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Should WBZ Go 24/7 All-News?

I see nothing wrong with any of those shows that I mentioned in my first reply nor this latest reply. You all just don't like them.
There is nothing wrong with any of them. All of those shows have different topics, that everyone will love to hear.
 
The only thing wrong with them is hardly anybody has ever heard of them. Cobbling together a line-up of America's most obscure syndicated talk shows is not the road to success.
 
LAUROJRM said:
You all just don't like them.
There is nothing wrong with any of them. All of those shows have different topics, that everyone will love to hear.
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Lauro, you're full of it. No other way to say it. It's not that I don't like them...I've never heard of them. If you like them, fine but as Fred just pointed out it's not the route to success.
If you think "everyone would love to hear" these shows, buy time on a station and run them. See how many people listen. Tell you what, if you get more than a .1 share I will treat you to the most expensive steak dinner in Boston. In a limo. AND I'll buy time from you to make a public on air apology.
 
Agreeing wholeheartedly with FredLeonard and NHRadio. Throwing that kind of lineup on the air would give you negative ratings ??? . I've heard of Doyle and Tantaros, but would any of those shows give me a grab-you-by-the-throat reason to listen? The answer is an emphatic NO. If third-string syndie and Urban AC dominate Lauro's thinking, then tsk, tsk, tsk..........
 
Lauro has mentioned in the past he's been unable to find work in the business. Maybe that attitude of knowing exactly what Boston need(s) is part of the reason.
 
Well, maybe the reason he can't find work is all of these syndicated shows, that he suggests, which take away from local "talent". Yet he wants more of them. It just doesn't make sense to me.
 
My post was not meant out of disrespect. I'm just confused as to why you advocate for more syndication when you're looking for a job. Syndicated hosts take up spots that could be filled by local folks, such as yourself. That would be like someone who is looking for a factory job asking for more factories to go overseas. My apologies if it came off as disrespectful.
 
In many cities NPR stations are doing mostly news and talk, as do GBH and BUR. At certain times of the day it could be repeats of talk/interview shows, or national stuff but that's due to budget reasons. Other than maybe huge markets like NY stations aren't going to put much money into overnight news coverage unless they throw minimum wage at some young up and comer and um like they'll kinda uh like sound unprofessional y'know?
Keep Rea, Brien , Rich talk on WBZ. Still news headlines at top, bottom of hour. Other news sources exist like tv, online, NPR etc. It's what brings in the money and listeners.

(Many public stations threw aside jazz, blues, folk etc to make room for news-talk which brings in revenue. Yes they're non-commercial but they need revenue and they say people like the news-talk stuff. When I visited Pitt. a few years ago I got talking with the president of the local blues society while at a free blues concert just NW of town and mentioned the upcoming changes at WDUQ etc. 100 hrs of jazz a wk down to 6, etc. "Yes, but at least we'll still have Little E's,"
she said, referring to a downtown jazz spot...
There's plenty of news...and it's on FM. Gets ratings, too. I still want Jordan Rich to have
"movie night", interviews with book authors, and local musicians like Bird Mancini, Grace
Curran and the HighFalutin Band, and Brittanica on. It's not left. It's not right. It's just good
talk in the middle of the night.
 
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If the current overnight show "works" I'd say their standards have lowered.
 
Why does CBS program All-News 24/7 on most of its All-News stations (except WBZ and KRLD Dallas)? Because people are creatures of habit. You run news at 11pm on a Thursday, 2am on a Monday, 4am on a Saturday, because you want to always be doing your format.

When people get in the car and punch up WWJ Detroit or KCBS San Francisco, they get news from a local anchor, whatever time of day it is. Do they make money from overnights and other odd hours? I don't know. Are the commercials that run late at night gimmes for loyal clients? Do advertisers have to buy round-the-clock rotations when they really want to be on the morning show? I don't know that either. But in every city that CBS runs an All-News station, other than Boston and Dallas, it's news around the clock.
 
Of course WCBS in New York interrupts their all news format for Yankees games,but you can still go to WINS which runs 24/7 news. WYAY in Atlanta,owned by Cumulus also runs an all news format but they run infomercials during some hours of the weekend. the infomercials bring in money, but it certainly dilutes the stations image. When a station says they are all news, listeners expect to hear news anytime they tune in. Big mistake.
 
Gregg said:
Why does CBS program All-News 24/7 on most of its All-News stations (except WBZ and KRLD Dallas)? Because people are creatures of habit. You run news at 11pm on a Thursday, 2am on a Monday, 4am on a Saturday, because you want to always be doing your format.

When people get in the car and punch up WWJ Detroit or KCBS San Francisco, they get news from a local anchor, whatever time of day it is. Do they make money from overnights and other odd hours? I don't know. Are the commercials that run late at night gimmes for loyal clients? Do advertisers have to buy round-the-clock rotations when they really want to be on the morning show? I don't know that either. But in every city that CBS runs an All-News station, other than Boston and Dallas, it's news around the clock.
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I hate to nitpick here, but if you tune your radio to WBZ at 11:00pm on a Thursday, 2:00am on a Monday, or 4:00am on a Saturday, you're going to hear a local newscast.

Those same creatures of habit know that there has never, in over 90 years, been overnight-around-the-clock news on WBZ. They know that you catch news at the top and bottom of the hour.
 
Not to nitpick but I don't believe they have regularly scheduled news anymore at the bottom of the hour during the evening and overnight talk shows. Perhaps if there is a big news story they have it on the half hour but not as a rule.

And don't they carry the first three minutes of the CBS news on the hour during the overnight?
 
Sometimes they pick up CBS news at :31 past especially after big events (like the tragic fire in Ariz.)
overnight. But that's CBS not local WBZ. They may have traffic at :31 past too
 
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