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WDEL "drops the ball" getting the Phillies first game on the air today

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MikefromDelaware

I tuned in to WDEL's midday report with Allan Loudell and after Loudell signed off the station promoted the Phillies game coming up next and then silence for about 10 minutes. I checked out WPHT and the Phillies feed was on. I called WDEL's receptionist and told her that WDEL was off the air. She thanked me and said she'd let someone know. A few minutes later they were back on the air with a sports talk show from a satellite. A few minutes later they did switch over to the Phillies game. Apparently when they broadcast the Phillies games they put WDEL into an automated format. The computer "fouled" when they paused for the legal id where rather than a WDEL legal id a spot for the Carmen Auto group started to play and was of course cut off after the 10 second break. Someone must have caught the problem, because the next legal id worked as it should ( I guess that jock at WSTW had a strobe light flashing today a couple of times).

So it would appear that Clear Channel with WILM and WWTX aren't the only one's with automation problems and no one paying close attention to the AM station. However, it was great to hear the Phillies game as it made spring seem a bit closer. The Blue Rocks took advantage of this game to promote the Wilmington minor league team's up coming season during a local spot break.
 
You are right, Mike. Aside from the oepning day glitches, it is good to hear baseball return. Now the daffodils in my yard can go ahead and continue blooming after their false start in Janaury!
 
Ten minutes of dead air is better than 60 Minutes of Fatso's Fone Follies. ;D

Here's some irony for y'all: Clear Channel Washington has paid off some Urban music "artist's" delinquent child support to get him out of jail in Massachusetts. In return, the AP says, this R&B singer becomes an employee of the Washington station FOR ONE WEEK, to talk about what he did wrong. The amount paid is just about equal to what Clear Channel paid many of the employees fired from WILM in an ENTIRE YEAR. Nice to know what CC is doing with all the money it has saved.

Radio Station Cash Freed Brown from Jail

So it would appear that Clear Channel with WILM and WWTX aren't the only one's with automation problems and no one paying close attention to the AM station.
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Except for people on this board. ::)

I wonder if Steve Butler at KYW is leading with the Phillies again, rather than sports currently in season?
 
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