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All News 106.7 is Here…Finally [last song, audio, first impressions]
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Jim Cutlerskc1991 said:
We're talking because there is finally (no, make that FINALLY) something to talk about that has stirred interest across the board. Everybody enjoys a good game, and for years, we have been waiting for someone to take on WSB.
Years ago, WGST was the underdog - until it rolled over and played dead. Even though it beat WSB into getting on FM, the corporates at Clear Channel kept trying to kill it off until it became just a footnote in Atlanta radio. They thought WSB was unbeatable, and they were right. It had the signal, the heritage and the clout to stomp out anything that attempted to get close to it.
But FM leveled the playing field; WSBB was new; CBS didn't take advantage of it; CNN let go its radio staff; Cumulus was there and said, "Why not?"
There would not be nearly as much chatter had WYAY changed formats to another music channel. But, they did the unthinkable - spent money to provide a service that has no ironclad guarantee or any focus group's blessing of success. Cumulus showed us that it had the rocks to pull this off.
Hell, yeah. We're gonna talk about it. We were THAT hungry for something that was not mediocre.
And we're gonna support it. Why? We love a good game, and Cumulus has taken the field
......Clear
Several Pictures from Al Hardee's page on Facebook. I got these in an email.
allnews106.7 Studio
Reworked Kicks Board (which sounds amazing, BTW!
Another Pic of the BoardsAnother Pic of the Boards
allnews106.7 Studio
Reworked Kicks Board (which sounds amazing, BTW!
Another Pic of the BoardsAnother Pic of the Boards
trusty said:
We're talking because there is finally (no, make that FINALLY) something to talk about that has stirred interest across the board. Everybody enjoys a good game, and for years, we have been waiting for someone to take on WSB.
Years ago, WGST was the underdog - until it rolled over and played dead. Even though it beat WSB into getting on FM, the corporates at Clear Channel kept trying to kill it off until it became just a footnote in Atlanta radio. They thought WSB was unbeatable, and they were right. It had the signal, the heritage and the clout to stomp out anything that attempted to get close to it.
But FM leveled the playing field; WSBB was new; CBS didn't take advantage of it; CNN let go its radio staff; Cumulus was there and said, "Why not?"
There would not be nearly as much chatter had WYAY changed formats to another music channel. But, they did the unthinkable - spent money to provide a service that has no ironclad guarantee or any focus group's blessing of success. Cumulus showed us that it had the rocks to pull this off.
Hell, yeah. We're gonna talk about it. We were THAT hungry for something that was not mediocre.
And we're gonna support it. Why? We love a good game, and Cumulus has taken the field
.....Clear
Trusty, very clear and thoughtful. You hit the nail on the head. Somebody finally did something other than plug in a new iPod library into the board at a station. WGST had a great product when they were all news. I loved them. WCNN never had a good all news product. There was no money for it. Now, we have a station with resources. It makes me feel like we are a real city now.
BarryATL said:Trusty, very clear and thoughtful. You hit the nail on the head. Somebody finally did something other than plug in a new iPod library into the board at a station. WGST had a great product when they were all news. I loved them. WCNN never had a good all news product. There was no money for it. Now, we have a station with resources. It makes me feel like we are a real city now.
As opposed to a fake city?
wpb1999 said:BarryATL said:Trusty, very clear and thoughtful. You hit the nail on the head. Somebody finally did something other than plug in a new iPod library into the board at a station. WGST had a great product when they were all news. I loved them. WCNN never had a good all news product. There was no money for it. Now, we have a station with resources. It makes me feel like we are a real city now.
As opposed to a fake city?
Yeah... pretty much. We can start with our idea of a 24 hour city is Waffle House. We are a new city that has struggled to be more than one giant suburb. During the 96 Olympics Atlanta tried really hard to show that we had grown up. Six months after the Olympics and we were back where we started. Having an all news station is one more step in the direction of Atlanta growing up.
