KYW 1060 AM not broadcasting statements/press conferences anymore

[paradioguy]

Well Julius, If you dont like the station so much, I know it is hard, then TURN IT OFF!!!!!!!!!!! Listen to what ever it is you like, you seem to be very hung up on a station that out performs all the others, turn the dial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[eatspaste]

Well, Rome wasn't built in a day... Neither was Tony Bruno...

My whole point is why didn't the CBS Philly radio stations that moved to their new studios, 2 bala and 4th and Market had EVERYTHING installed before moving in so the stations can be able to carry a press conference or other events LIVE as it is happening. CBS Radio Philadelphia cluster or CBS Radio in NY better correct this problem with the satellite feeds for PCs, other events, etc for the 5 philly radio stations now for the Philly stations because this is inexcusable that this happened and happened for so long especially on WPHT and WIP since 2005.

Julius, you once again prove that you have absolutely no clue about the programming or operation of a radio station. I APPLAUDE KYW for not carrying some political rally or some other run-of-the-mill political speech. IT'S BORING, UNINTERESTING RADIO. I would much rather get a 18 second recap from the KYW anchors reading AP wire copy - SAME DIFFERENCE!

Julius, it's called C-SPAN or C-SPAN2. They carry everything under the sun. Watch TV!!! It's radio with pictures!! And you'll be able to find more stuff to bitch about.

 

[Jul]

This whole thread is about something that i think is not installed at KYW to broadcast live feeds for PCs etc, . I don't think that KYW will stop broadcasting PC's. I started this thread because several events this weeks that aired on the other radio news stations didn't air on 1060 and it may have to do with this equipment issue. I hope the station will get this taken care of soon. I didn't expect a 41 year old news station to have this type of problem.

 

[Irishfl]

This whole thread is about something that i think is not installed at KYW to broadcast live feeds for PCs etc, . I don't think that KYW will stop broadcasting PC's. I started this thread because several events this weeks that aired on the other radio news stations didn't air on 1060 and it may have to do with this equipment issue. I hope the station will get this taken care of soon. I didn't expect a 41 year old news station to have this type of problem.

Ish happens. A little over a year ago, channel 6 had to rerun ABC's world news now for 15 minutes during their morning newscast, because their computers crashed. Even when they came back, they didn't have graphics, and the forecast was just read with the camera on David Murphy's face the whole time. Going even higher. I once saw ABC world news tonight start a minute laye, because as they would say later, there clocks were a minute slow. Stuff like this will happen forever, regradless of what market, how long they been on the air, or their ratings, especially when just moving into a new building. Expect CBS3 to have some bugs in the coming weeks.

 

[Jul]

CBS Radio Philadelphia

The title of this thread KYW 1060 AM not broadcasting statements/press conferences anymore is not true otherwise the station would had said something officially about that by now but i think this is a technical issue that is causing the station not to broadcast certain things live like press conferences/statements right now and the same might be said at the other 4 CBS radio Philly stations. If the station had installed certain equipment, this topic would not be on this board. I hope that I cleared up any confusion about this topic up by saying this. I think that KYW will still air live statements/press conferences live that are important. I hope 1060 AM and the other 4 CBS radio philly stations will get these things that I mentioned in this thread taken care of right away. BTW suggestion: 1060 AM should start airing the WHOLE Democratic radio address every Saturday (post audio of the demos address and Bush's address on the website every week), 60 Minutes and Face the nation every Sunday. I'm still shocked that Philly is the last radio market I think to not air the radio broadcast of 60 Minutes.

 

[PaulBWalkerJr]

If you care so much about KYW and their lack of equipment and the fact they dont cover press conferences, why dont you write the stations directly?

or better yet, apply for a job there.. since you think you know how to run them pretty well?''

Your Friendly Terrestrial Radio Apologist
Friday Nights, 10pm on The Radio Racket
www.audio18.com and www.radioracket.com

 

[fredflintstone]

In fact many of the views expressed here are just plain wrong.

Maybe they didn't realize it at the time, but when management posted that they were talking about this thread.

For some reason since KYW 1060 has moved, the station hasn't broadcasted any press conferences or statements live for some reason. 2 Examples, 1. the station didn't broadcast the statement by President Bush about the US attorneys being fired and today, John Edwards held a press conference with his wife to announce that his wife's cancer has returned and the campaign to continue. I would like to know did the station forget to install equipment to broadcast live feeds for PC's etc. and thus can't broadcast the PC's live. Every other news stations aired these events, but not KYW. The same thing also is happening to WPHT, WIP in their new studios. CBS Radio really messed up I think with their Philadelphia cluster. They better get this fixed now

The past tense of broadcast is "broadcast," not "broadcasted."

