Jay Severin Syndication coming sooner rather than later?

[DavidZ]

Some of the other radio-info boards are talking about a new round of Clear Channel cuts being imminent. Announcements perhaps as early as next week with live and local shifts being in play as possible layoff targets. Could CC use this as the opportunity to take Jay Severin to PM drive at all of their stations? Recently I was listening to Jim Polito on WTAG and he mentioned his colleague Jay Severin. A slip of the tongue or a predictor of things to come at CC Worcester.

 

[raccoonradio]

Interesting possibility. WXKS AM hasn't been doing much in ratings but they may do OK in some billing
despite that, but if there are cuts whom and where (and some of Jay's fans aren't happy with the 1200
signal esp. this time of yr; a facebook group urges it be syndicated)

WHJJ 920 Prov.: Their local host is Helen Glover mornings followed by syndie: Beck, Rush, Hannity,
Levin etc. They could perhaps pick up Jay 3-6 then delay Hannity as WXKS does

WTAG 580/94.9 Worc.: They like WXKS have 2 local shows, Polito in mornings then Jordan Levy in
afternoons (Beck, Rush, Hannity, Dean etc.) Would they replace Levy with live Severin?

WGIR 610 Manch.aul Westcott mornings then Beck, Rush, Hannity, and the Wall St Journal wrap
show that WTKK is now running. Again, adding Severin would displace Sean to 6 pm or so

WHYN 560 Holyoke: They have a morning show followed by Beck, Rush, then Howie via WRKO/Ent.
syndication, followed by Savage. I don't think they'd drop Howie but who knows.

Clear Channel also runs talk on WELI New Haven and WQSO Portsmouth NH (which carries the same
morning show WGIR does). WQSO's stick is a lot closer to Rochester NH that Port.

As for WXKS I'm not sure what "cuts" would mean in terms of their morning show, Jeff Katz. I would
think they would continue with him but who knows (AM and PM drive being crucial)

 

[Laurence Glavin]

Interesting possibility. WXKS AM hasn't been doing much in ratings but they may do OK in some billing
despite that, but if there are cuts whom and where (and some of Jay's fans aren't happy with the 1200
signal esp. this time of yr; a facebook group urges it be syndicated)

WHJJ 920 Prov.: Their local host is Helen Glover mornings followed by syndie: Beck, Rush, Hannity,
Levin etc. They could perhaps pick up Jay 3-6 then delay Hannity as WXKS does

WTAG 580/94.9 Worc.: They like WXKS have 2 local shows, Polito in mornings then Jordan Levy in
afternoons (Beck, Rush, Hannity, Dean etc.) Would they replace Levy with live Severin?

WGIR 610 Manch.aul Westcott mornings then Beck, Rush, Hannity, and the Wall St Journal wrap
show that WTKK is now running. Again, adding Severin would displace Sean to 6 pm or so

WHYN 560 Holyoke: They have a morning show followed by Beck, Rush, then Howie via WRKO/Ent.
syndication, followed by Savage. I don't think they'd drop Howie but who knows.

Clear Channel also runs talk on WELI New Haven and WQSO Portsmouth NH (which carries the same
morning show WGIR does). WQSO's stick is a lot closer to Rochester NH that Port.

As for WXKS I'm not sure what "cuts" would mean in terms of their morning show, Jeff Katz. I would
think they would continue with him but who knows (AM and PM drive being crucial)

Oh I would LOVE to see a photo of Katz at the unemployment office with his hand out!

 

[raccoonradio]

He would wind up on another station sooner or later, maybe RKO or TKK. Meanwhile Clear Channel
pours more money and time into the current AM 1200 as opposed to the lackluster effort given
to "Boston's Progressive Talk" where there was no daily local host, a signal that was worse,
and little to no promotion. WXKS currently has 2 local daily hosts. Even if Katz were to be let go,
Severin would continue, which would still be one more local host that the libtalk days.

 

[aerie]

He would wind up on another station sooner or later, maybe RKO or TKK. Meanwhile Clear Channel
pours more money and time into the current AM 1200 as opposed to the lackluster effort given
to "Boston's Progressive Talk" where there was no daily local host, a signal that was worse,
and little to no promotion. WXKS currently has 2 local daily hosts. Even if Katz were to be let go,
Severin would continue, which would still be one more local host that the libtalk days.

And the ratings, even with the lousy signal (10,000/1,000 watts from Framingham) and no local programming/no promotion, were comparable or better than they are now.

I would bet that 1200's non-directional daytime signal from Framingham covered more of the metro area than does the 50 kW directional signal of WXKS now, and certainly more than the very directional signal of WWZN.

 

[Laurence Glavin]

It appears to me that the WWZN-daytime-non-critical hours pattern might cover more of the state than WXKS-AM 1200 does. On a couple of occasions, I have picked up WWZN during the daytime in Pittsfield, MA, usually in mid-summer because I was out there to attend concerts at Tanglewood, Music Mountain just over the state line in Connecticut, Tannery Pond Concerts n New Lebanoin, NY, or the Berkshire Choral Festival in July.

 

[raccoonradio]

If anything at night the WXKS signal points due east right toward Boston. As for WWZN I'm going by car
recep. but I remember picking them up in Rochester NH or actually just north of there, by day (football
game was on). While WXKS is simulcast on an HD signal, Santos, etc. is on several small stations in
outlying areas.

 

[Dtv]

I saw that wxks had a cp, are they gonna do anything withthat.

 

[DanStrassberg]

It appears to me that the WWZN-daytime-non-critical hours pattern might cover more of the state than WXKS-AM 1200 does. On a couple of occasions, I have picked up WWZN during the daytime in Pittsfield, MA, usually in mid-summer because I was out there to attend concerts at Tanglewood, Music Mountain just over the state line in Connecticut, Tannery Pond Concerts n New Lebanoin, NY, or the Berkshire Choral Festival in July.

During non-critical hours, WWZN is not very directional. If, instead of its very efficient 198-degree towers, WWZN, were using typical 1/4-wavelength towers, it could just about be non-directional during non-critical hours. During critical hours, however, the pattern is deeply nulled to the west-southwest to protect Class A WLAC from daytime skywave. And, of course, WWZN is highly directional to the east at night (reportedly has the best signal in Finland of any North American AM).