Generally for an All News Format to work, you must have reporters out in the field covering not only breaking news, but covering enterprise type stories you won't hear anywhere else.
If this station covers just the headlines of the day, it won't work. You can go online and find that anywhere.
WTOP in DC and WINS in New York do a great job at this.
If this station covers just the headlines of the day, it won't work. You can go online and find that anywhere.
WTOP in DC and WINS in New York do a great job at this.
skc1991 said:
Jim Cutler. You may know him from other stuff like ESPN Radio or if you watch a Tribune owned TV station.
Comments from the AJC's Rodney Ho and his blog -- (to BM: this is not copying everyone's work, but a way to publish what Atlantan's opinions are.)
http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2012/05/29/all-news-106-7-launches/#comments
http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2012/05/29/all-news-106-7-launches/#comments
wpb1999 said:
I heard that while I was working in the garage. No one was more surprised than they were. And they are still running the same weather loop with Joanne from earlier in the day (again).
Overall though, I like it.
Kilbasa123 said:
I was in the car when the EAS alert hit. Since WYAY is now a station that people will go to in a crisis, the really need to improve reception on the EAS equipment. The audio was garbled and not easy to understand. If this had been an actual weather or other type of EAS with a long message that is sometimes not recorded well, it might not be understood.
All News 106.7’s debut is impressive. The sound is very professional. I know it’s early in the game, but there are some areas where All News 106.7 can make improvements.
The Fox 5 weather segments should be updated more than three or four times a day, or when a recording is made, two or three different versions could be recorded for rebroadcast. The same audio every 10 minutes for several hours at a time becomes annoying. The newscaster could even opt to read a weather forecast to break up the monotony.
Several on this board have already commented on the traffic reports. Ending a traffic report with the word “clear” sounds “hokey.”
Why All News 106.7 elects to carry only the first two minutes of ABC Radio News at the top of the hour is difficult to understand. If the programmers are concerned that the top of the hour doesn’t begin with local news, then the ABC news feed could be delayed broadcast. But why cut it short? Within the same half hour block, the newscasters are using national and world stories as filler material between sports reports, business reports, and spot sets.
During several half hour segments on Tuesday, the same reporter did voice reports on two different subjects. There’s nothing wrong with voice reports, but there is little actuality material which indicates to me either there are no or few reporters hitting the streets or a failure to do telephone interviews of newsmakers. I hope the station doesn’t rely on their practically all of their street audio to come from Fox 5.
But best of all. There is now “real” news on the drive home in the afternoon to counter program the pedantic talk programming on WSB-AM. There is now a choice, and that’s the good news. I hope the powers to be at Cumulus gives all news radio time to catch on with the listening public.
The Fox 5 weather segments should be updated more than three or four times a day, or when a recording is made, two or three different versions could be recorded for rebroadcast. The same audio every 10 minutes for several hours at a time becomes annoying. The newscaster could even opt to read a weather forecast to break up the monotony.
Several on this board have already commented on the traffic reports. Ending a traffic report with the word “clear” sounds “hokey.”
Why All News 106.7 elects to carry only the first two minutes of ABC Radio News at the top of the hour is difficult to understand. If the programmers are concerned that the top of the hour doesn’t begin with local news, then the ABC news feed could be delayed broadcast. But why cut it short? Within the same half hour block, the newscasters are using national and world stories as filler material between sports reports, business reports, and spot sets.
During several half hour segments on Tuesday, the same reporter did voice reports on two different subjects. There’s nothing wrong with voice reports, but there is little actuality material which indicates to me either there are no or few reporters hitting the streets or a failure to do telephone interviews of newsmakers. I hope the station doesn’t rely on their practically all of their street audio to come from Fox 5.
But best of all. There is now “real” news on the drive home in the afternoon to counter program the pedantic talk programming on WSB-AM. There is now a choice, and that’s the good news. I hope the powers to be at Cumulus gives all news radio time to catch on with the listening public.
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