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WALE 990

Yes. Cox Cable's Rhode Island News Channel IS airing the telethon, just like the main channel.

BUT...I think the bigger question is: Has ABC-6 given thier approval or consent for all this simulcasting that's been going on at 990? I find it very odd...NO...make that suspicious...that ABC-6 has not even acknowledged the existence of all this 'simulcasting'.

In any event, WALE 'carrying' the telethon is, IMO, a sick, cynical move to piggyback on the entertainment value of the telethon. There have been NO local cut-ins on 990......NOT EVEN ONE......Unless you count an occasional pre-recorded spot promoting and thanking a long string of 'dollar a hollar' sponsors for thier 'participation'.

Participation?....Yeah...Right...paying out money to WALE...that's participation, all-right...LOL...LOL...LOL.
 
I heard ABC 6 news last week listening to see who was cut and who is still there. I heard Bianchi, Breakfast Jazz and the Midday Madness show but Bina was gone and the young Mole with Alternative was gone. I think the girl with Bianchi in the morning is gone as well. Rapoza is probably up to his old tricks of disappearing on payday. Wonder what the ABC angle is? ::)
 
What is it with this station not paying people? Sounds like all the ads on Craigs list who want you to work for free. Sometimes they'll be so generous to put your name in the credits and give you a copy of the tape! Isn't that great? Unless I can eat the tape they can all go F themselves.

People want to USE you to make money, but then at the end of the day they don't want to compensate you. They want to keep all the money for themselves. This world has gone Nutso. I hope that WALE has more class than to screw people out of a paycheck. If they don't, than I hope their radio tower falls down in the next windstorm.
 
Are we that lame? All these posts about a loser station lowlifes that put non talent people on and don't pay them. WALE is sh-t. Not worth talking about. Wonder if any laws are broken not paying people on the promise of Fame.


Ryan
 
We don't really know for sure that WALE is not paying folks or selling them time which they have to pay by getting advertisers... I think it might be a good possibility because that is the way AM stations have gone... the small ones... but we really don't know actually that is a fact at WALE.
It'is easy enough to find out... just call with a proposal for a show and see what they say.
 
I tried to get a job there in the early 90's when that Fagtagglia dude owned the station. The whole meeting was a waste of time. He asked me what I wanted to do. I told him I wanted a show. Then he trying to push me into doing sales. I told him I wasn't a sales person. I just wanted to be on the air. Then he said.... well it's possible for me to be on the air. But I had to give him the right answer first. I'm thinking to myself... RIGHT ANSWER? What the F is this guy talking about? I don't even know what the question is. I just told him I wanted to be on the air and he's telling me that I need to give him the right answer first. This guy was playing major mind games. I got up to leave and then he said to call him when I have the right answer. I went home thinking that this is one screw ball of a character. I was a serious professional looking for a job. This stupid F**k just sat there for an hour playing with my head. As I look back, I am glad I didn't get a job there. Working for an ass like that, I am certain my tenure at that place would have been short lived. I would have quit in three weeks.
 
I wasn't going to read this thread any further since 2300 have read it and that's a nice even number. But if I hadn't, someone else would have. Can we now ask ourselves what the attraction is talking about this station or is it similar to slowing down on the road to watch a car crash? It's kind of sad that this is the most interesting thing in the market.
 
McRadio said:
It's kind of sad that this is the most interesting thing in the market.
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Tell me about it. But you have to admit that the station is currently seeing more life than it has in years. If people are going to talk about it, than this is the time to do it.
 
Skynet... the right answer to Frank was that you would be glad to do sales in exchange for having air time. Frank new that many on air personalities need to be on air like a heroin addict needs a shot. He exploited the addiction. Evidently you weren't as addicted as he thought. Good for you!
 
What's gotten lost here is that back when 990 first signed on as WLKW it almost immediately made it big in the ratings, running #3 consistently to WPRO and WICE (630 and 1290). There were a few dayparts, notably on weekends, where it was more commonly #2.

What was different?

#1, FM was still in infancy and most car radios were AM only. Ditto portables.

#2, the format "The Sound of Beautiful Music" was unique and "pop" music was all over the place with no consistent sound.

#3, An older audience hadn't grown "too old".

#4, Big bucks were spent on some very effective advertising in many forms. NOBODY, AM or FM, has done s similarly effective campaign since.

But all this proves is that the lousy signal did not make good numbers impossible. All the other factors (except possibly for #4) no longer would benefit but you can't just blame the bad signal for the entire travesty.
 
