EXCLUSIVE: With its original five year LMA set to expire in early January, Bloomberg has extended its deal to operate Entercom’s 99.1 WDCH Bowie MD/Washington DC and 105.7 WJZ-HD2 Catonsville/Baltimore MD through January 3, 2026.
Bloomberg began operating what was then CBS Radio’s “All News 99.1” WNEW on December 18, 2015. The new deal will extend the LMA until the start of 2026. Like the previous deal with CBS Radio, there is a clause allowing either party the ability to terminate the deal with 120 days notice starting on January 4, 2023.
The deal also allows Entercom to carry Washington Capitals hockey and Virginia Tech University football games that may overflow from Sports “106.7 The Fan” WJFK-FM and request the ability to move other Sports overflow programming if necessary in exchange for redacted credit towards the monthly LMA fee.
While never announced publicly the LMA extension was agreed to in May 2020.