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Millennium Radio News question

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Does anyone tune to Millennium Radio stations like OBM, JLK and SoJo for their news?
 
Oh yes! It keeps me up to date on the latest happenings in the Garden State. And KUDOS to Alan Casper (sp?) for being right on the money with the weather forecasts contained in the news.
 
If you're asking this question to justify the news department there I would say the listening public in NJ could care less. Ratings are down since Craig Carton of Millennium's NJ101.5 left to go to The Fan WFAN NY and Casey the Kermit who replaced Carton is terrible. If trimming has to be done from the budget then the news department would be the place to start looking at it from a listeners point of view.
 
Here we go with another All Mary Walters conversation.
She loves to talk to herself, which is OK since no one
else wants to hear her whiny voice. :p
 
Mary who? No, I am seriously asking about the Millennium News department. I personally think they are the best source for what's happening in New Jersey. OBM is great local coverage and the hourly reports from Eric Scott, Joe Cutter and Raquel Williams are second to none.
 
Hey, does WFPG in Atlantic City still run the Millenium state news at the top of the hour in AM drive AND the "local" news from a news reader sitting in the 555 building on City Avenue in Bala Cynwyd?
 
No idea... Who is Mary Walter? Also, what do people think of WOBM news?
 
WHO IS MARY WALTER? Lol. Sorry for the yelling but does anyone know? Also, what does she have to do with WOBM or the news?
 
Millennium Radio News is a borefest. The 3 minutes or so of boring news at the top of the hour is not worth the expense. Craig Carton has gone to The Fan leaving behind like Demininski and Doyle did the non talents of Trenton radio like Dennis and Judy and Kermit and Rossi. Judy said it all yesterday morning when she called a girls scouting group lame and I thought how lame the Dennis and Judi and Kermit and Rossi show were. Without Carton there the new jingle should be lame radio NJ101.5. Ratings are down since Carton left leaving a lame station.
 
What does 101.5 have to do with WOBM News or the other Millennium Network stations? And KyleJ, how can you honestly say the news that Millennium puts out is boring!? It is the most up to date and important feature of those stations. I am always amazed by people like you ---- as far as Craig Carton, he has NOTHING to do with the news nor does it matter that he left. He went to NYC - which I am sure Dennis and Judy want for themselves. As far as the news is concerned, I asked a simple question that no one seems to be able to answer...
 
Who is Mary Walter ? Glad you asked. She was the goddess of evenings at 101.5 until a real newsroom Fox news begged her to fill in there on Fox radio. Too bad for 101.5 Dina Blizzard didn't last long in that slot and the current lady Michelle is unlistenable. Mary was the best in that timeslot and that's her legacy.

Ask anyone on the street what or who Millennium radio news is and most wouldn't know or care. How stupid does Eric Scott sound having to say Corzine's SUPER SECRET plan while a majority of NJ residents approve of the job Corzines doing. Either NJ doesn't care what Eric Scott is saying or they aren't listening to him or Millennium news. Could be both.
 
Eric Scott is far from stupid --- however, the way you speak of Mary Walter makes me think that you are either Mary, her husband (if she has one) or some crazy fan. Why was Mary thrown off 101.5?
 
Yes Millennium radio news is boring and what does Craig Carton have to do with Millennium Radio News ?

Alot, since Carton left and was replaced by Kermit Casey ratings are down. If ratings are down you get less ad money. Less ad money mean budget cuts and the not worth it newsroom is the place to start. Three minutes worth of boring news at the top of the hour is not worth the expense. If you listen sometimes to Eric Scott he makes stupid mistakes and with his ask the MVC show he stumbles during it making it sound like Saturday morning radio on a bad AM station.

A friend of mine who is fresh back from the NAB told me the big super secret rumor is that Millennium is trying frantically to unload their stations to a sucker company. I'm not surprised by that rumor now that Carton has left for WFAN 660 AM 6-10 AM Mon-Fri. Carton left the losers of Millennium in Trenton behind like Dennis and Judy and Kermit and Rossi. The worth of Milliennium is down without Carton so getting rid of the boring news would make sense.
 
But how is that news boring? I am still waiting for that answer...
 
Alot, since Carton left and was replaced by Kermit Casey ratings are down.
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Really? I'm pretty sure there haven't been any ratings released since Craig left.

As far as the news on Millenium goes, it's not great, but it's not bad either. With the state of local news around the country, we're probably lucky to get anything that passes for local news these days...even if a large part of it is regional news on a statewide network out of Trenton.
 
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