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KDWN News...literally
- Thread starter Jay_F
- Start date
> After about a month of no top of the hour newscast, KDWN has
> started running the USA Radio Network news.
Except when Roex, et al are writing a check. One would think ABC-I News could clear on a station with more than 19 watts.
> started running the USA Radio Network news.
Except when Roex, et al are writing a check. One would think ABC-I News could clear on a station with more than 19 watts.
> > After about a month of no top of the hour newscast, KDWN
> has
> > started running the USA Radio Network news.
>
> Except when Roex, et al are writing a check. One would think
> ABC-I News could clear on a station with more than 19 watts.
>
Is anyone running ABC/E or ABC/D?
Of course, USA Radio really fits in with the KDWN "format" better than ABC.
Any word on when KDWN has to move out of the Plaza, or where?
> has
> > started running the USA Radio Network news.
>
> Except when Roex, et al are writing a check. One would think
> ABC-I News could clear on a station with more than 19 watts.
>
Is anyone running ABC/E or ABC/D?
Of course, USA Radio really fits in with the KDWN "format" better than ABC.
Any word on when KDWN has to move out of the Plaza, or where?
D
drtylawndre
Guest
roex is their best most exciting show... there new location is a single wide trailer at the transmitter site...pete moss is taking donations of old tires for the roof...
O
oldiesfan
Guest
> After about a month of no top of the hour
> newscast, KDWN has started running the
> USA Radio Network news.
How are they getting it--on a 3.5 kHz
un-EQed phone line?
> newscast, KDWN has started running the
> USA Radio Network news.
How are they getting it--on a 3.5 kHz
un-EQed phone line?
> > After about a month of no top of the hour
> > newscast, KDWN has started running the
> > USA Radio Network news.
>
> How are they getting it--on a 3.5 kHz
> un-EQed phone line?
>
That's a good question. I don't know how they do it. Does anybody know if KDWN is the only 50K watt AM in the country that runs USA Network news? It seems they are mostly on lower watt, low rated (although that part fits KDWN) AMs. Stations with lots of brokered programming also often go with USA (hey that fits KDWN too, maybe it is a perfect match).
Actually I don't think the quality of USA Network is that bad. I especially like one of their anchors named Jason Walker, he does a nice job, it seems like he's been with USA forever. I also have a strong preference for the 5 minute newscast of USA over the 60 second (or was it 45 seconds?) Fox blurb KDWN was running for awhile, that was never satisfying and always left me hungry for more news.
> > newscast, KDWN has started running the
> > USA Radio Network news.
>
> How are they getting it--on a 3.5 kHz
> un-EQed phone line?
>
That's a good question. I don't know how they do it. Does anybody know if KDWN is the only 50K watt AM in the country that runs USA Network news? It seems they are mostly on lower watt, low rated (although that part fits KDWN) AMs. Stations with lots of brokered programming also often go with USA (hey that fits KDWN too, maybe it is a perfect match).
Actually I don't think the quality of USA Network is that bad. I especially like one of their anchors named Jason Walker, he does a nice job, it seems like he's been with USA forever. I also have a strong preference for the 5 minute newscast of USA over the 60 second (or was it 45 seconds?) Fox blurb KDWN was running for awhile, that was never satisfying and always left me hungry for more news.
> That's a good question. I don't know how they do it. Does
> anybody know if KDWN is the only 50K watt AM in the country
> that runs USA Network news? It seems they are mostly on
> lower watt, low rated (although that part fits KDWN) AMs.
> Stations with lots of brokered programming also often go
> with USA (hey that fits KDWN too, maybe it is a perfect
> match).
There are a fair number of 50kw (at least daytime) running religious programming, that may very well run USA Network. (USA was originally for religious stations, sort of an outgrowth of the "Point of View" talk show.)
But I'm sure KDWN is the only 50kw fulltime, non-religious station running it.
>
> Actually I don't think the quality of USA Network is that
> bad. I especially like one of their anchors named Jason
> Walker, he does a nice job, it seems like he's been with USA
> forever. I also have a strong preference for the 5 minute
> newscast of USA over the 60 second (or was it 45 seconds?)
> Fox blurb KDWN was running for awhile, that was never
> satisfying and always left me hungry for more news.
>
Yes, Jason Walker is good. USA at least used to have a couple of anchors who had been with the "Satellite News Network"- actualy the top of the hour newscast on SMN sat formats, which was replaced some years ago with an ABC newscast.
Fox Radio has 2 affiliations: you either get the :60 update every hour and nothing else except for some actuality feeds (but you only have to clear 4 minutes of spots a day), or you get the 5:00 top of the hour cast.
USA newscasts are usually pretty good. At one time, they included some religious news stories, but those were moved to seperate religious news updates.
> anybody know if KDWN is the only 50K watt AM in the country
> that runs USA Network news? It seems they are mostly on
> lower watt, low rated (although that part fits KDWN) AMs.
> Stations with lots of brokered programming also often go
> with USA (hey that fits KDWN too, maybe it is a perfect
> match).
There are a fair number of 50kw (at least daytime) running religious programming, that may very well run USA Network. (USA was originally for religious stations, sort of an outgrowth of the "Point of View" talk show.)
But I'm sure KDWN is the only 50kw fulltime, non-religious station running it.
>
> Actually I don't think the quality of USA Network is that
> bad. I especially like one of their anchors named Jason
> Walker, he does a nice job, it seems like he's been with USA
> forever. I also have a strong preference for the 5 minute
> newscast of USA over the 60 second (or was it 45 seconds?)
> Fox blurb KDWN was running for awhile, that was never
> satisfying and always left me hungry for more news.
>
Yes, Jason Walker is good. USA at least used to have a couple of anchors who had been with the "Satellite News Network"- actualy the top of the hour newscast on SMN sat formats, which was replaced some years ago with an ABC newscast.
Fox Radio has 2 affiliations: you either get the :60 update every hour and nothing else except for some actuality feeds (but you only have to clear 4 minutes of spots a day), or you get the 5:00 top of the hour cast.
USA newscasts are usually pretty good. At one time, they included some religious news stories, but those were moved to seperate religious news updates.
O
oldiesfan
Guest
> That's a good question. I don't know how they do it.
My inquiry was somewhat in the sarcastic mode.
Since KDWN (from posts I've seen on this board)
still uses a lot of old and low-tech equipment,
I wonder if they even have a satellite dish for
network feeds or do they still bring stuff in
via the old "Telco line" hookup? The 3.5 kHz
line was the bargain-basement one--with no EQ
it sounded barely better than a phone call.
Medium and large market stations generally had
(EQed) 5 kHz lines for network feeds.
My inquiry was somewhat in the sarcastic mode.
Since KDWN (from posts I've seen on this board)
still uses a lot of old and low-tech equipment,
I wonder if they even have a satellite dish for
network feeds or do they still bring stuff in
via the old "Telco line" hookup? The 3.5 kHz
line was the bargain-basement one--with no EQ
it sounded barely better than a phone call.
Medium and large market stations generally had
(EQed) 5 kHz lines for network feeds.
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