Yankee radio became nil on Schenectady radio on June 12, beaten by soccer match

from Dave Kohl: TBS will air Detroit Tigers v Atlanta Braves on Sunday, June 27 at 1:30pm.

• Yankee-Astros Yankee radio broadcast pre-empted in Schenectady on 6/12 for Soccer game:

"SCHENECTADY NY: What ever happened to "joined in progress"? WTMM-FM 104.5 was scheduled to carry the Yankees broadcast this past Saturday (June 12) against Houston starting at 1:00. They could also carry the ESPN Radio broadcast of the U.S. vs. England World Cup Soccer match, which started at 2:30 PM.

• Their decision? They dropped the Yankees broadcast (and I don't know that the game aired anywhere in the market) and carried the entire soccer broadcast.

...I think WTMM should have carried the Yankees broadcast as usual, and then joined the soccer in progress at the conclusion. A studio host could have given updates on the soccer game between innings of the Yankees broadcast. What do fans miss if they don't hear every minute of a soccer game on radio?

• These events were not head-to-head, and the baseball game ended before the soccer match. I would back off on this under one condition, which would be if the fans had a say. I don't know for certain that it was a station decision to do it this way, but I would apologize if it turns out that listeners voted the soccer match as a priority." by Dave Kohl, Radio Recordings, 6/15/10

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