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Theory about Infinity Boston

D

DavidZ

Keep in mind everyone, this is just pure speculation on my part.

Remember when everyone was wondering which Boston Infinity station would be "Jacked". How about which Infinity station will be flipped to a general talk station? Yes, some of you have speculated about this idea before but as a sports talk station, if my memory hasn't completely failed me.

Before you start laughing, think about it for a few minutes.

Most of us agree that WBCN will be looking for an identity once Howard leaves for Satellite radio. Lately, they have added quite a few Classic Rock cuts and even had a "Hair Band" theme last weekend. What's up with that? Although WZLX has been classic rock for quite some time, they have never been a ratings powerhouse. Could that be the reason that Infinity is adding older artists on WBCN? Could they be planning on keeping the heritage station, WBCN, and going in a different direction at 100.7? Some of the full time staff at WZLX will surely move to WBCN i.e. Karlson and MacKenzie. Hey, how about that, WBCN's answer for what to do when Howard leaves.

As for WBZ, I've been listening the last couple of weeks and they have adopted a variation of the news sounders that most, if not all, News Radio stations use around the country. "You give us 22 minutes, and we'll give you the world" and "The news watch never stops". They even come out of the top of the hour and bottom of the hour with the anchor reading headlines (sometimes sound bites from the reporters telling the listener what's coming up), live report from the Sports anchor, etc. This has been the way sister station WINS in New York has been presenting their news for quite sometime.

Could WBZ go all news (24/7) and at the same time, Infinity launches an FM talk station. Maybe there are more announcements coming soon about the signing of Infinity talk hosts (ala Jay Severin). With an FM talk station, it won't matter what time of the day Jay Severin is syndicated live around the country because it will not intefere with News Radio WBZ. They will still be all news and Jay will be launched on the new Infinity FM talk station in Boston.
 
My take on FM Talk was that infinity was trying to move away from it, especially now that stern is moving on. Look at their remaining FM talk stations, and you'll see that he is the only thing keeping them afloat.

> Keep in mind everyone, this is just pure speculation on my
> part.
>
> Remember when everyone was wondering which Boston Infinity
> station would be "Jacked". How about which Infinity station
> will be flipped to a general talk station? Yes, some of you
> have speculated about this idea before but as a sports talk
> station, if my memory hasn't completely failed me.
>
> Before you start laughing, think about it for a few minutes.
>
>
> Most of us agree that WBCN will be looking for an identity
> once Howard leaves for Satellite radio. Lately, they have
> added quite a few Classic Rock cuts and even had a "Hair
> Band" theme last weekend. What's up with that? Although WZLX
> has been classic rock for quite some time, they have never
> been a ratings powerhouse. Could that be the reason that
> Infinity is adding older artists on WBCN? Could they be
> planning on keeping the heritage station, WBCN, and going in
> a different direction at 100.7? Some of the full time staff
> at WZLX will surely move to WBCN i.e. Karlson and MacKenzie.
> Hey, how about that, WBCN's answer for what to do when
> Howard leaves.
>
> As for WBZ, I've been listening the last couple of weeks and
> they have adopted a variation of the news sounders that
> most, if not all, News Radio stations use around the
> country. "You give us 22 minutes, and we'll give you the
> world" and "The news watch never stops". They even come out
> of the top of the hour and bottom of the hour with the
> anchor reading headlines (sometimes sound bites from the
> reporters telling the listener what's coming up), live
> report from the Sports anchor, etc. This has been the way
> sister station WINS in New York has been presenting their
> news for quite sometime.
>
> Could WBZ go all news (24/7) and at the same time, Infinity
> launches an FM talk station. Maybe there are more
> announcements coming soon about the signing of Infinity talk
> hosts (ala Jay Severin). With an FM talk station, it won't
> matter what time of the day Jay Severin is syndicated live
> around the country because it will not intefere with News
> Radio WBZ. They will still be all news and Jay will be
> launched on the new Infinity FM talk station in Boston.
>
 
you couldn't be more on target. Severin's planned for a new FM talk in Boston and others being set up now. Exactly what company's already doing in San Francisco.

