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Can't find much about this online but CC has started a 24/7 news channel on iheart here: http://www.iheart.com/live/6043/?autoplay=true
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I was listening for a little while. Thanks for the link.
But it seems everything is pre-recorded. No live anchors. I recognized some of the names of those doing segments and they're already Clear Channel employees. Someone does a news segment, someone does a health report, a sports update, a business report, a national weather forecast.
After about 15 minutes, everything gets repeated. But I guess for someone who connects to i-Heart Radio, and wants news, this will be a quick update service.
But it seems everything is pre-recorded. No live anchors. I recognized some of the names of those doing segments and they're already Clear Channel employees. Someone does a news segment, someone does a health report, a sports update, a business report, a national weather forecast.
After about 15 minutes, everything gets repeated. But I guess for someone who connects to i-Heart Radio, and wants news, this will be a quick update service.
I listened to ClearChannel's 24/7 for a few minutes today, but its content is very limited, I think the recorded loop is not more than 7 minutes, certainly not more than 10 minutes. The was entertainment news and regular news, but everything was quick segments, if you want any depth on any news story, 24/7 is not the place to get in depth news or reporting.
True, it's just a headline service. But that's the way commercial All-News Radio is. It's not supposed to be NPR's All Things Considered. The All-News stations in the big cities also keep their stories fairly brief, no more than :30 to :60 seconds for a voiced story. Most stories the anchor reads are 3 to 5 sentences.
The trouble with "News 24/7" is there's only a few news stories per cycle and not a lot of field reporting. But it is just a start up for now.
By the way, Clear Channel does have its own top of the hour news service but I know of only one station that takes it, WWRL 1600 NYC, a Progressive Talk station. And it's not even a Clear Channel station. The newscast is only a minute long, anchored by Clear Channel people in Phoenix from what I understand. They don't identify the newscast as Clear Channel. In fact, they don't identify the newscast as part of any network. The first story starts cold with the first story and the anchor simply identifies himself at the end of the newscast as the sign off. WWRL uses it from 9am to early evening, weekdays only. So I guess it's not available nights or weekends. Local NYC Total Traffic people do a two minute newscast specifically for WWRL at 6am, 7am and 8am, including two 10 second spots.
I'm sure with scores of News-Talk stations across the country, Clear Channel has thought about having their own top of the hour newscast and keeping those commercial availabilites for their own sales. But where would they find the resources to replace Fox? Fox can tie into its TV network for some domestic reports and into co-owned News Corp. reporters across the globe, including all the Sky News people which Fox Radio News uses for many overseas stories. Fox News at the top of the hour might not be as good as CBS or ABC. But I fear a Clear Channel newscast at the top of the hour might be another step down.
The trouble with "News 24/7" is there's only a few news stories per cycle and not a lot of field reporting. But it is just a start up for now.
By the way, Clear Channel does have its own top of the hour news service but I know of only one station that takes it, WWRL 1600 NYC, a Progressive Talk station. And it's not even a Clear Channel station. The newscast is only a minute long, anchored by Clear Channel people in Phoenix from what I understand. They don't identify the newscast as Clear Channel. In fact, they don't identify the newscast as part of any network. The first story starts cold with the first story and the anchor simply identifies himself at the end of the newscast as the sign off. WWRL uses it from 9am to early evening, weekdays only. So I guess it's not available nights or weekends. Local NYC Total Traffic people do a two minute newscast specifically for WWRL at 6am, 7am and 8am, including two 10 second spots.
I'm sure with scores of News-Talk stations across the country, Clear Channel has thought about having their own top of the hour newscast and keeping those commercial availabilites for their own sales. But where would they find the resources to replace Fox? Fox can tie into its TV network for some domestic reports and into co-owned News Corp. reporters across the globe, including all the Sky News people which Fox Radio News uses for many overseas stories. Fox News at the top of the hour might not be as good as CBS or ABC. But I fear a Clear Channel newscast at the top of the hour might be another step down.
Heard Crys Quimby on there...the long time newsie who has worked at a bunch of big all-news stations.
Then, I looked at her LinkedIn profile:
"National Director of Programming / Total News Source"
It also lists her, still, as VP/Programming & Operations at Metro Networks/New York City.
Of course, Metro got bought by Clear Channel's Total Traffic, and that's how it all ties together.
Then, I looked at her LinkedIn profile:
"National Director of Programming / Total News Source"
It also lists her, still, as VP/Programming & Operations at Metro Networks/New York City.
Of course, Metro got bought by Clear Channel's Total Traffic, and that's how it all ties together.
As I posted in the other thread (can these be merged?):
Terry Sheridan used to work at WINS, took the Randy Michaels Magic Carpet Ride at "FM News 101.9" in NYC for its last month, and now lists himself as anchor/reporter for Clear Channel Radio.
I assume this is the Ed Mackay I heard:
http://www.edmackay.com/
LA type, long time staffer at CBS' KNX/1070. I presume he's working in the CC/Total LA office...he's not listed among the KFI newsies:
http://www.kfiam640.com/pages/KFINewsroom.html
Terry Sheridan used to work at WINS, took the Randy Michaels Magic Carpet Ride at "FM News 101.9" in NYC for its last month, and now lists himself as anchor/reporter for Clear Channel Radio.
I assume this is the Ed Mackay I heard:
http://www.edmackay.com/
LA type, long time staffer at CBS' KNX/1070. I presume he's working in the CC/Total LA office...he's not listed among the KFI newsies:
http://www.kfiam640.com/pages/KFINewsroom.html
Sports with Joel Stern.
From his LinkedIn bio, I assume he's now at CC/Total in NYC (even though it says Fort Pierce, FL is his location):
"Sportscaster at Bloomberg Radio Network, Previous: WINS-AM, Brisotl, CT (?)"
From his LinkedIn bio, I assume he's now at CC/Total in NYC (even though it says Fort Pierce, FL is his location):
"Sportscaster at Bloomberg Radio Network, Previous: WINS-AM, Brisotl, CT (?)"
recto101 said:
I doubt this would work in the big cities simply because the top market DMA all-news stations like WCBS/KCBS/WTOP/WBBM/WINS/KYW/WBZ the audience would demand local content. This is supposed to be a competing all-news radio network from America's radio news from TRN Inc. Well this could work in areas where ARNN does not have an affiliate yet or when Rush, Hannity or Beck or even Michael Savage retires or get fired at some point.
Joel divides his time between Florida and NYC. Most of the time, he's in Florida, where he does his reports from the Total Traffic studios in Miami. When in NYC, he works out of the Bloomberg studios on Lexington Avenue, since he does most of his sports reporting for Bloomberg Radio.
Most of the reporters on News 24/7 are in Scottsdale AZ, where Total Traffic's principal news operations are located, or in Rutherford NJ where most of the NYC traffic and sports people do their reports, or at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street where there's a small Total Traffic newsroom, or in Lower Manhattan where Clear Channel's NYC FM stations have their studios.
Thanks to the internet, they can be anywhere there's a Total Traffic studio.
Most of the reporters on News 24/7 are in Scottsdale AZ, where Total Traffic's principal news operations are located, or in Rutherford NJ where most of the NYC traffic and sports people do their reports, or at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street where there's a small Total Traffic newsroom, or in Lower Manhattan where Clear Channel's NYC FM stations have their studios.
Thanks to the internet, they can be anywhere there's a Total Traffic studio.
IIRC, Scottsdale came in because it was Metro Networks' national news hub.
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