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1 – 4 a.m.: Jim Bohannon-WGN
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I should have said a "live local TALK RADIO show." Currently that's only WABC Sunday through Thursday overnights with Frank Morano. Weekends it runs infomercials.
For SPORTS Radio, there are two live, local overnight stations. WFAN-AM-FM has Steve Somers weeknights. On weekends WFAN has local hosts until 2 or 3 a.m., with some overnight programming from the CBS Sports Radio Network.. And WSCR Chicago on weekdays has Les Grobstein all night. But it runs CBS Sports Radio overnight on weekends.
WLW had a live overnight TRUCKING show, but no more. It now runs Red Eye Radio from Westwood One, seven nights a week.
For SPORTS Radio, there are two live, local overnight stations. WFAN-AM-FM has Steve Somers weeknights. On weekends WFAN has local hosts until 2 or 3 a.m., with some overnight programming from the CBS Sports Radio Network.. And WSCR Chicago on weekdays has Les Grobstein all night. But it runs CBS Sports Radio overnight on weekends.
WLW had a live overnight TRUCKING show, but no more. It now runs Red Eye Radio from Westwood One, seven nights a week.
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Yes I think the lone holdout for news -live- on the half-hour is WGN (a talk station). WBBM does some old-time radio at 12.00am weekdays and does repeat news between 1-4am during the Bohannon show.
I hear the Grobstein show occasionally and Sommers just had his hours changed a few weeks ago and he sounds delighted to still be working.
As for the thread that said the available talent isn't there to do a good overnight show...please. If stations like wbz, kdka, wgn, wls, put the word out they wanted to do overnights they'd have no problems getting a good host. It's all about money, we understand that, not about talent.
I hear the Grobstein show occasionally and Sommers just had his hours changed a few weeks ago and he sounds delighted to still be working.
As for the thread that said the available talent isn't there to do a good overnight show...please. If stations like wbz, kdka, wgn, wls, put the word out they wanted to do overnights they'd have no problems getting a good host. It's all about money, we understand that, not about talent.
Why did they cancel the trucking overnight show? I thought it was doing good.
SyFy, Please punctuate your posts. I have repaired this one for you.
Frank
Overnight shows for truckers quit making money for stations years ago as most truckers got satellite radio so they did not have to keep changing stations and enduring summer static, metro area man-made noise and the like.
There is just no revenue in overnights.
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