> Keep in mind everyone, this is just pure speculation on my
> part.
>
> Remember when everyone was wondering which Boston Infinity
> station would be "Jacked". How about which Infinity station
> will be flipped to a general talk station? Yes, some of you
> have speculated about this idea before but as a sports talk
> station, if my memory hasn't completely failed me.
>
> Before you start laughing, think about it for a few minutes.
>
>
> Most of us agree that WBCN will be looking for an identity
> once Howard leaves for Satellite radio. Lately, they have
> added quite a few Classic Rock cuts and even had a "Hair
> Band" theme last weekend. What's up with that? Although WZLX
> has been classic rock for quite some time, they have never
> been a ratings powerhouse. Could that be the reason that
> Infinity is adding older artists on WBCN? Could they be
> planning on keeping the heritage station, WBCN, and going in
> a different direction at 100.7? Some of the full time staff
> at WZLX will surely move to WBCN i.e. Karlson and MacKenzie.
> Hey, how about that, WBCN's answer for what to do when
> Howard leaves.
>
> As for WBZ, I've been listening the last couple of weeks and
> they have adopted a variation of the news sounders that
> most, if not all, News Radio stations use around the
> country. "You give us 22 minutes, and we'll give you the
> world" and "The news watch never stops". They even come out
> of the top of the hour and bottom of the hour with the
> anchor reading headlines (sometimes sound bites from the
> reporters telling the listener what's coming up), live
> report from the Sports anchor, etc. This has been the way
> sister station WINS in New York has been presenting their
> news for quite sometime.
>
> Could WBZ go all news (24/7) and at the same time, Infinity
> launches an FM talk station. Maybe there are more
> announcements coming soon about the signing of Infinity talk
> hosts (ala Jay Severin). With an FM talk station, it won't
> matter what time of the day Jay Severin is syndicated live
> around the country because it will not intefere with News
> Radio WBZ. They will still be all news and Jay will be
> launched on the new Infinity FM talk station in Boston.
>
 
> you couldn't be more on target. Severin's planned for a new
> FM talk in Boston and others being set up now. Exactly what
> company's already doing in San Francisco.

Could be! We've had GMedia's WTKK for awhile now and there are
other "FM talkers" (with political talk not so much "hot talk)
in places like Pittsbugh. Consolidate WZLX and WBCN...talk on 100.7?
(As it turns out there's an FM talker on that freq in Seattle, Entercom's
"The Buzz", KIRO-FM...which actually _is_ hot talk like "Blow Me Up Tom"
Leykis, John and Jeff, and All Comedy Radio.
 
Theory about FM Talk

Consider FM talk to mean the equivelant of wrko but on an FM signal instead of "hot talk" designed to attract a younger audience. A close listen to 96.9 reveals a station with a pretty weak lineup (Imus, who never wins the ratings, Barnicle and O'Reilly, all poor shows) that we can imagine are only doing as well as they are because they're on FM.

Is it possible that 96.9 has actually failed terribly by allowing itself to be pleased with being competetive to wrko when if they programmed the station better they could be owning the market? They have a one host station that is doing well against a one host station. And they're proud of themselves.

So a new FM talker comes into the market, puts Severin on, a good morning show, and suddenly the other Talkers are left in the dust. (If this scenario is relaisitc, they could already have signed other big shows, like Hannity.)

THis is the big problem with consolidation. You have stations that are not aggressive and are comfortable with slow reacions to competetive changes, and are even comfortable with doing a bad job, because the competition is going to be working in the same manner. The programmer at 96.9 is viewed at her company as a guru for what's been accomplished there. But it may be that she's left their flank remarkably unprotected in an era when most in the industry believe that FM will quickly become a popular spot for spoken word programming.



