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Syndicated Tom Kent to "evenings" on WODS
- Thread starter jlehmann
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If they did that, it would be stupid to put Tom Kent on tape delay.
His show is supposed to be on live 7pm-Midnight Eastern Time. That's how Oldies 103.3 should do
But if you ask me, they good just they way they are
But, they know more, not me. It's just my idea
His show is supposed to be on live 7pm-Midnight Eastern Time. That's how Oldies 103.3 should do
But if you ask me, they good just they way they are
But, they know more, not me. It's just my idea
LAUROJRM said:
I hope they're not replacing Finegan with syndication.
I'm sure that it would save them a lot of money to run a syndicated show than to pay the salary of a senior 20+ year air talent like Finegan, but it would be yet another sad move, eliminating another seasoned longtime local host.
Who is "Jessica" that started at 6pm ET tonight?
Guess we'll have to wait a few hours to see what happens
later in the evening--as in local or Tom Kent.
I listened via the stream from 4:45-6 ET and other than
mentioning he was back on in PM drive, JJ Wright did not
promo any daypart except the new morning show. Heck,
from the lack of much anything in the talk breaks I heard,
he could have phoned it in...or voicetracked it. :
I didn't hear much in terms of a time check, weather, or
"topical" stuff--maybe one weather break--although I
suppose WX could normally be in the middle of a stopset
which is covered on the stream.
And since I'm such a "PITA" for legal IDs done right, is
WODS still analog only? The two legals I heard were
"WODS Boston" with no mention of a WODS HD1.
Guess we'll have to wait a few hours to see what happens
later in the evening--as in local or Tom Kent.
I listened via the stream from 4:45-6 ET and other than
mentioning he was back on in PM drive, JJ Wright did not
promo any daypart except the new morning show. Heck,
from the lack of much anything in the talk breaks I heard,
he could have phoned it in...or voicetracked it. :
I didn't hear much in terms of a time check, weather, or
"topical" stuff--maybe one weather break--although I
suppose WX could normally be in the middle of a stopset
which is covered on the stream.
And since I'm such a "PITA" for legal IDs done right, is
WODS still analog only? The two legals I heard were
"WODS Boston" with no mention of a WODS HD1.
oldiesfan6479 said:
Don't know, but she's been doing evening fill-ins and weekends on 'ODS for at least a month now.
I read claimed in another thread elsewhere here that she's also on WBMX, and is or was on B-101 Providence and voicetracks on WGIR-FM Manchester.
jlehmann said:
That's true, and also, I'm guessing that maybe an FM station doesn't have to mention their HD-1 unless they're also multicasting additional HD channels. Public radio stations WBUR and WUMB run HD for their main program with no multicast channels, and they don't mention HD in their ID's (and their ID's also include their rebroadcast stations in other locations, some of which run HD and some don't, but there's no mention of it).
WBZ certainly makes a big deal of HD in their ID's and AM's can't run additional multicast channels, but I guess there's nothing preventing them from promoting it even if they don't have to... or maybe AM's do have to. I don't know all the regulations on ID'ing HD's.
Eli Polonsky said:
The FCC blew it, big time, when they crafted the legal ID rules for HD. Here's the current verbiage:
What does that mean? Nobody really knows, because nobody's tested it yet and the FCC hasn't clarified. Many stations are playing it safe by adding a "WXXX-HD" to their legal IDs, notwithstanding that that's not an official FCC suffix. Others believe that by putting their calls in the PAD data that's displayed on HD receivers, that's "appropriately alert(ing)" their audience.
It's an incredibly poorly written regulation, and a fat target for anyone who wants to bother challenging it.
Scott Fybush said:
What a can of worms! Showing that the FCC is as inept as the FAA, TSA...
(insert your fave set of government agency initials here). And that's no
matter which party is in control of the White House and Congress.
So whether you can lump together "KOOL-FM, KOOL HD1 Phoenix" rather than
separate IDs as are (supposed to be) done for AM/FM simulcasts, who knows?
One thing, if we can ever succeed in killing off I-CRAP, we then won't have to
worry about how to ID an AM station. ;D
jlehmann said:
She was, and Finegan just came on at 9... I guess they updated the website before changing the programming.
I just caught an hour or so of Tom Kent and there was nothing compelling enough to keep me from watching the rain-delayed Red Sox game which will start momentarily. He was better than Karen and Lobel back on Monday but still......I'd rather hear JJ or Mike Finegan or a local personality, ya know?
jhnkill said:
Maybe he burns the music for his show onto cheap generic no-name CD-R's that were on sale at Radio Shack or some discount store.
It may not be the players. Could be cheap/bad CD-R's.
Is the skipping only during the music, or does it also happen when he announces, or during any other elements such as network spots?
If so (or maybe even if not), the skipping may not be in his program, but more likely in WODS' playback.
I'd find it hard to believe he would send out the show to all affiliates with skips in it.
I've heard CD skips on WODS before, even recently, during music.
If so (or maybe even if not), the skipping may not be in his program, but more likely in WODS' playback.
I'd find it hard to believe he would send out the show to all affiliates with skips in it.
I've heard CD skips on WODS before, even recently, during music.
The skipping is not Tom's doing. He is on the station I listen to in Ga and there are no problems. It probably has something to do with the local station itself. Give them some time to work it out. The show is really fantastic!! Tom has the passion and the personality it takes to make radio great!!!
jhnkill said:
I don't think anyone uses tape for shows like this anymore. It's probably either on CD's, or downloaded to a hard drive.
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