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fredflintstone
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They fired five full timers and all but one part-timer two weeks ago. But now....
Their news is the worst I have ever heard: Talking AP Wire for the Blind. All wire copy, all the time. I listened the other day and heard story from a press release with a clip from a phone interview, and a couple of police blotter stories off the wire (most likely from WDEL). The rest was national wire copy, except for a couple of voicers for Fox.
Apparently gone by the wayside are: Rewriting wire copy. Pulling sound from network news feeds. Making much of an attempt to get local stories.
They still have four people but apparently three of them have titles and consider themselves management. Other Clear Channel stations, like WHP 580 in Harrisburg, put out a solid local news product with four people (and feed news to other stations, too). WDEL's news department is slightly larger but they have always known how to hustle. WILM's news department was always bloated, unproductive and inefficient - and it sounds like those haven't caught on that things have changed.
Brusstar nailed it when he said Fowser sounded "lonely" reading wire copy.
I hope this ad doesn't mean Clear Channel is planning to replace the one remaining part-timer, Randy Krakower, as well. He's a talented radio guy who had the good sense to get a real job, so he doesn't need the WILM gig - except he loves radio.
The Ticket also has a posting for a sport talk producer for the-tree-that-falls-in-an-empty-forest-local-sports-show. 1290 AM still is off the Arbitron radar. As bad as WILM sounds, they probably will be off the radar, too. Rush and Hannity can not get traction on a station that flushes away any chance of building an audience in morning drive and late morning.
Their news is the worst I have ever heard: Talking AP Wire for the Blind. All wire copy, all the time. I listened the other day and heard story from a press release with a clip from a phone interview, and a couple of police blotter stories off the wire (most likely from WDEL). The rest was national wire copy, except for a couple of voicers for Fox.
Apparently gone by the wayside are: Rewriting wire copy. Pulling sound from network news feeds. Making much of an attempt to get local stories.
They still have four people but apparently three of them have titles and consider themselves management. Other Clear Channel stations, like WHP 580 in Harrisburg, put out a solid local news product with four people (and feed news to other stations, too). WDEL's news department is slightly larger but they have always known how to hustle. WILM's news department was always bloated, unproductive and inefficient - and it sounds like those haven't caught on that things have changed.
Brusstar nailed it when he said Fowser sounded "lonely" reading wire copy.
I hope this ad doesn't mean Clear Channel is planning to replace the one remaining part-timer, Randy Krakower, as well. He's a talented radio guy who had the good sense to get a real job, so he doesn't need the WILM gig - except he loves radio.
The Ticket also has a posting for a sport talk producer for the-tree-that-falls-in-an-empty-forest-local-sports-show. 1290 AM still is off the Arbitron radar. As bad as WILM sounds, they probably will be off the radar, too. Rush and Hannity can not get traction on a station that flushes away any chance of building an audience in morning drive and late morning.