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Good Karma To Lease 880; WCBS News Programming To End
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K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Yes, it is. Somewhere lost in these 42 pages, that was previously revealed (and I'm not inclined to go look for it).
I guess there's a call letter shortage.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
What makes you say that? I think WHSQ is perfectly fine, given that Audacy was legally required to change them from WCBS.
Marla Diamond was on the air this afternoon, as well.
Shortly after her report Larry Mullins took a story from Amanda Alexandre, who he welcomed as the newest reporter at 1010 WINS.
She's mid 20s and had been working as a production assistant at WINS - seems that with WCBS gone, they found some budget for more headcount (but not enough to keep a higher paid vet like Sean Adams around).
Shortly after her report Larry Mullins took a story from Amanda Alexandre, who he welcomed as the newest reporter at 1010 WINS.
She's mid 20s and had been working as a production assistant at WINS - seems that with WCBS gone, they found some budget for more headcount (but not enough to keep a higher paid vet like Sean Adams around).
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K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Seems logical to me. If you own both all-news stations and you shut one of them down, you will want to have the best people from both remain on the surviving station.
That means, of course, that there were cuts to existing WINS staff to accommodate that.
That means, of course, that there were cuts to existing WINS staff to accommodate that.
Not necessarily. There is something in the union world known as vacation relief.
I don't know that that is the conclusion I'd make.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
I guess we'll have to see over the next several weeks, then.
There are people in my neck of the woods who graduated from THE Ohio State University [Don't get me started on that "THE" crap] and are so wrapped up in their football team they literally get physically ill when they lose. I mean, puking and crying, etc. I think how mentally ill must you be to let something upset you that much that has NO effect on your life [unless you lost a crapload of money gambling on them]. I know hundreds, if not thousands, of people and sometimes ask them what sports radio stations they listen to and they usually look at me like testicles just sprouted from my forehead and usually it's "I don't listen unless a football, basketball, baseball game is on". There must be a diehard core of schmoes that hang on every word some sport spoutin' washed up jock is blathering on about but I can't see how they can get the ratings that some of them do. I just remember hearing one sports station that didn't have rights to the Cleveland Browns.....well, you could tell they were just watching the game and describing what was taking place on the field. It just sounded pathetic. I like SOME sports, and just one of the Big Three that are usually covered but I'm not gonna spend a lot of my time watching even the ones I like. The dumbest had to be a radio station broadcasting a high school wrestling match as I was sitting behind the announcer...."He just threw a high crotch lift into a gramby followed by a single leg takedown duck under leading to back points and now trying for the pin!" I'm thinking there is NOBODY except a blind ex-wrestler who can't get out anymore even understanding one thing you are saying."
…and considering they get said once an hour during the TOH ID, and GKB probably doesn’t want to move the WEPN calls to a leased property, this completely checks out.
In reality, who cares what the calls are on a station that fully brands itself as “ESPN New York”? As long as they avoid confusion with other local stations, it could be WKRP for all they (and 99.98% of listeners) care.
Big question is what happens to WEPN-FM? I’m assuming those will change after the 31st.
It's not just OSU fans that are like that. U of M fans are just as crazy, and many others. It's just a game. Get on with your life. I have the feeling that much of the vomiting is from drinking too much, combined with losing the game.
Reminds me of, and almost sounds like they (Audacy) are competing with themselves (Kinda but not really?) Really Nice to Have 2 Major AM signals, Now with the Sports Format in NYC, on 660 & 880. Between those I wonder which has the bigger brand recognition in NYC, or who might get the bigger ratings/audience?
Perhaps it's not quite a carbon copy of "The Fan" - but I guess it adds more variety to the dial, similar to on TV, when ESPN-2 came around in the 1990s.
Perhaps it's not quite a carbon copy of "The Fan" - but I guess it adds more variety to the dial, similar to on TV, when ESPN-2 came around in the 1990s.
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Ehhhh, MY life will go on, I don't give a rat or twos ass about football, at least the American version. And the ones I know that got barfy over OSU losing......don't drink. Could have been food poisoning from one of the overpriced concession stands.
This is not a new station. It has been around since 2001. It is just moving from 98.7 to 880.
Absolutely, I was saying that we just went from
having 2 "All News Stations" (880 & 1010), to
having 2 "All Sports Stations" Instead.
I Have Fond Memories of 98.7
When it was Kiss FM (WRKS) in the 1990s.
Kinda Hard to believe It's been gone far so long.
I guess I'm still missing your point. We already had 2 all sports stations.
Lance wrote a good analysis of both WCBS/NYC and and WBOS/Boston for his "Hotline" column.
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That ignores the fact that there were THREE all news stations (880, 1010, & 92.3)
And now you're back to two: (1010 & 92.3)
The number of sports stations remains unchanged.
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