DRUDGE REPORT NOT AIRING ON 1210

[trolleyk]

Why isn't The Drudge Report not currently being aired at 10PM on WPHT?

 

[Evangelist]

I tuned in online at 11 and here he is.

 

[carnyfeet]

the Drudge Report, as in Matt Drudge, the blogger?

 

[Jul]

I don't get it, maybe 1210 AM doesn't want to air this show anymore. Move it to WNTP 990 AM and air all 3 hours of the show live and not on tape.

 

[Jul]

Why isn't The Drudge Report not currently being aired at 10PM on WPHT?

I think that WPHT aired a sales paid program from 10 until 11 PM causing the first hour of Drudge to be missed because the same type of thing happened a while back. WPHT needs to stop doing that and air all 3 hours of his show LIVE if possible unless sports programming airs. Sales programming and infomercials should not be top priority on WPHT causing talk and regularly schedule programming to be pre-empted for what is basically infomercials, talk programming should be top priority and be aired at their normal times. I don't recall WCAU ever doing this, true? I would e-mail and call WPHT about this: http://thebigtalker1210.com/pages/17126.php . The Drudge Report airs from 10 PM-1 AM Sundays on 1210 AM.

 

[Jul]

Same thing happening again. Drudge will be heard at 11 PM tonight on 1210 AM I think the station is running the Sunday schedule that would have aired from 6-10 PM to 7-11 PM which is crazy for the first hour of the Drudge Report to be missed because of that. The Phillies was the cause in this case tonight. The station should shorten the length of a show or cut one of the shows in that time period for the week. I don't get it at all.

 

[imhomerjay]

Clearly you don't get it.

They did cut a show short. It was Drudge. Two hours still airs. The sun still rises tomorrow, the world keeps spinning.

 

[ajhenderson]

Why isn't The Drudge Report not currently being aired at 10PM on WPHT?

I think that WPHT aired a sales paid program from 10 until 11 PM causing the first hour of Drudge to be missed because the same type of thing happened a while back. WPHT needs to stop doing that and air all 3 hours of his show LIVE if possible unless sports programming airs. Sales programming and infomercials should not be top priority on WPHT causing talk and regularly schedule programming to be pre-empted for what is basically infomercials, talk programming should be top priority and be aired at their normal times. I don't recall WCAU ever doing this, true? I would e-mail and call WPHT about this: http://thebigtalker1210.com/pages/17126.php . The Drudge Report airs from 10 PM-1 AM Sundays on 1210 AM.

This is an antiquated philosophy. I'd rather the big guys like WPHT not air much brokered fare (KFI here in LA is one of the few left that has NONE), but that is the reality in today's world. The crappy stations that started airing some brokered stuff many years ago are now wall-to-wall paytoilets, and every other talk station, with few exceptions, have followed suit, some more than others. WPHT still has a decent amount of quality weekend programming, unlike the WNTP model, which many stations on par with 1210 do (KRLD/Dallas has A LOT).

The days of "quality programming" being concern #1 are over. Like it or not, live with it.

 

[trolleyk]

I found out from WPHT that they making up for the earlier premption of a local talk show because of the Phillies game. Apparently their commitments to syndicated programming vs is very low. The programming management at WPHT is very poor. This is why they run Best of encores of Coast-to-Coast on weekends instead of airing it live also. Or the airing of Coast-to-Coast weeknights for only 3 of the 4 hours in favor of 12 hour delayed Bill O'Reilly at 12AM.

 

[Jul]

I found out from WPHT that they making up for the earlier premption of a local talk show because of the Phillies game. Apparently their commitments to syndicated programming vs is very low. The programming management at WPHT is very poor.

WHAT!!! This is wrong what the station is doing, just plain wrong. The syndicated programs help bring the station ratings and money, correct?

 

[ajhenderson]

I found out from WPHT that they making up for the earlier premption of a local talk show because of the Phillies game. Apparently their commitments to syndicated programming vs is very low. The programming management at WPHT is very poor. This is why they run Best of encores of Coast-to-Coast on weekends instead of airing it live also. Or the airing of Coast-to-Coast weeknights for only 3 of the 4 hours in favor of 12 hour delayed Bill O'Reilly at 12AM.

The only reason they run O'Reilly is because their sister company syndicates it.

 

[DToTheJ]

I found out from WPHT that they making up for the earlier premption of a local talk show because of the Phillies game. Apparently their commitments to syndicated programming vs is very low. The programming management at WPHT is very poor.

WHAT!!!

Uhh, no we're talking about WPHT. ;D

Is it possible WPHT is indeed getting cash from their own WW1 to carry O'Reilly even on tape delay? That's how it's cleared on WOR in New York.

 

[trolleyk]

You are misinterpreting what I said. Yes, stations make money from syndicated programs. My point was they are ruining their cash cow syndicated program audience in favor of making up time on their local programs.

 

[Jul]

You are misinterpreting what I said. Yes, stations make money from syndicated programs. My point was they are ruining their cash cow syndicated program audience in favor of making up time on their local programs.

I don't get why is the station is doing something so stupid like this to its national talk programs. If the Drudge Report supposed to be on at 10 PM Sunday on 1210 AM, it should be on at the time, no exceptions unless sports programming airs. WPHT better get this problem fixed or Drudge or other national talk programming might leave 1210 AM and move to another Philly station like 990 AM or off the Philly radio market altogether.

 

[Evangelist]

A lot of stations don't air entire talk shows. There are markets where only two or three hours ofGordon Liddy are heard; that's true of Glenn Beck, Savage, Laura Ingraham, and so on.

If WPHT has a contract to air Matt Drudge, it will remain on that station until the contract is up. Julius, maybe you're not aware of this, but programs don't just pick stations on which to air and poof--there they are. It's not that simple. Contracts have to be signed. And with corporations, a lot of programming decisions are made higher up than the station level.

 

[imhomerjay]

I don't get why is the station is doing something so stupid like this to its national talk programs.

What fails to sink in is that it isn't a stupid business decision. It's a three hour gossip fest at best, in the Sunday night dead zone.

If the Drudge Report supposed to be on at 10 PM Sunday on 1210 AM, it should be on at the time, no exceptions unless sports programming airs.

Ah yes, sports trumps anything else. But what about the non-sports fans, Julius? Shouldn't their program start on time, no exceptions? If the Phillies run late, too bad. Shut it off. Don't do something so stupid as not airing the syndicated program.

WPHT better get this problem fixed or Drudge or other national talk programming might leave 1210 AM and move to another Philly station like 990 AM or off the Philly radio market altogether.

Um, it can't just up and move to another station if said station doesn't want it. Two hours on the station people know vs. three hours on the one about three people tune to...boy, tough call for the syndicators on that one.

 

[Jul]

I would highly suggest that 1210 AM shorten programs of skip some of them altogether so Drudge can air for the whole 3 hours from 10 PM-1 AM on Sundays. Sales programming should not be the number 1 thing on the station, the talk shows are. That's the main source of the problem.