Boston College Athletics
BC, WEEI Announce Radio Broadcast Agreement
August 29, 2001 | Boston College Athletics
Aug. 29, 2001
BOSTON - Entercom Radio and Boston College announced today that a new five-year broadcast rights agreement has been reached for SportsRadio 850 WEEI to air Eagle football and men's basketball games. The new agreement begins with the 2002 football season as 2001-2002 marks the final year of the current contract.
WEEI has held the Boston College broadcast rights for the past eight years, dating back to 1994. During that time, BC has advanced to five football bowl games, including two on New Year's Day, and the men's basketball team has played in the NCAA tournament four times with a trip to the Elite Eight in 1994.
During the same time, WEEI has also achieved tremendous growth, having been the number one rated sports radio station in the United States for the past four years. Most recently, WEEI was number one in all day parts and number two in the morning drive in its target demographics of men aged 25-54 with the spring 2001 ratings period.
Entercom also owns radio stations WAAF-FM, WRKO-AM and WQSX-FM in Boston and WVEI-AM in Worcester.
"WEEI and Boston College sports are a perfect match," says WEEI vice president and market manager Tom Baker. "I am extremely excited to be continuing what has been a long and very productive relationship. I have a great deal of respect and admiration for (Boston College director of athletics) Gene (DeFilippo) and the BC athletic program and, under his leadership, I am very confident that we will enjoy five tremendous years together."
Says DeFilippo: "All of us at Boston College are thrilled to be associated with WEEI. We look forward to working with the station as a broadcast partner and we know that we have maximized our radio exposure by working with WEEI."
Entercom owns and operates 95 stations in 18 states including Boston, Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Kansas City, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Memphis, Buffalo, Norfolk, Greensboro, Rochester, Greenville/Spartanburg, Wilkes Barre/Scranton, Wichita and Madison,Gainesville/Ocala and Longview/Kelso, Wash.
In addition, Entercom is the home of the Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Royals, New Orleans Saints and numerous other major college sports teams.
