I'm surprised there hasn't been any talk about WBEN being nominated for a Marconi in the N/T category.
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WBEN nominated for Marconi award
- Thread starter Mike Sheridan
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Marconi? He's still around?
WBEN is undoubtedly the finest commercial N/T station in Buffalo. I'm sure that they'll be gracious in acknowledging their nomination.
WBEN is undoubtedly the finest commercial N/T station in Buffalo. I'm sure that they'll be gracious in acknowledging their nomination.
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alw
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Re: Marconi? He's still around?
Last time I looked it was the only commercial N/T station in Buffalo.
Please don't say WECK!
SirRoxalot said:WBEN is undoubtedly the finest commercial N/T station in Buffalo. I'm sure that they'll be gracious in acknowledging their nomination.
Last time I looked it was the only commercial N/T station in Buffalo.
Please don't say WECK!
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JustPastBuffalo
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I'm thinkin' Mr. Roxalot forgot to use the sarcasm tags in his post.
Sarcasm? MOI?
Hey, my mama always told me "If you can't say something nice...."
Hey, my mama always told me "If you can't say something nice...."
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Bob1370
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While I'll be the first to disagree with a lot of what guys like Bauerle or Limbaugh say (and I've believed for a while that Limbaugh's past his peak and that Premiere will probably be sorry it committed so much money to him for so many years ahead)...I have to concede that there's still value in a lot of WBEN's programming. The news blocks like John Zach & Susan Rose's morning program, the news coverage commitment, Sandy, Dobson, the public service shows, all still represent something worthwhile that you don't find on a lot of other comparable stations, even heritage adult format stations. They didn't do what a lot of heritage stations did, they didn't just coast on past glories while turning most of the day over to Metro Traffic's newsroom and the satellite dish. Give them credit for that.
Many of us may feel nostalgic for what we remember WBEN to be, whether you date all the way back to the pre-war Jack Paar years, grew up with the Buehlmann-era station, or remember the AC/full service station it was at perhaps its creative peak between 1978 and 1988 when personalities like Jeff Kaye, Kevin O'Connell, Jack Mindy and the late Stan Barron were the heart of the schedule and Jim McLaughlin's news crew had no equal (though it had a lot of quality competition up and down the dial). But that was then, this is now. The Butler family's long gone, Larry Levite, though much missed, is enjoying his semi-retirement, and the days of committed local ownership with deep community roots in most American radio markets are no more, at least on the commercial, for-profit side of radio.
In these modern days of big companies operating multi-city, transcontinental groups of station clusters, WBEN still does more than most, and you can argue that it deserves to be recognized for that, as well as for what it gave the community in the past.
Many of us may feel nostalgic for what we remember WBEN to be, whether you date all the way back to the pre-war Jack Paar years, grew up with the Buehlmann-era station, or remember the AC/full service station it was at perhaps its creative peak between 1978 and 1988 when personalities like Jeff Kaye, Kevin O'Connell, Jack Mindy and the late Stan Barron were the heart of the schedule and Jim McLaughlin's news crew had no equal (though it had a lot of quality competition up and down the dial). But that was then, this is now. The Butler family's long gone, Larry Levite, though much missed, is enjoying his semi-retirement, and the days of committed local ownership with deep community roots in most American radio markets are no more, at least on the commercial, for-profit side of radio.
In these modern days of big companies operating multi-city, transcontinental groups of station clusters, WBEN still does more than most, and you can argue that it deserves to be recognized for that, as well as for what it gave the community in the past.
Damned with faint praise?
The cake is gone. We shall be thankful for the leftover crumbs. They're more than we get from Citadel or Regent, or any other commercial operator in town.
PS - TG for public radio
Bob1370 said:Many of us may feel nostalgic for what we remember WBEN to be, whether you date all the way back to the pre-war Jack Paar years, grew up with the Buehlmann-era station, or remember the AC/full service station it was at perhaps its creative peak between 1978 and 1988 when personalities like Jeff Kaye, Kevin O'Connell, Jack Mindy and the late Stan Barron were the heart of the schedule and Jim McLaughlin's news crew had no equal (though it had a lot of quality competition up and down the dial).
The cake is gone. We shall be thankful for the leftover crumbs. They're more than we get from Citadel or Regent, or any other commercial operator in town.
PS - TG for public radio
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