Going off that data, I don't have a retort. I do say that the conversation would be different if WAAF or a similar station was broadcasting. Therefore it may make my theory moot for the time being, but it's strictly in this market, at this time.
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I asked both Carrie and Hsu in Tweets, and didn't get an answer. I'm not sure if that was an attempt to see who could be riled up to potentially get the station moved to another frequency in the future. True or not, it didn't work. WBGB would have went rock if they thought it would work.
Yea, as I had mentioned in my previous posts, BOS had tightened the playlist pretty radically in recent weeks.
Huge contrast from a slightly wider, broader ZLX
I don't know how it does in the ratings, but boy is this a train wreck of a show. It's really intolerable to have a hyena yipping at full volume in your ears every 2 minutes. I don't know who it is that has that horrendous laugh, but they really need to scale that back!
Looks like WBOS is going the money savings route by doing more syndication.
Rock 92.9 Boston Adds Greg Beharrell Show For Nights - RadioInsight
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Not really saving any money since the show isn't replacing anyone, right?
Oh, this proves just how much I listen to actual radio these days. I had just assumed that they had an entire air staff.
Aren't most music stations, even in top 10 markets like Boston, on autopilot after 7 p.m. these days?
Not all, but lots are voicetracked. But so are many middday shifts and weekend daytime shifts.
Yes, I was including voicetracked evening shifts in the broad "autopilot" category, as many I've heard are lacking in personality, with the voicetrackers' function being merely to read promos and maybe weather forecasts (often the same ones all night, word for word) and generally stay out of the way of the music. The daytime voicetrackers seem to have more of a presence to their presentations.
Things are just not the same since Civid hit!
it is part of the trend for Radio to go to a nationwide/network model, much like TV offerings from the "big 4" networks...
I bet it isn't costing them a dime more than the current DJ Otto Mation is getting paid.
Live local radio outside of AM drive is now the exception, not the rule... if it is not voice tracked it is network fed
AM drive is not far behind, it seems to me it is only stations that cater to an older P1 have live local shows
but what do I know, 99% of my listening time is SXM...
I bet it isn't costing them a dime more than the current DJ Otto Mation is getting paid.
Live local radio outside of AM drive is now the exception, not the rule... if it is not voice tracked it is network fed
AM drive is not far behind, it seems to me it is only stations that cater to an older P1 have live local shows
but what do I know, 99% of my listening time is SXM...
... whose music channels are all either totally or nearly totally voicetracked or jockless/automated. Some of them, like Deep Tracks and Symphony Hall, do a great job of sounding live, but they're not. It's much easier to disguise voicetracking when there are no local elements, like breaking news, traffic reports and call-in segments, to deal with.
Yes, and I still remember that one time af least 2 decades ago, where WBZ aired the ACCU Weather report said "today, partly sunny, with highs in..." Right after that, the news anchor reports almost apologetically "and it is currently downpouring!" I know, different time, different industry standards, but nonerheless!
Any syndication costs them between 40-50% of their local spot availabilities. Then again, not many advertisers buy time after 7PM. And they get a personality during that time, which is different from what they had before. The question is: Does the rock audience want a personality hosting 7 to midnight? Will that help the ratings?
Not true in Boston. Most of the stations still have live & local hosts at least during the day. Certainly the sports talk stations are live & local longer than that. Although WBOS isn't local in AM drive.
Nor is WBWL, which clears Bobby Bones in the Boston market. Of course, WKLB, the country station that most of the market's fans of the genre actually listen to, is live in that daypart. Now, does iHeart reap greater financial benefit from outsourcing mornings on The Bull than Beasley does from being live and local then?
It's not really "outsourced," since Bobby Bones is an iHeart show. They're able to sell country to national sponsors and promote the iHeart Country Fest and Awards.
Right, but how is Bones doing in reaching actual Boston ears as opposed to the local morning show on WKLB? Why wouldn't national sponsors want to be on Boston's successful country station other than their cozy relationship with iHeart under which listenership apparently is not a major factor?
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