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HURRICANE IRENE AND 101.9 FM

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radioguy39nj

For the week of Aug 25-31, heritage all-news WINS earned a 5.5 rating. Upstart FM News 101.9 (WEMP) got 0.8! People didn't want to hear fluff when they were facing long-term power blackouts and major flooding damage.

Everyone in the Tri-State NY Area was impacted by Hurricane Irene, regardless of demo or gender. FM News 101.9 wasn't ready for prime time when it signed on and it still isn't!

In 1965, WINS hit the ground running. WINS earned its keep with its coverage of the Great Northeast blackout of Nov 65 and the NYC Transit strike of Jan 66. All-news radio was here to stay!

In an emergency, all-news radio has to inform its listeners. Does WEMP have a clue as to what it's trying to do? ???
 
A few days before Irene, the region also shook through this decade's Earthquake of The Century. The epicenter was south of Washington DC but may as well have been in Central Park the way it was played up nationally.

Reports, response and ratings show that the new news station was unprepared to strut -- even though WEMP did pat itself on the back for the earthquake coverage.

This buying up of FM houses in major, major markets (which means less music on each one, plus the reaction from jittery AM talkers) still is disconcerting to me.
 
radioguy39nj said:
For the week of Aug 25-31, heritage all-news WINS earned a 5.5 rating. Upstart FM News 101.9 (WEMP) got 0.8! People didn't want to hear fluff when they were facing long-term power blackouts and major flooding damage.

Everyone in the Tri-State NY Area was impacted by Hurricane Irene, regardless of demo or gender. FM News 101.9 wasn't ready for prime time when it signed on and it still isn't!

In 1965, WINS hit the ground running. WINS earned its keep with its coverage of the Great Northeast blackout of Nov 65 and the NYC Transit strike of Jan 66. All-news radio was here to stay!

In an emergency, all-news radio has to inform its listeners. Does WEMP have a clue as to what it's trying to do? ???
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Think more recent disasters like September 11th and the 2003 blackout.

101.9 FM News got "lucky" with 3 opportunities to shine with its news coverage: the earthquake, the hurricane, and the September 11th anniversary threat that never happened. I think WCBS and WINS did a much better job than WEMP.
 
Yeah, I have been holding my thoughts about about 101.9.....Let me say first, i give any new format a fair chance, music, talk and yes fm news...I tuned in many times over the last few weeks...couldn't spend much time with out saying WHAT?
After I heard "Here are the top stories, fashion week is over......"
I understand they have this format....but, when a hurricane or something else
comes to New York, formats should take a back seat....Remember when Pres. Kennedy was killed...how stations like WMCA became a news/talk staion droping a top 40 format..
Lets see, if 101.9 was around then , after her husband died wonder who Jackie was wearing..
 
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