M's moving to KIRO radio

M's moving to KIRO radio

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Story Published: Jul 22, 2008 at 12:36 PM PDT

Story Updated: Nov 20, 2008 at 11:32 PM PDT

By KOMO Staff

SEATTLE -- The Seattle Mariners announced Tuesday that they have signed a three-year agreement that will give KIRO radio rights to broadcast the team's games, beginning in 2009.

The Mariners spent the last six years on KOMO 1000 Newsradio, and before that were on KIRO for 18 years.

Financial terms of the new deal were not disclosed.

Play-by-play announcers, such as Dave Niehaus, are employed by the team and are expected to continue their broadcasts.

In a statement, KOMO Vice President and General Manager Jim Clayton said he was disappointed the station was unable to reach an agreement.

"We are proud of our association with the Mariners organization and we wish the team success in the future," Clayton said.

Colleen Brown, CEO of Fisher Communications, which owns KOMO, said the change "will provide the company added financial flexibility to build on KOMO 1000's all-news format."

KIRO officials said the station will broadcast Mariners content year-round.

"We could not be more pleased about renewing the great tradition of Mariners baseball on 710 KIRO," Bonneville Seattle Vice President and Market Manager Carl Gardner said in a statement.

KIRO is owned by Bonneville International, a media company with radio and television stations in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Phoenix, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Salt Lake City.

Fisher owns and operates 13 full power TV stations, seven low power TV stations and eight radio stations in the West. They include KOMO-TV and radio in Seattle.

The company also owns and operates Fisher Pathways, a satellite and fiber transmission provider, the Fisher Plaza building near the Seattle Center, and a Dallas-based online local news service called Pegasus News.

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