WHLD-AM Buffalo Switching to Air America

[swillh2k2]

Re: ****gone from AAR webpage****

> It sounds like a case of Amateur Hour at AAR.
>
The word "amateur" being used to describe hosts/employees of AAR? Unheard of.

 

[cashdollar]

Re: ****gone from AAR webpage****

> > It sounds like a case of Amateur Hour at AAR.
> >
> The word "amateur" being used to describe hosts/employees of
> AAR? Unheard of.
>
when I called AAR and envision the impression I got was that they were aware of the situation and were working to correct it. They weren't responding to my call, they were already trying to fix it. Why it happened or how it happened your guess is as good as mine.

 

[cashdollar]

Re: A couple questions for you all

> > Are these brokered as well, with the time being paid for
> by
> > some sort of left-leaning group? Or are they time
> fillers?
>
> (responding to myself, here...)
>
> If you believe the message up on this thread by
> "cashdollar", the shows are indeed brokered.
>
> -OA
>
they are. I pay for the time with pledges from listeners and have for the last two years. Listen to the show and it's perfectly obvious. I've even said as much on the air when raising money. WHLD is all brokered all the time and has been for years.

 

[ThePickleReport]

where theres smoke.......

> when I called AAR and envision the impression I got was that
> they were aware of the situation and were working to correct
> it. They weren't responding to my call, they were already
> trying to fix it. Why it happened or how it happened your
> guess is as good as mine.

It's my guess that AAR jumped the gun and someone at Citadel wasn't exactly ready for this. I'd bet that WHLD will end up using AAR early in 2006 to fill in the "non brokered" hours. Makes sense to me.

 

[OldAkronite]

Re: A couple questions for you all

> they are. I pay for the time with pledges from listeners and
> have for the last two years. Listen to the show and it's
> perfectly obvious. I've even said as much on the air when
> raising money. WHLD is all brokered all the time and has
> been for years.

I appreciate the clarification. I put your login name in quotes because I don't know who you are or what the situation is, and I'm not in the market, so I haven't heard your on-air pitches.

Now, question...is it possible any AAR programming will show up on WHLD in 2006? Even as filler in the brokered time schedule?

-OA<P ID="signature">______________
Ohio Media Watch - <a target="_blank" href=http://ohiomedia.blogspot.com>http://ohiomedia.blogspot.com</a></P>

 

[Obtuse]

Re: Is WHLD/1270 Becoming A Libtalker?

> As long as the alternative is there, it's a good thing, but
> WHLD shouldn't kid itself - it will never be a serious
> threat to a genuine local news/talk operation. In a 20
> station market, for example, WHLD may make #14-18. Right
> now, I suspect WHLD would be #19-20. That's an improvement,
> and a lot of the low rated sports/business talk/standards AM
> outlets that make up AAR's roster right now probably signed
> with the network for similar reasons.
>

So, Buffalo gets AAR on a fairly decent signal, and it won't displace Oldies at WWKB (as had been speculated). Not a bad deal. Though I'm sure AAR would have loved to get Franken and Company on another flamethrower like WINZ or WSAI....

I think the station will find it's niche. It may draw a few listeners from WBEN's syndie programming, but I suspect most of it's listeners will be ones who don't normally listen to WBEN's brand of syndie talk (and switch from 930 promptly upon hearing Rush's dulcet tones), or are currently getting AAR from other sources (streaming, XM, DirecTV). I'd expect somewhere between 1.0 and 2.0, depending on marketing (or lack of it).