Lineup Changes at KOMO....

[Grounded Grid]

Jane Shannon for 10 hours a day? That would qualify her for overtime AND health care!

 

[AQH]

I made that conclusion based on the fact that CHMJ has a high cume compared to many other stations in the market but yet a low overall share (including CHMJ's news/talk sister station, CKNW, which has a 7.8% greater share percentage). If you were only to look at the share percentage, you wouldn't get the full projection of who listens. I'm sure the situation is similar with KOMO (but all we get to see is the market share).

I could very well be wrong; you know ratings well while I do not, but there are some hard figures for you. Hey come on, I tried!

Fair enough response. I don't agree with your reasoning or conclusion, but I respect that you took the time to explain your thought process.

 

[bobdavcav]

Can someone explain which of these shows are All-News and which are really Talk shows?


4:30am–6am First News with Rick Van Cise (All-News?)

6am–10am Morning News with Manda Factor and Gregg Hersholt (All-News?)

10am–12pm John Carlson on the News (Talk?)

12pm-1pm Noon Report with Rick Van Cise (All-News?)

1pm-3pm News and Perspective with Tom Glasgow (Talk?)

3pm-4pm News and Perspective with Jane Shannon (Talk?)

4pm-6pm Afternoon News with Jane Shannon and Tom Glasgow (All-News?)

6pm-7pm Evening Report with Jane Shannon (All-News?)

7pm-2am News, Traffic and Weather (All-News?)

2am-3am First Light (Syndicated News Show)

3am-4am America in the Morning (Syndicated News Show)

4am-4:30am First Light (Syndicated News Show)

Like any utility, an All-News station should be All-News at all times. I like orange juice, but I don't want it coming out of my hot water faucet between 1pm and 4pm. Someone mentioned KXL-FM Portland. But Portland is a smaller market and couldn't support an All-News station all day. KXL-FM even runs some syndicated programs. Nobody considers it an All-News station. But KOMO has been mostly All-News for most of the last couple of decades. WWJ Detroit is always one of the top stations in Detroit, Market #11. I don't see why KOMO can't be successful as an All-News station in Market #13.

You are absolutely correct about KXL, but they are the go to station for a major happening in town at least in my book. I also get the fact that if they were all news, they should keep their schedule. The problem is though that KOMO is trying to retain the all news image while throwing in talk programming during off hours.