KYW continues to take wraps, voicers and sound-bites from CBS Radio, which are fed by the network on different satellite channels - just like live feeds. KYW can get network sound, so they do have equipment installed.

Julius' standard in the past has been if the terrestrial TV networks carry it, it should be on the radio. The terrestrial networks did not pre-empt programming for these "events" either.

That's a good question, Julius. Although I doubt that they just "forgot" to install equipment, both examples you give are certainly worthy of being carried live and in line with other live broadcasts in the past. Could it be a shift in policy at KYW??

Julius has complained before about KYW not broadcasting live events. However, now he assumes it is because of the move and because they "forgot to install equipment." Yes, KYW has been backing away from live coverage for a long time - way before the move, when they did have the equipment installed at the old building. And Julius has been making this same complaint for a long time.

Instead of breaking format (and dropping spots), they have been posting "raw feeds" on their website. The Bush statement is posted on KYW website, so apparently they do have the equipment.

I think its really time to let CBS Radio know what is really going on with 1060 AM because I have had enough with this radio station. The entire format is bad, really bad even though the ratings don't show it.

It's naive to think that major group owners don't "know what is really going on." Julius, you have said before that you have written and told them. Corporate managers keep a close eye on major properties. If anything, CBS' Philadelphia properties have suffered from too much corporate management.

Translation: If it ain't broke, why fix it?

Another "just plain wrong" statement. It should head the list of "just plain wrong" statements. In threads like this - sure as death and taxes - somebody will post it like it's the most brilliant phrase ever uttered. This expression is radio's equivalent of "What, me worry?" This phrase sums up why radio is a decaying industry - in contrast to technology and new media industries which practice constant improvement and, as a result, everything keeps getting better, faster and cheaper.

And for the benefit of those who claim from time to time that KYW is at the top of the ratings: They are not. They have been slipping for years. Some people need to check Arbitron numbers more than once a decade and/or stop repeating "just plain wrong" statements posted on this board.

Julius, with all due respect, you're showing a lack of understanding about how this business works. You obviously have a vendetta against KYW Newsradio, which has done a good job for a long time. Moving stations is no small task. There are always bugs to iron out after such a move.

Well, true enough. He doesn't understand how this business work. He's a listener. He doesn't have to. He's entitled to like what he likes and dislike what he doesn't like. If I go to a restaurant and I don't like the meal or the service, I don't care what problems they have in the kitchen.

This thread also demonstrates that most people on this board don't really understand how the business works either, including some who claim to be smarter or more informed than Julius. And this thread illustrates how quick many people are to post guesses as "facts" (often "just plain wrong" guesses); for that we can blame the school system, which has encouraged that sort of thing for the last 30 years. Again, KYW has been moving away from live event feeds for years but a bunch of people jump on here talking about technical problems the station could be having.

"Vendetta?" Here again, the speak-no-evil, if-you-can't-say-anything-nice crowd labels criticism a "vendetta" (or words which Roget's links to "vendetta"). If this were somebody other than Julius, somebody would be saying the poster must be "a bitter ex-employee." I checked the TOS. Criticism of radio and of specific stations is allowed.

And finally, as a person who tunes in KYW several times every day, 7 days a week, I get truely sick and tired of your constant ravings about KYW being a bad station. They are popular because they do a GOOD job. They have evolved with the times to be what listeners want from a news station in the 21st century. They are a good station! If I were ever to write to CBS, it would be to congratulate them on the fine job done by KYW and WINS.

I couldn't agree more. I have lived in cities with no all news station. I think KYW does a great job. Why don't take some time to "call out" the good things they do? They do a fine job, and that's the opinion of a professional broadcaster.

Beyond having very thin skins, some in radio seem disposed to idle flattery. Public discussion among radio people is mostly built on reciprocal flattery. People in radio give unwarranted compliments to each other and bestow meaningless awards on each other. Shrinks will tell you this is a sign of basic insecurity.

KYW, like the other Group W-format all news stations (and like CNN Headline News much of the day), operates on a news cycle. The concept is when a listener tunes in, he/she gets a complete news broadcast including key information (traffic and weather) at set times. This is their format. Their format is based on predictability. KYW is like the light switch. You turn it on and you know what you will get. When they break format to carry some speech, press conference, funeral or to read school closing numbers, they are not providing a complete news summary and they are not providing traffic and weather. If listeners hear a news item summarizing some event and want to hear the whole thing, then KYW often has it posted on their website for listeners to hear at their own convenience. This better serves both listeners who want to hear an event in total and those who want their news summary and traffic and weather on the 2's.

That's what they do right.

Their news summaries, however, suck.

