The formats listed on the ratings pages mean nothing. Do you really think 1430 WKOX was a News” station too before they went to a Spanish language format, and the “News” moved to 1200 WXKS?
Then show me where WBUR and WGBH are classified as "talk" stations. Pick a documented source.
They're called news stations because they report the news. They don't have a host who talks non-stop. They have a staff of award winning journalists who report the news. NPR doesn't have a "talk" department. They have a news department.
Wow, very nicely articulated! And the reasoning is on a very strong footing as well.
Can someone tell me why Entercom chose to not keep WBZ-AM and WRKO? They only had two AMs (WEEI and WRKO) in their stable, and by taking WBZ-AM, they could've kept just ALL the former CBS news/talk stations on the Entercom ranch.
In my world:
Entercom would've kept: WRKO, WEEI-AM; WEEI-FM, WAAF;
Entercom would've dumped: WKAF;
Entercom would've added: WBZ-AM, WZLX, WODS, WBMX.
So they'd have three AMs: WRKO, WEEI-AM, WBZ-AM;
five FMs: WEEI-FM, WZLX, WODS, WBMX, WAAF.
WBZ-FM would've still gone to Beasley, who would've dumped WBOS - on iHeart!
Shows such as "On Point" feature the host taking calls from listeners. On "Here and Now," guests appear by phone.
You've just described 4 hours of a 24 hour day. Dan Rea's show runs four hours too.
Are you going to argue this to death too? Can't you leave a little bit of room for people who see things a bit differently?
The All News Block will probably be destroyed by the monsters at Iheart.
Will Peter Casey, and all the refugees from
CBS's WBZ be part of the Phoenix rising from the ashes?
News Radio 850?
Did you read Norm's post? I'm responding to Norm's post. He thinks WBZ is a news station. I guess he doesn't listen at night.
For an earlier comment - I don't think the division was losing money for CBS
24,861 posts...and many of them belong on a board dedicated to semantics and logomachy.
You're welcome to put me on ignore. It's easy to do. I won't miss you a bit.
24,864....most of which are posted in order to get in the last word.
You just can't stand it, can you?
24,865....point proven
What did YOU just do? Hello pot? We've been here before.
Nope! You've proved my point. Go ahead....you have another 47.8 posts to hit your quota today.
And you've proven mine. I was having a fair and reasoned discussion here until you showed up.
Wow, very nicely articulated! And the reasoning is on a very strong footing as well.
Can someone tell me why Entercom chose to not keep WBZ-AM and WRKO? They only had two AMs (WEEI and WRKO) in their stable, and by taking WBZ-AM, they could've kept just ALL the former CBS news/talk stations on the Entercom ranch.
In my world:
You're welcome to think that, but CBS itself said the radio division was losing money. That's partly why they sold it.
You said they had a "slow decline in revenue," but it was a consistent slow decline, and it was, in the words of the CBS Chairman, "Dragging down the rest of the company."
Well, I'll admit I didn't really follow their earnings calls in details, but from Q2 2017 as reported in RBR:
"CBS Radio revenue in Q2 dipped 2.2% to $306 million, from $313 million one year ago. Adjusted net earnings came in at $30 million; net earnings in Q2 2016 were $50 million"
The losses in the CBS radio division in Q4 2017 were due to various accounting maneuvers where CBS was writing down the value of CBS radio assets due to discontinuing the operation and to align the value of CBS radio assets with stock values which were to be used during separation of the division (basically they were selling it for less than the value they had carried it on their books). They took a write off over $900 million just before the spinoff as part of this. So, from a operating basis radio was making money - $50 million in Q2 2016 - x4 that's $200 million a year. That loss was one time charges from the spinoff.
Don't forget, in late 2016 CBS Radio issued a 1.46 Billion debt offering with the cash being handed back to CBS corporate - so they pulled a cool $500 million out of the radio group even after subtracting the write offs they did in Q4 2017. If you ignore those write offs - again account nonsense - they got 1.46 billion cash.