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Worst news operation?

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dustintv

Both WBEN and WHAM get praised often for their news operations and news coverage but I wondering if any stations in either the present or the past ran shoddy news operations. I know WROC as a progressive talker often left a lot desired.
 
These days it means a lot if a station even HAS a news operation.

Think back to 1977. In Buffalo, quality news operations were up and running at WBEN-AM/FM, WKBW, WGR and WGRQ, WBUF, WNED's predecessor WEBR, and WBFO. In Rochester there were respectable news operations at WHAM, WBBF, WAXC, WROC, WVOR, WDKX and WCMF. How many of those newsrooms are still up and running today? These days in Buffalo it's WBEN vs. the public stations, WNED-AM and WBFO-FM. In Rochester you have WHAM vs. WXXI-AM vs. WDKX's public affairs programs, one rimshot, WYSL, making an effort to serve Rochester, one more (the Finger Lakes net based at WGVA) serving the outer counties to the east, and everyone else pretty much on the sidelines.

To me the worst news operation is no local news at all, and in both markets, that means there's a multi-way tie for worst.
 
Props to you Bob I don't think I could have said that one better. I just find a shame that news as a format on radio is going away just like newspapers. I suppose we can blame it on cable networks and the internet as well as the expensiveness of the all news format.
 
dustintv said:
I just find a shame that news as a format on radio is going away just like newspapers. I suppose we can blame it on cable networks and the internet as well as the expensiveness of the all news format.
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Buggy-whip makers also thought it was a shame that gasoline-powered carriages took horses out of the transportation business.

As Mr. Joel once said, "the good ol' days weren't always good and tomorrow's not as bad as it seems".
 
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