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More iHeart Media Cheapness
- Thread starter RadioBill
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Is it "iHeartMedia Cheapness"? Or is this just the way things are in 2023 radio?
I'd imagine the issues in Phoenix aren't THAT much different than the issues in Tucson, 115 miles away. You get a statewide morning and afternoon show rather than two local morning shows and syndicated the rest of the day. While Phoenix is a top 20 market and might rate having AM and PM drive local, Tucson is Market #62 and wouldn't rate more than a local morning show otherwise.
I'd imagine the issues in Phoenix aren't THAT much different than the issues in Tucson, 115 miles away. You get a statewide morning and afternoon show rather than two local morning shows and syndicated the rest of the day. While Phoenix is a top 20 market and might rate having AM and PM drive local, Tucson is Market #62 and wouldn't rate more than a local morning show otherwise.
Yes, but he did leave here a
I'm just saying, if iHeart is simulcasting shows on their talk stations in both Phoenix and Tucson, they can do the same with morning drive on their sports stations in both places.
Sports?! You do recall that Gila River dividing line between ¡Arizona! and Baja Arizona...
Yeah - especially if it comes to non-professional sports by college teams (NAU is exempt...) discussion.
I see that being the challenge. Not many down here give two
about most sports by those attending the school up north.Especially in the world of conservative news/talk radio. The agenda is all coming from Florida and DC.
Sports?! You do recall that Gila River dividing line between ¡Arizona! and Baja Arizona...
Yeah - especially if it comes to non-professional sports by college teams (NAU is exempt...) discussion.
I see that being the challenge. Not many down here give two
And, frankly, it might be an alternative that they feel can attract some listeners they can super-serve. It's not like KMVP-FM doesn't exist or anything.
Is the Art Bell-less CTC-AM still right wing wacko talk or has any of it gotten back to little green spacemen and Bigfoot and Bermuda Triangle-type stuff?
And Tucson gets a quasi-local morning sports show which is four hours long (even the UA-branded Cumulus station doesn't have a local morning drive show). I don't know if Tucson wants their early afternoon guys since their thing is to do daily remotes from (and plugs for) businesses in the Phoenix Metro Area.
That's probably iHearts best bet to keep both their Phoenix and Tucson sports stations alive a little longer.
Though, to be fair, this simulcast will be an interesting experiment. IHM may well take this effor tto other markets if...oh, heck, it doesn't even have to work well, I'm sure.
The show still has right wing content on it, including a political spiel for the first 10 minutes of the first hour. I'd just listen to old Art Bell episodes online if I were you. Though they did have a guest on a few weeks ago who had written a book on animals that was a fun listen, but had nothing to do with the paranormal. I think Premiere is trying to make it into more of a general talk show with politics, etc.
It's merely rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic that is talk radio. They can't get away from spoon-fed extremist talking points from the beltway because the audience for non-polarizing talk, quite frankly, doesn't exist and hasn't for decades.
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