Radio

The New England Patriots' flagship radio station is

WBZ-FM WBZ-FM (98.5 FM) is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston and much of surrounding New England. Owned by the Beasley Broadcast Group, WBZ-FM is the Boston affiliate for Fox Sports Radio; t ...

98.5 FM, owned by CBS Radio. The larger radio network is called the "

New England Patriots Radio Network The New England Patriots Radio Network is a radio network which carries live game broadcasts of the New England Patriots. The network's flagship station is WBZ-FM Boston. Bob Socci, who now does the play-by-play with former Patriots quarterbac ...

", whose 35 affiliate stations span seven states. Gil Santos and Gino Cappelletti were the longtime announcing team. In 2011, the network debuted a sideline reporter, with former quarterback Scott Zolak handling sideline duty. On July 20, 2012, Gino Cappelletti announced his retirement, ending a 32-year career as the popular color analyst on the team’s radio broadcasts, and was replaced by Zolak. Santos had also announced that 2012 would be his final season. Former Navy football broadcaster Bob Socci was named to replace Santos beginning in

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By year

* Brock replaced Cappelletti for the first eight games of 2001 because of illness to Cappelletti. * Cappelletti returned to the broadcast booth for the opening quarter of New England's Week 17 game vs.

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Television

Any preseason games not on national television are shown on

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affiliate

WBZ-TV WBZ-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside independent station WSBK-TV (ch ...

, along with other stations in the other New England television markets. These games were broadcast on ABC affiliate

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from 1995 until the change to WBZ in 2009.

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References

External links

Radio page on Patriots.com
{{Lists of National Football League broadcasters New England Patriots New England Patriots

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