WAMG
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| City of license | Dedham, MA |
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| Broadcast area | Dedham/Boston, Massachusetts |
| Branding | "890 ESPN" |
| Slogan | "Sports, When You Want It!" |
| Frequency | 890 (kHz) |
| First air date | 2005 |
| Format | Sports radio |
| ERP | 25,000 watts (daytime) 3,400 watts (nighttime) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 6475 |
| 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), commonly 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 simulcasts its programing on 1400 ESPN, WLLH for the Lowell and Lawrence market. At this time there is no separation between the stations.
890 ESPN broadcasts live sports talk, both locally and nationally. 890 ESPN is the station home of The Mike Felger 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 select Harvard University Men’s Basketball, as well.
Mike and Mike in the Morning, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, The Mike Tirico Show, and GameNight are broadcasted from ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. The Mike Felger Show and others are broadcast from the studios of 890 ESPN. All Night with Jason Smith is broadcasted from Los Angeles, CA.
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''
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[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. Starting in 2007, 1400 ESPN will begin carrying Lowell Spinners baseball. All other local sports (Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins and Celtics, as well as several other colleges) are carried by other Boston 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 a 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 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
[edit] Monday–Friday
| Eastern | Program | Host(s) | SportsCenter Anchor | Original Run |
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| 1 a.m. | AllNight with Jason Smith | Jason Smith | Jay Reynolds | (2005–present) |
| 6 a.m. | Mike and Mike in the Morning | Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic | Various | (1998–present) |
| 10 a.m. | The Herd with Colin Cowherd | Colin Cowherd | Dan Davis | (2004–present) |
| 1 p.m. | Tirico and Van Pelt | Mike Tirico and Scott Van Pelt | Dan Davis | (2007–present) |
| 3 p.m. | The Mike Felger Show | Michael Felger | Kevin Winter | (2005–present) |
| 6 p.m. | Boston Game Night | Rotation | None | (2006–present) |
| 7 p.m. | The Pulse | Doug Gottlieb | John Stashower | (2006–present) |
| 10 p.m. | GameNight | Freddie Coleman, Amy Lawrence, Jeff Rickard and Ryen Russillo |
Jay Reynolds | (1992–present) |
Saturday
1am- The V Show with Bob Valvano
6am- Best of Mike and Mike in the Morning
7am- Around the World of Golf
9am-The Boston Sports Review Show
11am- The New England Hockey Journal
1pm- GameDay
3pm- The Huddle
7pm- GameNight
Sunday
1am- The V Show with Bob Valvano
6am- RaceDay on ESPN Radio
7am- Fantasy Focus
9am- ESPN Today with John Kincade
1pm- GameDay
4pm- The Baseball Show
7:35pm- GameNight
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WAMG
- Radio Locator Information on WAMG
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WAMG
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