The Shaw’s WEEI Red Sox Radio Network looks much the same as it has for the last few seasons as Dave O’Brien and Joe Castiglione return for their 5th season together in the booth as the primary announcers for Boston Red Sox baseball. In the absence of either O’Brien or Castiglione you will hear from fill-in’s Dale Arnold and Jon Rish. All the games will be broadcast from the team’s flagship station WEEI-AM 850 in Boston to it’s network affiliates through out New England, New York, Florida, Colorado and Wyoming. As well as having all the home games carried along the XM Satellite Radio network.
Castiglione, a Hamden CT native, joined to Red Sox broadcasts in 1983 and has worked with such luminaries as Bob Starr, Ken Coleman and Jerry Trupiano in his this his 29th season. Castiglione, who grew up a Yankees fan, has become well known in Red Sox lore for his call f the final out of the 2004 World Series which ended the team 86 year drought without a championship. When he is not in the radio booth you can usually find Castiglione teaching sports broadcasting at Northeastern University. Joe has also called games for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers in his career.
O”Brien, a New Hampshire native who enters his 5th season in Shaw’s WEEI booth, is probably the most familiar amongst the Red Sox radio crew for the non-Red Sox or non-baseball fan in the crowd due to his heavy schedule with ESPN. In addition to his Red Sox duties, Obie does the Wednesday night games for ESPN with former Red Sox shortstop and AL Batting Champion Nomar Garciaparra. O’Brien prior to joining the Red Sox was the play-by-play announcer for the Florida Marlins radio network from 1993 to 2001 when he left to go to ESPN where in addition to baseball he has called World Cup Soccer, college basketball, NBA, MLS and the women’s college basketball Final Four. He has also called games for the New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Falcons and the University of Georgia.
Arnold, who for many years was the mid day voice of WEEI is now the main fill-in for Red Sox baseball. In the absence of either O’Brien or Castiglione, Arnold will come in to pinch hit. In the past Arnold has done play-by-play for the Boston Bruins, New England Patriots, Boston Celtics, New England Revolution and Boston Red Sox. He is the only person to have called games for all five pro Boston area franchises. Arnold, a Maine native, got his start in sports calling Maine Mariners AHL Hockey games and then moved to the NHL calling games for two years for the New Jersey Devils before coming back to New England to do the Patriots games on the radio.
Rish is entering his 6th season hosting the Red Sox pre-game and post-game shows on the Red Sox Radio Network, he also handles “”Sox Talk” the call in show that airs during rain delays in the game. In addition, Rish is one of the fill ins for Sox games in the absence of O’Brien or Castiglione. In addition to WEEI, Rish has worked at ESPN Radio in Bristol CT as a radio Sports Center anchor, and hosted studio programming for major league baseball and the bowl championship series. He was also the play-by-play announcer for Boston College Eagle’s men’s hockey and women’s basketball.
Over the air the Red Sox Radio Network has nearly 80 stations in 10 states.
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Here is a list of all the affiliates for the Shaw’s WEEI Red Sox Radio Network in 2011:
Connecticut
WQUN 1220AM New Haven
WTIC 1080AM Hartford
WILI 1400AM Willimantic
WINY 1350AM Putnam
WGCH 1490AM Greenwich
Massachusetts
WEEI 850AM Boston
WCRN 830AM Worcester
WVEI 1440AM Worcester
WSAR 1480 AM Fall River
WBEC 1420 AM Pittsfield
WHMP 1400AM Northampton
WHMQ 1240AM Greenfield
WNAW 1230AM North Adams
WVEI 105.5FM Springfield
WBSM 1420AM New Bedford
WPKZ 1280AM Fitchburg
WMRC 1490AM Milford
WXTK 95.1FM West Yarmouth
WBOQ 104.9FM Beverly
Rhode Island
WEEI 103.7FM Providence
New Hampshire
WEMJ 1490AM Laconia
WFTN 1240AM Franklin
WPNH 1300AM Plymouth
WQSO 96.7FM Rochester
WTSL 1400AM Hanover
WKBK 1290AM Keene
WASR 1420AM Wolfeboro
WTPL 107.7FM Hillsboro
WLTN 1400AM Littleton
WKNE 103.7FM Keene
WMOU 1230AM Berlin
WGAM 1250AM Manchester
WGHM 900AM Nashua
WCNL 1010AM Newport
WNTK 99.7FM New London
WCFR 1480AM New London
Maine
WRED 1440AM Westbrook
WLOB 1310AM Portland
WZON 620AM Bangor
WCME 96.7FM Camden
WRKD 1450AM Rockland
WJJB 96.3FM Gray
WPEI 95.9FM Saco
WGEI 95.5FM Topsham
WDEA 1370AM Ellsworth
WHOU 100.1FM Houlton
WKTJ 99.3FM Farmington
WIGY 97.5FM Madison
WTBM 100.7FM Norway
WOXO 92.7FM Norway
WDME 103.1FM Dover/Foxcroft
WQDY 92.7FM Calais
WFAU 1280AM Augusta
WSYY 1240AM Millinocket
WALZ 95.3FM Machias
WEGP 1390AM Presque Isle
Vermont
WMXR 93.9FM Woodstock
WDEV 550AM Waterbury
WDEV 96.1FM Waterbury
WJOY 1230AM Burlington
WKVT 1490AM Brattleboro
WRSA 1420AM St. Albans
WFAD 1490AM Middlebury
WSTJ 1340AM St. Johnsbury
WSYB 1380AM Rutland
WIKE 1490AM Newport
WBTN 1370AM Bennington
WLVB 93.9FM Morrisville
WTSJ 1320AM Randolph
New York
WTLA 1200AM/97.7FM Syracuse
WSGO 1440AM/100.1FM Oswego
WIZR 930AM Johnstown
Colorado
KVRH 1340AM Salida
Florida
WWCN 770AM Ft. Myers
Seaview 960 AM Palm Beach Garden
Wyoming
KJAX 93.3FM Jackson
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