> My take on FM Talk was that infinity was trying to move away
> from it, especially now that stern is moving on. Look at
> their remaining FM talk stations, and you'll see that he is
> the only thing keeping them afloat.
>
> > Keep in mind everyone, this is just pure speculation on my
>
> > part.
> >
> > Remember when everyone was wondering which Boston Infinity
>
> > station would be "Jacked". How about which Infinity
> station
> > will be flipped to a general talk station? Yes, some of
> you
> > have speculated about this idea before but as a sports
> talk
> > station, if my memory hasn't completely failed me.
> >
> > Before you start laughing, think about it for a few
> minutes.
> >
> >
> > Most of us agree that WBCN will be looking for an identity
>
> > once Howard leaves for Satellite radio. Lately, they have
> > added quite a few Classic Rock cuts and even had a "Hair
> > Band" theme last weekend. What's up with that? Although
> WZLX
> > has been classic rock for quite some time, they have never
>
> > been a ratings powerhouse. Could that be the reason that
> > Infinity is adding older artists on WBCN? Could they be
> > planning on keeping the heritage station, WBCN, and going
> in
> > a different direction at 100.7? Some of the full time
> staff
> > at WZLX will surely move to WBCN i.e. Karlson and
> MacKenzie.
> > Hey, how about that, WBCN's answer for what to do when
> > Howard leaves.
> >
> > As for WBZ, I've been listening the last couple of weeks
> and
> > they have adopted a variation of the news sounders that
> > most, if not all, News Radio stations use around the
> > country. "You give us 22 minutes, and we'll give you the
> > world" and "The news watch never stops". They even come
> out
> > of the top of the hour and bottom of the hour with the
> > anchor reading headlines (sometimes sound bites from the
> > reporters telling the listener what's coming up), live
> > report from the Sports anchor, etc. This has been the way
> > sister station WINS in New York has been presenting their
> > news for quite sometime.
> >
> > Could WBZ go all news (24/7) and at the same time,
> Infinity
> > launches an FM talk station. Maybe there are more
> > announcements coming soon about the signing of Infinity
> talk
> > hosts (ala Jay Severin). With an FM talk station, it won't
>
> > matter what time of the day Jay Severin is syndicated live
>
> > around the country because it will not intefere with News
> > Radio WBZ. They will still be all news and Jay will be
> > launched on the new Infinity FM talk station in Boston.
> >
>
 
Re: Theory about FM Talk

Here's an idea:

Call the new FM talk station WBZ-FM, and simulcast the WBZ-AM top-of-the-hour news, with talk the rest of the hour. Crossplug each other all over the place.
 
Re: Theory about FM Talk

> Consider FM talk to mean the equivelant of wrko but on an FM
> signal instead of "hot talk" designed to attract a younger
> audience. A close listen to 96.9 reveals a station with a
> pretty weak lineup (Imus, who never wins the ratings,
> Barnicle and O'Reilly, all poor shows) that we can imagine
> are only doing as well as they are because they're on FM.

Figure O'Reilly does well because it's Boston. Last I saw (from faraway, mind you) was Bill behind Rush by under a point in 25-54. Correct me if I'm wrong.

I'd like to see 24/7 news, but the trends are against that, no? Would 'BZ dump the sports clearances to the FM talker? Would this FM talker be syndicated (who's left) or Severin and local? I agree they could do a better job than 'TKK, who seems to think a hot talk show overnight is what the average Hannity listener wants. Although I wouldn't be opposed to a late night clearance of Leykis, with his history at WRKO, sans his Leykis 101.
 
> Could that be the reason that
> Infinity is adding older artists on WBCN? Could they be
> planning on keeping the heritage station, WBCN, and going in
> a different direction at 100.7? Some of the full time staff
> at WZLX will surely move to WBCN i.e. Karlson and MacKenzie.
> Hey, how about that, WBCN's answer for what to do when
> Howard leaves.

I remember a while back (10-15 years ago) when BCN was classic rock just like ZLX. I heard, at the time, that both stations came under the same ownership, which is why BCN started playing more modern rock.
 
> I remember a while back (10-15 years ago) when BCN was
> classic rock just like ZLX. I heard, at the time, that both
> stations came under the same ownership, which is why BCN
> started playing more modern rock.

WBCN was never completely classic rock. They were very heavy on the classics when competing with WZLX before they were co-owned, but they always mixed in some currents, and some stuff from the "new wave" era. Their slogan in those days was "Classic To Cutting Edge".
 
Re: Theory about FM Talk

depends on the demo you're after. Since WBZ runs on the old side, and the advantage of FM talk is that you can draw a younger demo with the same programming, the obvious cross-promotion benefits might not be the best route. You could do hipper news, have an all round younger sound. Run syndication only when its the best alternative, run local otherwise.

Ingraham should be on live, you could grab her from 96.9 with the offer of a live clear. So, do a local morning show, go to Laura, do a live midday show and hurt both wrko and 96.9 at the same time - Rush does only so-so here, an hour of E&B into O'Reilly would be easy to damage with a good local host - go to Hannity for PM drive, or local again if he's not available. That's assuming Jay would be doing an eveing shift, and he'd do well in Boston at 6 or 7 just as he has on 96.9.

