Is there any radio station in New York features local stories ?

[capitalguy]

Hello, I am wondering if such radio programming does exist? Mostly all radio station's I've been listen of New York are mainstream AC with playing the hits of 3 decades or they are very tide of political talk. WNCY is being covered almost the entire by the national NPR schedule and their world news often are coming from the BBC. Radio features and coverage aren't available in the U.S..
The species on the air turned old and their shows reflects that. Very sad. I'm surprised people still enjoy listing to WCBS 101.1 FM, Z100, PLJ, KTU and so on, I can't handle these channels for more than 10 minutes.

 

[TheBigA]

Not sure what you mean by "local stories." Have you tried WINS?

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

WCBS-AM by Entercom

 

[davideduardo]

Hello, I am wondering if such radio programming does exist? Mostly all radio station's I've been listen of New York are mainstream AC with playing the hits of 3 decades or they are very tide of political talk. WNCY is being covered almost the entire by the national NPR schedule and their world news often are coming from the BBC. Radio features and coverage aren't available in the U.S..
The species on the air turned old and their shows reflects that. Very sad. I'm surprised people still enjoy listing to WCBS 101.1 FM, Z100, PLJ, KTU and so on, I can't handle these channels for more than 10 minutes.

First question: are you even in the New York market?

If you look at the total market, you will find that two of the top four stations in listenership are all-news "all of the time". Just a but further down in the ranking by listening level is WNYC-FM, a public station that has news, discussion, arts and information, but one you seem to dismiss. Farther down is its sister AM station, similarly programmed. Then there is WBBR, which is news with a business focus, and WADO which has Spanish language news and discussions.

Those stations cover important local news as they deem relevant for their audiences. What news, in your opinion is not being covered which needs to be on a metro-area-wide radio signal?

There is only, really, one "mainstream AC" which is WLTW. There are AC variants, such as Urban AC, Hot AC and Rhythmic Hot AC and even Spanish language AC. But only one significant mainstream AC station until you get outside of the core of the market, such as the Long Island-only signals or the peripheral market areas with very localized services.

But there are all other kinds of formats besides WLTW's mainstream AC: Classic (pop) Hits, Classic Rock, Latin CHR, CHR, HipHop, Urban, Country, Alternative Rock, Classical, Sports, Gospel, AAA, Jazz, Spanish language sports, news-based talk, and the undefinable, like WBAI.

Take another listen and tell us what you think is missing. Most people in the radio business will agree that stations have to stick to a specialty, with news being the area of several but not all of them. And within the news specialty, most would agree that the significant local news stories are well covered, within the confines of the way people listen to radio.

 

[fybush]

I work in public radio, so I'm coming to this with a bias. But having said that, I think you're dismissing WNYC too easily. Yes, there's a lot of national content - but there's a LOT of local storytelling going on, too. Local newscasts air every hour during the day, twice each hour during Morning Edition and All Things Considered. There are four hours a day of original local talk shows, from 10-noon (Brian Lehrer) and noon-2 PM (Midday on WNYC), with repeats later in the day.

And alone among any radio station in the metro, there's longer form radio reporting being heard during the local insert blocks on Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Most of it tends to air between :44 after and the end of the hour - but it's very much there, with features that range from 4 to 7 minutes in length on all sorts of topics.

Better yet - most of the other public radio stations around the state do our own long-form reporting, too. Up in Rochester at WXXI, there's almost always a local feature piece during any given weekday, and we often share stories of regional interest with our neighboring stations. And we have a reporter stationed at the state capital in Albany providing daily longform coverage of the state government. WCNY in Syracuse produces the daily "Capital Pressroom," an hourlong talk show each weekday covering Albany.

And that's not even touching the ever-growing number of stories being told in podcast form. WNYC, especially, was quick to realize that the future of audio isn't just linear broadcast radio. They've fast become one of the biggest podcast producers in the nation.

There are so many stories to be heard... you just have to look for them in the right places.

 

[capitalguy]

Thank you, I'll give a listen to WINS, but what really bothers me on the radio is listening to those those promos and commercials like 1-877-Kars-4-Kids.
And I don't want to listen to this long debates between the host and listeners on the phone.

I like listen to the music of WFUV on 90.7 FM http://www.wfuv.org/

What I am missing are those news stories about the society, they're making the city go round.
It can be everything about climate change, health care, bank robbery, food, small businesses. In short, the feuilleton on the radio.