Re: Facts? I have sourced them.
> > The only facts have been cited by David, and you
> > refuse to accept them.
> >
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> Excuse me, David did not supply facts. He interpreted facts
> that we cannot see.
I told you the existence of data which legally can not be posted here. The data proves you are wrong.
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> Big difference.
Nope. I cited sorurces, and anyone can prove that this is the truth by accessing the same data.
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> Here's another D-E "fact" that is a real belly-slapper:
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> > "The NPR stations are truly news talk stations, and would
> best be compared with KFI, et. al. and not KNX and KFWB. "<
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> Sorry, but this is so obvious that you cannot be possibly
> serious.
KFI is a talk station with news. KCRW and KPCC are talk staitons with news blocks. The fact that Bill Handel and the other KFI shows are not as high-brow as the talk shows on KCRW or KPCC does not change the fact that all are news talk staitons, not all news stations... just as a Yugo and a Porsche are both cars.
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> All Things Considered and Morning Edition? Talk shows like
> KFI? Not newscasts like KNX?
Many talk stations across the US have news blocks, like the morning shows on staitons like KMOX, KOA, WGN, etc. News, comentary, information, etc., all mixed together are stapeles of talkers, not all news staitons. ME and ATC are magazine shows, not news shows by definition...
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> NPR's morning drive, midday and evening drive shows are NOT
> talk shows. They do not solicit nor accept calls.
Talk shows do not all have calls. that is just one aspect of talk radio. And KPCC and KCRW are not all magazine or news magazine shows. In fact, most of the lineup is not news, but talk... ranging form drama to cooking, and even including some music shows. Neither are news staitons.
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> KPCC airs less than 40 percent talk shows, and only during
> off hours.
9 AM to 3 PM are hardly off hours. There is more radio listening in that daypart than in afternoon drive. And a staitons that is nearly half non-news is not an all news station. How do you define "all" in your world?
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> KCRW airs no talk shows, and airs all-news programming
> weekdays except 9a-noon and 7:30p-3 am.
Huh?
The drive time programs are news magazines, not newscasts. Even KCRW's website calls them news magazines, not newscasts. A news magazine is a variety talk show featuring news, nes commentary, interviews, etc. A newscast is a reading of news sotories, not interpretation, etc. Hoist on your own petard, I think.
Half of KCRW's afternoon programming is made of talk shows, and most all the evening and weekend shows are talk shows. The rest are music shows. KCRW is over 25% music every day, in fact. So it is not really even a talker. It is more a full service station, if anything. Gosh, they even have a talk show about cars!