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Is CBS-FM airing Tom Kent?

Is Tom Kent listed on the CBS-FM website?

I know sister station Q-105 in Tampa airs Kent not just weekends but weeknights, so maybe it's just a matter of time his show airs on CBS-FM...
 
As of this past Saturday night, they had Saturday Night 70's from 7-midnight, the Classic Dance Showcase from midnight to 1, then Rewind with Gary Bryan. Not sure when else they would air Tom Kent. Stations generally air the show "customized" with their ID, so CBS-FM is probably just a dummy station he uses.
 
But the real question is: Does a station such as CBS-FM need Tom Kent every night?

I'm not impuning Tom here...I think he does a good show. But, a station like CBS-FM is more than capable of locally producing its own product. That's not the case in all markets, or all stations. The music stations I work for do almost no syndication, and we do just fine. (You see, we adjusted our costs 10 years ago...we're as tight as we can be and not hurt the product.)

Syndication has its' place. But, let's "tell the baby it's ugly", here...A lot of stations use it as a cost cutting measure...(it's cheaper than a salary). But not every radio station, or radio company feels the need to change something if it's working.

Last time I looked, CBS-FM was the #2 station in NYC, and they've been #1, albeit briefly. If I were them, I wouldn't be clammoring to hop on board the "latest" syndicated show. They seem to be doing fine the way they are...no law says you have to carry any syndicated show just because it's there. And, the "oldies/classic hits" format being what it is, it's always been a one station to a market situation. There's little need on their part to fear for a direct competitor.
 
CBS-FM prides itself on having the only live and local request show in the evening, and seems to be doing just fine with its current lineup. Also, as far as sister stations go, WODS Boston aired Kent for a while and then went back to local talent in the evenings. So I wouldn't read too much into any other stations carrying him.
 
marce90 said:
Cause I recently visited the Tom Kent Ultimate Party website, and I heard Kent say "CBS-FM, Hello?", thinking that Tom Kent's Saturday Night show is heard in New York City on 101.1. Is this true?

Here's the website and listen:
http://www.tomkentradio.com/main/ultimate/
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From what I hear, Mr. Kent wants to be on CBS-FM badly. Might have been him trying to get their attention.

One of my local A/C stations carries him on Saturday & Sunday nights to go with their flashback weekends - not a bad sounding show, but not getting gangbusters ratings.
 
Jason Roberts said:
...Last time I looked, CBS-FM was the #2 station in NYC, and they've been #1, albeit briefly. If I were them, I wouldn't be clammoring to hop on board the "latest" syndicated show. They seem to be doing fine the way they are... no law says you have to carry any syndicated show just because it's there...
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Say, didn't Lite-FM lose a significant portion of their ratings right after they were forcefed started carrying the "Delilah" program? :eek:
 
DToTheJ said:
Is Tom Kent listed on the CBS-FM website?

I know sister station Q-105 in Tampa airs Kent not just weekends but weeknights, so maybe it's just a matter of time his show airs on CBS-FM...
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Unless they've added his show again recently, Q-105 had scaled back Tom Kent to just weekends about a year ago. They have someone local at night, but I suppose he could be voicetracked. As others have mentioned, WODS in Boston went back to local at night, and KLUV in Dallas also aired Tom's show full-time for about a year. They're now airing their former afternoon guy, John Summers, in that slot, though I'm pretty sure he's voicetracked.

It seems like I remember reading that union rules generally prohibit airing syndicated programming outside of overnights on most of New York's music stations. This was why Delilah had to do her own show specifically for WLTW.
 
DToTheJ said:
Jason Roberts said:
...Last time I looked, CBS-FM was the #2 station in NYC, and they've been #1, albeit briefly. If I were them, I wouldn't be clammoring to hop on board the "latest" syndicated show. They seem to be doing fine the way they are... no law says you have to carry any syndicated show just because it's there...
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Say, didn't Lite-FM lose a significant portion of their ratings right after they were forcefed started carrying the "Delilah" program? :eek:
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Both stations are very different. You can't draw a conclusion from that...
 
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