NYC Radio: WCBS 880 AM Wooing MLB Mets

The Mets are closing in on a deal to air their games on 880 WCBS AM next season and for the foreseeable future, sources have told The NYPost.

The agreement is not official yet, but if it goes through, CBS will have outbid 710-WOR, which has tried to retain the Mets.

The potential deal from WCBS’ parent company, Entercom, is right out of its corporate playbook. Across the country, it has repeatedly shown it believes in play-by-play deals as driving forces in its successful stations.

The move could also have an impact on WFAN’s programs. When the Mets moved from WFAN to WOR in 2014, the team forbade any of its personnel from going on WFAN’s shows.

Entercom owns both WCBS and WFAN, which could change the Mets-FAN relationship. The Yankees’ games are broadcast on WFAN, which, as the No. 1 sports station in the market and with signals on both the FM and AM dial, is considered the ideal destination for game broadcasts.

The Yankees had been on WCBS before taking the Mets’ place on the FAN four years ago.  The Yankees now air on sister-WFAN.