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Pirate Radio 1250 group acquires an easterly twin

A Greenville broadcasting company is about to add some geographical range to its coverage of East Carolina University football, basketball and baseball games while annexing a new market and a new portfolio of shows at the same time.

Pirate Media Group, the firm that owns WGHB-AM Pirate Radio 1250, announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to purchase Washington-based WDLX-AM 930 from NextMedia Group, Inc. The acquisition comes less than two years after the startup bought 5000-watt WGHB, converted that station's format to talk and sports, and began producing an extensive lineup of ECU athletics-related programming.

WDLX, also a 5000-watt station, has been a broadcasting fixture in Beaufort and several surrounding counties for decades. Founded in 1942, the station's flagship program in recent years has been the Rush Limbaugh Show, which it airs weekdays from noon to 3 p.m.

The new owners plan to continue to carry Limbaugh's nationally-syndicated program in addition to eventually adding a lineup of local programming.

The managing partners of Pirate Media Group are Troy Dreyfus and Jonathan Ellerbe, both of whom are ECU alumni.

Dreyfus, noting the importance the company places on its ECU sports programming, told Bonesville.net the new property would offer a natural complement to Pirate Radio 1250's signal, which is strongest in the Greenville vicinity and westward beyond Farmville.

"This will extend our footprint to the east," he said. "Listeners in the Washington area, down to New Bern and other towns to the east will be able to pick up Pirate sports."

Pirate Radio 1250 has been affiliated with the Pirate Sports Radio Network since it went on the air in 2003.

Pirate Media Group, which will take over the day-to-day operations of WDLX pending final FCC approval, says it plans no immediate shuffling of the station's programming but will announce changes at a later date.

Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball Polls

Released 04.18.05.
(View previous week's rankings)

(For both polls below, Conference USA teams — including future members — and Carolinas teams in bold; East Carolina opponents in red.)

BASEBALL AMERICA TOP 25

DURHAM — The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll with records and previous ranking (voting by the staff of Baseball America:

 1. Texas 32-6 1
 2. Cal State Fullerton 26-9 2
 3. Tulane 32-6 3
 4. Georgia Tech 29-7 4
 5. Florida 27-9 5
 6. Arizona 26-11 6
 7. Miami (FL) 29-9 9
 8. Baylor 25-13 12
 9. Oregon State 27-7 11
10. Long Beach State 27-12 16
11. Nebraska 31-7 17
12. North Carolina 28-8 7
13. South Carolina 29-8 8
14. Arkansas 30-8 10
15. Rice 26-13 15
16. Tennessee 25-10 23
17. Missouri 27-9 13
18. Alabama 26-12 18
19. Coll of Charleston 29-6 19
20. Louisiana State 26-12 22
21. Arizona State 25-15 NR
22. La-Lafayette 32-7 NR
23. Florida State 33-11 20
24. Stanford 20-14 14
25. Southern Cal 22-10 25

COLLEGIATE BASEBALL TOP 30

TUCSON — The top 25 teams in the 2005 Collegiate Baseball (Baseball News) poll with records, points and previous ranking voting by coaches, sports writers and sports information directors:

 1. Tulane (32-6) 487 1
 2. Cal State Fullerton (26-9) 486 2
 3. Texas (32-6) 485 3
 4. Georgia Tech (29-7) 483 4
 5. Arizona (26-11) 478 6
 6. Florida (27-9) 477 7
 7. Nebraska (31-7) 474 10
 8. Miami (FL) (29-9-1) 472 12
 9. Long Beach State (27-12) 469 14
10. Baylor (25-13) 468 16
11. Oregon State (27-7) 467 11
12. North Carolina (28-8-1) 465 8
13. South Carolina (29-8) 464 5
14. Florida State (33-11) 462 9
15. Alabama (26-12) 455 17
16. Tennessee (25-10) 454 24
17. Arkansas (30-8) 453 15
18. Louisiana State (26-12) 451 19
19. Missouri (27-9) 449 13
20. Coll of Charleston (29-6) 447 20
21. La-Lafayette (32-7) 444 21
22. Arizona State (25-15) 442 —
23. Auburn (25-14) 441 23
24. Southern Cal (22-10) 440 25
25. Central Florida (35-8) 439 26
26. Stanford (20-14) 437 18
27. Oklahoma State (27-14) 434 —
28. Creighton (28-8) 432 30
29. Mississippi State (23-10) 429 22
30. Texas Christian (24-12) 428 —

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