WEEI New England Delayed

[rapking]

[From All Access]

NASSAU BROADCASTING/MAINE SVP PATRICK COLLINS tells the PORTLAND PRESS HERALD that plans to air the programming of ENTERCOM Sports WEEI-A/BOSTON on 11 NASSAU stations across NEW ENGLAND have been delayed until the end of the year. The delay is being blamed on the need to set up the infrastructure for the new network.

 

[raccoonradio]

I noticed that too--it was on Fybush's slightly delayed column and also on today's
Taylor on Radio-info newsletter (by that time baseball playoffs and reg. football season
will be over, or maybe they can get on by Dec. in time for the last few weeks. Needless to
say it looks like the Pats will be around come playoff time...)

source below: Taylor on radio-info.com free newsletter

>>That Nassau-Entercom deal to syndicate WEEI regionally has been pushed back.
To late December or January, according to what Nassau’s Patrick Collins tells the Portland (ME) Press-Herald. That enterprising two-part deal – putting programming from Entercom’s WEEI on 11 Nassau stations around New England and letting Entercom buy into Nassau’s WCRB, Boston [tech., Lowell] – was supposed to begin around Labor Day, or just afterwards. Now Collins says they’re still working on the infrastructure to make it happen. But we are starting to identify some of the stations that will be impacted – like the Portland “Bone” rock simulcast of 106.7/104.7. The Portland paper says the WEEI programming will also go on current sports “ESPN 1470” in Lewiston, ME. And the paper says Nassau “would definitely not be replacing any of its classical FM stations in Maine, known collectively as W-BACH” with sports. Still waiting for more word from Nassau about “converts” in other states, like New Hampshire.

 

[BenKarlow]

So Nassau can now wait until Christmas to let go of employees from 11 radio stations.

 

[rapking]

Merry Pink Slip . and a Happy unemployment year .

 

[PennBlue]

ENTERCOM has a habit of firing people around the holidays. Must be the Grinch in the management team. Who can we today !

 

[Dark Knight]

Penn - what is that based on? Of course it probably happens sometimes, but I was led to believe that Entercom specifically avoids letting employees go between mid November and mid January.

 

[Finn]

WRKO news team was let go last December.

 

[TSBench]

WRKO news team was let go last December.

It was actually mid-November. I still think that was a mistake, but I knew most of those folks from previous jobs, so my opinion is influenced by personal relationships.

I can't think of a good time to get fired.

Regards,
TSB

 

[Finn]

WRKO news team was let go last December.

It was actually mid-November. I still think that was a mistake, but I knew most of those folks from previous jobs, so my opinion is influenced by personal relationships.

I can't think of a good time to get fired.

Regards,
TSB

oops, you're right - reported Nov 17th. I was remembering it as having happened after Thanksgiving...

 

[Mickey37]

We can only hope that the people at those 11 stations are making plans anyway. You would think they are, given that they know the end is near for their jobs.

That's the difference between the WEEI Network and the travesty that struck the WRKO news team. Those people may have sensed something was coming, but I don't know who saw it coming the way it went down. Local stations need more local voices, not the same voices from traffic networks spread over multiple stations.

 

[JustinT]

We can only hope that the people at those 11 stations are making plans anyway. You would think they are, given that they know the end is near for their jobs.

That's the difference between the WEEI Network and the travesty that struck the WRKO news team. Those people may have sensed something was coming, but I don't know who saw it coming the way it went down. Local stations need more local voices, not the same voices from traffic networks spread over multiple stations.

WPXC and "The Bone" are the three stations that will undeniably have the most casualties; and as for the Bone, I think there's only one actual personality (afternoons) as mornings are syndicated product and middays are voicetracked (or at least they used to be). But as for the other 8, I believe Nassau primarily after low-rated AMs that utilize mainly satellite product anyway. I'd be surprised if Nassau had an employee devoted solely to the operation of ESPN 1470 in L-A who would be let go with a change in content provider.