WAMG

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WAMG
Broadcast area	Dedham/Boston, Massachusetts
Branding	"890 ESPN Boston"
First air date	1994
Frequency	890 (kHz)
Format	Sports Radio
ERP	25,000 watts (daytime) 3,400 watts (nighttime)
Class	B
Callsign meaning	AMG = Mega (referring to the previous Mega 890 format)
Owner	WallerSutton 2000/J Sports Boston
Website	http://www.890espn.com/

"WAMG" (890 AM and 1400 AM), also known as 890 ESPN, is a sports radio station in the Boston market licensed to Dedham, Massachusetts. It is owned by a local ownership group called J Sports, and has been broadcasting since July of 2005.

890 ESPN broadcasts live sports talk, both locally and nationally. 890 ESPN is the station home of The Mike Felger Show and The Troy Brown Show. In addition to this, they host local favorites such as Patriots Friday, Celtic Pride, and The New England Hockey Journal. The station is also the home of Northeastern University Football, Men’s Basketball, and Men’s Ice Hockey. 890 ESPN broadcasts Harvard University Men’s Basketball, as well.

Mike and Mike in the Morning and The Dan Patrick Show are Broadcast from ESPN headquarters in by Bristol, Connecticut. The Mike Felger Show and others are broadcast from the studios of 890 ESPN.

Other major broadcasts include:
• MLB Playoffs and World Series
• Sunday Night Baseball
• MLB All Star Game and Home Run Derby
• NBA Game of the Week
• NBA Playoffs and Finals
• College Bowl Games
• College Bowl Championship Series''

Contents 1 WAMG & WLLH 2 ESPN Radio 3 Play-by-play 4 History 5 Game Broadcasts 6 Other Programming Elements 7 Current Shows 8 Website 9 See also 10 External link

[edit] WAMG & WLLH

890 ESPN also simulcasts its radio programming on 1400 AM WLLH in Lowell and Lawrence. Broadcasts reach the area north of Boston and the southern part of New Hampshire. The Lowell Spinners, a Red Sox single A minor league affiliate team, can be heard throughout the season on the station.

[edit] ESPN Radio

ESPN Radio is a national sports radio network in the United States launched on January 1, 1992. It was originally called Sports Radio ESPN. ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. The network airs a regular schedule of daily and weekly programming as well as live coverage of Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, Bowl Championship Series, and National Invitation Tournament games. As of 2006, like ESPN, ESPN Radio now has what is called ESPN Radio Insider. ESPN Radio is broadcast to subscribers of both Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio.

ESPN Radio’s parent company, The Walt Disney Company, currently has five company-owned stations in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, and Pittsburgh. Most other markets have ESPN Radio affiliates, Boston being one of these key affiliates.

[edit] Play-by-play

890 ESPN provides play-by-play of Northeastern University football, hockey, and basketball along with Harvard basketball. 890 ESPN also offers those carried by ESPN Radio, like the Bowl Championship series, the World Series, and the National Invitation Tournament. Currently, 890 ESPN does not offer play-by-play coverage of any of the area’s professional teams. The rights to all professional and some college teams in the area (Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, Boston College, etc.) belong to other stations.

All broadcasts can be streamed through http://www.890ESPN.com

[edit] History

In 2005, Mega Communications announced the sale of WAMG 890 and WLLH 1400 to WallerSutton 2000, an investment firm, in cooperation with locally-owned "J Sports". Upon closure of the sale, WAMG dropped its Spanish tropical format and re-launched again, this time with a sports format and the ESPN Radio affiliation. The station added a local afternoon show featuring Mike Felger, and used the branding of "ESPN Boston".

On August 3, 2006, WAMG was the first to report that veteran major league catcher Javy Lopez was being traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the Boston Red Sox. The trade was designed to fill a hole caused by the recent injury to Jason Varitek. The next day, the trade was announced as official; the Orioles received cash and a player to be named later (Adam Stern) in return. The station currently staffs reporters covering every major Boston sporting event.

From the Beginning... WAMG first came on the air in 1994 as WBIV. In 1995, the station adopted a sports format, affiliated with the Prime Sports network. The station also adopted the call letters of WBPS at this time, which remained with the station for many years. In 1998, WBPS was acquired by Mega Communications, and adopted a Spanish adult contemporary format, quickly as "Estrella 890" before becoming "Amor 890". The bad business decision of launching an Spanish language all-news format in New York City led Mega to broker many of the company's stations. So on December 1, 2001, Mega began leasing WBPS to CNET, at which time the station adopted the technology news/talk format of "CNET Radio," as a simulcast of flagship 910 KNEW in San Francisco.

When financial problems led to the cease of CNET Radio on WBPS, Mega then began leasing the station to Chicago-based Air Time Media. This group launched a conservative news/talk format on WBPS, which was known as the "Boston Talk Party". In 2003, Mega sold the company's other Boston station, WAMG "Mega 1150", to Salem Communications. In order to retain the successful Spanish language tropical format of WAMG, Mega moved the intellectual property of WAMG to the 890 frequency, canceling Air Time's lease on the station. Some of the hosts which were dropped from WBPS landed on 1150 AM, which Salem re-launched as conservative talk station WTTT.

Additionally, when WAMG relocated to 890 AM as "Mega 890", its simulcast partners of WLLH-AM 1400 in Lowell and Lawrence continued simulcasting WAMG and were not sold to Salem.

[edit] Game Broadcasts

• BCS on ESPN Radio
• MLB on ESPN Radio
• NBA on ESPN Radio
• NIT on ESPN Radio

[edit] Other Programming Elements

• Boston Sportscenter
• National Sportscenter<
• Boston Traffic & Weather
• The Hot Stove Show
• The Troy Brown Show
• Patriots Friday
• Patriots Pre-game Show
• ESPN Bottomline
• Team Schedule
• Live Streaming
• Latest local and national sports news, including latest scores and standings

[edit] Current Shows

Monday-Friday
1am-6am AllNight with Jason Smith (2005-present)
6am-10am Mike and Mike in the Morning (1998-present)
10am-12 pm The Herd with Colin Cowherd
12pm-2pm The Jim Rome Show
2pm-4pm The Dan Patrick Show
4pm- 7pm The Mike Felger Show
7pm- 1am Game Night

Saturday
1am- The V Show with Bob Valvano
6am- Inside Gold on ESPN Radio
7am- Saturday Race Day on ESPN Radio
9am-The Russ Francis Show
11am- The New England Hockey Journal
7pm- College Game Day on ESPN Radio, or College Play By Play
9pm- GameNight

Sunday
1am- The V Show with Bob Valvano
6am- RaceDay on ESPN Radio
7am- Fantasy Focus
9am- The Huddle
10am- NFL Countdown- Game Preview or NFL Play by Play
1pm- NFL on ESPN Radio
8pm- GameNight

[edit] Website

[ http://www.890espn.com]

[edit] See also

• WLLH

[edit] External link

• Official Website
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WAMG