Yankees staying on WCBS 880

[deadrabbit79]

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yanke...AftuAc2LUjwt7N

[Big_E]

[BRNXBMRS]

[JL25and3]

Good. Even if they switched stations, I was confident they'd end up with the same announcers, just with a crappier signal.

[ymike673]

The news just gets worse every day. Just like Sterling gets blinder ever season.

[effdamets]

The news just gets worse every day. Just like Sterling gets blinder ever season.

Every season?
More like EVERY DAY!

[ymike673]

Every season?
More like EVERY DAY!

I stand corrected!

[chisox]

Ken Harrelson says that John Sterling taught him how to be a broadcaster when they both lived in Atlanta in the 70's.

[Bub]

The news just gets worse every day. Just like Sterling gets blinder ever season.

Every season?
More like EVERY DAY!

I like Sterling but it's painfully obvious that he has vision problems, especially with balls hit into the gaps. If nothing can be done to help him with that he needs to go.

[theDurk]

Good. Even if they switched stations, I was confident they'd end up with the same announcers, just with a crappier signal.

This. I was actually able to pull in WCBS from the top of Bolton Hill in Baltimore last weekend on my Alpine auto H/U. That's about 170 miles LOS--try that with a stinkin' FM signal. Sterling still sucked, though.

[Sparky]

This. I was actually able to pull in WCBS from the top of Bolton Hill in Baltimore last weekend on my Alpine auto H/U. That's about 170 miles LOS--try that with a stinkin' FM signal. Sterling still sucked, though.

I got the game Tuesday night in Germantown MD.

[ZYanksRule]

T-minus 30 days before Raissman starts writing about the chance that the Yankees will leave Sterling/WCBS in 2014.

How often did he write that article in the last 12 months? Once a month, if not more?

[JDPNYY]

This staying on WCBS for one more year is brought to you by Staybridge Suites, where you too can stay for a year.

[hardrain]

Boomer and Carton must be elated!

[longtimeyankeefan]

This staying on WCBS for one more year is brought to you by Staybridge Suites, where you too can stay for a year.

[smr15]

My reception is, and always has been, LOUSY on WCBS 880.

I really was hoping they would be moving to another station.
Rats.

[Jersey Yankee]

My reception is, and always has been, LOUSY on WCBS 880.

I really was hoping they would be moving to another station.
Rats.

Do you have a major broadcast area near you that interferes? I remember years ago, I had to get a power FM antenna to listen to WBGO (88.3FM), since it broadcast from Newark, and the former WTC towers (a major broadcaster) were right in between us.

Otherwise, I'd fiddle with the antenna.

[Hud]

Good. Even if they switched stations, I was confident they'd end up with the same announcers, just with a crappier signal.

Exactly.
I live in NoVA and get WCBS. I would hate to see Yankee games unavailable long distance like Ranger games are.

[Hitman23]

Yesterday MLBN showed the 75 best plays of 2001-2009. Obviously Jeter held many of them among other Yankees. I forgot over the years that Sterling used to actually be listenable. Hearing the Brosius HR call... it was just a normal call. Tino's game tying HR, same deal. The only thing he said was "The Yankees win!" I didn't mind it. I remember why I once actually liked the guy.

He needs to lose the shtick. I think I'd be able to tolerate the bad calls if he just tried to call the game instead of making himself a character in the game. I'd be much less critical of him.

[chisox]

The WCBS/WFAN tower in the Bronx is quite famous in broadcasting. The tower is located on High Island in the Bronx which looks more like Maine than New York City.

http://goo.gl/maps/Lhrff

We can't get WCBS in Chicago as WLS 890 blocks it out ( same applies to WFAN because of WSCR )

The history of the transmitter.

http://www.fybush.com/site-030424.html

We can get the games on WHAM in Rochester when they carry the Yankees.

[ZYanksRule]

T-minus 30 days before Raissman starts writing about the chance that the Yankees will leave Sterling/WCBS in 2014.

How often did he write that article in the last 12 months? Once a month, if not more?

I was wrong.

He waited exactly one whole week to start the conjecture train over again. Such a brutal columnist: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...icle-1.1155013

[BRNXBMRS]

I was wrong.

He waited exactly one whole week to start the conjecture train over again. Such a brutal columnist: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...icle-1.1155013

Was actually laughing outloud when I was reading the paper yesterday morning.

[JL25and3]

I was wrong.

He waited exactly one whole week to start the conjecture train over again. Such a brutal columnist: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...icle-1.1155013

If he's correct about the January-March negotiating period, then I don't have a problem with his bringing it up.

[ZYanksRule]

If he's correct about the January-March negotiating period, then I don't have a problem with his bringing it up.

He's been "reporting" that the Yankees could leave WCBS for years. YEARS. They've reupped at least twice since he's been reporting they could leave. It's brutal, brutal writing to then write about it a week after they sign a new contract. The guy writes with a vendetta (notice how often he blasts YES, and notice how often he hands SNY a cookie).

[Black Sabbathia]

I pull in WCBS pretty close to crystal clear in Western Mass!