Boston Celtics Radio Network
{{Short description|NBA team radio network}}
The Boston Celtics Radio Network is a radio network that broadcasts Boston Celtics basketball games with a flagship station of WBZ-FM (98.5). Carried in 5 of the 6 New England states, the network has 27 stations (17 on AM, 10 on FM, plus 4 FM translators).
Certain of these stations, including flagship WBZ-FM, also have commitments to carry games of the New England Patriots (football) and Boston Bruins (hockey), and Celtics games may be pre-empted.
From 2005 until 2013, Celtics games had been carried on Entercom-owned stations WRKO and WEEI. That partnership ended in August 2013. In September 2013, the Celtics announced that they had signed a multi-year deal with CBS Radio to broadcast games on their network.{{cite web
| url = https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/09/26/celtics-new-radio-home-the-sports-hub/MHC5GwH6RvILOJQt8ihkWO/story.html
| title = Celtics' new radio home is 98.5 The Sports Hub
| work = Boston Globe
| last1 = Finn
| first1 = Chad
| date = 2013-09-27
| access-date = 2018-08-03
}} CBS Radio and Entercom merged in 2017.{{cite magazine
| url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8039439/entercom-cbs-radio-merger-finalized-no-2-radio-operator
| title = Entercom Finalizes Merger With CBS Radio, Becoming No. 2 Radio Operator in US
| magazine = Billboard
| last1 = Hu
| first1 = Cherie
| date = 2017-11-17
| access-date = 2018-08-03
}}
Radio Network
=Flagship=
=Affiliates=
==Maine (6 stations)==
==Massachusetts (7 stations + 1 FM translator)==
- 105.5 WWEI: Easthampton
- 1400 WHTB: Fall River (if there is a conflict on WSAR)
- 1480 WSAR: Fall River
- 1280 WPKZ: Fitchburg
- 105.3/W287BT: Fitchburg (translator of WPKZ)
- 1230 WNAW: North Adams Boston Bruins primary affiliate
- 95.1 WXTK: West Yarmouth Boston Bruins primary affiliate
- 1440 WVEI: Worcester
==New Hampshire (8 stations + 3 FM translators)==
- 1230 WTSV: Claremont Boston Bruins primary affiliate
- 1450 WKXL: Concord
- 101.9/W270DS: Concord (translator of WKXL)
- 103.9/W280EC: Concord (translator of WKXL)
- 1270 WTSN: Dover
- 98.1/W251CF: Dover (translator of WTSN)
- 1400 WTSL: Hanover Boston Bruins primary affiliate
- 1250 WGAM: Manchester
- 101.5 WWLK-FM: Meredith Boston Bruins primary affiliate
- 900 WGHM: Nashua
- 93.5 WEEY: Swanzey Boston Bruins primary affiliate
==New York (2 stations)==
- 101.3 WCPV: Essex
- 960 WEAV: Plattsburgh
==Rhode Island (2 stations)==
- 790 WPRV: Providence (2018-)
- 1240 WOON: Woonsocket (2009, 2014-)
Former stations (24 stations + 1 FM translator)
=Former flagships (7 stations)=
- 680 WRKO: Boston, Massachusetts (1981–1991, 1995–1996, 2005–2007)
- 590 WEEI Boston, Massachusetts (1991–1995)
- 850 WHDH: Boston, Massachusetts (co-flagship, 1952–1969)
- 850 WEEI: Boston, Massachusetts (2007–2013)
- 1510 WWZN: Boston, Massachusetts (2001–2005)
- 93.7 WEEI-FM: Lawrence, Massachusetts (2011–2013)
- 94.5 WHDH-FM: Boston, Massachusetts (co-flagship, 1952–1969; sometimes carried Celtics games alone when WHDH was carrying a game of the Boston Bruins hockey club))
=Former affiliates (17 stations + 1 FM translator)=
- 620 WZON: Bangor, Maine
- 1280 WFAU: Gardiner, Maine
- 1450 WVOM: Rockland, Maine
- 1440 WRED: Westbrook, Maine
- 1320 WARA: Attleboro, Massachusetts (1990–1991,Providence Journal Sports On The Radio listing: February 28, 1991, p. G-4. 2005–2006 season (as WARL))
- 104.9 WBOQ: Gloucester, Massachusetts
- 1420 WBSM: New Bedford, Massachusetts
- 560 WHYN: Springfield, Massachusetts
- 580 WTAG: Worcester, Massachusetts
- 94.9/W235AV: Tatnuck (translator of WTAG)
- 107.7 WTPL: Hillsborough
- 1420 WASR: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
- 1540 WPTR: Albany
- 920 WHJJ: Providence, Rhode Island (2015–2018)
- 620 WVMT: Burlington, Vermont
- 1240 WSKI: Montpelier, Vermont
- 550 WDEV: Waterbury, Vermont
- 96.1 WDEV-FM: Warren, Vermont
- 93.9 WWOD: Woodstock, Vermont
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://boston.cbslocal.com/celtics-radio-network/ The Celtics Radio Network affiliates page on CBSBoston.com]
- [http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/09/26/boston-celtics-98-5-the-sports-hub-announce-multi-year-broadcast-partnership/ Boston Celtis 98.5 The Sports Hub Announce Multi Year Broadcast Partnership]
{{Sports networks in the United States}}
{{NBA on the radio}}
{{Boston Celtics}}