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Network newscasts on Boston radio

raccoonradio

raccoonradio

OK let's see: WRKO is affiliated with both ABC and FoxNews, I believe; WBZ has
CBS and ABC, and WTKK has CNN and I believe "NBC NewsRadio". In some cases
their top-hour newscasts are totally local, with some actualities from
the networks. In others, they have a network newscast plus local...

The NewsTalk board mentioned that Fox News is now rolling out a full 5 minute TOH newscast. I wonder if WRKO will pick it up at certain hours of the day, or will they do ABC (followed by local headlines)?

On WBZ in the evenings they do a local newscast but starting at midnight they have CBS for a few minutes, then local news/sports/weather (with the talk program
starting about 6 or 7 minutes past---the sports and weather segments are
short. So much to fit into so little time!

WTKK does local newscasts during the day but from 7 pm on it's just CNN, with no local content afterwards and we've mentioned before that it's a weakness on their part. Those curious about local stories will have to turn to WRKO or WBZ to get them.

I don't listen to WKOXKS often but I believe they have Air America News at the top of the hour, and possibly some local content afterwards. I had read that Fox
News made agreements to run on Clear Channel stations but since WRKO already has Fox, I'm guessing 1200/1430 run Air America TOH news.

It's good to have both national and local 'casts at the top (and sometimes bottom) of the hour...or at least have some network news reporters used in
actualities. Local content good; network content good; both, even better.

Finally, I remember years ago that CBS would have extended newscasts at 6 pm
("The World Tonight") and I think 8 am as well. Do they still do this, and
does WBZ carry them?
 
Raccoonradio asked:

> Finally, I remember years ago that CBS would have extended
> newscasts at 6 pm ("The World Tonight") and I think 8 am as well. Do they
> still do this, and does WBZ carry them?

Yes, but a few years ago, CBS Radio's "World Tonight" was moved from 6 P.M. to 7 P.M. EDT/EST, and renamed "World News Roundup Late Edition".

WBZ-1030 does not at present run either newscast. Personally, I am a bit puzzled by this. The morning edition of "World News Roundup" has been part of the CBS radio schedule for some 65 years and is one of the longest-running network radio programs of any kind in history. Although the "late" edition has only been on a few years, it is the successor to "The World Tonight", and combined, "World Tonight"/"World News Roundup Late Edition" has probably run about as long as the morning version.

By the way, a few years back, I was in Los Angeles on vacation, and heard "World News Roundup Late Edition" on KNX-1070 at 4 P.M. local! It took some getting used to the idea of an "evening" newscast being heard at 4 P.M.

I do know that WCBS-880 in New York carries both. Even during daylight hours, if you have a very good AM radio, you should be able to hear WCBS-AM in the Boston area, with the best chance being south of the city. I would think that on the south coast of Massachusetts and between the canal and Chatham on Cape Cod, WCBS' signal is much easier to pick up.
 
> I do know that WCBS-880 in New York carries both. Even
> during daylight hours, if you have a very good AM radio, you
> should be able to hear WCBS-AM in the Boston area, with the
> best chance being south of the city. I would think that on
> the south coast of Massachusetts and between the canal and
> Chatham on Cape Cod, WCBS' signal is much easier to pick up.
>

Why should WBZ blow out an hour block of local news when a large number of people are still getting out of work and driving home/stuck in traffic from 6-7p? WBZ is the only true all-news station in Boston. New York is a completely different story, as Infinity can run the national newscast on WCBS and stick with local content on WINS.
 
Both the morning and evening broadcasts of CBS Radio's "World News Roundup" each run about nine or ten minutes.

Certainly WBZ-1030 could squeeze them into the schedule if they wanted to.
 
Joseph_Gallant said:
Both the morning and evening broadcasts of CBS Radio's "World News Roundup" each run about nine or ten minutes.
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Seeing as we're resurrecting old threads...here's one for you! My how times have changed....these days it's the same newscast over and over and over and over all day long...once in awhile someone new records it and changes up a word or two and then that runs over and over and over for another 8 hours...SMH. Each local newscast is about 30 seconds long and the national news is about a minute long, my how times have changed...the rest of the time it's just programming errors and 'filler'.
 
In addition to reliving some radio and topic history with these resurrected threads, it brings back some names that I haven’t seen posting something in a long time. And some of them were quite active.
 
Tired Of It All said:
Seeing as we're resurrecting old threads...here's one for you! My how times have changed....these days it's the same newscast over and over and over and over all day long...once in awhile someone new records it and changes up a word or two and then that runs over and over and over for another 8 hours...SMH. Each local newscast is about 30 seconds long and the national news is about a minute long, my how times have changed...the rest of the time it's just programming errors and 'filler'.
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Does it really matter since you listen anyway? WRKO is 8th in ratings for 6 and up listeners. Both Jeff and Howie continue to carry the station with their live and local topical shows. Why change anything since the station is doing so well?
 
Motown said:
Does it really matter since you listen anyway? WRKO is 8th in ratings for 6 and up listeners. Both Jeff and Howie continue to carry the station with their live and local topical shows. Why change anything since the station is doing so well?
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Except I don't listen to that clown kuhner or the financial guy or the twit who's on from noon to three...and I can only take about 5 minutes of stuttering/stammering, phoning it in howie.
 
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