Breaking sports radio news
Baltimore is getting a new all-sports radio station starting Monday. WVIE (1370 AM), which broadcasts at 50,000 watts during the day, will go on the air at 6 a.m. as a Fox Sports affiliate, general manager Bob Pettit said.
The station has hired Jerry Coleman, formerly of WBAL, as its sports director and talk-show host. WVIE, to be known as Fox 1370 Sports Radio, plans other local programming, but the majority of its shows will be from Fox.
The station, the former WLG, has been running syndicated news talk shows.
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Update: Credit where it's due. I didn't check dcrtv.com until after I filed this, but the Web site -- which breaks lots of Washington-Baltimore broadcasting news -- also reported this today.
Comments
This is great news. Hopefully this station will boradcast the Steve Czaban and Dan Patrick shows. Anything but Mike and Mike. They are unlistenable.
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Ray replies: Yes, it will carry Czaban. Not Patrick, though.
Posted by: Philip T. Kerchner | September 2, 2008 6:29 PM
Cool.
Our two choices just plain ....
That Bulldog guy is simply the worst.
Viviano would rather be in the Midwest.
Nestor is a low-class operation.
Hopefully, they will hire insightful, well-informed professionals (not clowns -- did I mention that Bulldog JV lacrosse coach?).
Posted by: ted | September 2, 2008 7:49 PM
Not putting me back on in Baltimore is ridiculous, disgraceful, apopleptic, arugula, if you have a four sylable word I will work it in.
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Ray replies: Yes, Rome will be carried by WVIE, too.
Posted by: jim rome | September 2, 2008 7:56 PM
Question, with WVIE becoming a Fox Sports Radio affiliate, Will WBAL and WNST continue to carry Fox Sports Radio as well? What about Sporting News Radio??????
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Ray replies: WBAL will soon discontinue carrying Fox Sports programming.
Posted by: Jack | September 2, 2008 8:36 PM
Bring back Spiro !!!
Posted by: pelham | September 2, 2008 8:49 PM
How about an all-local sports radio station a la 610 WIP in Philly? We don't have to verbally abuse the water boy, though.
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Ray replies: WNST's weekday programming is all local.
Posted by: Luke | September 2, 2008 9:10 PM
Jerry Coleman is the best. Great hire.
Posted by: Darrell Carter | September 2, 2008 9:37 PM
Rome and the Jungle also? Its about time B-more had some credible syndicated show that brings it!
Posted by: BigPerm | September 2, 2008 9:58 PM
I hope Jerry Coleman still has that WBAL audio clip of Cal Ripken, Jr saying his name like this:
"Coleman???" That used to crack me up.
Good to have another radio choice, especially on Sunday nights when WBAL and 1300/105.7 are unlistenable.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 2, 2008 11:19 PM
Ditto to the dude that said The Bulldog is the worst. I like Viv, but I absolutely can't stomach Yaffe. Crazy thing is, is that he actually thinks he's funny.
RIIIGGGHHHHT, Bulldog?
P.S.: Can't wait for Rome's smack to return!!!
Posted by: bob macey | September 2, 2008 11:29 PM