What to do with 1210 AM, if this CBS/Beasley broadcast group sale happens?

[Jul]

Let's get back to the topic at hand here. I'm predicting it , CBS will change the format on 1210 WPHT-AM to sports as a result of the huge deal announced today involving Beasley Broadcast Group.

 

[FredLeonard]

Eduardo: Maybe you should look in all those old Broadcasting Yearbooks you have from that period.

Whatever Scott Shannon did in some small market starting out, he was not a part of AM top 40 in the New York market. He was not on WABC or any other classic top 40 station in the market. He was an AOR jock on WPLJ. That's how he is known. He is not associated with the music played on WABC and now played on CBS-FM. Besides, you're in LA. What do you know about New York?

Mr. Hole: Typical of right-wingers. All you can do is quote some authority. Not everything is in those books. Maybe you should get your head out of the middle ages and do some original research. I found the quality of Erik's books uneven. OK in some areas. Weak in others. And a disproportionate emphasis on news in the golden age and too close an adherence to conventional wisdom and the industry line. So of course, you'd like his books.

Julius: Prediction "right now?" You've been predicting that for months.

 

[Jul]

Julius: Prediction "right now?" You've been predicting that for months.

thanks for the correction. It will happen late this year or sometime next year

 

[TheBigA]

All you can do is quote some authority. Not everything is in those books. Maybe you should get your head out of the middle ages and do some original research.

Fine. Don't just criticize me. Show your superiority by posting a more authoritative source. I'm waiting.

 

[deepstblu]

Hmmm....Westinghouse & GE owned and operated their stations quite separately from NBC,

Not always. See page 18 of this document, which mentions NBC handling local programming and personnel selection at KYW, circa 1936-37:

http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/KYW-New-Building.pdf

Elsewhere in the document there are indications of a very close relationship between the network and the station. I don't know how long this arrangement lasted, or if this was duplicated at any other Westinghouse properties.

 

[TheBigA]

Elsewhere in the document there are indications of a very close relationship between the network and the station. I don't know how long this arrangement lasted, or if this was duplicated at any other Westinghouse properties.

Of course there was a "very close relationship" between the network and station. But in the very first paragraph, the pamphlet identifies Westinghouse as the "owners and operators of KYW."

 

[davideduardo]

Eduardo: Maybe you should look in all those old Broadcasting Yearbooks you have from that period.

Broadcasting Yearbook did not begin until 1935, and we are discussing WCAU in the period where the Levys and the Paleys were involved in the reorganization and growth of CBS, which included the aforementioned station.

Whatever Scott Shannon did in some small market starting out, he was not a part of AM top 40 in the New York market. He was not on WABC or any other classic top 40 station in the market. He was an AOR jock on WPLJ. That's how he is known. He is not associated with the music played on WABC and now played on CBS-FM.

As usual, when you have failed to make a point, you change the subject of the argument.

The stations that Scott was at as he worked up to New York and LA included markets like Nashville, Atlanta, Tampa and Washington, DC. He followed the path of nearly all air and programming talent which was to move from market to larger market to larger market to even larger market. What distinguished Scott is that he was the dominant personality in each of those markets.

Scott was not an AOR jock on WPLJ. He went there when the station became Hot AC. Prior to that, he had done the very Top 40 "worst to first" in New York at WHTZ-New York, Z-100, which became New York's number one station in New York in one book. Did I say that Z-100 was Top 40 in New York?

Scott was both PD and Morning Zoo host at WHTZ's launch. He must have known something about the market and the music to do that.

Besides, you're in LA. What do you know about New York?

I've been involved, including programming, with various New York stations, since the 70's.