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the bruins arent a good fit for wbz

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blamethemayo

agree? disagree?

my personal opinion is that all-news stations should not carry any sports.

i know. technically 'bz isnt an all news station all the time...and most of the programming pre-empted by the bruins is talk rather than news.
 
I agree that the Bruins aren't a good fit. Last night, I worked late and on the drive home was looking for a newscast. The only thing I could find was Fox News on RKO followed by a quick local update on RKO. Years ago BZ, HDH, and RKO were all doing local talk shows in the evening and you could always find a top-of-the-hour local newscast. Not anymore, except BZ when they are not doing sports. Even BUR goes directly to On Point at 8:00, no news before. That's disappointing.
 
WCBS 880 New York is a all news station and they carry the Yankees during baseball season. Also both stationsn WCBS and WBZ have the same owner CBS Radio.
 
Yes but in NYC, WCBS's sister station WINS remains on with news all the time.
 
I totally agree. It's time to send B's games elsewhere. Why not give WEEI a run for their money and launch a sports station with the B's and Patriots on a CBS-owned signal.
 
TravisWMLN said:
the bruins aren't a good fit for a hockey team...how can they be so awful against the Canadians?
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You took the words right off my keyboard!
What's sad is, the very first winter had I ever had was a bruins hat.
 
Most all news stations do awful in the evening.

Talk or sports is a good alternative.

What I don't understand is WHY WBZ doesn't do ANY information for consistancy when the Bruins game is on. I would think they could fit in a couple of news breifs/headlines (1 per hour?)

Surely they could squeeze in some traffic reports when traffic is a mess duirng weekend afternoon games, etc.
 
Keith321 said:
Most all news stations do awful in the evening.

Talk or sports is a good alternative.

What I don't understand is WHY WBZ doesn't do ANY information for consistancy when the Bruins game is on. I would think they could fit in a couple of news breifs/headlines (1 per hour?)

Surely they could squeeze in some traffic reports when traffic is a mess duirng weekend afternoon games, etc.
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from the revenue standpoint, yes. if you're talking about ratings, talk and news do very well at night.

bruins play to a half empty arena most of the time. what traffic mess are you talking about?!
 
Hockey is soccer on skates. The only difference is that hockey allows fighting to relieve the tedium. I'm surprised that anyone listens to hockey on any station
 
radiodouble said:
Keith321 said:
Most all news stations do awful in the evening.
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from the revenue standpoint, yes. if you're talking about ratings, talk and news do very well at night.
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No, I'm talking from a ratings standpoint.

Most, if not all, stations that do news in the evening, KYW, WINS, WCBS, etc....all do piss-poor in the ratings...making evenings their worst daypart.

Please show me a station that does all-news in the evening that does well.
 
Keith321 said:
Most all news stations do awful in the evening.

Talk or sports is a good alternative.

What I don't understand is WHY WBZ doesn't do ANY information for consistancy when the Bruins game is on. I would think they could fit in a couple of news breifs/headlines (1 per hour?)

Surely they could squeeze in some traffic reports when traffic is a mess duirng weekend afternoon games, etc.
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Sister station WTIC 1080 in Hartford, CT airs the Red Sox and does UCONN Basketball. During the top of the hour mostly gives a headline or weather. Even during commericals WTIC will tell you the weather and if their is a traffic problem.
 
Keith321 said:
radiodouble said:
Keith321 said:
Most all news stations do awful in the evening.
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from the revenue standpoint, yes. if you're talking about ratings, talk and news do very well at night.
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No, I'm talking from a ratings standpoint.

Most, if not all, stations that do news in the evening, KYW, WINS, WCBS, etc....all do piss-poor in the ratings...making evenings their worst daypart.

Please show me a station that does all-news in the evening that does well.
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these are allnews stations you're brining up. naturally, allnews makes its money in the morning and afternoon drivetimes. i was referring to *talk and news* formats like wgn, wbap, kgo, wbz. all do consistently well with their evening talk lineups.
 
radiodouble said:
Keith321 said:
radiodouble said:
Keith321 said:
Most all news stations do awful in the evening.
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if you're talking about ratings, talk and news do very well at night.
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No, I'm talking from a ratings standpoint.

Most, if not all, stations that do news in the evening, KYW, WINS, WCBS, etc....all do piss-poor in the ratings...making evenings their worst daypart.

Please show me a station that does all-news in the evening that does well.
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i was referring to *talk and news* formats...
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See above. My original post said "all news".
 
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