I'm not doubting him, but I will say that typically, stations in this situation are only contractually obligated to carry the commercials, not the programming. But who knows what these folks signed?
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Good Karma To Lease 880; WCBS News Programming To End
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I'm not doubting him, but I will say that typically, stations in this situation are only contractually obligated to carry the commercials, not the programming. But who knows what these folks signed?
I'm not sure if that was in response to my post. But in my defense, I did write "ESPN New York".
IIRC, WFAN had news at the top of the hour in its early years. It used to end with the result of the most recent race at whichever NY track was running (Aqueduct, Belmont, Saratoga), then the weather. But it as gone before a year or two had passed, and since then, all updates the station has programmed have been sports-only. (Except, I assume, on 9/11.)
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
If you did (and forgive me for not wanting to go back one page to check that detail), I apologize for overlooking it, but my reading of your post gave me the impression that you meant integrating the CBS network news into the ESPN Radio network programming.
I only recall WFAN doing non-sports news during Imus in the Morning.
If a major news story was in progress, there were exceptions. Examples I clearly recall were 9/11 and the days afterward, the 2000 presidential election, and the 1990 Happy Land Social Club fire.
There is a low percentage of non-simulcast time which can be used while still getting SLR. This was intended to help sports stations with restricted-by-team simulcast issues but could be used to cover some Sunday morning hours.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Of course. I've read that part of the Nielsen policy before. But I get the impression that the amount of infomercial content on Sunday may well exceed that allowance.
I understand he’s a busy guy, but it seems I never get an answer from David on anything I ask him directly.
The limit for separate programming while qualifying for total line reporting is 33.5 hours in a 28 day ratings period, excluding the 12a-6a daypart.
An operator could theoretically run paid programs from midnight to 2pm one day a week on the AM and still qualify for TLR.
Source: David E., quoting Nielsen Audio. https://radiodiscussions.com/thread...w-it-deals-with-single-line-reporting.768555/
An operator could theoretically run paid programs from midnight to 2pm one day a week on the AM and still qualify for TLR.
Source: David E., quoting Nielsen Audio. https://radiodiscussions.com/thread...w-it-deals-with-single-line-reporting.768555/
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
True, presuming any infomercial client wanted to buy in the overnight daypart.
I do not know how much paid programming runs on 1070; Audacy only posts the 97.1 program schedule. (For that matter, they have erased "AM 1070" from the station logo on their website.) But if they plan to spin more and more of the weekend AM schedule to infomercials, they would hit the tipping point at 11:00pm if they started at 6:00am both days.
That's really interesting. I wonder what would air on the ESPN New York app while CBS news airs on 880?
If I'm in the city on weekends, I'm tuned into 97.1 anyways so I'm not sure how much is running on KNX.
But if they simply moved the prior brokered programming over it is 2 or 3 hours Saturday mornings and 1 or 2 on Sundays.
Not much. As you note, they could pack 1070 on weekends with this stuff without hitting the tipping point.
If true, as with any contract the importance thing is the details. Are they contractually obligated to air 24 hours a day? In Philly KYW only runs CBS top of the hour overnight. Are they contractually obligated to run 7/days a week? Are they contractually obligated to stream, run over the air or both? Could the contract obligation end if they no longer use the WCBS call letters?
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Yes I forget commissions 🤣🤣. There’s a reason why they’re shopping at Saks Fifth Avenue, and I’m shopping at Walmart in rural Louisiana 🤣🤣
Which further makes me think an outright flip to sports isn’t a good idea
I fully believe listeners will definitely jump ship over that. We listen to sports to get away from news. WFAN wouldn’t do that
A part of me feels like this has WCBS FM-Jack FM written all over it. Maybe Michael Kay shouldn’t take phone calls for a little while?Francesa 'Surprised And Saddened' By ESPN New York's Takeover Of WCBS.
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You know that Jack was, demographically, more successful than the abandoned Oldie format on CBS-FM, don't you?
New Orleans is a much more parochial market with the Saints than with NY and WCBS. The Saints are a major part of the culture, and you have to have Saints coverage there and WWL is the flagship. And the majority of their listenership is on FM. Immediately after Hurricane Katrina they added the FM simulcast with 105.3 (that was a struggling hot AC before the storm).
Even with that their night programming is all Infinity sports talk after 8pm. They do Dave Ramsey at 1am CT and Gordon Deal's morning news at 4am.
When I was growing up (even until Katrina and a few years after), they had trucking shows on there overnight.
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