The Boston Celtics Radio Network is a radio network that broadcasts Boston Celtics basketball games with a flagship station of WBZ-FM (98.5). Carried in 5 of the 6 New England states, the network has 27 stations (17 on AM, 10 on FM, plus 4 FM translators).
Certain of these stations, including flagship WBZ-FM, also have commitments to carry games of the New England Patriots (football) and Boston Bruins (hockey), and Celtics games may be pre-empted.
From 2005 until 2013, Celtics games had been carried on Entercom-owned stations WRKO and WEEI. That partnership ended in August 2013. In September 2013, the Celtics announced that they had signed a multi-year deal with CBS Radio to broadcast games on their stations. CBS Radio and Entercom merged in 2017; WBZ-FM, and the Celtics contract, was spun out to Beasley Broadcast Group shortly thereafter due to market concentration concerns.
Radio Network
Flagship
Affiliates
Maine (6 stations)
Massachusetts (7 stations + 1 FM translator)
New Hampshire (8 stations + 3 FM translators)
New York (2 stations)
Rhode Island (2 stations)
Former stations (24 stations + 1 FM translator)
Former flagships (7 stations)
- 680 WRKO: Boston, Massachusetts (1981âÂÂ1991, 1995âÂÂ1996, 2005âÂÂ2007)
- 590 WEEI Boston, Massachusetts (1991âÂÂ1995)
- 850 WHDH: Boston, Massachusetts (co-flagship, 1952âÂÂ1969)
- 850 WEEI: Boston, Massachusetts (2007âÂÂ2013)
- 1510 WWZN: Boston, Massachusetts (2001âÂÂ2005)
- 93.7 WEEI-FM: Lawrence, Massachusetts (2011âÂÂ2013)
- 94.5 WHDH-FM: Boston, Massachusetts (co-flagship, 1952âÂÂ1969; sometimes carried Celtics games alone when WHDH was carrying a game of the Boston Bruins hockey club))
Former affiliates (17 stations + 1 FM translator)
- 620 WZON: Bangor, Maine
- 1280 WFAU: Gardiner, Maine
- 1450 WVOM: Rockland, Maine
- 1440 WRED: Westbrook, Maine
- 1320 WARA: Attleboro, Massachusetts (1990âÂÂ1991, 2005âÂÂ2006 season (as WARL))
- 104.9 WBOQ: Gloucester, Massachusetts
- 1420 WBSM: New Bedford, Massachusetts
- 560 WHYN: Springfield, Massachusetts
- 580 WTAG: Worcester, Massachusetts
- 94.9/W235AV: Tatnuck (translator of WTAG)
- 107.7 WTPL: Hillsborough
- 1420 WASR: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
- 1540 WPTR: Albany
- 920 WHJJ: Providence, Rhode Island (2015âÂÂ2018)
- 620 WVMT: Burlington, Vermont
- 1240 WSKI: Montpelier, Vermont
- 550 WDEV: Waterbury, Vermont
- 96.1 WDEV-FM: Warren, Vermont
- 93.9 WWOD: Woodstock, Vermont
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