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Published on: 1/4/2008
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Just after announcing a new multi-year LMA that will create a simulcast of ESPN sports WEPN/New York on Nassau Broadcasting's WCHR-AM/Flemington, N.J., comes word that a deal announced last August between Nassau and Entercom has "hit an impasse" according to Tristram E. Collins, senior executive VP for Nassau.
The deal involved Entercom purchasing half of Nassau's classical WCRB/Boston and the syndication of Entercom sports WEEI/Boston onto 11 Nassau stations in the area.
As previously reported in R&R, the deal showed signs of trouble in October when a press release specifying certain stations that would carry WEEI's programming came out, but was then retracted.At the time, Nassau officials said an agreement had not been made about which stations would carry the sports programming.
Contrary to speculation, Collins emphasizes that there never were any plans for a format change at WCRB.