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Radio News Flagships

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CapeFish

So I was looking at some of the boards and realized that the radio news networks have flagships lined up pretty well in NYC and LA. But there are some gaps I haven't seen filled. Why do these radio news services keep their affiliate lists like a state secret? Makes keeping informed on a road trip harder....anyways...fill in the blanks as you can and feel free to add markets.

New York
WOR 710 - NBC
WABC 770 - ABC
WCBS 880 - CBS
WINS 1010 - CNN
Unknown - FOX
WLIB 1190/to be WWRL 1600 - Air America News

Los Angeles
KFI 640 - FOX
KABC 790 - ABC
KFWB 980 - NBC
KNX 1070 - CBS
Unknown - CNN
KTLK 1150 - Air America News

Plus, do these stations actually carry newscasts/soundbites/actualities from these services or is it an affiliation for little use?
 
I'm not in L.A., and I haven't checked KTLK's web feed...but I'm pretty sure they run CNN instead of AAR's in-house newscasts.

Most of the CC liberal talkers do...though WARF/1350 here runs some flavor of ABC. Not the info cast, which WNIR/100.1 now has, but a different one...
 
AAR's newscasts aren't found much on their affiliates. The newscasts are pretty weak, IMO, and obviously, many of the affiliates agree.

Mostly, I've heard CNN news updates on progressive talk stations
 
One problem with most affiliate lists is that not all stations on the list actually carry the product. Many stations air the commercials, for compensation - so just because they are on a list doesn't mean you will hear the news. The bean counter who makes the list only cares about the spot clearance!
 
XTalker said:
One problem with most affiliate lists is that not all stations on the list actually carry the product. Many stations air the commercials, for compensation - so just because they are on a list doesn't mean you will hear the news. The bean counter who makes the list only cares about the spot clearance!
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Then there are stations that use reports from the national networks on their locally-anchored newscasts.
 
None of the stations are flagships

There is no way a New York or LA affiliate - not an O&O can be considered a flagship.
They are not part of the same company. Not in the same building. These New York and LA stations pull the network feed off a dish, just like stations in Topeka or Tulsa.
The only stations on the list that come close are WCBS and KNX, and those stations were divorced from the CBS radio network and the CBS News Division in the mid-60s. WCBS and CBS News radio are in the same building (now). Otherwise Newsradio 88 is just another affiliate. Notice all the times a New York story on the network news takes sound or voicers from CBS2 (WCBS-TV).
 
I would consider WSB-AM/Atlanta the flagship for CNN Radio, since it is located in Atlanta. I think WSB was one of the initial supporters of CNN Radio after NBC got out of radio in the 80s. I believe Cox also has heavy investments in Time Warner (through the Turner merger), although I do not know for sure.
 
Re: None of the stations are flagships

fred flintstone said:
WCBS and CBS News radio are in the same building (now). Otherwise Newsradio 88 is just another affiliate. Notice all the times a New York story on the network news takes sound or voicers from CBS2 (WCBS-TV).
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Note that WCBS reporter Jim Taylor anchored a CBS Radio News shift earlier this week (middays - Tuesday or Wednesday I think).
 
I believe the term FLAGSHIP has been misued by the orginial post. Flagship would imply origination, or the lead station in a network. While WCBS may be thought of as a flagship, you hear very little CBS Network programming on 880,
 
XTalker said:
I believe the term FLAGSHIP has been misued by the orginial post. Flagship would imply origination, or the lead station in a network. While WCBS may be thought of as a flagship, you hear very little CBS Network programming on 880,
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And if the station had their way, you'd hear even less.
 
As I had said in an earlier post, many of the so called "affiliates" of the major networks never carry any content - only the commercials for the compensation. In some cases, they have the network in the wings in case of another 9/11. Stations, even music stations, don't want to be caught without a soure of coverage for such a major story!
 
Here in NYC, WOR also uses CNN and CBS, in addition to NBC. WINS takes NBC and ABC, in addition to CNN.
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