Boston Sports Radio News – Pete Sheppard Eliminated at WEEI
Sheppard out at WEEI By Chad Finn, Globe Staff | January 20, 2010 Article Courtesy of: Chad Finn Boston Globe Pete Sheppard, who spent more than 10 years as a contributor and fill-in host on sports-radio WEEI’s “The Big Show,” has had his position eliminated by Entercom Communications, which owns the station. “As we continue to operate in challenging economic times, it is with regret that we announce today that we have eliminated... [Read More...]
Sports Radio Boston News – Chad Finn Attempts to Sort Out Boston Radio Call Letter Mayhem
ESPN Radio’s Boston affiliate set to sign off By Chad Finn Globe Staff ESPN Radio’s Boston affiliate, WAMG-AM 890, will go off the air Monday after four years plagued by a weak signal and limited local programming. But ESPN, the powerhouse sports network, may not lack an outlet in the Boston market for long. According to multiple industry sources, ESPN is in discussions to air some of its national programming on WEEI-AM 850 during nights... [Read More...]
Sports Radio Boston News – Senator Curt Schilling Makes his Pitch on WEEI
Schilling Pitching for Kennedy’s Seat? Appearing on WEEI’s Dennis and Callahan Thursday morning, WEEI.com’s Curt Schilling called the chances of him running for the Massachusetts’ vacant Senate seat “slim to none” but still wouldn’t rule out the possibility, stating that the decision would come down to the feelings of his wife, Shonda, and family. Talking about the prospects of actually winning the seat if he... [Read More...]
Sports Radio News- WEEI Interview with Tom Brady – Show Me Where it Hurts Tommy
Pats QB Tom Brady on if his shoulder will allow him to play in the opener: “I’m certainly expecting that.” Tom Brady just finished up his weekly interview with WEEI Radio, and this Monday’s edition was a little more action-pacted. Plenty of issues to discuss, including his ailing shoulder, his status for the Bills game, Tedy Bruschi’s impending retirement, and Kevin O’Connell being released. But first, the guys from the Dennis & Callahan... [Read More...]
Sports Radio Boston News – Bleacher Report – Brady Hurt? Brady OK?
Fear Not Patriots’ Fans, Brady To Moss Is Okay Courtesy of Bleacher Report: CLICK HERE by Andrew THE RUINER Cahill (Columnist) Written on August 29, 2009 Andrew THE RUINER Cahill Columnist 45 articles written 1314 comments written 132 fans View Profile Send a Message (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images) So basically everyone now is hearing about how Tom Brady was “hurt”... [Read More...]
Sports Radio Boston – Chad Finn – Mike Reiss Snubs Globe & Defects to ESPN Boston
Article Courtesy of: Boston Sports Media - Boston Globe/Boston.com ESPN jumps into local fray with website By Chad Finn Globe Staff / August 28, 2009 While discussing the flurry of transactions in the local sports media, a source at a popular Boston website recently mused, “There are not a lot of allegiances anymore. Every man for himself. It’s really become a free-for-all.’’ Yesterday, a well-known but unexpected... [Read More...]
Sports Radio Boston – WEEI Press Release
Red Sox Radio Broadcasts Return to WEEI Courtesy of: Fang’s Bites August 25, 2009 (Boston) — Entercom New England announced today that, effective with the team’s game against the Chicago White Sox Wednesday evening, August 26th, all future Boston Red Sox games will be carried on WEEI 850 AM in Boston, the flagship station of the WEEI Sports Radio Network. From 1995 to 2006, Red Sox games were carried exclusively on WEEI. In 2006, the... [Read More...]
Sports Radio Boston News – Bye Bye Big Show?
98.5 The Sports Hub: Bye Bye, Big Show With the advent of a new sports talk radio station in Boston, 98.5 The Sports Hub, long time WEEI listeners including Bleacher Report writer BHL will finally have another listening option for the afternoon commute. Long tired of Glen Ordway’s The Big Show, a yahoo and fat slob-centric shouting fest, Bleacher Report writer BHL is highly excited that 95.8 will feature Comcast SportsNet’s Michael... [Read More...]
