TRN's FM talkers?

[ajhenderson]

Saw a TRN ad "saluting..." 28 FM affils for Ingraham, 35 for Savage, 18 for Doyle, and 27 for Humphries. Considering the mediocre traction by the ladder two, I'd like to know where these stations are. We've been talking about FM newstalkers here recently, but 35 seems like a lot (that's about 11%) especially seeing that Savage is cleared weekdays in most markets which eliminates weekend best-of situations (ie: Sat 1-4pm on former 92.9 WBUF/Buffalo).

Am I reading this right?

 

[toddfein]

most of rusty and doye's affiliates are probably for their weekend shows.

> Saw a TRN ad "saluting..." 28 FM affils for Ingraham, 35 for
> Savage, 18 for Doyle, and 27 for Humphries. Considering the
> mediocre traction by the ladder two, I'd like to know where
> these stations are. We've been talking about FM newstalkers
> here recently, but 35 seems like a lot (that's about 11%)
> especially seeing that Savage is cleared weekdays in most
> markets which eliminates weekend best-of situations (ie: Sat
> 1-4pm on former 92.9 WBUF/Buffalo).
>
> Am I reading this right?
>

 

[clichemoth]

> most of rusty and doye's affiliates are probably for their
> weekend shows.
>
> > Saw a TRN ad "saluting..." 28 FM affils for Ingraham, 35
> for
> > Savage, 18 for Doyle, and 27 for Humphries. Considering
> the
> > mediocre traction by the ladder two, I'd like to know
> where
> > these stations are. We've been talking about FM
> newstalkers
> > here recently, but 35 seems like a lot (that's about 11%)
> > especially seeing that Savage is cleared weekdays in most
> > markets which eliminates weekend best-of situations (ie:
> Sat
> > 1-4pm on former 92.9 WBUF/Buffalo).
> >
> > Am I reading this right?
> >
>
The Southern stations I listed in an earlier post all carry at least 1 of these 4 shows. They are almost all simulcasts of AM signals that are crap at least 12/7 if not 24/7. My guess is TRN is counting simulcast FM and AM's as 2 separate stations when they're really not.