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Star 97.1 WREO to be Captains Flagship Radio Station

By
January 20, 2009
(Eastlake, OH) - The Lake County Captains, the Class A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, will have a new flagship radio home in 2009 as the team has reached an agreement with Media One Group of northeast Ohio to make Star 97.1 WREO the new Captains flagship station. The majority of all regular and post-season Captains games will be heard on Star 97.1 WREO, with select weekday day games airing on ESPN 970AM WFUN, which is also owned by Media One Group.

"We are very excited about this new partnership and feel that our fans will benefit from the expanded signal coverage that Star will bring to us", Captains VP and General Manager Brad Seymour explained. "We look forward to teaming with Media One Group and working toward building a long term partnership that will help grow our fan base and expand Media One's visibility in our area."

"The Lake County Captains are a class organization with a family friendly entertainment venue offering competitive minor league baseball for the past 6 years", Media One Group VP/GM Dana Schulte added. "Our new affiliation with the Captains will offer our Lake, Geauga, Cuyahoga and Ashtabula County listeners and the Captains continually growing fan base the opportunity to follow the Class A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians within a 100 mile radius."

AM 1330 WELW, which has carried Captains baseball broadcasts since the team's inaugural year in 2003, will continue to broadcast games on the Captains radio network.

"WELW has been a very important part of our team and we look to continue our partnership for many years", Seymour added. "They are an important part of the Lake County community and we value our relationship with them."

Star 97.1 is a 50,000 watt FM station with an east to west coverage area that ranges from the west side of Cleveland to Erie, PA and has southern coverage to Youngstown. This is the first year that Star 97.1 will carry Captains games.

ESPN 970AM WFUN is an all-sports station that carries ESPN national radio, local sports programming and is also an affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. The daytime coverage of ESPN 970 is the same as the coverage area for Star 97.1. "Having the Captains on Star 97.1 WREO and ESPN 970AM WFUN expands our sports coverage that will benefit both listeners and advertisers. We look forward to a long term partnership, Schulte continued."

Full season tickets plans, 12, 20, and 35-game mini ticket plans are on sale now for the upcoming Captains season which opens on April 9. Individual game tickets will go on sale in early March. For ticket information, please contact the Ticket Office at 440-954-WINS.

The Lake County Captains are a Class A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians and play their home games at Classic Park in Eastlake, at the corners of State Route 91 and Vine Street. The regular season home opener is scheduled for April 9th versus the Hagerstown Suns, the Class A affiliate for the Washington Nationals. For more information on the Captains, please visit the team's official website at www.captainsbaseball.com.