The Cleveland Indians have offered for bid the rights to
their flagship radio broadcasts, and WKRK-FM, 92.3, better known locally as The
Fan, is mounting a stern challenge for them to the incumbent, WTAM-AM, 1100.
Multiple sources told Crain's Cleveland Business that WKRK
92.3 The Fan, owned by CBS Radio, is the front-runner to obtain the rights;
WTAM's latest two-year contract is up after the current season.
CBS Radio Cleveland general manager Tom Herschel, who
oversees both WKRK and other CBS Cleveland properties including WNCX-FM, 98.5,
said in a phone interview from Chicago last Wednesday, Sept. 12, that The Fan
“loves the Indians, and would love to have them on our airways.”
“We're a sports radio station,” Mr. Herschel said. “Why
wouldn't we want to be a part of the conversation? But truly, no decision has
been made.”
WTAM program director Ray Davis did not return a call from
Crain's.
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