Are there any local stations left?

[Banjomax]

> WTSA in Brattleboro is the last of a breed in several ways
> and features Tim Johnson, the last standing radio newsman in
> southern Vermont.

WTSA-FM is indeed live and local weekdays 6a-7p as well as Saturday and Sunday mornings. Satellite Hot AC the rest of the time. Locally owned and very community oriented...something which cannot be said about many of the other stations in that area, most of which are owned by a certain Michigan-based broadcast concern. WTSA (AM) is Sporting News Radio all the time...EXCEPT when Tim Johnson, the one-man news department, heads out to the field to broadcast high school sports (football, basketball, baseball, softball). How many other radio stations would broadcast a high school girls softball game from the opposite corner of the state (I'm refering to the recent playoff game in St. Albans)? Tim has to be one of the hardest working radio professionals in New England, if not the entire industry. And, yes, WTSA is one of a dying breed. Here's hoping it never goes extinct.

 

[Oldbones]

>
> WTSA-FM is indeed live and local weekdays 6a-7p as well as
> Saturday and Sunday mornings. Satellite Hot AC the rest of
> the time. Locally owned and very community
> oriented...something which cannot be said about many of the
> other stations in that area, most of which are owned by a
> certain Michigan-based broadcast concern.

I thought that Michigan-based broadcast concern also owned WTSA.

 

[CrankyYankee]

> >
> > WTSA-FM is indeed live and local weekdays 6a-7p as well as
>
> > Saturday and Sunday mornings. Satellite Hot AC the rest
> of
> > the time. Locally owned and very community
> > oriented...something which cannot be said about many of
> the
> > other stations in that area, most of which are owned by a
> > certain Michigan-based broadcast concern.
>
> I thought that Michigan-based broadcast concern also owned
> WTSA.
>
I believe the morning guy on WTSA-FM is the "owner"(along with his spouse...).<P ID="signature">______________
"Be seeing you..."</P>

 

[Banjomax]

> I believe the morning guy on WTSA-FM is the "owner"(along
> with his spouse...).
>

Correct. He (John Clarke) has been doing mornings there for close to 30 years. I believe they purchased the stations in 1986 (or thereabouts).

 

[radiotony]

WKXL: Quite listenable

With all due respect, have you been listening to our station? We have seven hours of news every weekday, from 5:30 to 9 a.m., noon, and again from 4 to 6 p.m., all live, all local.
Those hours are quite listenable.

Gardner Hill hosts his Coffee Chat show weekdays at 9 a.m. For those of you who don't know Hill, he has interviewed presidents, senators, governors, local business owners, and community leaders for more than three decades.
Live and local and quite listenable.

We have a health show which airs daily at 10 a.m., again, live and local, dealing with a number of health issues important to listeners. The show is hosted by Laurie Andersen, a long-time radio and television talent.
Her show is quite listenable.

At 3 p.m., I host a live and local daily A&E hour with all kinds of guests: Musicians, authors, poets, scholars, anyone who is doing something interesting and enjoyable comes on my show. While some people may not like talk about the arts, this show isn't like any other on the air in New Hampshire, never mind New England.
And yeah, I would like to think it is listenable.

>
> Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say "service to the
> community"...I doubt they have much of an audience...some of
> the stuff they air is pretty unlistenable. Still, you've
> got to hand it to him for trying. If he can afford to
> subsidize it, good for him.
>


> >
> > Got to hand it to Gordon Humphries. He has managed to
> > create a truly local outlet. No syndicated programming at
>
> > all! All local talk. How many stations, even in large
> > markets, can claim that! And they are doing it on a 1kw
> > local channel AM!
> >
> > Are they making money? I doubt it. But their goal seems
> to
> > be break-even. Service to the community actually trumps
> the
> > almighty dollar for once.
>
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Best,
Anthony Schinella
Program Director/News/A&E
WKXL 1450 AM/Concord, NH
http://www.wkxl1450.com
http://politizine.blogspot.com</P>