As of a half hour ago, WLVL is now simulcasting WEBR Radio - my understanding from 9pm Friday through 6 am Monday. Absolutely ridiculous.
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WLVL now simulcasting WEBR
- Thread starter KurtLockport
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Why?
Many small town AM stations have gone dark. You're lucky that they have anything on the air at all. Maybe you can use the printed Yellow Pages to find the phone number for the station and give them a call...đ
What was WLVL running in the past during the weekend? Syndicated talk shows? Sports talk? With this change, locally-produced shows hosted by Barry Lillis, Ralph Irene and John Farley will be heard on WLVL. That, IMO, is an improvement. Plus, according to the WLVL website, the station will break from the simulcast to air Dial A Deal on Saturday mornings and that one hour local talk show on Sunday mornings. Again, hyper-local, which small stations should be, as opposed to running syndicated blather.
Twenty seven listeners are enthralled. It's a low bar, but at least they're doing something with an AM that has been marginalized, strip-mined and had its FM translator transferred to an AM on the other side of the county.
Many? Out of just over 4500 AM stations on 1/1/2000, not even 1% have gone dark... more like half of that which are cancelled or "terminally silent".
Your definition of "many" is very, very exaggerated.
Mostly sports talk was on the weekend along with some others, Ken Coleman, Gary Sullivan, etc. At time of posting I didn't know they'd still air Dial A Deal since the promo showed the whole weekend as WEBR. But I can confirm Dial A Deal was on this morning.
I guess if I wanted music I'd turn on a music station. Or 105.3 if I wanted that music.
Maybe a better idea would be to add the talk from the music station to the talk station. I'd rather listen to re-runs of WEBR's Tom Darro show (or any of the others) than WEBR's music. But it sounds like you're trying to justify an illogical format change simply because it's produced locally.
OK fine. Just being on the air doesn't mean they are still viable. EV vehicle manufacturers are eliminating AM from their cars. AM Radio is essentially like a cassette tape deck now...
Since the 50's about half of all US radio stations have not been profitable... that goes back to the time of the obligatory annual FCC financial reports.
A huge percentage of AMs now have translators and the AM itself is a placeholder. Judging those AMs alone is not correct as the AM facility is only kept as a requirement for the FM facility.
A few months ago I was shopping at a well-known outdoor store on "the Transit" and struck up a conversation with one of the associates. He was about 25-30 ... didn't know Lockport even had a radio station. His smart phone was his source of entertainment, and when he did listen to radio, it was "one of the Buffalo channels, 'the sports station,' '103' and 'that country station' sometimes."
Why is it illogical? The ratings for the syndicated talk and sports pablum on weekend must be negligible for this change to be made. Barry Lillis is a market legend. Ralph Ireneâs Sinatra show is second to none. John Farleyâs knowledge of oldies is phenomenal. These shows may draw more listeners to WLVL on weekends. If anyone is being illogical, itâs you. Okay, you like talk. I accept that. But obviously, itâs not working for the higher ups at Kenmore Broadcasting, or they wouldnât be doing this.
People complain about radio and the lack of local things and what radio is doing wrong.
then when a station does something unique, some of you still b^&ch.
Sure, is some of it hokey, niche or real small market stuff? Possibly. (i do some real small town, niche stuff here and despite it being exactly what people say is missing, i still get people kvetching about it for one reason or another)
but its the station owners money and hes doing what he thinks is necessarily
Likely, not a single one of us truly know the finances or operational details, beyond what maybe we can assume.
The owner is putting his foot where his mouth is, so to speak. How many of us in this thread can say the same when it comes to station ownership?
Most message board posters have good ideas of what other people should do with their money, but either can't or don't want to put their money where their mouth is.
It's amazing the attention certain stations get on here.. for being a nothingburger, an afterthought, a station no one cares about but their 27 listeners.. the stations sure get alot of attention on here.
then when a station does something unique, some of you still b^&ch.
Sure, is some of it hokey, niche or real small market stuff? Possibly. (i do some real small town, niche stuff here and despite it being exactly what people say is missing, i still get people kvetching about it for one reason or another)
but its the station owners money and hes doing what he thinks is necessarily
Likely, not a single one of us truly know the finances or operational details, beyond what maybe we can assume.
The owner is putting his foot where his mouth is, so to speak. How many of us in this thread can say the same when it comes to station ownership?
Most message board posters have good ideas of what other people should do with their money, but either can't or don't want to put their money where their mouth is.
It's amazing the attention certain stations get on here.. for being a nothingburger, an afterthought, a station no one cares about but their 27 listeners.. the stations sure get alot of attention on here.
Because it's already on 105.3, the very station we were listening to before they gave it to WEBR.
It's funny how many people take jabs at WECK for being on 4 channels but support 3 for WEBR.
Who takes jabs at WECK for being on 4 channels? Buddy grabbed every available translator to expand his reach on FM. That just sounds like good business if you can't get a full-power FM allocation.
Whoâs making jabs about that? Anyone that is, isnât paying attention or isnât willing to admit that WECK has been incredibly successful in business and in ratings with 3 FM translators and a 1KW AM. Kurt appears to have a bit of an affinity to WEBR and is a bit of a âpot stirrerâ. Maybe Kurt would be willing to provide his real identity and talk about his successful (or lack thereof) radio career.
Ok now I'm a pot stirrer because I don't like the change. I don't have an affinity to WEBR. I can't stand it, or at least the majority of it. If I wanted WEBR, I'd turn it on. I don't. I want WLVL. I get it the powers that be made this business decision and I'm accepting it and moving on. Fine. "It's a great decision. A marvelous decision. It's local radio." Ok, whatever. l will listen Monday to Friday and find something else on the weekend.
this answer is so well said.
I'm pressing '2' to opt out.
and just like the soliciting calls -
this won't end here.
and just like the soliciting calls -
this won't end here.
Thanks, Mark. Add to that the other locally-produced shows, that are coming over from WEBR, like Tony Occhiutto's Italian Gold, the SC Parker financial show, We're Talking Pets, and my humble Polish American Radio Program. The only national show aired on WEBR on the weekends, is Wink Martindale's History of Rock and Roll. Sounds like a bonus for WLVL listeners, at least those interested in the variety of topics presented, and produced by local talent. All of the shows coming over are unique. Nationally-syndicated talk shows have many more outlets for a listener to tap into than the shows offered on EBR, and now on LVL on the weekends.
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