ABC’s pre-recorded newscasts

[davideduardo]

There are plenty of drivers on the road overnight who could very well be glued to their radios. Amazon, UPS, FedEx, USPS, long-haul transport drivers, and regular people like me who choose to drive at night.

Most of those you mention use satellite radio, not stations that have to be changed when the signal fades out within an hour of driving.

So there is an audience for breaking news on talk radio stations, but again the main audience for this story is radio station executives who see the trade publication headlines like the one linked in the first post, and take that into consideration at contract renewal time.

Keep in mind that one of the big reasons to run 24 hours a day is to not have the big surprise of a transmitter that won't turn on at 6 AM. When I owned stations, I got tired of losing an hour or more in AM drive when something did not turn on and decided to make every station I owned run 24/7.

 

[Radio Bob]

Most of those you mention use satellite radio, not stations that have to be changed when the signal fades out within an hour of driving.

Keep in mind that one of the big reasons to run 24 hours a day is to not have the big surprise of a transmitter that won't turn on at 6 AM. When I owned stations, I got tired of losing an hour or more in AM drive when something did not turn on and decided to make every station I owned run 24/7.

Good point Dave. When I went 24/7 at my Ohio station years ago my tube transmitter proved to be much more reliable than I had expected. Fewer down times. Go figure.

 

[bigdonho]

How many obits are pre written well in advance and they just wait to publish.

One of the problems after Princess Diana's death was beacause of her young age the networks had little or no material in her obit file. When Elizabeth Taylor was having her health problems, we would move her file out to the pending. Everytime we did, her health improved.

 

[kevtronics]

When Elizabeth Taylor was having her health problems, we would move her file out to the pending.

You can be sure the networks are doing that with a few politicians now... including one whose wife has been joked about being an "expectant widow".

 

[TheBigA]

The JFK Jr. plane crash happened on a Saturday morning in July. ABC had a special report that bumped the British Open to ESPN.

I should never trust my memory. In fact it was Lady Diana's crash that happened Labor Day weekend in 1997.

 

[vw86]

One of the problems after Princess Diana's death was beacause of her young age the networks had little or no material in her obit file. When Elizabeth Taylor was having her health problems, we would move her file out to the pending. Everytime we did, her health improved.