Providing they're not taken by another station they could just rearrange the call letter: KCBS becomes KBCS or KSBC....something that sounds just a little familiar. [yeah, I know I could see if some other station has those call letters, but it's almost bedtime for me [as it's almost 5 AM EST or EDT for me.....which I wish congress would get around to making it the same year round] and I'm a bit lazy right now.
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I checked the FCC data website this AM. WZBS is open
I'm going to dispute that first sentence, specifically the word "demote". Bill's now in his 70's. He still sounds good, but that could change in the next few years. He may no longer want to shlep into lower Manhattan to do a live show five days a week. By shifting to evenings, that offers him and the station a few new options: (a) voice track some of those shows and only be live in studio 2 or 3 times a week, or (b) voice track all five shows each week from a home studio, or even (c) do all five shows live but remote from the home studio. (Pat St. John used to do some of his weekend shows this way when he was on CBS-FM, and still is remote on SiriusXM.) In exchange for the added flexibility, he might be taking less money, allowing CBS-FM to lower their talent budget. This could be a win-win for both parties, and the station keeps a popular and respected talent a while longer.
It was Great Hearing Matt Sneed This Afternoon On 101.WCBS FM. Not sure where he stands there. But I definitely love to root For someone like Him. He deserves to be there on the Weekends & Fill ins etc ….
His home studio is in San Diego now. He still sounds great on SXM. When did he leave CBS-FM?
Despite his age, I still think Bill is the most talented jock on WCBS-FM and a once-in-a-lifetime talent. But there's no way that nights do not represent a demotion. He worked for years in afternoon drive, and now he's on a shift that radio execs agree is an afterthought. In addition, Bill's contract probably very specifically stipulates salary, how much voice tracking is allowed, and the like. If I am not mistaken, NYC is a union market and voice tracking is not allowed there. That's why Z100 has live overnights, from what I have heard.
If any market can afford 24 hour air talent, it should be New York.
It has nothing to do with a market, but whether the staffers at a station unionized. Each company or station has different union contracts. I don't know specifics about Audacy's but iHeart's music stations are only allowed one non-locally originating daypart. The reason Z100 and WLTW have live overnights are because of Ryan Seacrest and Delilah respectively being carried. "
If you look at the rest of Audacy's cluster as a whole you can kind of gauge what their deal allows for music stations since WNEW and 94.7 The Block are only live 6am to 7pm.