Now Here's An Idea For WRKO

[Retro]

'RKO 680 Country! With Entercom introducing a nationally syndicated Country show with Alan Cable at night, it could be an interesting idea. They couldn't do any worse! Whadya think, plausible?

 

[KML0224]

Let them work on their crappy westward signal first!

 

[raccoonradio]

I'd love it, just like I like Willie's Place on That Special Radio Howie's Not Allowed To Mention On
Air (but hints at).

 

[rapking]

How about 24 hours of News . Put Tha SOX where they belong ( 850 WEEI ) .

 

[Retro]

How about 24 hours of News . Put Tha SOX where they belong ( 850 WEEI ) .

Not gonna happen, and it would be expensive anyway, besides we already have a strong news radio station in town as well.

 

[MR. JAROME_CALVIN]

1. That's ok. I have a better and simular ideas. a 24/7 Country Format (Dial-Global.com) On top "Our Programming" Then on left "24/7 Formats" (click on the yellow Arrow) choose "Hot Country" also on that part of the site, under "Programming" choose "The Big Time With Whitney Allen" and "The Big Time Saturday Night" Both shows are on LIVE weeknights (Boston time) 7pm-Midnight as well as LIVE on Saturday nights 7pm-Midnight


2. Another idea might be carry "CD Country" from Jones Radio Network (you can listen to CD Country) on (Bucky Country 95.9) Buckycountry959.com Weeknight and Saturday night put on "Whitney Allen


3. Another Idea is put a 24/7 Smooth Jazz Format (Jones Radio Network) "The Smooth Jazz Station" (you can listen to them on WQJZ.COM, WCINAM.COM Laurie Cobb is the most famous announcer on there, she is other wise known as "Lynn Hughes"


4. One last idea might be carry "The Touch" (ABC.COM) on bottom click "ABC Radio" Then on top click "Our Shows" Then, in the center look for "ABC Music Radio" Scroll down, look for "The Touch" They've been around since ?? 1993. You can listen to them on their affilate ZTwins from Seattle, Wa (ZTWINS.COM) On the left, choose "1620am" Listen weekdays 11am-5pm, then listen weeknights 10pm-6am (All Boston Times) The way you can tell you are listenning to "The Touch" is, their saying is "Todays R and B and Old School" They say that before they talk and going into their commercials.
All these are a partial ideas, I have many more ideas for each format.
I know (Rapking) might agree with me on these last two ideas (3 and 4)


Thank you all for your time


Peace Be With All Of You

 

[dumber than a box of hair]

Let them work on their crappy westward signal first!

As long as CFTR and KNBR exist and don't change their facilities, the WRKO signal won't change.

 

[MR. JAROME_CALVIN]

"Dumber than a Box Of Hair" is right on that point

 

[webcastboy]

'RKO 680 Country! With Entercom introducing a nationally syndicated Country show with Alan Cable at night, it could be an interesting idea. They couldn't do any worse! Whadya think, plausible?

Ehh, it's an idea, I suppose. But there's already WKLB 102.5FM on a vastly superior signal...and an FM signal to boot. I have a hard time imagining any music format on an AM station doing well if there's already an existing FM signal with the same format.

Come to think of it, I'm having a hard time thinking of any major format that isn't already represented in Boston on an AM or FM signal. Yeah, I know Spanish is the default answer, but that's already on at least one AM signal. Is there anything else "missing"? WILD's old format, maybe?

EDIT: Just answered my own question: we don't really have a jazz station. That would be nice, although at least WHRB and WGBH do a decent job themselves. And I imagine jazz on AM wouldn't really work all that well.

 

[MR. JAROME_CALVIN]

even though Touch 106.1 is a Community Station, look at everything good they are doing for the community. They are like a (new generation) W I L D 1090.


Example:

Their upcoming Kite Festival. Guess who is the going to host that?




Yes


"Touch 106.1"



The sad thing is, that station (as I said) in another post (WFNX Ratings down) The sad thing is Touch 106.1 can ONLY be heard in two of Boston's Urban Neighborhood Cities. They also broadcast live online (Touchfm.org) sometimes their site does not work.
If you don't live in those two cities, nor do not have internet access, you can not listen to that station


Radio Companies Program Directors, and Upper Management/Presidents NEED to seee this.

There is a strong URGE for Urban AC station in this whole part of Boston, Massachusetts area.


It is so sad without having a true 24/7 Urban AC/or Smooth Jazz station here in Boston Massachusetts area.

 

[aaronread]

It is so sad without having a true 24/7 Urban AC/or Smooth Jazz station here in Boston Massachusetts area.

