WSB Radio's network carousel keeps on spinning…

[johndavis]

WINS, even when owned by Infinity/CBS, was never a CBS affiliate. This was by design; a way to prevent brand dilution of both WINS and WCBS. Infinty/CBS understood both stations had their rabidly devoted fans and airing any kind of CBS News mention on WINS would be confusing to listeners.

WBZ was a different story. It added CBS affiliation alongside it's ABC affiliation. Boston didn't have the NYC dynamic of WINS/WCBS. Few cities really do.

I dunno about now, in the Entercom era, what WINS' affiliation deals area. But back then, CBS wasn't one of them.

Yeah, you're right about that one. Now that I think about it, most of the actualities I heard on WINS back then came from AP. The Group W newsers generally didn't take TOH during the wheel because, well, they were in the news wheel.

 

[TheBigA]

Yeah, you're right about that one. Now that I think about it, most of the actualities I heard on WINS back then came from AP. The Group W newsers generally didn't take TOH during the wheel because, well, they were in the news wheel.

True, for example KYW in Philly was (at one time) an NBC News affiliate, but they never ran NOTH. They used the network audio though.

 

[NewsStud]

Yeah, you're right about that one. Now that I think about it, most of the actualities I heard on WINS back then came from AP. The Group W newsers generally didn't take TOH during the wheel because, well, they were in the news wheel.

And I clarify: WBZ didn't end up with Entercom. A spin-off was required and WBZ was part of an exchange deal with iHeart.