Sports Radio Boston News – NESN
Courtesy of: Sports Media - Boston Globe NESN coverage goes with flow By Chad Finn Globe Staff / July 31, 2009 It will be tough to duplicate the frenzied drama leading up to last season’s Major League Baseball trading deadline, when the Red Sox dealt enigmatic slugger Manny Ramirez in the final moments before the 4 p.m. cutoff and NESN’s live coverage of... [Read More...]
Sports Radio Boston News – WGBH – Beat the Press Video
The Boston Globe-WEEI feud finally ends The Boston Globe-WEEI feud finally ends posted on August 7, 2009 Boston Globe sportswriters have been barred from appearing on WEEI since 1999. This week they have announced that Globe writers will be back on the sports station. Was this new move prompted by a new all sports FM station starting up next week? Read More →
Sports Radio Boston – WEEI & Sport Hub Drama Continues…
Courtesy of: The Boston Globe.com WEEI, Sports Hub expand their rosters By Chad Finn, Globe Staff | August 7, 2009 And in this week’s dramatic episode of Boston Radio Wars . . . Actually, this is still the prologue, since WBZ-FM’s “98.5 The Sports Hub’’ doesn’t launch until Thursday. Nonetheless, there were two significant plot twists in the past few days leading up to the impending showdown for local sports radio supremacy with WEEI,... [Read More...]
Sports Radio Boston – Bar Stool Sports Scores!
Bar Stool Sports & Julie Kahn Bar Stool Sports That psssssst sound you just heard was Julie Kahn pissing herself because she just found out I’m going to be on Toucher and Rich tomorrow at 9am. Courtesy of Bar Stool Sports Boston And the first salvo in the Sports Hub Vs. WEEI war for the Stool has been fired! Advantage Sports Hub. My guess is that if I dominate this appearence, like I’m sure I will, I’ll probably get my own late night... [Read More...]
Sports Radio Boston – Sports Hub vs. WEEI
CBS tunes out ’BCN to take on WEEI with new ‘Sports Hub’ We will rock you! By Jessica Heslam | Wednesday, July 15, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com It’s war on the Boston sports radio airwaves as CBS Radio shutters rock giant WBCN [website] next month and aims its big guns straight at Entercom powerhouse WEEI with a new FM sports talk station. “We say bring it on,” said Entercom Vice President Julie Kahn of the... [Read More...]
Sports Radio Boston – Bad Karma at WEEI?
Sports talk radio-active Posted by Chad Finn, Globe Staff February 26, 2009 "You Can't See the WIZARD... Now Go Away!" We don’t change the station, and so the station sees no need to change. Ratings are huge, possibly even as huge as the station claims. Its primary demographic has tremendous appeal to advertisers. And New England’s fanatical dedication to the professional sports teams that the station’s hosts bloviate about... [Read More...]
Boston Sports Radio – Red Sox Nation Betrayed?
The Red Sox Nation, Betrayed By CHARLES McGRATH - Article Courtesy of: New York Times SUCH is the gloomy, guilt-ridden New England conscience that within hours after a report that Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz had tested positive for steroid use in 2003, Red Sox fans were already feeling miserable again. By 6 on Friday morning, the lines at the sports radio station WEEI, Boston’s equivalent of New York’s WFAN, were jammed with breast-beating... [Read More...]
Boston Sports News – The View From New York
Positive or Negative, There’s No Changing History By GEORGE VECSEY David Ortiz Boston Red Sox They count. For all the instant disillusionment and partisan morality, the Red Sox’ championships of 2004 and 2007 still stand. What we saw in October 2004 — the eight straight victories by the Red Sox over the Yankees and the Cardinals — remains an epic run. Johnny Damon really did stand up in the Sox clubhouse on the night they fell three games... [Read More...]
Sports Radio Boston – The Chad Finn Report – Boston Globe
‘Sports Hub’ dialing up a challenge for WEEI GLENN ORDWAY is Ready to RUMBLE By Chad Finn – Article Courtesy of the Boston Globe Well, now we’ll find out. With Tuesday’s revelation that a game of radio musical chairs will result in a new all-sports station, WBZ-FM “98.5 The Sports Hub,’’ debuting Aug. 13, we will finally begin to get an answer to one of the lingering questions in Boston sports media: Is sports radio behemoth WEEI... [Read More...]
