot AC in town? Kiss, BMX, etc, do they get close?

Spanish AC--what kind of stuff is at 92.1 in Lawrence, simulcasting 800?
 
92.1 can do surprisingly well at least in the car--along 128 from Danvers to Reading, etc it comes in.
Coverage map
http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=W221CH&service=FX&status=L&hours=U

which makes it seem like Danvers etc is on fringe, but surprisingly well--but again we're talking car radio with a whip antenna which is better than most Walkmen or other portables

btw don't know if they're actually on but radio-locator lists a translator for WMSJ from Maine
lic. to Lawrence

>>W260AS (WMSJ) 99.9 FM Lawrence, MA 10 w
Christian Contemporary

I must have missed them in scans from N. Reading (if they come in there)--I guess they signed on a few yrs ago. The following is from Fybush in 2008:

http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2008/080204/nerw.html

>>translator W260AS (99.9 Lawrence) has signed on, relaying MAINE Christian contemporary station WMSJ (89.3 Freeport) - but its signal, from the Haverhill tower of WCCM (1490 Haverhill)/WXRV (92.5 Andover), is reportedly having some big problems reaching listeners in Lawrence itself, thanks to Spanish-language religious pirate "La Voz de Fe," which has been on the air for several years there, complete with a website that's more comprehensive than many licensed stations' sites.
 
I still think it's a good idea that 93.7 should do if they can't change their format. Ok, if not "Sporting News Radio" updates, than, maybe they can put a one minute local sports update at the top of the hour (example-Tape John Ryder right before the top of the hour, and re-play it at the top of the hour) "Highway 98 and 99" sounds good with the Sporting News Update. I think it'd be cool
 
and if you all still don't like this idea.
Then, why not change 97.7 to AC or HOT AC, and do the same idea. At the top of the hour have a 2 Minute News and Sports Update 6am-Midnight everyday

Why I suggest AC or HOT AC? Because, there are so many Rock and Roll stations. Not everyone like Rock and Roll music!!!

As I also said, 97.7 can not be heard inside Boston when you listen on a walkman. Yes you can get it from Mattapan to JFK area in Dorchester, and south of Mattapan, and close to Roxbury. As you get inside the city Southend, you can not get it, as well as around Copley Square to Allston, Brookline, Ma.

I did pick it up from Revere to State Street Train Station area, it came in ok around Fanyal Hall area of Boston. I was listenning by a Walkman. But mostly (inside Boston) can not get 93.7 or 97.7 on a walkman. I assume it's the same when you live there or work there.
Maybe by a good car radio with a good antanna you can get both stations well anywhere around Boston inside and outside Boston, but it doesn't come in good on a walkman. Once you get outside the city, both comes in well.

Radio Program Management Personal has to do something because there are way too many Rock and Roll stations around this area. Not everyone likes Rock and Roll.

Yes, I listen to Radio 92.9 from time to time, just to hear something different, I don't like Rock and Roll music, but I do listen to this station sometimes just to hear something different

Radio Program Management Personal has to do something, change their format
 
LAUROJRM said:
and if you all still don't like this idea.
Then, why not change 97.7 to AC or HOT AC, and do the same idea. At the top of the hour have a 2 Minute News and Sports Update 6am-Midnight everyday

Why I suggest AC or HOT AC? Because, there are so many Rock and Roll stations. Not everyone like Rock and Roll music!!!

As I also said, 97.7 can not be heard inside Boston when you listen on a walkman. Yes you can get it from Mattapan to JFK area in Dorchester, and south of Mattapan, and close to Roxbury. As you get inside the city Southend, you can not get it, as well as around Copley Square to Allston, Brookline, Ma.

I did pick it up from Revere to State Street Train Station area, it came in ok around Fanyal Hall area of Boston. I was listenning by a Walkman. But mostly (inside Boston) can not get 93.7 or 97.7 on a walkman. I assume it's the same when you live there or work there.
Maybe by a good car radio with a good antanna you can get both stations well anywhere around Boston inside and outside Boston, but it doesn't come in good on a walkman. Once you get outside the city, both comes in well.

Radio Program Management Personal has to do something because there are way too many Rock and Roll stations around this area. Not everyone likes Rock and Roll.

Yes, I listen to Radio 92.9 from time to time, just to hear something different, I don't like Rock and Roll music, but I do listen to this station sometimes just to hear something different

Radio Program Management Personal has to do something, change their format
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Since when is 93.7 "Rock and Roll"? I heard Bruno Mars, Ton Loc and KC & The Sunshine Band at various points this weekend. Didn't realize those songs were "Rock & Roll". Hmmm??
 
oh yeah, I hear them too on that station. But a majority of their music is (Classic Rock). All the time I listen they always play Rock and Roll music. I nevere hear new Freddie Jackson on there. I never hear En Vogue on there.
I didn't say they are a Rock and Roll station
 
We get to be armchair managers here--like sports fans who feel we could manage the Sox or Pats,
we can imagine what we'd like to hear; what radio stations could do. It could make sense to us but
we don't hold the pursestrings. Maybe we can say "there should be an FM sports talker who could mount
a challenge to WEEI" for years, or "1200 might try conserv. talk when they get their power increase/
tower move" and years later it DOES happen, but results aren't always successful. We can say "there should be an urban AC" or "WTKK's talk isn't doing well, they should flip to CHR" but there are powerful
companies out there
(or smaller ones) who have consultants and play hunches, who look at demos and decide what will work best. As much as we may think something may work, or it's something we'd like to see, we don't have that power though who knows, perhaps the likes of Jason Wolfe read these boards and we may give them ideas.

Things may not happen in this market like one would expect. Look at what the latest ratings said--
WKLB did its best ratings yet. We could say "I can't tell Lady Antebellum from Toby Keith" but Greater
must be doing well with it, even if some here could scoff "country? in Boston?" They get paid the big bucks to decide what will work best. Though maybe we can look at things and make a pretty good guess on what will work (or what we'd like to hear). Market research gets done and perhaps a format
we'd like to see, or one we think would work, doesn't get on. (I guess you could e-mail or call the station/company and give them your two cents on the matter, and who knows, maybe they do read this).
But big money is on the line here, and if 102.5 is running country and they get good ratings, and 93.7
has no-DJ "Mike" and does good in the ratings and billing even though people like me can keep
begging for them to simulcast Sox games, the decision isn't in our hands though we can speak up.

Any time the Globe or Herald does an article on, say, the sports talk wars, you can expect a flood of online comments from listeners claiming "I haven't listened to WEEI since 98.5 started"; "they should take off D&C because people don't want to hear right wing hatred on a sports station"; "they should bring back Sheppard, he was the best"; "Sheppard stinks"; "I can't stand Felger and Mazz" etc.

We all got opinions! Hopefully we can know enough to make interesting theories here and maybe offer suggestions...who knows, maybe they may listen to us once in awhile.
 
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