Traffic And Weather Together!

[raccoonradio]

Maybe at the top and bottom of the hour overnight or late evenings or something.

If you want to spend for XM/Sirius there are Boston traffic/weather updates, though you may have to wait till they do the Pittsburgh and Philly traffic/weathercasts

 

[DavidZ]

They still ID as the WBZ 24 hour traffic network and have reports at .03 past the hour from 8 p.m. - 5 a.m. If there is a major traffic situation they will have more reports throughout the hour that the incident occurred.

 

[DavidZ]

I'm currently listening on-line and WBZ is doing T & W together at least now during the mid-day. Does anyone know if they had the usual traffic on the 3's and weather on the 10's during morning drive?

 

[DavidZ]

In addition to T & W together on the 3's during the current mid-day period that I'm listening to, it looks like the sports reports at :15 & :45 past the hour are MIA, also.

 

[frnkp2000]

It certainly sounds like they may be in the process of a format clock overhaul. Anyone?

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

It certainly sounds like they (WBZ-1030) may be in the process of a format clock overhaul. Anyone?

I think it's possible, if not likely.

If they do overhaul the format clock, they should air CBS Radio News every hour on the hour 24/7, which would force the headlines now heard at :00 to be aired at :59 so 'BZ could join CBS in time for the start of the network newscast.

Having "Traffic and Weather Together" on the 3's would be a problem at 8:03 A.M. and 7:03 P.M. due to CBS's extended (8-10 minutes?) "World News Roundups" at those hours.

 

[wickedwritah]

Westinghouse and CBS always felt it could monetize the overnight hours in better fashion by keeping talk on a 38-state stick.

 

[WNTIRadio]

In 1960 that was a great business model.

The only ratings that matter to WBZ are Boston. No spots are being sold to any clients in Albany, Pittsburgh, Philly or anywhere else.

 

[inorm99]

Ha Ha, I agree.
Boston will defend local mediocrity to the death, just because they feel it's local.
First tier city my A$$

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.

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.

: 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.

 

[Smoke]

All news at night, while most people have access to cable TV and the internet, is on its way out. Compelling new content, not regurgitation of AP newsfeeds, is the future.

 

[spt87]

Even the TV all news networks do talk at night - there isn't much news going on during those hours so it would just be a repetition of what was reported during the day.

As for network news every hour - keep it local then the local news room can sort the headlines from the list of local and national stories. There are plenty of things that can happen locally which are more important to me than whatever the latest is from the clown show in D.C. If anything really important happens nationally they will air the network report anyway.

 

[carmen]

In 1960 that was a great business model.

The only ratings that matter to WBZ are Boston. No spots are being sold to any clients in Albany, Pittsburgh, Philly or anywhere else.

what about Scranton? looks ripe

those traffic guys on 450 mhz are comign up with stuff all night. i wonder who is using it at that hour, or if it's just prep for 6am and onwards

 

[Eli Polonsky]

those traffic guys on 450 mhz are comign up with stuff all night. i wonder who is using it at that hour, or if it's just prep for 6am and onwards

WBZ does traffic reports all night overnights, but only once an hour after the top of the hour news. I sometimes check them at 2:03, 3:03, 4:03 to find out where the overnight construction road closures are. Beginning with 5:03 AM, they resume doing "traffic on the 3's" every ten minutes all day long.

 

[DavidZ]

Yesterday afternoon, WBZ extended Traffic and Weather together to PM drive. Previously it was T & W together on the 3's during the mid-day and they would revert back to Traffic on the 3's and weather on the 10's during PM drive starting at 3 p.m. I listened briefly this morning and it appears as though morning drive is still doing traffic on the 3's & weather on the 10's.

So it appears as though they are phasing in the new T & W together.

Also, during yesterday afternoon's PM commute, I noticed that sports with Tom Cuddy was on at :11 and :41 past the hour.

 

[inorm99]

It's on the 3's. Good to hear BZ try something WCBS invented 33 years ago

I am surprised that it was on the "3's" and not on the "8's" like several other CBS-owned all-news outlets (most notably WCBS-880 New York).

I think that WBZ having traffic on the 3's is a nod to the fact that they're 1030 WBZ. It would make sense for 880 WCBS to do theirs on the 8's. I believe 1010 WINS does their traffic reports on the 1's.

Jacko

 

[raccoonradio]

And again if you really want traffic/weather thru the hour on overnights, XM/Sirius has a channel for Boston, Pittsburgh, and Philly traffic and weather..so if you get a sat. radio and pay about half a buck a day or so... find out how things are on Storrow Dr, the Parkway West, or the Schuykill Expressway...

>>132 Boston/Philadelphia/Pittsburgh News & Issues Traffic/Weather
Traffic & Weather updates every 10 minutes. Boston on the 1's, Philadelphia on the 5's, and Pittsburgh on the 8's.

After the Super Bowl they had a channel with New Orleans traffic updates (info like closure times
for the Gretna and Algiers ferries, etc....)
(In Montreal, all traffic, tout les temps? http://www.radiocirculation.net/ )

 

[DavidZ]

I was listening to WBZ at various times today and they were back to traffic on the 3's and weather on the 10's. I thought surely this weekend they would have T & W together after adding it during PM drive starting Thursday.

As a listener, it is very confusing to do it some of the time but not others. Why not just switch over completely to T & W together?

 

[inorm99]

Because they are WBZ.

I was listening to WBZ at various times today and they were back to traffic on the 3's and weather on the 10's. I thought surely this weekend they would have T & W together after adding it during PM drive starting Thursday.

As a listener, it is very confusing to do it some of the time but not others. Why not just switch over completely to T & W together?

 

[TSBench]

And again if you really want traffic/weather thru the hour on overnights, XM/Sirius has a channel for Boston, Pittsburgh, and Philly traffic and weather..so if you get a sat. radio and pay about half a buck a day or so... find out how things are on Storrow Dr, the Parkway West, or the Schuykill Expressway...

>>132 Boston/Philadelphia/Pittsburgh News & Issues Traffic/Weather
Traffic & Weather updates every 10 minutes. Boston on the 1's, Philadelphia on the 5's, and Pittsburgh on the 8's.

After the Super Bowl they had a channel with New Orleans traffic updates (info like closure times
for the Gretna and Algiers ferries, etc....)
(In Montreal, all traffic, tout les temps? http://www.radiocirculation.net/ )

IOW, `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

Of course, that's just my opinion. Who knows? I'm just relaying something I read somewhere else.
Your guess is as good as mine. But I think that Traffic/Weather/Howie Carr vignette would be a triple-play goldmine, or maybe not

Regards,
TSB

 

[DavidZ]

The transition to Traffic and Weather together on the 3s must be complete now at WBZ.

I didn’t listen to morning drive today to confirm but I just heard a promo on WBZ announcing that you can now hear T & W together on the 3s all day long.