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February 05, 2009
PISTONS AND 97.1 FM THE TICKET SIGN BROADCAST AGREEMENT
Detroit's Sports Station To Serve As Flagship Station For Club Beginning With 2009-10 Season
The Detroit Pistons announced
today that the club has agreed to a multi-year broadcast agreement with 97.1 FM
The Ticket (WXYT) starting with the 2009-10 NBA season. Dan Hauser, Executive Vice President of the
Detroit Pistons, and Debbie Kenyon, Senior Vice President/Market Manager of
97.1 FM The Ticket made the joint announcement.
The club’s radio station network throughout the state of Michigan will remain
unchanged.
“We are extremely excited about our new radio
partnership with 97.1 FM The Ticket starting with the 2009-10 season,” said
Hauser. “Their leadership position in the sports radio market as well as
their strong FM signal will make Pistons basketball easily accessible for all
Pistons fans in the metro Detroit
area. At the same time we want to extend our appreciation
to WDFN and their employees for their support of the Pistons over the
past six years.”
Under
the agreement, 97.1 FM The Ticket will broadcast regular-season games, as well
as preseason and postseason playoff contests.
Additionally, Pistons fans and 97.1 FM The Ticket listeners will receive
exclusive pre- and postgame coverage, special weekly interviews with coaches
and players and expanded Pistons coverage throughout each week of the NBA
season on-air and online at www.971theticket.com. Pistons game broadcasts that conflict with
scheduled Red Wings and Tigers broadcasts on 97.1 FM The Ticket during the fall
and spring seasons will be carried on WWJ 950 AM. George Blaha and Mark Champion will remain as
the voices of the Pistons under the new agreement.
“97.1
FM The Ticket is thrilled about our new partnership with the Pistons and Palace
Sports and Entertainment,” said Kenyon.
“We’ve built a powerful radio station with first-class personalities and
the biggest live and local sports programming.
Adding Pistons games and the ancillary programming that we will
broadcast to our lineup that already includes exclusive coverage of the Red
Wings, Lions and Tigers, fans will need to look no further than The Ticket for
all their sports information, entertainment and breaking news.”
The
Pistons will continue the broadcast production and sale of advertising time for
all games under the agreement. Promotions
for the Pistons and the other entities of Palace Sports and Entertainment will
air on all CBS RADIO stations throughout the Detroit Metro area.
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