Wednesday, October 18, 2006

to the TV!

The Mets will play their first "must win" game of the season tonight. They cruised through the regular season and swept the Dodgers in the first round of the playoffs. The Cardinals and their backdoor curveballs have posed more of a challenge. The Mets have to win tonight and again tomorrow night to advance to the World Series.

Why is it so hard to find the playoff games on the radio? I don't know for sure but maybe smaller stations find it too expensive to air live sports, which usually require a human board op on duty. Last night while driving home from the Old City, I scanned the dial for a station carrying the game. The local sports station didn't have it but I was able to pick up the Mets' New York flagship station, WFAN. I had to struggle to make out all the words because a Spanish language broadcast was drifting in and out on the same frequency. My son was fascinated by the way AM stations bounce off the ionosphere and can be heard in distant cities at night.

When I got in the car this morning, the radio was still tuned to 660. Around 5:20 a.m., I heard a caller encouraging Mets fans to make a lot of noise at tonight's game. He said that if, God forbid, they should lose, the crowd should give the team a standing ovation as thanks for a terrific season. He correctly pointed out that it has been a great year to be a Mets fan. Let's hope it's not over yet.

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3 Comments:

Blogger SeisMoe said...

Frank what are you doing listening to New York radio at 5:20 am for? Shouldn't you already be at work at that point preparing to invigorate and enthuse your loyal listeners?

Or are you just as asleep as the rest of us at 5:30 when y'all come on the air?

10/19/2006  
Blogger Frank Murphy said...

I was rounding off. It was actually 5:18 a.m.

10/20/2006  
Blogger bean said...

frank, sorry about the mets! you are correct they can be proud to take it down to the last inning of game 7 in the nlcs.

for next year, here are the espn radio affiliates in tennessee. you see that
there are at least a couple in your area.

go tigers!


JOHNSON CITY, TN WJCW-AM 910

KINGSPORT, TN WKIN-AM 1430

ERWIN, TN WEMB-AM 1420

CHATTANOOGA, TN WDEF-AM 1370

FAYETTEVILLE, TN WEKR-AM 1240

PARKERS CROSSROADS, TN WBFG-FM 96.5

GREENVILLE, TN WSMG-AM 1450

SEVIERVILLE, TN WSEV-AM 930

CROSSVILLE, TN WCSV-AM 1490

HARROGATE, TN WRWB-AM 740
MARYVILLE, TN WKCE-AM 1120

KNOXVILLE, TN WVLZ-AM 1180

MEMPHIS, TN KQPN-AM 730

NASHVILLE, TN WNFN-FM 106.7

CLARKSVILLE, TN WKFN-AM 540

FRANKLIN/NASHVILLE, TN WNSR-AM 560

CLARKSVILLE, TN WJAZ-AM 1400

10/20/2006  

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