• They take sound from three networks and keep playing the same few cuts over and over for the better part of the day. Tune in two, three, four times a day and you keep hearing the same network wraps. I drive to work early in the morning and I hear the same stuff I was hearing on the way home the afternoon before.
• Instead of real reporting, they send somebody out of a diner to do man-on-the-street interviews about the story - talk radio by sound-bite.
• Also instead of real reporting, they send somebody out where nothing is happening to go "live" reading wire copy.
• Instead of real reporting, they go "live" down the hall and have somebody read wire copy from the: "news center," "storm center," or "business center."

It wasn't always like that. There was a time KYW had reporters out getting stories and breaking news. But back then KYW had competition and people listened to the radio for news.

People don't listen to KYW because it's "good," but because it's there. A fewer are listening all the time (and those listening are aging way past the money demos all the time, too).

 

[rdcuffpa1]

It wasn't always like that. There was a time KYW had reporters out getting stories and breaking news. But back then KYW had competition and people listened to the radio for news.

People don't listen to KYW because it's "good," but because it's there. A fewer are listening all the time (and those listening are aging way past the money demos all the time, too).

Interesting to see the move away from live press conferences, etc. For a while, the pendulum had swung too far the other way -- broadcasting raw press conference feeds just 'cuz they could -- instead of distilling the conference down to useful nuggets and not wasting the listener's time.

The noontime "Reporter's Notebook" (I think it's called) is reminiscent of Bill Bransome's "Reporter's Roundup" of the 1970s-1980s. At least they hold somewhat extended studio-reporter conversations in this segment. That's worth a listen.

The "Regional Affairs Council" series are also worth listening to...thankfully they can be downloaded / podcaught.

In these days of 24/7 broadband Internet access for most, KYW certainly fulfills a different role than it used to. I know I tend to listen only for sports reports and traffic if I am traveling in the Philly area. They're a fallback if all the NPR stations audible here in Allentown are simultaneously in pledge drives, which (thankfully) rarely happens.

I don't buy the argument that KYW "no longer has the equipment". This makes no sense, again given wide availability of broadband communication tools.

Richard in Allentown

 

[Jul]

Interesting to see the move away from live press conferences, etc. For a while, the pendulum had swung too far the other way -- broadcasting raw press conference feeds just 'cuz they could -- instead of distilling the conference down to useful nuggets and not wasting the listener's time.

The noontime "Reporter's Notebook" (I think it's called) is reminiscent of Bill Bransome's "Reporter's Roundup" of the 1970s-1980s. At least they hold somewhat extended studio-reporter conversations in this segment. That's worth a listen.

The "Regional Affairs Council" series are also worth listening to...thankfully they can be downloaded / podcaught.

In these days of 24/7 broadband Internet access for most, KYW certainly fulfills a different role than it used to. I know I tend to listen only for sports reports and traffic if I am traveling in the Philly area. They're a fallback if all the NPR stations audible here in Allentown are simultaneously in pledge drives, which (thankfully) rarely happens.

I don't buy the argument that KYW "no longer has the equipment". This makes no sense, again given wide availability of broadband communication tools.

Richard in Allentown

IT IS NOT TRUE, KYW Is still broadcasting speeches/press conferences/statements that are important. I think that certain equipment for that and the ABC/CBS live updates and coverage that they had at 5th and market is not been installed yet at their new location as far as i know. Maybe it has been installed but I don't know.

 

[WTUX]

Let me try this again Julius. If KYW can broadcast soundbites, they can broadcast entire news conferences. It all comes from the same source. Never having worked in broadcasting, you would not know that. But for those of us with experience, we know about network feeds. They just have the sense to realize that is not what the listening public wants in this day of radio listening. That is also why they are one of the most listened to AM stations in the country.

 

[Jul]

Let me try this again Julius. If KYW can broadcast soundbites, they can broadcast entire news conferences. It all comes from the same source. Never having worked in broadcasting, you would not know that. But for those of us with experience, we know about network feeds. They just have the sense to realize that is not what the listening public wants in this day of radio listening. That is also why they are one of the most listened to AM stations in the country.

The title of this thread: KYW 1060 AM not broadcasting statements/press conferences anymore is not true and not correct because they still are airing those events. I'm sorry for reporting false info on this topic. MODS, please change the title of this thread.

 

[PaulBWalkerJr]

I don't think the MODS have ever acutlaly deleted a thread or changed the title justr because Mr. May didn't like it.....

Maybe they arne't covering any PC's .. or nearly as many then before because the equipment is installed and they decided it's not worth the hassle, since maybe most of their lsiteners don't like it... I dunno..

 

[BRUSSTAR]

Paul my friend, don't you get the little red squiggly lines underneath each of your mis-spellings as you type? Sometimes (for example, call letters) they're false alarms, but overall I find them to be helpful (especially when posting after a long night at the bar).

