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Traffic And Weather Together!

dhoule said:
Back to the "original topic", WBZ isn't doing "traffic and weather" together. Perhaps, Joseph Gallant was listening to a different station, thinking he was listening to BZ. Not sure.
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Actually, Joseph Gallant is exactly right… I just heard the announcer say "traffic and weather together" on WBZ. I think it makes sense because it flows better and allows the top news stories to breathe at the top of the hour.
 
Okay, it must have been delayed then. I listened yesterday and it was weather on the 10s and traffic on the 3s, per usual. I should have known I could count on Joseph!
 
DavidZ said:
I still think it is a dumb idea to carry the nightly news during what I consider drive time for many of the commuters.
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+1 I think it's a dumb idea to begin with, since many times the're referring to something that can be seen on the screen, but to wipe out the traffic report between 18:30 and 19:00 is even worse.
 
Early Byrd:

This morning during the 8 A.M. hour, WBZ-1030 had "Traffic On The 3's" and "Weather On The 10's", but during the 10 A.M. hour, they were doing "Traffic and Weather Together On The 3's".

Maybe they may be trying out this new pattern during parts of the day and hoping listeners will let them know one way or another whether to permanently change it or not.
 
Joseph_Gallant said:
Early Byrd:

This morning during the 8 A.M. hour, WBZ-1030 had "Traffic On The 3's" and "Weather On The 10's", but during the 10 A.M. hour, they were doing "Traffic and Weather Together On The 3's".

Maybe they may be trying out this new pattern during parts of the day and hoping listeners will let them know one way or another whether to permanently change it or not.
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Thanks for clearing this up, Joseph.
 
What a mess! Be consistent WBZ. Disappointed they are doing T and W together sometimes and not others. People want consistency.
 
SixtiesGuy said:
I find it odd and disappointing that WBZ, a CBS-owned and operated station, does not carry CBS radio network news, which in my opinion is still the best in the radio business, in daytime. This, and the fact that they have a split personality format-wise (all news daytime, talk at night) really portrays an image that Boston is not a first-tier US city. Are there really not enough interested listeners in eastern New England to warrant a 24/7 news station? Are they not too concerned that in its current configuration they come off as not even your father's, but your grandfather's radio station? Nostalgia may have worked for oldies stations (before they disappeared) but it doesn't cut it for a station that represents itself as a premier source of information.
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Your post is utterly vulgar to the station's heritage. Boston is a first-tier city and that's why we march to our own programming, not clone what NYC does. The station is profitable, and even with its demos does well for CBS Radio. Go crawl back home with your Yankees hat.
 
There's no reason WBZ can't at the very least, carry T&W together during Nightsnooze, at the very least. People are still traveling at that hour.

Why it isn't "All News, All the Time" I can't figure out. It does sound second rate when the news disappears at night and the infomercials air on the weekends.

Right, the infomercials. Is that also marching to your own drum?
 
Infomercials are gross no matter what station they are on.
 
Doing the "Traffic and Weather Together" seems to be a WBZ noble "experiment" to see how it flows. 24-Hour traffic was tried years ago, and it failed miserably. No one wanted to sponsor "No problems to report" from 8pm-6am, which was more likely the case than not. Someone from Metro had to stay up all night to feed those "non-reports."

Boston, and New England for the most part, is a "different animal" when it comes to programming. Just ask any PD who comes in from a different city to take on a Boston outlet! They'll tell you! We yankees like what we like, and that's it. That's one of the great things about living here; radio is only one of the things that makes us unique.

WBZ is not 24-hour news for a good reason. Their research most likely indicates that listeners like things just the way they are. Stubborn yankees. Companies like CBS (and Group W before them) don't do things on a whim; they research carefully.
 
From 8-11pm, at the very least, you're telling me that nobody is on the road. Especially on a Friday in the summer or winter, when people are heading out to vacation or ski.

No need to do it at 3am, but after 8 isn't really a stretch. There are sporting events and such that let out after 8.
 