The big guys are prepared for a fall. In the corporate world, the question is - is there anyone aggressive enough, hungry enough, creative enough, to show just how weak 96.9 and wrko are?


> Here's an idea:
>
> Call the new FM talk station WBZ-FM, and simulcast the
> WBZ-AM top-of-the-hour news, with talk the rest of the hour.
> Crossplug each other all over the place.
>
 
> WBCN was never completely classic rock.

Good point! I remember how you could always hear Warren Zevon, Talking Heads, etc.
 
Excellent theory.

The major difference between what Infinity has been doing with FM talk and what some on this thread have speculated is this: Most of Infinity's current FM talk stations are "hot" or "extreme" talk. What many on this board think Infinity would do with a new FM talk format is "mainstream" talk.

And the idea of WBZ-1030 going 24/7 news also makes sense. One other change I could see 'BZ do is put traffic and weather "together on the 8's" and clear the CBS radio top-of-the-hour newscast every hour day and night, as well as the 8 A.M. and 7 P.M. editions of CBS Radio's "World News Roundup". The morning edition has not been heard on any Boston station in years; I don't think the evening edition, since it became known as "World News Roundup Late Edition", has been broadcast locally.

This would allow Infinity to move 'BZ's existing talk hosts (Paul Sullivan, Steve LeVeille, Jordan Rich) over to the FM station, although they may not have the same on-air hours they have now. Add Jay Severin, Bill O'Reilly (whose show is under the same corporate ownership as Infinity), and perhaps even Don Imus, and you've got the full broadcast day during the week covered.

And come the Fall of 2006, both the Patriots and Bruins could move from WBCN-104.1 and WBZ respectively to the new Infinity FM talker.

Now that I think about it, I think 100.7 would be the likely home of such a talk station, with WBCN-104.1 becoming a hybrid of modern and classic rock.

Those might not be the only changes. I still have a "funny feeling" that despite Entercom-owned WMKK-93.7's "Mike FM" format in the market, Infinity may still flip WODS-103.3 to "Jack". Were Infinity to do that, they could flip WODS to all-Christmas sometime in November, stunt from the 26th through 31st of December, and launch "Jack" at the start of 2006.

On the other hand, if Infinity decides to keep WODS as an oldies station, and if 100.7 becomes the talk station, perhaps 100.7 will go all-Christmas in early November (instead of WODS). Then on December 26th, it would begin stunting until the talk format launches with the start of 2006.

Perhaps Infinity, Greater Media, and Entercom should be happy that Clear Channel owns just two FM stations in the Boston area. Had CC owned three or more FM stations in Boston, one of them might have been flipped to talk, using the syndicated hosts of CC-owned Premiere Radio (Rush Limbaugh, George Noory, Glenn Beck, etc., with Limbaugh and Noory being moved over from WRKO-680). CC is about to do this in the Twin Cities; and with the Premiere Radio hosts to be on CC's new FM talker there, that station may become a force to be reckoned in Minnesota.
 
> you couldn't be more on target. Severin's planned for a new
> FM talk in Boston and others being set up now. Exactly what
> company's already doing in San Francisco.

I guess that means Paul Sullivan, Lovell, Steve LaVeille, Jordan Rich and the rest of them are out the door. I don't see the blue-hairs turning to 100.7 to listen to Paul rant about Mayor Menino.
 
Penandpad commented:

> I guess that means Paul Sullivan, Lovell, Steve LaVeille,
> Jordan Rich and the rest of them are out the door. I don't
> see the blue-hairs turning to 100.7 to listen to Paul rant
> about Mayor Menino.

Maybe not.

If Infinity launches a "mainstream" FM talk station (and at the same time, takes WBZ-1030 24/7 all-news), I can see all of 'BZ's nighttime talk hosts moved to the FM. Perhaps Infinity might also nationally-syndicate LaVeille and Rich overnights on weeknights and weekend nights respectively, in part to (1) provide an alternative kind of overnight talk show to Premiere's "Coast To Coast AM" (George Noory), and (2) allow people outside of the Boston area to continue to be able to hear these shows. Many of LaVeille's and Rich's listeners are outside of the Boston area, thanks to WBZ's big signal. Syndication would allow their fans to continue to hear them, even though their Boston-area flagship station has moved from an AM blowtorch to an FM whose signal does not travel more than about 60-70 miles from Needham.
 
