PITTSBURGH - Pirates CEO Kevin McClatchy announced yesterday that the team's 51-year association with flagship station KDKA will end after this season and that the Pirates will take their broadcasts to WPGB 104.7 FM, which is part of the Clear Channel Communications empire.McClatchy explained that Pirates' ownership fully expects no improvement in the quality of the team's play in 2007 and that the team "almost certainly" will experience its fifteenth consecutive losing season. But, he assured loyal Pirates fans, "losing will definitely sound much, much better in FM stereo."
