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WEEI-WWZN Connection
- Thread starter johng
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ESPN agreement probably states that in a case like the NLCS, WEEI should try to find another station to put it on
and mention it (just a quick mention of the freq) during sportsflash, etc. For awhile I think there was ownership of LMA or something between EEI's (former?) owner and 1150, and some sports wound up there. But here I think ESPN wants to clear the NLCS and WEEI got WWZN to carry them. I don't know if WWZN gets any ad $ from it (maybe it's a way to attract new listeners? but to a hybrid format)
and mention it (just a quick mention of the freq) during sportsflash, etc. For awhile I think there was ownership of LMA or something between EEI's (former?) owner and 1150, and some sports wound up there. But here I think ESPN wants to clear the NLCS and WEEI got WWZN to carry them. I don't know if WWZN gets any ad $ from it (maybe it's a way to attract new listeners? but to a hybrid format)
raccoonradio said:
I know that the 1150 transmitter site and towers in Lexington are owned by American Tower Systems, the successor to American Radio Systems. Neither of the two AMs that use the site (Salem's 1150 and MRBI's 1470) owns the site or the towers. At one time, ARS most definitely owned both WRKO and WEEI. Entercom now owns not only WRKO and WEEI but also owns both stations' sites and towers. I'd have to say that, based on who now owns the 1150 site and towers, ARS must also have owned 1150. At one point, 1150, along with its site and towers, was owned by Greater Media (which spent a large sum refurbishing the site, repainting the towers, and correcting problems with 1150's transmission equipment). I don't think GM ever owned WRKO or WEEI, however. In these days of group ownership and divestiture, tracing back the chain of who owned what when can get awfully complicated.
Greater didn't own WRKO or WEEI but there was some arrangement between the owners of those stations and 1150;
I do remember the incident where 1150 (WNFT) was briefly simulcasting WAAF and one day people realized it was now playing CHR/rap...the cleaning crew didn't like the rock that the "radio" in there was playing so they switched to 94.5,
unaware they were affecting what was going out on air!
history of 1150:
http://bostonradio.org/stations/25051
>>In May of 1997, WNFT was sold to American Radio Systems for an undisclosed amount of cash; the FM backup tower would be leased out by ARS affiliate American Tower Systems. On June 2, 1997, WNFT switched from simulcasting country WKLB-FM to ARS's hard-rock WAAF.
Read the paragraph after that to see ARS' merger with CBS led to the sale, afterwards, to Entercom due to the
ownership cap (Entercom bought 680, 850, 93.7, and 107.3 as a result of that)
This edition of NorthEast Radio Watch, from 1/1/98, explains the 1150 mix up
http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-980101.html.
>>Johnson reports that the sudden change from WAAF (107.3 Worcester) to WJMN (94.5, owned by competitor Evergreen) was caused by the maintenance crew cleaning the transmitter site in Lexington. Seems the workers didn't want to listen to hard rock -- so they switched the dial to their favorite station, never realizing they were also giving WNFT listeners (if there were any) a dial twist as well. We'd have locked the radio up if we were running the place...
I do remember the incident where 1150 (WNFT) was briefly simulcasting WAAF and one day people realized it was now playing CHR/rap...the cleaning crew didn't like the rock that the "radio" in there was playing so they switched to 94.5,
unaware they were affecting what was going out on air!
history of 1150:
http://bostonradio.org/stations/25051
>>In May of 1997, WNFT was sold to American Radio Systems for an undisclosed amount of cash; the FM backup tower would be leased out by ARS affiliate American Tower Systems. On June 2, 1997, WNFT switched from simulcasting country WKLB-FM to ARS's hard-rock WAAF.
Read the paragraph after that to see ARS' merger with CBS led to the sale, afterwards, to Entercom due to the
ownership cap (Entercom bought 680, 850, 93.7, and 107.3 as a result of that)
This edition of NorthEast Radio Watch, from 1/1/98, explains the 1150 mix up
http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-980101.html.
>>Johnson reports that the sudden change from WAAF (107.3 Worcester) to WJMN (94.5, owned by competitor Evergreen) was caused by the maintenance crew cleaning the transmitter site in Lexington. Seems the workers didn't want to listen to hard rock -- so they switched the dial to their favorite station, never realizing they were also giving WNFT listeners (if there were any) a dial twist as well. We'd have locked the radio up if we were running the place...
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