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Anthony Cumia coming to WABC

Y2kTheNewOldies said:
Where is this 388 stations having ties to to Red Apple coming from All I can prove here is that Red Apple syndicate some of their shows to Salem Media like WNYM (AM). Cumia might also appear on Salem Media's WNYM as part of the syndication deal.
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As it has been mentioned previously, Red Apple buys time on WNYM for Cats & Cosby and The Cats Roundtable–both of which aired on WNYM before Catsimatidis's purchase of WABC.

Joe Piscopo's Sunday night Sinatra show is a deal separate from his work at Salem New York, and it has never aired on WNYM.

Other than some recent one-off specials produced by the WABC news department (on presidential inaugurations and the first thirty days of the new administration), 970 clears no other Red Apple shows. That would defeat the purpose of them being Salem Radio Network's MAGA megaphone for NYC.
 
WABC doesn’t seem to have many advertisers. Kars4Kids, Tunnel to Towers, and now Tik Tok come to mind. Most of the advertising avails outside of AM drive are filled with promos for other shows, promos for their podcasts, “see what advertising on WABC can do for you and your business” announcements, and the dreaded “WABC Newsroom Extra” features.
WABC can tout their great 6+ ratings to potential affiliates, but if the Red Apple flagship can’t sell commercials in these shows, why would an affiliate think they would be able to?
 
Considering how Cats appears to hotshot pretty much everything to Red Apple Networks, how many of those are possibly filling the "local" breaks on the network?

Either way, doesn't really matter - anyone picking up Red Apple Network programming is likely the #2 or #3 talk station in a market and probably isn't selling out breaks anyways.
 
Ex-RadioTV said:
WABC doesn’t seem to have many advertisers. Kars4Kids, Tunnel to Towers, and now Tik Tok come to mind. Most of the advertising avails outside of AM drive are filled with promos for other shows, promos for their podcasts, “see what advertising on WABC can do for you and your business” announcements, and the dreaded “WABC Newsroom Extra” features.
WABC can tout their great 6+ ratings to potential affiliates, but if the Red Apple flagship can’t sell commercials in these shows, why would an affiliate think they would be able to?
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Here are a list of advertisers:
Oracle, Patriot Gold, Empire outlets, Dagestinos, Peerless Boilers,Bulova, Gastroentology Ass of NJ,Grand Central Mens Health, Safe and Sound armored truck.Safe lite repair.
 
MacjT said:
Here are a list of advertisers:
Oracle, Patriot Gold, Empire outlets, Dagestinos, Peerless Boilers,Bulova, Gastroentology Ass of NJ,Grand Central Mens Health, Safe and Sound armored truck.Safe lite repair.
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D'Agostino's (correct spelling) is one of two supermarket chains owned by Catsimatidis; the other is Gristedes. (And going back further, the long-defunct Red Apple chain of supermarkets are the origin for his company's name.) So it's essentially free advertising.

Not to mention, WABC's print ads since the Red Apple takeover are modeled after supermarket circulars (see attached example).
 

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Rollo-Smokes said:
D'Agostino's (correct spelling) is one of two supermarket chains owned by Catsimatidis; the other is Gristedes. (And going back further, the long-defunct Red Apple chain of supermarkets are the origin for his company's name.) So it's essentially free advertising.

Not to mention, WABC's print ads since the Red Apple takeover are modeled after supermarket circulars (see attached example).
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Ages of those hosts, top to bottom: 94, 73, 72, 63. Brucie is 89. Ben Shapiro, who bleats similar content to their weekday programming, is 41.

I would have guessed Anthony Cumia was in his 50's. This means he was 40 (or very close) when he was doing the kind of radio in which he encouraged people to have sex in a church. He was 35 or 36 when he did "The mayor of Boston is dead, April Fools'."
 
Rollo-Smokes said:
D'Agostino's (correct spelling) is one of two supermarket chains owned by Catsimatidis; the other is Gristedes. (And going back further, the long-defunct Red Apple chain of supermarkets are the origin for his company's name.) So it's essentially free advertising.

Not to mention, WABC's print ads since the Red Apple takeover are modeled after supermarket circulars (see attached example).
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I used to live on the Upper West Side in the late '80s. There was a Red Apple on Broadway, almost around the corner. It was the most disgusting store I'd ever been in, packages of visibly moldy cheeses in the refrigerated cases, a wretched stench throughout the store no matter what time of day or night you wandered in. My wife absolutely refused to enter the place, and I came to use is as a last resort, and only for name-brand, shelf-stable packaged goods. If this was Catsimatidis's store back then, then it's no wonder WABC is the way it is these days.

(Adding a bit more coincidence, Red Apple and WABC are located at 800 Third Ave. Back in that same late '80s timeframe, my own employer and office were in 800 Third, though up on a higher floor. Conspiracy? You be the judge. :eek: 🤯 )
 
Weiserguy said:
I used to live on the Upper West Side in the late '80s. There was a Red Apple on Broadway, almost around the corner. It was the most disgusting store I'd ever been in, packages of visibly moldy cheeses in the refrigerated cases, a wretched stench throughout the store no matter what time of day or night you wandered in. My wife absolutely refused to enter the place, and I came to use is as a last resort, and only for name-brand, shelf-stable packaged goods. If this was Catsimatidis's store back then, then it's no wonder WABC is the way it is these days.
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For what it's worth, D'Agostino's and Gristedes are stuck in a time-warp. Both of those chains have not given their stores a face-lift since the 2000s, if not even earlier. They can also use more variety in their product offerings.
 
Weiserguy said:
I used to live on the Upper West Side in the late '80s. There was a Red Apple on Broadway, almost around the corner. It was the most disgusting store I'd ever been in, packages of visibly moldy cheeses in the refrigerated cases, a wretched stench throughout the store no matter what time of day or night you wandered in. My wife absolutely refused to enter the place, and I came to use is as a last resort, and only for name-brand, shelf-stable packaged goods. If this was Catsimatidis's store back then, then it's no wonder WABC is the way it is these days.

(Adding a bit more coincidence, Red Apple and WABC are located at 800 Third Ave. Back in that same late '80s timeframe, my own employer and office were in 800 Third, though up on a higher floor. Conspiracy? You be the judge. :eek: 🤯 )
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None of those Manhattan chains (I never saw Dags, RA or Gristedes in the Boros) were any good. They were glorified dirty supersized convenience stores. I lived in 718 land and felt sorry for the 212 peeps.😀
 
Rollo-Smokes said:
For what it's worth, D'Agostino's and Gristedes are stuck in a time-warp. Both of those chains have not given their stores a face-lift since the 2000s, if not even earlier. They can also use more variety in their product offerings.
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I walked into one a couple weeks ago for the first time in years looking for a small item. Left empty handed. Your assessment is 100 percent accurate. Also the prices are ridiculous.
 
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