Used to listen to Larry Glick on WBZ down in Maryland as a kid in the 70s. I remember him giving the sports scores - "Oakland 14, Denver 10 - Baltimore 24, Miami 20 - and a few partial scores - 12 & 23." I actually used that line when giving high school football scores on air in Orlando 15 years ago, and had someone call in and say thanks for bringing back Larry Glick. RIP Larry
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I hope WBZ survives beyond our generation, WCBS Newsradio 88 going ESPN
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Glick probably got that joke from a George Carlin routine. I believe it was on George's "AM & FM" album.
That's because there's no attributable revenue after 7PM.
That's because like nights, there's no attributable revenue to middays.
The only real choices are 94.5, 100.7, and 107.9, so NOT likely.
A lot of people hear "bonus spots" at night or during overnights and think they are paid. For their benefit: often a station that does not do too well in an agency buy's target demos will add bonus spots to bring down the Cost Per Point.
IHR has 680 and 1200 on AM while it has WJMN 94.5, WZRM 97.7, WZLX 100.7, WBWL 101.7 and WXKS FM 107.9; you could put BZ AM on something like 101.7 and cover a lot of the area but that removes one of their revenue streams if it's simulcast with 1030.
What does 1030 shift to, otherwise?
What was Entercom moved WEEI 850 to
93.7, losing "Mike" and the AM shifted first to ESPN and more recently to gambling talk and gets tiny ratings. It was done after--two YEARS after--CBS debuted Sports Hub.
Are people mostly just listening to FM, thus the need to put "Newsradio" there? They probably do have a lot of people listening to it on stream. Also it's on HD2 of 107.9; and 680 and 1030 are on the HD2 and HD3 of ZLX.
Which is the bigger number--WBZ listeners on the stream, or on the HD signal? How many people own HD radios? Maybe a lot of n̈ew cars could have HD, who knows. "The connected car" is quite big these days. And phone listening to the stream. So with these options is it worth moving to FM, or simulcasting on both 1030 and one of the FMs (of the 5 mentioned)?
What does 1030 shift to, otherwise?
What was Entercom moved WEEI 850 to
93.7, losing "Mike" and the AM shifted first to ESPN and more recently to gambling talk and gets tiny ratings. It was done after--two YEARS after--CBS debuted Sports Hub.
Are people mostly just listening to FM, thus the need to put "Newsradio" there? They probably do have a lot of people listening to it on stream. Also it's on HD2 of 107.9; and 680 and 1030 are on the HD2 and HD3 of ZLX.
Which is the bigger number--WBZ listeners on the stream, or on the HD signal? How many people own HD radios? Maybe a lot of n̈ew cars could have HD, who knows. "The connected car" is quite big these days. And phone listening to the stream. So with these options is it worth moving to FM, or simulcasting on both 1030 and one of the FMs (of the 5 mentioned)?
The ratings are irrelevant when it comes to the gambling talk format. Advertisers pay to reach a specific audience -- people who gamble on sports -- and they know that stations like WEEI(AM) will deliver nothing but sports gamblers, no matter how few of them may be listening.
Right, similar to the conservative talk on 1200--a way to get the shows/ads out there during Beck, Hannity etc. Multiply that by various markets across the land.
His salary went down eventually but Rush was able to earn $50M per year for 8 years on his Premiere (CC/iHR) syndicated show.
Ratings may or may not have been there but advertisers wanted in.
And if, say, iHR killed off the Bull to put WBZ Newsradio on FM, they lose ad money/ a
revenue stream. Same if one of the other FMs were to be sacrificed.
Exactly right, yes.
And don’t forget after the partial scores of 16, 20, and 7..
49ers 76…76ers 49.
The only possability for WBZ going FM would be WBWL 101.7, right now with a 1.5 share in the latest book. I don't know what thier billing looks like, but WBZ News Radio will likely pick listeners that just don't listen to AM radio because of signal degradation depending on your immediate location..
I believe WBWL exists to chip away at WKLB and at Beasley's "wall of women." Country is currently a female-skewing format, and iHeart isn't getting a lot of 25-44 Sacred Sales Demo women listening to news/talk, hip-hop or classic rock. The Bull gives iHeart Boston's advertisers something different to include in their buys.
Agreed about the Bull; as much as it would be a good home for NewsradioWBZ on FM, they are running country for just that reason.
I don't know what WBZ would gain by being simulcast on 101.7. This signal does not have the reach that 94.5 or 100.7 or 107.9 does. I suppose those listeners who live close to the 101.7 transmitter might benefit, but I suspect that the majority of 'BZ's listeners live outside the coverage area of 101.7, so, for them, it's tuning into AM 1030, or 107.9 HD-2 (admittedly spotty in its coverage), or streaming via "the iHeartRadio app".
Access to a demographic that they can't reach now?
I’m in the metro aan where I am WXKS-HD2 doesn’t come in reliably. So it’s not a choice.
Stream it.
With that thought nothing has to be over-the-air at all. Why broadcast at all?
If someone coveted either the AM or FM bands, then transmitters would be turned off faster than a sudden power failure. I don't know that the AM band is highly coveted for any kind of service. MAYBE some 2-way dispatch service could make us of the FM band, but that would be about it. Plus there'd be more than a few million auto and - yes - home AM/FM radios that suddenly are rendered obsolete. Kind of depressing when you really think about it.
The chances of another service taking over 530-1700 kHz are several orders of magnitude less than zero. Only hams might have an interest in doing so (we'll take whatever we can get), but nobody else. I'm not holding my breath waiting for that to happen. Despite a few HD-only stations being tested, digital transmissions are just not practical in that spectrum. Also, Medium Wave, aka Ancient Modulation, broadcasting is a worldwide ITU allocation, despite some countries shutting down many, most, or all of their stations.
There are still plenty of frequencies available for such services.
The FM band ain't going nowhere, and TV Channels 5 and 6 are staying as they are. No FM receivers, other than maybe pre-1990 relics with analog tuning and AFC, are going to be rendered obsolete.
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