Re: Has WBEN Gone Full-on Wingnut?

[Ed Trefzger]

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You listen to WBEN an awful lot for someone who says they can't stand them. Maybe their programming is working.

 

[Fenway1912]

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Entercom doesn't have a clue on talk radio. Look at the mess they made with WRKO Boston

http://www.wrko.com/complete-schedule

 

[SirRoxalot]

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You guys are bucking for inclusion on the enemies list of Greg Ried and Tim Holly, local radio geniuses.

 

[WeekendRadioboy]

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I enjoyed listening to Ron Dobson the most when he would fill in for the Full-Timers on WBEN. Since he either has been dismissed or retained a job out of market , I rarely listen to any local content (9-12 & 3-6) except for Top of the Hour News/Weather. Other then that, it's the same message they love to get across...if your not republican, Dislike the President or own more then 4 guns you don't matter.

 

[Fenway1912]

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Entercom doesn't have a clue on talk radio. Look at the mess they made with WRKO Boston

http://www.wrko.com/complete-schedule

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Jason Wolfe who runs WEEI and WRKO Boston is said to advise Entercom Buffalo.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jason-wolfe/4/291/610

WEEI (sports) was Entercom's cash cow but CBS launched WBZ-FM 3 1/2 years ago and now dominate men 25-54. Moving WEEI to FM didn't help.

 

[Element9]

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Years ago when Tommy Boy was on WGR, he used to rip WBEN as "the station his grandfather listened to." Now he's giving the P-1 haters what they want, playin' the hits and talkin' dirty. Funny. It could be worse. Batshit Crazy Cathy could have a daily show or do regular fill in.

 

[Fenway1912]

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Entercom doesn't have a clue on talk radio. Look at the mess they made with WRKO Boston

http://www.wrko.com/complete-schedule

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Jason Wolfe who runs WEEI and WRKO Boston is said to advise Entercom Buffalo.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jason-wolfe/4/291/610

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I have seen Jason twice on jetBlue flights to Buffalo

David Field loves the guy - BTW you have to wonder why Entercom has HQ's in a market they don't own a station (Philadelphia)

Big problem is that Entercom now looks at the Buffalo cluster the same as they do Greenville, SC.

The big problem in Boston is the albatross of the Red Sox contract which is $18M a year - and that hit is now spread across all their clusters.

 

[Parttimer]

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Joe Field was a lawyer in Philly when he founded the company. One of his original stations may have been there as well. I worked for Entercom in the 80's when they owned WEEP/WDSY in Pittsburgh, the HQ was in Bala Cynwyd PA.

 

[RBW]

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Okay.... so you're of a liberal mindset? And you're now objecting to comments which in your view, are slanted conservative? I'll give you that it seems odd that a financial program would have a segment on the gun debate. It's a hot issue though, and it may be such that even those who admire Obama, may not agree with the way the 'new' legislation was trumpted in.

WHO in their right mind would allow these imbeciles to manage their money? I'm sure their money advise is sound. My guess is, if they hadn't discussed guns, you wouldn't have second guessed their advice.

 

[Element9]

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'm sure their money advise is sound. My guess is, if they hadn't discussed guns, you wouldn't have second guessed their advice.

That's a stretch. And you don't need a gun to rob people, whether it's on Wall Street or Main Street. Most of these local money shows are hosted by guys whose first priority is to get their hands on your money. Fiduciary responsibility is somewhere farther down the list if it's on the list at all. In reality, most of these guys are commissioned sales people. A few months ago I was listening to a couple of local hacks on a talk station advocating wildly for a product that could best be described as a penny stock. If they were licensed brokers, they should have been censured. I pulled up some information on the product they were advocating and it had scam written all over it. I wanted to call them up and let them have it with both barrels. I only hope some retiree didn't go all in with those two carpetbaggers.

 

[Bob1370]

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Seems to me the next decision WBEN will need to make concerns its lineup of nationally syndicated programs.
Limbaugh's troubles are well known. In the largest markets, have come his largest declines in ratings and revenue. Cunmulus, which carries him in two of his (and the country's) biggest markets, has been especially outspoken. Lew Dickey says Limbaugh is now costing him millions of dollars every month compared to what he could bring in with even a lower-rated (but more advertiser-accepted) alternative. Now it should be remembered that Dickey now HAS an alternative on the market in Mike Huckabee...and it's equally clear that he will go with Huckabee in markets like NYC and Chicago as soon as his contractual committment to Limbaugh is through.Limbaugh's syndicator (Clear Channel's Premiere Networks division) is also clearly convinced Cumulus will pull Limbaugh off WABC, along with their other syndicated product, or else why would they have spent over $30 million tp buy WOR as an alternative for NYC carrioage?

Is Entercom thinking the same thing as Cumulus, and will Limbaugh be dumped in markets like Buffalo (where he's been on almost two decades) or Boston (where he returned more recently)? You'd have to be privy to their total ratings and revenue numbers beyond the published 12+ audience stats to know. But you have to believe they're all aware of what's going on in other Eastern and Midwestern markets...

 

[SirRoxalot]

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Entercom Buffalo is in the enviable position of controlling all of the other signals where Limbaugh could land. They've got all the big AMs. Town Square or Cumulus would have to blow up an existing format and go talk for Limbaugh to land elsewhere. I don't see that happening.

Whether the audience would accept it would depend on who the replacement is.

 

[Fenway1912]

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Is Entercom thinking the same thing as Cumulus, and will Limbaugh be dumped in markets like Buffalo (where he's been on almost two decades) or Boston (where he returned more recently)? You'd have to be privy to their total ratings and revenue numbers beyond the published 12+ audience stats to know. But you have to believe they're all aware of what's going on in other Eastern and Midwestern markets...

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Clear Channel spent millions upgrading WXKS-AM to a 50,000 watt AM signal in Boston and moved Rush from WRKO to anchor a new talk format and it was an epic failure.

http://radio-locator.com/info/WXKS-AM

They blew the format up and sent Rush back to WRKO.

Entercom only wound up in Boston when the Justice Department told CBS they had to sell off some properties they bought from American Radio Systems. Entercom wound up with 2 50kw AM outlets ( 680 WRKO and 850 WEEI ) and 2 FM rimshots from Worcester and Lawrence.

WEEI was their cash cow but in 2009 CBS launched a FM sports station and it has been a downhill spiral since then.


I sense their problems in Boston have hurt Buffalo.

 

[Element9]

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The Red Sox are indirectly hurting Entercom Buffalo? Yet another reason to cheer for the Yankees.