Does Newsday even cover Long Island anymore?

[DonRevert]

[rant]
I picked up the Sunday Snoozeday and was floored by an article in the Fan Fare section by Glen Gambodia (C9-10) wondering aloud now that KROCK is gone, why there isn't a station on Long Island playing good rock music, new artists and promoting the local scene. Funny how my radio gets Radiox which does all that!

I can understand why LI Press doesn't talk about the new station (as they are owned by TMO), but Newsday? Do these reporters ever research a story or is everything they do made up?
[/rant]

 

[SmashTim]

> [rant]
> I picked up the Sunday Snoozeday and was floored by an
> article in the Fan Fare section by Glen Gambodia (C9-10)
> wondering aloud now that KROCK is gone, why there isn't a
> station on Long Island playing good rock music, new artists
> and promoting the local scene. Funny how my radio gets
> Radiox which does all that!
>
> I can understand why LI Press doesn't talk about the new
> station (as they are owned by TMO), but Newsday? Do these
> reporters ever research a story or is everything they do
> made up?
> [/rant]
>

I would say partly due to the fact RadioX is LPFM or something along those lines. I could be wrong with the termonology, but its not your typical radio station. It also has a very limited signal range, of pretty much just parts of central Suffolk with a reliable signal<P ID="signature">______________
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[DonRevert]

> I would say partly due to the fact RadioX is LPFM or
> something along those lines. I could be wrong with the
> termonology, but its not your typical radio station. It
> also has a very limited signal range, of pretty much just
> parts of central Suffolk with a reliable signal

Radiox has three signals (94.9, 94.7 & 104.5) that cover most of Suffolk. I get them in my truck from before Rt 110 to out to Manorville. I remember seeing something about 94.7 being an LPFM and the other two are translators.

It works for me...hell, some of the corporate stations don't cover that much on LI!

 

[lalumia]

> > I would say partly due to the fact RadioX is LPFM or
> > something along those lines. I could be wrong with the
> > termonology, but its not your typical radio station. It
> > also has a very limited signal range, of pretty much just
> > parts of central Suffolk with a reliable signal
>
> Radiox has three signals (94.9, 94.7 & 104.5) that cover
> most of Suffolk. I get them in my truck from before Rt 110
> to out to Manorville. I remember seeing something about
> 94.7 being an LPFM and the other two are translators.
>
> It works for me...hell, some of the corporate stations don't
> cover that much on LI!
>
Write a letter to Newsday saying just that: it seems they're embarrassed by long Island, I thought of Radio X when I read that piece, but then I realized that, in my recording adventures with dance records, I've been representing Long Island by charting, and getting solid airplay around the globe with a series of records, with zero acknowledgement of that on Long Island,so no great surprise here. Then they wonder why there's never any unity or movement coming from Long Island!
http://www.tempo.fm/?page=charts&list=1

 

[mkdanz]

Very appropriate thread and rant!

The fact that RadioX is an LPFM with translators *IS* the story. Here you have a small player with a bigger reach (not signal) than some commercial stations, meeting the local and entertainment needs of the community where others seemingly can't. The Long Island Press exposes its serious conflict of interest and media bias by not talking up RadioX, and Newsday simply shows its lack of local focus. A few of us talked about this in a previous thread. A real shame that RadioX can't get the coverage it deserves.
>
> I would say partly due to the fact RadioX is LPFM or
> something along those lines. I could be wrong with the
> termonology, but its not your typical radio station. It
> also has a very limited signal range, of pretty much just
> parts of central Suffolk with a reliable signal
>

 

[lalumia]

I'm currently working the Radio X saga into a national,and international overview/story,from a public relations-press oriented angle, so hopefully we won't need the local yokeles to tip their hats in the right direction!
> Very appropriate thread and rant!
>
> The fact that RadioX is an LPFM with translators *IS* the
> story. Here you have a small player with a bigger reach
> (not signal) than some commercial stations, meeting the
> local and entertainment needs of the community where others
> seemingly can't. The Long Island Press exposes its serious
> conflict of interest and media bias by not talking up
> RadioX, and Newsday simply shows its lack of local focus. A
> few of us talked about this in a previous thread. A real
> shame that RadioX can't get the coverage it deserves.
> >
> > I would say partly due to the fact RadioX is LPFM or
> > something along those lines. I could be wrong with the
> > termonology, but its not your typical radio station. It
> > also has a very limited signal range, of pretty much just
> > parts of central Suffolk with a reliable signal
> >
>
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by lalumia on 01/23/06 08:22 PM.</FONT></P>

 

[jack]

Figures.

I was doing interview after interview last summer on the rollout of JACK-FM(Time, Rolling Stone, US News, etc.), and I was called by someone at Newsday who wanted to do a story on the format and the thought behind it. After spending 45 minutes answering questions, I figured that he got a decent background and there would be a decent story. Something along the lines of "JACK is an international radio format, but it started here on LI" (true).

Nope. I wasn't even mentioned and most - (if not all) - of the story was cribbed from wire copy.

Do they even have a radio column anymore?

 

[1290wgli]

No. Newsday is a joke. 10 years after the failure of New York Newsday, they're still trying with Newsday New York. The wanna be paper.

This is an awful daily that caters to Wang, Billy Joel, Hamptonites and the Matt Crossins and Richard Kessels of Long Island. It is mostly out of touch with real concerns and real people and they try to cover with occasional "specials" (like the recent Fire Department series).

 

[Russty]

> Newsday is a joke.
> It is mostly out of touch with real concerns
> and real people and they try to cover with occasional
> "specials" (like the recent Fire Department series).