PS- Regarding stubborn Bostonians: Just because you are adverse to change does not mean that the right choice is being made over and over again. That's how the country got saddled with Ted Kennedy.
 
WNTIRadio said:
From 8-11pm, at the very least, you're telling me that nobody is on the road. Especially on a Friday in the summer or winter, when people are heading out to vacation or ski.

No need to do it at 3am, but after 8 isn't really a stretch. There are sporting events and such that let out after 8.
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Yes, I'm telling you that no one is on the road from 8-11pm. If they were, we would have traffic reports. This is not New York City. Ski and Cape traffic reports may be warranted until 8pm or so on Friday/Sunday, but other than that, deadsville. For special circumstances, 511 works wonderfully.
 
WNTIRadio said:
PS- Regarding stubborn Bostonians: Just because you are adverse to change does not mean that the right choice is being made over and over again. That's how the country got saddled with Ted Kennedy.
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It is what it is. As a programmer you adapt to the situation you come into and make it profitable. Trying to create "lifestyle revolution" in New England doesn't work; New Englanders are set in their ways.

Do you or have you ever lived here? If so, you should understand that.
 
Smoke said:
SixtiesGuy said:
I find it odd and disappointing that WBZ, a CBS-owned and operated station, does not carry CBS radio network news, which in my opinion is still the best in the radio business, in daytime. This, and the fact that they have a split personality format-wise (all news daytime, talk at night) really portrays an image that Boston is not a first-tier US city. Are there really not enough interested listeners in eastern New England to warrant a 24/7 news station? Are they not too concerned that in its current configuration they come off as not even your father's, but your grandfather's radio station? Nostalgia may have worked for oldies stations (before they disappeared) but it doesn't cut it for a station that represents itself as a premier source of information.
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Your post is utterly vulgar to the station's heritage. Boston is a first-tier city and that's why we march to our own programming, not clone what NYC does. The station is profitable, and even with its demos does well for CBS Radio. Go crawl back home with your Yankees hat.
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::) Your post proves that you are, indeed, a true Bostonian, with an inferiority complex that leads you to hostile, knee-jerk conclusions. Few other places in the US are prone to such constipated and stereotypical thinking. You automatically assumed that I was referring to New York City, but there are many other, truly major cities in the US with true full-time news stations. Perhaps you should go crawl back home to your Carl Desuze aircheck tapes and Dave Maynard photos.
 
Yes, I'm telling you that no one is on the road from 8-11pm. If they were, we would have traffic reports. This is not New York City. Ski and Cape traffic reports may be warranted until 8pm or so on Friday/Sunday, but other than that, deadsville. For special circumstances, 511 works wonderfully
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I've spent half my time in Boston for the past 4 years... I know the city, and yes, there are people on the road after 8. I've been stuck in traffic, and not just on a Friday night.

There's no sports that let out after 8pm, right? No roving construction crews on 95/128, 495, 93 etc. Nothing that anyone would ever need to know about.

It isn't New York City, but it isn't bumpkinville either.
 
WNTIRadio said:
Yes, I'm telling you that no one is on the road from 8-11pm. If they were, we would have traffic reports. This is not New York City. Ski and Cape traffic reports may be warranted until 8pm or so on Friday/Sunday, but other than that, deadsville. For special circumstances, 511 works wonderfully
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I've spent half my time in Boston for the past 4 years... I know the city, and yes, there are people on the road after 8. I've been stuck in traffic, and not just on a Friday night.

There's no sports that let out after 8pm, right? No roving construction crews on 95/128, 495, 93 etc. Nothing that anyone would ever need to know about.

It isn't New York City, but it isn't bumpkinville either.
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A talk host could easily do a 10 second "throwaway" report on a specific late night traffic tieup if necessary. 24-hour traffic reports have already been tried, and failed. Garden events are a scheduled occurence, and the resulting traffic (20-30 minutes) is not newsworthy. Folks here know to stay away from Downtown when an event lets out! No scientific data needed, just ask 'em! :)
 
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