Pawsox Radio Network

The Pawsox Radio Network

Type	Radio network
Country	United States
Availability	Regional, through 13 affiliates
Owner	Heirs of Ben Mondor (operated by Clear Channel Communications/WHJJ)
Key people	Josh Maurer: announcer
Official website	Pawsox radio broadcasts page on pawsox.com

The Pawsox Radio Network is the radio network of the Pawtucket Red Sox, a Triple-A minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. There are 11 stations (10 A.M. & 1 F.M.) & 2 F.M. translators in the network, including the flagship & part-time stations.

Flagship station

• 920/WHJJ: Providence, Rhode Island

Affiliates

Massachusetts (7 stations + 1 translator)

• 830/WCRN: Worcester (limited basis)
• 970/WESO: Southbridge (limited basis)
• 1280/WPKZ: Fitchburg (limited basis)
• 1340/WNBH: New Bedford
• 1480/WSAR: Fall River (Limited basis only when Boston Red Sox games are not on)
• 1490/WMRC: Milford (limited basis)
• 96.3/WEII: Dennis (limited basis)
• 105.3/W287BT: Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Rebroadcasts WPKZ)

Rhode Island (1 station)

• 1230/WBLQ: Westerly (limited basis)

Vermont (2 station + 1 translator)

• 1320/WCVR: Randolph (limited basis)
• 1480/WCFR: Springfield (limited basis)
• 106.5/W293BH: Springfield (rebroadcasts WCFR)

Unsure status (1 station)

• 1380/WNRI: Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Former flagships (2 stations)

• 790/WSKO: Providence (????-200?)
• 99.7/WSKO-FM: Wakefield-Peacedale, Rhode Island

Former affiliates (11 stations)

• 900/WGHM: Nashua, New Hampshire (????-2013)
• 1180/WCNX: Hope Valley, Rhode Island (200?-2008)
• 1240/WOON: Woonsocket, Rhode Island (1997)
• 1250/WGAM: Manchester, New Hampshire (????-2013)
• 1280/WEIM: Fitchburg, Massachusetts limited basis (2003)
• 1320/WARA: Attleboro, Massachusetts (1997)
• 1340/WGAW: Gardner, Massachusetts limited basis (????-2007)
• 1440/WVEI: Worcester, Massachusetts (????-2007)
• 1450/WLKW: West Warwick, Rhode Island (????-2008)
• 1570/WPEP: Taunton, Massachusetts (????-2003)
• 96.7/WBLQ-LP: Ashaway, Rhode Island (200?-200?)

Alumni

Several Pawsox broadcasters have gone on to careers with major-league baseball teams.^[1] Those announcers are:

• Gary Cohen (called to the Mets in 1989)
• Dave Flemming (to the San Francisco Giants in 2004)
• Andy Freed (to the Tampa Bay Rays in 2005)
• Aaron Goldsmith (to the Seattle Mariners in 2013)
• Dan Hoard (to the Cincinnati Bengals in 2011)
• Dave Jaegler (to the Washington Nationals in 2006)
• Jeff Levering (2013-2014): now with the Milwaukee Brewers.
• Don Orsillo (called to the Red Sox in 2001)
• Bob Socci (to the New England Patriots in 2013)

References

1. MiLB article about Jeff Levering being called up to be the Brewers' play-by-play announcer. Retrieved March 13, 2015.

Sources

• 1997 Pawsox pocket schedule
• 2003 Pawsox pocket schedule
• 2008 Pawsox pocket schedule
• 2008 Pawsox official souvenir program, p. 165
• 2009 Pawsox pocket schedule
• 2009 Pawsox pocket schedule-Revised
• North East Radio Watch: April 6, 2009
• 2009 Pawsox official souvenir program, p. 189
• North East Radio Watch: April 5, 2010.
• 2012 Pawsox pocket schedule