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The Peter Blute Show will be expanding by an hour beginning this Monday. It will now run from 6 to 9 a.m. and has recently added Kerry Mathieson (formerly of WTAG) to the morning show.

In fact, WCRN has taken a number of local weekend shows from long time News-Talk leader, WTAG prompting liners proclaiming “The switch is on”.

Also, there is an interesting article in this week’s Worcester Business Journal on the WCRN / WVEI arrangement in Worcester for the Red Sox games. WVEI sells all of the spots, WCRN brings attention to the station with hopes of getting noticed / ratings.

Here is the article – http://wbjournal.com/j/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1342&Itemid=142
 
I didn't know that WCRN would be getting visibility but NOT ad dollars from the Sox. Still, it should help--also
didn't know their ratings were that low (I saw chart in the article)

I thought Blute's show was already 6-9 am, leading into money talk...I could be wrong. I thought it was Blute
then money talk shows 9-noon and Drew Financial at noon, followed by Ingraham 1-3 pm. Their webpage now
says that Ingraham runs 11-noon, then resumes at 1 pm after Drew Financial
 
Are they saying that both WCRN and WVEI will broadcast Red Sox games? Besides not making sense, since WVEI's signal reaches nowhere that WCRN's doesn't, won't it be confusing to have two Worcester stations broadcast the games? Is there any other place in the country where two stations in the same city broadcast the same MLB team in the same language (other than AM-FM combos)?

Or are they talking about WVEI-FM?

Paul
 
Until today, Doug Stephan's Good Day was on until 7 a.m. and Peter ran from 7 to 9. Which IMO, was too late of a start for your morning drive time show. Laura has run from 11 a.m. to Noon & 1 to 3 p.m. for awhile now.
 
Oh OK--you're right, Blute was 7 to 9. I thought it was 6 till 9 already and was being expanded till 10 am
but now that you mention it, I remember it being said the show was 7 to 9 only.
And I wasn't aware Ingraham had that 11 am hour on WCRN.

Yes it is true that both WVEI 1440 and WCRN will be doing the Sox. WVEI's coverage at night is not really
good...so Entercom wanted it both ways: have their own sports station in town (//WEEI) carrying the Sox
plus a good centrally located "Central New England" station as well.
 
PaulRAnderson said:
Are they saying that both WCRN and WVEI will broadcast Red Sox games? Besides not making sense, since WVEI's signal reaches nowhere that WCRN's doesn't, won't it be confusing to have two Worcester stations broadcast the games? Is there any other place in the country where two stations in the same city broadcast the same MLB team in the same language (other than AM-FM combos)?

Or are they talking about WVEI-FM?

Paul
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They are talking about WVEI-AM 1440.
 
Leave it to Entercom to allow WCRN to run the Sox but not get the ad dollars. The visibility to the station
will be great of course but ad money would really help. The station will help fill a hole that also existed when
WEEI had the Sox: Metro West, etc.

Note WVEI's night pattern: pointed west, NW, SW, but not toward Metro West:
http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WVEI&service=AM&status=L&hours=N

Now see WCRN at night (note: this is under the 5 kW at night. Curiously radio-locator.com doesn't have the
50kW pattern). Really pushes to the NE, East, and SE. Complements WVEI's signal in that regard.

http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WCRN&service=AM&status=L&hours=N
 
In preparation for listening to Red Sox games this season, I tuned in WCRN last night while driving from Worcester to New Hampshire to see how well their signal came in.

The signal was good north of Worcester but the audio was terrible! There were promos that were unlistenable, either because two were playing at once, or the bed was too loud--I couldn't tell which. There was general sloppiness between spots and the top-of-the-hour USA Network News. The USA newscast sounded very tinny.

Overall, the sound of the station was not professional. Now I'm certainly familiar with bad audio chains and sloppiness during Red Sox games on WEEI, but I think WCRN has some work to do if they are to sound polished by the time their Sox are on.

Paul
 
Sure, they're not as professional as WRKO or WBZ, but they sound top-notch compared to WNRI.

WCRN spends way too much air time promoting Mike Roberts Web Design.
 
Infidel said:
WCRN spends way too much air time promoting Mike Roberts Web Design.
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I think he's also their PD, so it only makes sense. It also appears that he does on-air shows in some form, either live, voicetracked, or self-syndicated, on many of the other stations that he has designed websites for around New England and elsewhere. Seems like an unusual way of getting on the radio, but I guess that's entrepreneurship in the New Millennium...
 
Infidel said:
WCRN spends way too much air time promoting Mike Roberts Web Design.
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It's probably a trade-off. Mike does their website in exchange for WCRN running his ads. I had to do the same thing 3 years ago when I had my brokered show on WXCT in Hartford. He recorded a bunch of liners for me and didn't charge me any money in exchange for playing his commercials. Then if I missed a show I would have to do make goods. By time my final show rolled around I was running his commercial 2 times per commercial break.
 
bluebros said:
What happened to Paul Healy??
Did he go to another station??
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Since Hank Stolz is joining the station (see seperate thread), maybe WCRN found out he applied for the WTAG Morning News opening. LOL

I did hear Paul's departure announced this morning at the start of the Peter Blute Show and found it to be rather abrupt especially seeing he was the voice of the New England Surge. I wonder if he will still be announcing the games on WCRN.

BTW, Tom Cuddy was doing the sports reports for WCRN this morning.
 
Cuddy does :60 sports reports for a few stations across New England. I remember carting up a few for WNHV/WTSV in New Hampshire several years ago.
 
The Sox are sure making money; look at ticket sales. A column in USA TODAY the other day by a Sox fan
who lives in California mentioned that certain games (vs. Yankees certainly) were sold out but you could
get a ticket on StubHub. 4 seats, each seat $270 (and I think you have to buy all four).

$270--and where would your seat be?
Seat?
No seat.
It's a STANDING ROOM ticket. (Well, Sox wouldn't be paid directly for the seat Stub Hub is relaying to
others, but it shows the demand!)

As the columnist noted, the $270 "seat" cost $90 more than the airfare from California to Boston, one way,
on JetBlue.
 
If Red Sox wanted to be on my station(s), I'd make 'em PAY.
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Why's that Bob? You a Yankee fan? :)

My memory's a little fuzzy on the numbers, but IIRC, WEEI is paying the Sox $10mil a year to make over $30mil a year in revenue. That's a pretty sweet deal. Assuming the Sox stay popular which is as likely to happen as the sun rising in the east.
 
I walked by the Red Sox ticket office before the home opener. According to the board on the wall, the only seats available for the whole season,were scattered individual seats, and those with an obstructed view.
And the season had not even started yet!!!

I would make them pay also, big-time. They can afford it...
 
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