The Fire Department Series, That was such a slap in the face to all Fire Departments here on the Island. I am absolutely suprised that there wasn't any kind of protest or reaction to that obviously anti-Fire Department feature.

All Newsday seems to care about is blowing the School Budgets out of proportion and causing half of the budgets to go down. Now thery try to do the same to the Fire Departments. Who or what will be the next target?

 

[mkdanz]

Sounds great Jimi, but RadioX isn't playing TMO's LIR game. This isn't about national and international exposure, and right now RadioX doesn't need to be world famous. They need a groundswell of support in their own backyard, and that comes from local marketing. What you're doing for them is very cool, but local is important too.


> I'm currently working the Radio X saga into a national,and
> international overview/story,from a public relations-press
> oriented angle, so hopefully we won't need the local yokeles
> to tip their hats in the right direction!
> > Very appropriate thread and rant!
> >
> > The fact that RadioX is an LPFM with translators *IS* the
> > story. Here you have a small player with a bigger reach
> > (not signal) than some commercial stations, meeting the
> > local and entertainment needs of the community where
> others
> > seemingly can't. The Long Island Press exposes its
> serious
> > conflict of interest and media bias by not talking up
> > RadioX, and Newsday simply shows its lack of local focus.
> A
> > few of us talked about this in a previous thread. A real
> > shame that RadioX can't get the coverage it deserves.
> > >
> > > I would say partly due to the fact RadioX is LPFM or
> > > something along those lines. I could be wrong with the
> > > termonology, but its not your typical radio station. It
>
> > > also has a very limited signal range, of pretty much
> just
> > > parts of central Suffolk with a reliable signal
> > >
> >
>

 

[1290wgli]

> Sounds great Jimi, but RadioX isn't playing TMO's LIR game.
> This isn't about national and international exposure, and
> right now RadioX doesn't need to be world famous. They need
> a groundswell of support in their own backyard, and that
> comes from local marketing. What you're doing for them is
> very cool, but local is important too.
>
>

It's incredible what happens when LOCAL radio people (not NATIONAL consultants or salesmen) program radio stations.

 

[lalumia]

I hear you, Michael, but sometimes local support arrives when the locals realize that a project is making big noise outside of the area,and some people then want to participate more than they did when it was exculsively a local event.For example, a paragraph in Spin or Rolling Stone would definately get some of the locals to sit up and pay attention.
> Sounds great Jimi, but RadioX isn't playing TMO's LIR game.
> This isn't about national and international exposure, and
> right now RadioX doesn't need to be world famous. They need
> a groundswell of support in their own backyard, and that
> comes from local marketing. What you're doing for them is
> very cool, but local is important too.
>
>
> > I'm currently working the Radio X saga into a national,and
>
> > international overview/story,from a public relations-press
>
> > oriented angle, so hopefully we won't need the local
> yokeles
> > to tip their hats in the right direction!
> > > Very appropriate thread and rant!
> > >
> > > The fact that RadioX is an LPFM with translators *IS*
> the
> > > story. Here you have a small player with a bigger reach
>
> > > (not signal) than some commercial stations, meeting the
> > > local and entertainment needs of the community where
> > others
> > > seemingly can't. The Long Island Press exposes its
> > serious
> > > conflict of interest and media bias by not talking up
> > > RadioX, and Newsday simply shows its lack of local
> focus.
> > A
> > > few of us talked about this in a previous thread. A
> real
> > > shame that RadioX can't get the coverage it deserves.
> > > >
> > > > I would say partly due to the fact RadioX is LPFM or
> > > > something along those lines. I could be wrong with
> the
> > > > termonology, but its not your typical radio station.
> It
> >
> > > > also has a very limited signal range, of pretty much
> > just
> > > > parts of central Suffolk with a reliable signal
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

 

[mcmannors]

>>10 years after the failure of New York Newsday, they're still trying with Newsday New York. The wanna be paper.<<

If this was a year or two ago, you would be correct. However, in recent months the "New York City" edition of Newsday has been the victim of cutbacks in personnel and other things as well. On Sundays, the "City Life" section has been replaced with the "LI Life" section that you get on Long Island. In addition, in the section with the movie listings, only *two* Brooklyn theatres are listed (close to the Queens border) while as recently as a few months back, every single Brooklyn theatre was listed. And finally, I've noticed more and more Long Island news stories, Long Island editorials, and letters to the editor from Long Islanders appearing in the City Edition than ever before. A few months back, the City Edition was trying to be a separate paper, but now it seems to be a Long Island paper with only a few extra pages dedicated to city news.

 

[1290wgli]

> >>10 years after the failure of New York Newsday, they're
> still trying with Newsday New York. The wanna be paper.
>

The point is, they are/were trying. Nothing about succeeding.

 

[JerseyShor]

> [rant]
> I picked up the Sunday Snoozeday and was floored by an
> article in the Fan Fare section by Glen Gambodia (C9-10)
> wondering aloud now that KROCK is gone[/rant]


Were people on Eastern Long Island able to pick up K-Rock in the first place?

Isn't it like 100 miles from the Empire State Building to Montauk?

Also, doesn't 92.1/WLNG block out any kind of reception on 92.3 on Eastern Long Island?

 

[DonRevert]

> Were people on Eastern Long Island able to pick up K-Rock in
> the first place?
Most of Long Island can hear KROCK, the signal fades out before the Hamptons.
>
> Isn't it like 100 miles from the Empire State Building to
> Montauk?

Sure, but nobody is talking about Montauk. I live in Western Nassau and my job takes me out into Suffolk on a daily basis. I used to listen to KROCK. When they started playing classic crap, I started bringing CDs more, but now listen to Radio X. I'm sure others must have made the same switch.