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October 30, 2006
106.9 FREE FM (KIFR) to Serve as A's Flagship Radio Station
Three-Year Agreement Runs Through the 2009 Season
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland Athletics and 106.9
FREE FM (KIFR) have agreed to terms on a three-year contract for
the San Francisco-based, CBS-owned station to serve as the
club's FM radio flagship through the 2009 season.
106.9 FREE FM will broadcast all 162 regular and all
postseason games involving the Athletics, plus 15 Spring Training
games. The 80,000-watt FM station's signal clearly reaches
all nine Bay Area counties.
KYCY 1550 AM will also carry all A's games, making the
A's the third team in Major League Baseball to utilize
stations on both the FM and AM bands, following the Atlanta
Braves and Washington Nationals.
"The addition of 106.9 FREE FM as a radio broadcast
partner of the Oakland A's will provide our fans throughout
the Bay Area with a clear and consistent signal in which to
listen to our games," said Ken Pries, A's Vice
President of Broadcasting & Communications. "We are
pleased to have a presence on both bands."
106.9 FREE FM VP/General Manager Steve DiNardo commented
"There are a lot of ingredients you can put together to win in
radio ... the A's are at the top of that list. 106.9 FREE
FM is very excited to add the Bay Area's most successful
baseball team to our already talented lineup. We look forward to
providing A's fans throughout the Bay Area with winning
coverage of their favorite team."
KIFR-FM is owned and operated by CBS RADIO, one of the largest
major-market radio operators in the United States. A division of
CBS Corporation, CBS RADIO owns 179 radio stations, the majority
of which are in the nation's top 50 markets. CBS RADIO
also owns and operates owns KLLC-FM (Alice @ 97.3), KCBS-AM,
KFRC-FM, KITS (Live 105), KYCY-AM (KYOURadio), KPIX-TV and
KBHK-TV in the Bay Area.
The Athletics radio broadcast team consists of play-by-play
announcers Ken Korach and Vince Cotroneo with the addition of Ray
Fosse, who will serve as an analyst for non-televised games.
Robert Buan also returns for his eighth season hosting the
team's "Extra Innings" post-game talk show.
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