I think I am speaking for the majority of Delaware Valley listeners when I reiterate my hope that KYW continue passing on the carriage of inane "events" and "PCs" when running such unimportant garbage interferes with the basic service elements the station's listeners want/need most. If a politician wants ten minutes of major-market, 50,000-watt airtime in the middle of the day, he can make like RJ and buy the time.

 

[fredflintstone]

KYW is still a bad station

... I don't know.

Wisdom comes in not knowing.

I'm sorry for reporting false info on this topic. MODS, please change the title of this thread.

Too late, Julius. Once the modify icon disappears, no changes.
"Sorry" doesn't feed Dan Mason's parakeet. (To paraphrase a Navy expression)

Paul my friend, don't you get the little red squiggly lines underneath each of your mis-spellings as you type?

Not if he's using Microsoft Internet Explorer (Boo! Hiss!). Spell checking is available in the current version of Firefox.
It should be activated by default. If not, go to Tools - Options - Advanced. Click on the General Tab. Make sure "Check spelling as I type" is check marked.

 

[Jul]

CORRECTION

KYW 1060 AM Is still broadcasting statements/press conferences/speeches that are important and newsworthy live and in their entireties I THINK.

 

[fredflintstone]

Re: CORRECTION

KYW 1060 AM Is still broadcasting statements/press conferences/speeches that are important and newsworthy live and in their entireties I THINK.

This sounds like what you already said here yesterday.

I hope you have read what various people here have tried to tell you. But the bottom line is KYW is not going to break format for a live event unless it is really - really - of overriding and compelling importance. They have to pick and chose, and they will be very - very selective. The two events you mentioned in your original post do not qualify. You may disagree but it is their call. You post a lot of links to news articles. Some are important and many are not. It seems like you post everything you come across without thinking whether it is really important or interesting. On a message board you can do that. But professional journalists on major radio station can not afford to do that. They have to edit.

And live news events are not part of KYW's format. You really need to get that. Their format is 48 half hour newscasts every day. When they do a live event, they are pre-empting regular programming. It is no different than WPHT cutting into Rush or WHYY canceling Fresh Air. Or the TV stations breaking into somebody's favorite soap opera (and people don't find out who the baby's real father is). You don't seem to consider that other people may have a different interest than your's but for every one of you who wants to hear John Edward's wife, there are hundreds - maybe thousands - who want the traffic report (or Rush, or Fresh Air, or their soaps).

 

[DToTheJ]

For some reason since KYW 1060 has moved, the station hasn't broadcasted any press conferences or statements live for some reason. 2 Examples, 1. the station didn't broadcast the statement by President Bush about the US attorneys being fired and today, John Edwards held a press conference with his wife to announce that his wife's cancer has returned and the campaign to continue. I would like to know did the station forget to install equipment to broadcast live feeds for PC's etc. and thus can't broadcast the PC's live. Every other news stations aired these events, but not KYW. The same thing also is happening to WPHT, WIP in their new studios. CBS Radio really messed up I think with their Philadelphia cluster. They better get this fixed now

Far be it from me to bump an old post, but I just wanted to let Julius know that he'd probably love Hartford's WTIC. Yesterday, they cut off Rush Limbaugh in mid-sentence to carry Obama's final press conference from the G-20 summit. And they're owned by CBS! (For now, anyways...) And they have plenty of local programming! (For now, anyways...)

 

[radioman148]

>>But the bottom line is KYW is not going to break format for a live event unless it is really - really - of overriding and compelling importance>>

Good, I want my news weather & traffic.

 

[DavidMadden]

I'm sorry. But it's time to put this puppy to bed.
Julius, our corporate policy bars me from discussing things involving the station. So I can't go there.
But I can, and will, attempt to address your continued attempts to create an issue where there is none.
You post here constantly. You're probably in the top 10, and you're probably proud of that. But I must tell you, in all candor, that most of your posts come more from your heart as opposed to your head.
Please don't take this harshly. It is not meant to harm you. But to be taken seriously, there must be some shread of credibility. And to comment so often on topics so inane, and then urge people to do your bidding...well, it gets tiresome after awhile.
Perhaps if you posted less often, and gave some thought to your opinions BEFORE commiting them to the web, you'd be better off. At least you wouldn't face the type of ridicule that is far too often the norm in threads you have started.
Understand...you're entitled to your opinion...no matter how "far out", impractical or non-viable it might be. And I'm not going to suggest, as some might, that you don't understand because you're not "in the biz". That's not the point.
Even ameteurs know when to reel in their opinions after awhile.
I'd like you to consider whether you have, in fact, reached that point.

 

[wprt949]

hes a bb poster child his name is julius may

time to bring back the julius may Commentary