[BC] All Sports Stations

[SHAFFER, RANDY L]

Tom replied -
(snip)
>I understand most of the "what" but can't understand the 
>"why."  Is Phillies baseball really all that important?  
>Harrisburg hasn't had a Phillies station for many years.  
>Most of the Phillies games are at night

I haven't followed Harrisburg Phils radio coverage. But, WLYH-TV has had
Phillies Baseball going back to the 60's. WLYH-TV pre-empted the
most CBS programming of any CBS affiliate due to the large number of
Phillies games that were aired. Now coverage is limited to mostly
weekend games. Rating wise, Phillies baseball has been very good for
the station. One new SM over 10yrs ago wanted to get them off the
air, couldn't figure out why the station aired them. They are still
on the air today.


Randy Shaffer
Harrisburg, PA