Boston HAD both stations at various points...and apparently neither did well enough in the ratings to justify maintaining the format. I concede that a format's survival or death is a bit more complicated than that, but hey...it's not like they never had their shot.

 

[rockababy]

I think rko should just run "spackle and paste" infomercials 24/7, it'll be a step up from what they're airing now.

 

[MR. JAROME_CALVIN]

thank you @everybody

Ok @Rockabyebaby, what do you and (everyone else) what do you all think about "FOX News Radio"?
They have some (good Informational, News and Entertainment News Programs) on weekdays
FOXNEWS.COM, scroll down a little, and on the right you will see "FOX News Radio" click on that. When the audio comes up, click "Website" On the left, you will see the names of their programs (Brian and The Judge, Fox Across America, and John Gibson) to name a few. What do you all think? And all is on LIVE!!!! on Weekdays

 

[raccoonradio]

Fox News Radio produces O'Reilly's Radio Factor but it's syndic. by Westwood One. Former WRKO host
Spencer Hughes hosts Fox Across America. Some prog talk stations run Colmes (so does WSAR) . WBAL runs Brian and the Judge late night.
WRKO runs Fox newscasts at top of hour often

 

[Retro]

Ehh, it's an idea, I suppose. But there's already WKLB 102.5FM on a vastly superior signal...and an FM signal to boot. I have a hard time imagining any music format on an AM station doing well if there's already an existing FM signal with the same format.

But I think that this city could do 2 Country formats though, but especially if the AM was a Classic Country station.

The Fox Network is alright I guess, better than CNN anyway, but then again, I'm biased. ;D

 

[Retro]

I was thinking about it today and I realize that Entercom will never flip the format for one very reason, Howie Carr. You all know the story there.

 

[MR. JAROME_CALVIN]

thank you all for your time and responces

 

[argytunes]

I got a chuckle out of the ALL-INFOMERCIALS suggestion. ;D

It reminded me of the line created by satirist, Stan Freberg:

KINDA LIKE TV WHEN THE PICTURE TUBE HAS BLOWN!

argytunes

 

[DanStrassberg]

Let them work on their crappy westward signal first!

When I first read this posting, I thought, "yeah... ri-i-i-i-ght; yet another person who doesn't understand and probably never will," but on further reflection, I realized that, from a purely technical standpoint, something COULD be done but it would be PROHIBITIVELY expensive and could never be justified economically.

As a practical matter, WRKO CAN'T improve its daytime signal to the west. But the daytime signal is not the problem. Improving the nighttime signal could be accomplished by moving the night site to the WAMG/WBIX(N) site in Ashland. This would be a triplex, which would be hellishly complicated and expensive to pull off. My guess is at least $7 million! The technical problems would be formidable. OTOH, Entercom spent more than four times $7 million to buy 97.7.

The consequences of moving the WRKO night site would be elimination of night coverage of NH and Cape Cod and a very substantial (~4:1) reduction in night signal strength in Boston proper.

Although WRKO could move its day site to the WEEI site in Needham, there would be several problems with such a move. Eliminating prohibited overlap with third-adjacent WSRO 650 would result in a day pattern that was very restrictive to the west, defeating the entire purpose of the move. WSRO, as a Class D AM, would not need to be protected at night, however.

Keeping WRKO's day site in Burlington destroys the already remote possibility of making any economic sense of the project. The Burlington site is in the center of an area that has become prime commercial real estate. Selling it off might bring Entercom a lot of money but probably could not because it sits atop the wells that provide the Burlington water supply, so the possibility of developing the land seems nil. There are covenants on the land that prevent development of any sort.

So why would Entercom spend $7 million or more on this folly? For about the same price, Entercom could probably purchase WCRN--especially if you consider that the company could then sell off WVEI for maybe $300k, and thus slightly defray the cost of buying WCRN.

 

[dumber than a box of hair]

As a practical matter, WRKO CAN'T improve its daytime signal to the west. But the daytime signal is not the problem. Improving the nighttime signal could be accomplished by moving the night site to the WAMG/WBIX(N) site in Ashland. This would be a triplex, which would be hellishly complicated and expensive to pull off. My guess is at least $7 million! The technical problems would be formidable.

...and probably wouldn't accomplish a damned thing. Don't forget the FCC's current position on moving AM directionals: You move, you lose. It's called "ratcheting," and it applies only to nighttime DA operations. Basically: If you move a DA-N, you must reduce your signal in the direction of the station(s) you're protecting. Moving it to the west, when the station they're primarily protecting (KNBR) is in the same direction, won't accomplish very much, if anything.