All News 106.7 is Here…Finally [last song, audio, first impressions]

[wpb1999]

EAS Audio may sound that way coming from the State E office. The audio goes thru a few stations before it gets to many broadcast stations.

The EAS state entry point is in Atlanta and I believe WYAY is tuned to the entry point station (I forget which one it is for FM). What we heard was FM static, not the normally bad recording.

87fm-98.3 are supposed to listen to WUBL.
98.3-107 are supposed to listen to WSB. IIRC

 

[taylorengineer]

All Atlanta stations are required to monitor WUBL and either WABE or WSRV. You may also monitor WAGA Fox 5.
AS HGR1290 pointed out, the audio usually sounds bad coming from GEMA. The WYAY audio sounds very good in general.
It sounded like the default timeout released the EAS test. The equipment can actually hold the audio until a break and then played back - If I remember correctly you have a hour to relay the test.
I'm still shocked that this is focused on local news - I thought the team was being assembled for a national service. Spending this much money on staffing for one radio station seems so.....well.....un-Cumulus. Will the other markets soon to get Cumulus news formats also be programmed as "live and local?"

 

[trusty]

I'm still shocked that this is focused on local news - I thought the team was being assembled for a national service.

If I had a new station, especially a news station, trying to get established in a particular market, I would start out locally focused, and expand as the station developed. After all, "live and local" is what we've been screaming about for years.

Maybe Cumulus heard the noise. 8)

Ending a traffic report with the word “clear” sounds “hokey.”

Yeah, it's hokey all right, but I've grown to kinda like it. Why? Because it sounds so good to hear the words "Atlanta traffic" and "clear" in the same sentence. ;D

 

[BarryATL]

Yeah, it's hokey all right, but I've grown to kinda like it. Why? Because it sounds so good to hear the words "Atlanta traffic" and "clear" in the same sentence. ;D

Trusty, you are a goofball! ;D

 

[trusty]

Let's not get personal, Meathead. ;D

 

[fortt3]

Has anyone heard about the fate of Ga. Tech sports? The station is kinda growing on me, and I wonder if they're going to have to preempt news for Tech football and basketball...

 

[wpb1999]

Has anyone heard about the fate of Ga. Tech sports? The station is kinda growing on me, and I wonder if they're going to have to preempt news for Tech football and basketball...

They probably will, that way the Tech fans will know about the station when they listen to it in the stadium and in their cars.

 

[wpb1999]

It's Fox5 Chief Meteorologist Ken Cook! And he didn't say "Good Day Atlanta". He has about 3 recordings they are playing. So, you hear a different forecast every half-hour._________________________________________________

 

[wpb1999]

Here is a look at the WYAY studios and newsroom from this report that aired on Fox 5 last night:

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/18649614/all-news-radio-station-debuts-in-atlanta?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=7340873

 

[fortt3]

It's Fox5 Chief Meteorologist Ken Cook! And he didn't say "Good Day Atlanta". He has about 3 recordings they are playing. So, you hear a different forecast every half-hour._________________________________________________

Still, it sounds phoned-in, literally.

 

[nightmanager]

Is Jim still doing WGST? No, I can't be bothered to go listen and find out.

Random question, but who is the VO artist on 106.7?

Jim Cutler

 

[jabba17]

Is Jim still doing WGST? No, I can't be bothered to go listen and find out.

Random question, but who is the VO artist on 106.7?

Jim Cutler

Sorry, it's your turn to go listen to the former News Monster.

 

[jabba17]

All Atlanta stations are required to monitor WUBL and either WABE or WSRV. You may also monitor WAGA Fox 5.
AS HGR1290 pointed out, the audio usually sounds bad coming from GEMA. The WYAY audio sounds very good in general.
It sounded like the default timeout released the EAS test. The equipment can actually hold the audio until a break and then played back - If I remember correctly you have a hour to relay the test.

I thought WYAY (and WSRV) were considered Gainesville/N. GA stations, not metro ATL stations, and received different EAS alerts...? I seem to remember getting a tornado warning for Stephens or Rabun or some other NE GA county on WYAY or WSRV one time. I found it odd getting a tornado warning because in the ATL the weather was fine.

Do the two Gainesville stations (and WDUN, and WDUN-FM, and WGGA for that matter) have to relay ATL EAS alerts?

 

[wpb1999]

All of Cox's Athens/Gainesville stations get their EAS alerts from the SC office. WXKT and WNGC also gets EAS alerts from the Peachtree city office.

 

[skc1991]

Random question, but who is the VO artist on 106.7?

Jim Cutler

Thanks!

 

[BarryATL]

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.

According to the video news report Fox 5 did own All News 106.7, it appears that Fox 5 plans on doing regular in the field reporting for WYAY. I have to agree that they need their on leather hitting the streets. They are going to need live reporting of certain events. The Fox 5 reporters will be busy feeding the event back to Fox 5 live.... meaning breaking news like a shooting at the courthouse or some such that would cause the TV to go live at the same time WYAY would go live.

 

[wpb1999]

Seems that they are airing different TOTH Legal IDs and Sports spots. Interesting. Are the themes available to listen to?

 

[BarryATL]

I think they are watching this board. Either that or they have been having a lot of the same ideas/thoughts. They have moved quickly on some things that were talked about here.

I will think positive that they are reading our posts and are "hearing the listeners". Besides, if you can make this group sorta happy, the the average listener will hear a great product.

 

[trusty]

OK... a couple of suggestions:

1. Having the anchors & reporters say "106point7" all..the..time is getting rather old & annoying. Let them do the news and throw in some well-placed jingles. Yes, 106point7 jingles - THAT will stick in the listener's mind.

2, Webcams in the studio & newsroom. Why not? Let's see you guys do what you do.

Thoughts?

 

[BarryATL]

OK... a couple of suggestions:

1. Having the anchors & reporters say "106point7" all..the..time is getting rather old & annoying. Let them do the news and throw in some well-placed jingles. Yes, 106point7 jingles - THAT will stick in the listener's mind.

2, Webcams in the studio & newsroom. Why not? Let's see you guys do what you do.

Thoughts?

1. Many of us thought the call letters should be changed so they could be used as part of the idendity.... All News 106.7 WCOX Gainsville, Atlanta ..... upcoming on All News 106.7 ..... WCOX news time is 1:04 and coming up on All News 106.7. It adds variety and gives the listener a shorter name to call the station. We all remember WSB. We would remember WCOX.

By the way, WCOX is available.... would that make WSB unhappy. (yes, I am totally ignoring the naughty part of the call letters)

2. Since there is no local content on the All News 106.7 website, the webcams would be a way to drive traffic to the site. Great idea.