REGIONAL SPORTS NET BASED AT WCRB?

[JIBGUY]

Today's Inside Radio says that Nassau plans to form a regional sports network, with flagship station being WCRB; and also suggests that classical music will go (perhaps to an HD channel).  The names of those two sports guys 'locked out' (forget their names) were also mentinoed as maybes.  Nassau certainly has enough stations in northern New England to pull that off well.

[Casablanca]

Again, the Barbarians are at the gate..........!

[rapking]

YUP ! Thats What Boston Need ! Another Sports Station !

[JIBGUY]

BUT, Radio and Records says that The Boston Globe says that the classical staff has been assured by management that WCRB will remain a classical station.....  The Globe does go on to say that that locked-out duo is in talks with Nassau.

[Dighton Rockhead]

From JIBGUY

Nassau certainly has enough stations in northern New England to pull that off well.

All well and good, but outside of metro Boston itself, the real backbone of Entercom Boston's regional network has turned out to be Southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Eastern Connecticut.

Nassau might do well to buy its way into that area as well.  Off the top of my head, I can think of one dark 50 Kilowatt AMer that would be available.    

Can anyone say "Bob Vila This Old House Project"?......

[jlehmann]

Now Nassau and Entercom have come together, to put WEEI on 11 Nassau stations apparently. That seems like a very high number... a lot of people will be losing their jobs

http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/$rol.exe/headline_id=b10168

[encarta95]

Now Nassau and Entercom have come together, to put WEEI on 11 Nassau stations apparently. That seems like a very high number... a lot of people will be losing their jobs

http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/$rol.exe/headline_id=b10168

The markets are Cape Cod, Portland, Concord NH, Montpelier VT, and Lebanon NH according to that link. Eleven stations is a lot, but it appears that there are only going to be five new "stations", considering that several of these stations will be made up of simulcasts. In particular, four of them could very well be Maine's WBACH network, which (in terms of staff) is voicetracked mostly with WCRB personalities. The jockless Frank duo on the Cape wouldn't be a surprise either, but I recall that "Pixy 103" has seen better days.

And note too: Entercom gets 50% ownership of WCRB 99.5, with Nassau retaining 50% ownership and control of operations.

[jlehmann]

The Globe has an article now too: http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2007/08/11_stations_to.html

[PennBlue]

Wow.  "DUMB and DUMBER" do it again.

[Ciao]

Oh wow, Entercom saves the day in Boston duplicating another already existing format. Heck, why not put their format on every frequency on the FM Dial? The Boston FM radio dial will be nothing but Red Sox and WAAF. If you don't like it, well you don't belong in Massachusetts!