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WQAM, Power 96, and Kiss Country go to CBS in a Trade.

oops.. sorry for starting a separate thread. we must have posted at exactly the same time . . . and I hear you point. well taken.
 
jbrasco951 said:
The end of live and local for these stations as we know it.
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Why "the end"? CBS operates nearly all of its stations, right down to the little AC in Palm Springs, as live and local.
 
DavidEduardo said:
Why "the end"? CBS operates nearly all of its stations, right down to the little AC in Palm Springs, as live and local.
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Exactly. These are two very similar companies. They believe in local autonomy, and local management. Unlike Clear Channel and Cumulus, they don't own a syndication company, and they don't do any national programming.
 
Sorry David: You are being fooled. They used too be live and local and cared about that!!! Now that Moonves took over they have destroyed all of there stations!! I SHOULD KNOW!! I USED TO WORK FOR CBS!! NOW I AM ON THE UNEMPLYMENT LINE AS WELL AS MOST OF MY CO- WORKERS!! WIRK 107.9 WAS ALL LIVE AND LOCAL MOONVES TOOK OVER AND THEY VOICE TRACKED 7PM-12MID AND 12 MID-6AM!! Sunny 104.3 VOICED TRACKED 8PM-6AM! ll they are is another cheap channel. I feel sorry for WQAM. MAYBE MAYBE they won't mess with it due to the fact all of there Sports outlets are live and local. But I don't trust them one bit.

Sorry needed to put in my 2 cents

T.J.
 
I will second what TJ said. CBS was voice tracking WKQC Charlotte where I worked back in 2005-2007 and beyond. Voice tracked 7pm till 6am and often all weekend long. The only time the station was local on the weekends was when the station had a remote broadcast from somewhere. The remote breaks were often pre-recorded anyway and not done live. All the CBS stations went on delay 24/7 most likely as a spill over from the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction.
 
TJ and Mike, even if we accept your premise/prediction that CBS will voice-track its stations between 7 PM and 6 AM, that is still better than what Clear Channel is doing between 6 AM and 7 PM! Look at all the voice-tracked and/or syndicated hours that Clear Channel runs on its Miami stations. Between Elvis Duran and Ryan Seacrest on Y-100, and all of the out-of-town voice-tracking on both Y and WMIA, there are hardly any live and local shifts on those stations.
 
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