Re: Theory about FM Talk

> You could do hipper news, have an all round younger sound. Run
> syndication only when its the best alternative, run local
> otherwise.
>
> Ingraham should be on live, you could grab her from 96.9
> with the offer of a live clear. So, do a local morning show,
> go to Laura, do a live midday show and hurt both wrko and
> 96.9 at the same time - Rush does only so-so here, an hour
> of E&B into O'Reilly would be easy to damage with a good
> local host - go to Hannity for PM drive, or local again if
> he's not available. That's assuming Jay would be doing an
> eveing shift, and he'd do well in Boston at 6 or 7 just as
> he has on 96.9.


Laura Ingraham, Rush, O'Reilly and Hannity? So you are proposing another
all right-wing all-the-time talk station? With the usual suspects, yet!
How is this that "hipper, younger sound" that you are suggesting?

I don't consider "Liberals cause every problem known to man" repeated endlessly as actual talk radio.
 
Here's what Infiniti is going to do.

WODS will become a Classic Talk format, bringing back "veteran" WBZ DJ's/Talk hosts during the days. They're going to bring back Dave Maynard and Bob Raleigh, each quite popular in their respective and sometimes overlapping days. Sullivan and LeVeille will still do nights.



> Excellent theory.
>
> The major difference between what Infinity has been doing
> with FM talk and what some on this thread have speculated is
> this: Most of Infinity's current FM talk stations are "hot"
> or "extreme" talk. What many on this board think Infinity
> would do with a new FM talk format is "mainstream" talk.
>
> And the idea of WBZ-1030 going 24/7 news also makes sense.
> One other change I could see 'BZ do is put traffic and
> weather "together on the 8's" and clear the CBS radio
> top-of-the-hour newscast every hour day and night, as well
> as the 8 A.M. and 7 P.M. editions of CBS Radio's "World News
> Roundup". The morning edition has not been heard on any
> Boston station in years; I don't think the evening edition,
> since it became known as "World News Roundup Late Edition",
> has been broadcast locally.
>
> This would allow Infinity to move 'BZ's existing talk hosts
> (Paul Sullivan, Steve LeVeille, Jordan Rich) over to the FM
> station, although they may not have the same on-air hours
> they have now. Add Jay Severin, Bill O'Reilly (whose show is
> under the same corporate ownership as Infinity), and perhaps
> even Don Imus, and you've got the full broadcast day during
> the week covered.
>
> And come the Fall of 2006, both the Patriots and Bruins
> could move from WBCN-104.1 and WBZ respectively to the new
> Infinity FM talker.
>
> Now that I think about it, I think 100.7 would be the likely
> home of such a talk station, with WBCN-104.1 becoming a
> hybrid of modern and classic rock.
>
> Those might not be the only changes. I still have a "funny
> feeling" that despite Entercom-owned WMKK-93.7's "Mike FM"
> format in the market, Infinity may still flip WODS-103.3 to
> "Jack". Were Infinity to do that, they could flip WODS to
> all-Christmas sometime in November, stunt from the 26th
> through 31st of December, and launch "Jack" at the start of
> 2006.
>
> On the other hand, if Infinity decides to keep WODS as an
> oldies station, and if 100.7 becomes the talk station,
> perhaps 100.7 will go all-Christmas in early November
> (instead of WODS). Then on December 26th, it would begin
> stunting until the talk format launches with the start of
> 2006.
>
> Perhaps Infinity, Greater Media, and Entercom should be
> happy that Clear Channel owns just two FM stations in the
> Boston area. Had CC owned three or more FM stations in
> Boston, one of them might have been flipped to talk, using
> the syndicated hosts of CC-owned Premiere Radio (Rush
> Limbaugh, George Noory, Glenn Beck, etc., with Limbaugh and
> Noory being moved over from WRKO-680). CC is about to do
> this in the Twin Cities; and with the Premiere Radio hosts
> to be on CC's new FM talker there, that station may become a
> force to be reckoned in Minnesota.
>
 
Re: Theory about FM Talk

< >I don't consider "Liberals cause every problem known to man" repeated endlessly as actual talk radio.

