Reason why Sixers left WIP and CBS radio

[mjdecastro]

Is it fair to then say that the cost of WIP retaining the Wells Fargo Center's main pro tenants would have been to let the Phillies go to WPEN?

[WCAUTVNBC10]

Yeah you can say that. I just don't see how putting the Phillies on 98.1 when there was a conflict with a better game (eg. a playoff game vs an early regular season game) wouldn't have pacified them in that regards. The Phillies were pretty hellbent on being on FM. WOGL is an FM station. Problem solved.

CBS Radio Philadelphia has had a bad few months (losing out on WKDN and now losing the Sixers and Flyers rights), recently and I think it's due in part cause of the management of the radio cluster and the two TV stations being combined and the TV management obviously not having a clue as to how radio works.

[jhguthlac]

When CBS has had the rights to the World Series, which happened back in the 80's, the games were on 98.1.  I think the listeners would still accept that.