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PATS TELL VIKES TO TAKE A HIKE WITH WEBCAST IN NEW ENGLAND

          Boston-based WBCN-FM, the Patriots' flagship radio
     station, "denied" the Vikings' Internet broadcasters, KFAN,
     access to yesterday's game at Foxboro Stadium, "citing its
     exclusive-rights contract" for Patriots' home games,
     according to Seifert, Zulgad & Youngblood of the Minneapolis
     STAR TRIBUNE.  As a result, the KFAN-produced Webcast was to
     be broadcast "from an undisclosed location," with announcers
     Paul Allen and Mike Morris "calling the action off" TV. 
     Attorneys representing WBCN said that the contract
     "prohibits any audio from competing" with WBCN in New
     England.  Vikings Exec VP Mike Kelly: "We don't even see our
     Internet broadcast as a threat to our own (WCCO-AM) radio
     broadcast.  So it's interesting that they would see our
     (Internet) as a threat to their (radio)."  The Vikings
     "estimate that about 35 people in WBCN's market would listen
     to the Webcast," therefore the Vikings "offered to black out
     area codes across" New England and provide "pop-up notices
     reminding listeners to tune in" to WBCN.  But the Patriots
     "would not consent unless the Vikings agreed to pay a
     $50,0000 penalty if a Web user circumvented the blackout,"
     but the Vikings "refused."  WBCN and WCCO are owned by CBS-
     Infinity, which has banned most Webcasting of NFL games (see
     THE DAILY, 9/1) (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 9/16).

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