I guess you haven't been listening? Its conservative talk radio.

Someday there will be a viable alternative, many I suppose, but that will mean making an attempt to find a talented liberal talk host. So far, its been viewed only as a propoganda opportunity, not as an entertainment medium.



> > You could do hipper news, have an all round younger sound.
> Run
> > syndication only when its the best alternative, run local
> > otherwise.
> >
> > Ingraham should be on live, you could grab her from 96.9
> > with the offer of a live clear. So, do a local morning
> show,
> > go to Laura, do a live midday show and hurt both wrko and
> > 96.9 at the same time - Rush does only so-so here, an hour
>
> > of E&B into O'Reilly would be easy to damage with a good
> > local host - go to Hannity for PM drive, or local again if
>
> > he's not available. That's assuming Jay would be doing an
> > eveing shift, and he'd do well in Boston at 6 or 7 just as
>
> > he has on 96.9.
>
>
> Laura Ingraham, Rush, O'Reilly and Hannity? So you are
> proposing another
> all right-wing all-the-time talk station? With the usual
> suspects, yet!
> How is this that "hipper, younger sound" that you are
> suggesting?
>
> I don't consider "Liberals cause every problem known to man"
> repeated endlessly as actual talk radio.
>
 
or, they just cut take the station dark!

> Here's what Infiniti is going to do.
>
> WODS will become a Classic Talk format, bringing back
> "veteran" WBZ DJ's/Talk hosts during the days. They're
> going to bring back Dave Maynard and Bob Raleigh, each quite
> popular in their respective and sometimes overlapping days.
> Sullivan and LeVeille will still do nights.
>
>
>
> > Excellent theory.
> >
> > The major difference between what Infinity has been doing
> > with FM talk and what some on this thread have speculated
> is
> > this: Most of Infinity's current FM talk stations are
> "hot"
> > or "extreme" talk. What many on this board think Infinity
> > would do with a new FM talk format is "mainstream" talk.
> >
> > And the idea of WBZ-1030 going 24/7 news also makes sense.
>
> > One other change I could see 'BZ do is put traffic and
> > weather "together on the 8's" and clear the CBS radio
> > top-of-the-hour newscast every hour day and night, as well
>
> > as the 8 A.M. and 7 P.M. editions of CBS Radio's "World
> News
> > Roundup". The morning edition has not been heard on any
> > Boston station in years; I don't think the evening
> edition,
> > since it became known as "World News Roundup Late
> Edition",
> > has been broadcast locally.
> >
> > This would allow Infinity to move 'BZ's existing talk
> hosts
> > (Paul Sullivan, Steve LeVeille, Jordan Rich) over to the
> FM
> > station, although they may not have the same on-air hours
> > they have now. Add Jay Severin, Bill O'Reilly (whose show
> is
> > under the same corporate ownership as Infinity), and
> perhaps
> > even Don Imus, and you've got the full broadcast day
> during
> > the week covered.
> >
> > And come the Fall of 2006, both the Patriots and Bruins
> > could move from WBCN-104.1 and WBZ respectively to the new
>
> > Infinity FM talker.
> >
> > Now that I think about it, I think 100.7 would be the
> likely
> > home of such a talk station, with WBCN-104.1 becoming a
> > hybrid of modern and classic rock.
> >
> > Those might not be the only changes. I still have a "funny
>
> > feeling" that despite Entercom-owned WMKK-93.7's "Mike FM"
>
> > format in the market, Infinity may still flip WODS-103.3
> to
> > "Jack". Were Infinity to do that, they could flip WODS to
> > all-Christmas sometime in November, stunt from the 26th
> > through 31st of December, and launch "Jack" at the start
> of
> > 2006.
> >
> > On the other hand, if Infinity decides to keep WODS as an
> > oldies station, and if 100.7 becomes the talk station,
> > perhaps 100.7 will go all-Christmas in early November
> > (instead of WODS). Then on December 26th, it would begin
> > stunting until the talk format launches with the start of
> > 2006.
> >
> > Perhaps Infinity, Greater Media, and Entercom should be
> > happy that Clear Channel owns just two FM stations in the
> > Boston area. Had CC owned three or more FM stations in
> > Boston, one of them might have been flipped to talk, using
>
> > the syndicated hosts of CC-owned Premiere Radio (Rush
> > Limbaugh, George Noory, Glenn Beck, etc., with Limbaugh
> and
> > Noory being moved over from WRKO-680). CC is about to do
> > this in the Twin Cities; and with the Premiere Radio hosts
>
> > to be on CC's new FM talker there, that station may become
> a
> > force to be reckoned in Minnesota.
> >
>
 
What I really wish they'd do is move the WBZ news programming to FM. It seems to me that FM is the present, as well as the future of talk, sports and news. The sound is so much better, even with all the technology now available on the AM band.

