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From another thread, the subject of Pintek getting hired by CC to replace Glenn Beck on the 10 to noon slot. I can see why Pintek would probably not the the host of choice if CC were to go with a local host during those hours.
But, that doesn't mean that it might not be a good thing if CC were to devote one and a half measly hours a day to talk about local politics and other local topics.
As Johnny Morgan keeps pointing out, stations are expected to "serve the public interest" in their city of license. Two hours a day of talk about the current events and affairs of their city of license would go towards satisfying that requirement.
And, it would give them a place to break in new talent for use elsewhere. It would be a stepping stone from working in some tiny little market to working in a medium market like Pittsburgh, even if it was only an hour and a half in the late morning.
That being the case, they wouldn't have to hire someone who was very expensive. The slot between the end of Quinn's show at 10:00 and Paul Harvey at 11:30 isn't very long. They should be able to find a talented but inexperienced part-timer to hold down that slot for not much money.
Yet another benefit could be to use the new local show to interview local political figures. If the show were handled right, it could become the local equivalent of the TV network's Sunday Morning news shows where politicos give out quotes that end up being news headlines. It sure wouldn't hurt WPGB's ratings if every know and then the lead stories in the Post-Gazette or Tribune-Review were "So-and-so said such-and-such on WPGB".
Finally, it's annoying to listen to Glenn Beck talk about what's coming up later on his show when the "later" portion he's talking about doesn't get aired.
(OK, I typoed the call letters originally. Why can't station just go by their freakin' call letters instead of "News Talk 104.7"?) <P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Radio Realist on 01/09/06 12:51 AM.</FONT></P>
But, that doesn't mean that it might not be a good thing if CC were to devote one and a half measly hours a day to talk about local politics and other local topics.
As Johnny Morgan keeps pointing out, stations are expected to "serve the public interest" in their city of license. Two hours a day of talk about the current events and affairs of their city of license would go towards satisfying that requirement.
And, it would give them a place to break in new talent for use elsewhere. It would be a stepping stone from working in some tiny little market to working in a medium market like Pittsburgh, even if it was only an hour and a half in the late morning.
That being the case, they wouldn't have to hire someone who was very expensive. The slot between the end of Quinn's show at 10:00 and Paul Harvey at 11:30 isn't very long. They should be able to find a talented but inexperienced part-timer to hold down that slot for not much money.
Yet another benefit could be to use the new local show to interview local political figures. If the show were handled right, it could become the local equivalent of the TV network's Sunday Morning news shows where politicos give out quotes that end up being news headlines. It sure wouldn't hurt WPGB's ratings if every know and then the lead stories in the Post-Gazette or Tribune-Review were "So-and-so said such-and-such on WPGB".
Finally, it's annoying to listen to Glenn Beck talk about what's coming up later on his show when the "later" portion he's talking about doesn't get aired.
(OK, I typoed the call letters originally. Why can't station just go by their freakin' call letters instead of "News Talk 104.7"?) <P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Radio Realist on 01/09/06 12:51 AM.</FONT></P>