Velvet R:

What you're really saying is that 990 was a product of its time......and that the times have passed it by.

Since 990 (and stations like it around the country) still exist......the question now becomes: What on Earth do you do with a 50 KW White Elephant?

In your post, I think you partially answered the question......A unique format that will resonate with a segment of the public currently not being served (or at least not well served).

But....I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for this ownership group to spend any money to make this happen. Let's face it....If they haven't spent anything on fixing the signal issues, what makes any of us think they would spend anything on promoting a new format?

As I said previously....I would be more optimistic if the place were in other hands......But as things now stand....I see a dead white elephant walking......
 
Dighton Rockhead said:
What you're really saying is that 990 was a product of its time......and that the times have passed it by.

But....I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for this ownership group to spend any money to make this happen. Let's face it....If they haven't spent anything on fixing the signal issues, what makes any of us think they would spend anything on promoting a new format?
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No, what I'm really saying is only that the lousy signal is NOT the only thing that drove 990 into the ground. If somebody were innovative enough the poor coverage would be as meaningless today as it was in 1960.

The signal issues can't be fixed unless the laws of physics are magically repealed; no matter how much money anyone throws at it.

The real cure would be for some super-rich entity to buy up a whole bunch of Providence area stations and put them out of their misery. If only half or less of the current number survived then at least some of them ought to be able to make an honest buck. Face it; the market has too many signals for too few listeners and for too few affluent advertisers.
 
VelvetR said:
Dighton Rockhead said:
What you're really saying is that 990 was a product of its time......and that the times have passed it by.

But....I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for this ownership group to spend any money to make this happen. Let's face it....If they haven't spent anything on fixing the signal issues, what makes any of us think they would spend anything on promoting a new format?
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No, what I'm really saying is only that the lousy signal is NOT the only thing that drove 990 into the ground. If somebody were innovative enough the poor coverage would be as meaningless today as it was in 1960.

The signal issues can't be fixed unless the laws of physics are magically repealed; no matter how much money anyone throws at it.

The real cure would be for some super-rich entity to buy up a whole bunch of Providence area stations and put them out of their misery. If only half or less of the current number survived then at least some of them ought to be able to make an honest buck. Face it; the market has too many signals for too few listeners and for too few affluent advertisers.
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Whenever I think of AM, I think of Oldies. Couldn't they run some type of off-the-bird oldies format (not Classic Hits) and still break even, or even make a profit. I know the signal is limited, but as was said earlier in the post, they did have ratings in the past, meaning the signal isn't the only limiting factor. I thought oldies was a good fit on 790 before they pulled it for Bloomburg.
 
Oldies is great for Nostalgia. But in reality I don't understand why anyone would want to listen to Music on an inferior sounding AM station when there is perfect quality FM available.
 
Skynet74 said:
Oldies is great for Nostalgia. But in reality I don't understand why anyone would want to listen to Music on an inferior sounding AM station when there is perfect quality FM available.
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Where exactly do listeners find oldies on perfect quality FM. I don't mean classic hits but 50s through 70s. The kind of an audience that wants this format is less likely to go high-tech with ipods, iphones, internet, etc listening. If anything they will buy Time Life CDs so I think this format's time could return again if the station could find the right sponsors.
 
Actually, WALE had not run at 50K for years, and unless the underground mechanisms and the towers have had a major overhaul, they are still not.
 
50,000 Watts for that station is such a waste of energy anyway. 5,000 Watts is all they need. People on Carnival Cruise ships will no longer be able to hear the station. Big Deal. I think they've got better things to do on the boat.
 
WELL, WE CAN END ALL THIS NOW, THEY ARE NOT RUNNING ON 50,000 WATTS....NO WAY... OUR CREW HERE LIKED THAT MIDDAY MADDNESS SHOW. FROM WHAT WE HEARD FRIDAY, THEY ARE GOING STRAIGHT TO STREAMING, BREAKFAST JAZZ WAS GONE AND BIG JOHN BINA HAS NOT BEEN HEARD FROM IN A WHILE. THAT WAS A GOOD LINE UP BUT THE ONLY ONE TO BE ON AIR TODAY IS THE HERALDED DINOSAUR STEVE BIANCHI. I HAVE A FEELING RAPOZA PULLED OFF YET ANOTHER SCAM. ONE OF YOU GUYS CALLED IT EARLY IN THE GAME-HE DISAPPEARS ON PAYDAY AND PEOPLE WALK. GOODNIGHT 990.
 
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