I doubt it's gonna happen, though. Not yet.

or, they just cut take the station dark!
>
> > Here's what Infiniti is going to do.
> >
> > WODS will become a Classic Talk format, bringing back
> > "veteran" WBZ DJ's/Talk hosts during the days. They're
> > going to bring back Dave Maynard and Bob Raleigh, each
> quite
> > popular in their respective and sometimes overlapping
> days.
> > Sullivan and LeVeille will still do nights.
> >
> >
> >
> > > Excellent theory.
> > >
> > > The major difference between what Infinity has been
> doing
> > > with FM talk and what some on this thread have
> speculated
> > is
> > > this: Most of Infinity's current FM talk stations are
> > "hot"
> > > or "extreme" talk. What many on this board think
> Infinity
> > > would do with a new FM talk format is "mainstream" talk.
>
> > >
> > > And the idea of WBZ-1030 going 24/7 news also makes
> sense.
> >
> > > One other change I could see 'BZ do is put traffic and
> > > weather "together on the 8's" and clear the CBS radio
> > > top-of-the-hour newscast every hour day and night, as
> well
> >
> > > as the 8 A.M. and 7 P.M. editions of CBS Radio's "World
> > News
> > > Roundup". The morning edition has not been heard on any
> > > Boston station in years; I don't think the evening
> > edition,
> > > since it became known as "World News Roundup Late
> > Edition",
> > > has been broadcast locally.
> > >
> > > This would allow Infinity to move 'BZ's existing talk
> > hosts
> > > (Paul Sullivan, Steve LeVeille, Jordan Rich) over to the
>
> > FM
> > > station, although they may not have the same on-air
> hours
> > > they have now. Add Jay Severin, Bill O'Reilly (whose
> show
> > is
> > > under the same corporate ownership as Infinity), and
> > perhaps
> > > even Don Imus, and you've got the full broadcast day
> > during
> > > the week covered.
> > >
> > > And come the Fall of 2006, both the Patriots and Bruins
> > > could move from WBCN-104.1 and WBZ respectively to the
> new
> >
> > > Infinity FM talker.
> > >
> > > Now that I think about it, I think 100.7 would be the
> > likely
> > > home of such a talk station, with WBCN-104.1 becoming a
> > > hybrid of modern and classic rock.
> > >
> > > Those might not be the only changes. I still have a
> "funny
> >
> > > feeling" that despite Entercom-owned WMKK-93.7's "Mike
> FM"
> >
> > > format in the market, Infinity may still flip WODS-103.3
>
> > to
> > > "Jack". Were Infinity to do that, they could flip WODS
> to
> > > all-Christmas sometime in November, stunt from the 26th
> > > through 31st of December, and launch "Jack" at the start
>
> > of
> > > 2006.
> > >
> > > On the other hand, if Infinity decides to keep WODS as
> an
> > > oldies station, and if 100.7 becomes the talk station,
> > > perhaps 100.7 will go all-Christmas in early November
> > > (instead of WODS). Then on December 26th, it would begin
>
> > > stunting until the talk format launches with the start
> of
> > > 2006.
> > >
> > > Perhaps Infinity, Greater Media, and Entercom should be
> > > happy that Clear Channel owns just two FM stations in
> the
> > > Boston area. Had CC owned three or more FM stations in
> > > Boston, one of them might have been flipped to talk,
> using
> >
> > > the syndicated hosts of CC-owned Premiere Radio (Rush
> > > Limbaugh, George Noory, Glenn Beck, etc., with Limbaugh
> > and
> > > Noory being moved over from WRKO-680). CC is about to do
>
> > > this in the Twin Cities; and with the Premiere Radio
> hosts
> >
> > > to be on CC's new FM talker there, that station may
> become
> > a
> > > force to be reckoned in Minnesota.
> > >
> >
>
 
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