WXNT's New Lineup

[TalkRadioGeek]

Has anyone seen the new line-up on WXNT 1430? Essentially, they are ditching Glenn Beck, moving Boortz live, and adding Bill O'Reilly to the mid-afternoon. He was on WIBC, but they are putting on Mark Levin. I really liked Glenn Beck, but maybe O'Reilly will be strong thenks to Fox News. I don't know how I feel about it yet. Any Thoughts on this somewhat big change?

 

[Hoosierky]

Has anyone seen the new line-up on WXNT 1430? Essentially, they are ditching Glenn Beck, moving Boortz live, and adding Bill O'Reilly to the mid-afternoon. He was on WIBC, but they are putting on Mark Levin. I really liked Glenn Beck, but maybe O'Reilly will be strong thenks to Fox News. I don't know how I feel about it yet. Any Thoughts on this somewhat big change?

Could be strictly $$. Both Beck and O'Reilly have cable shows (exposure). Maybe Beck was too costly, thus O'Reilly and Boortz.

 

[perenoel6218]

Not that familiar with Beck's radio show, but on CNN Headline News at night
he seems to be less involved in politics. Perhaps they need something to
counter Rush Limbaugh. I would hope that WXNT consider running some, if
not all, Air America. That might be refreshing and give Indy listeners
the other side of the coin. With the current President's rating lower than
any other President in the history of the USA, running Air America would make
more sense and perhaps beat out WIBC in some time slots. WXNT could
even give some time to local phone in other than their morning show.
Perhaps local could beat out some of WIBC's national shows.

 

[spark gap]

Has anyone seen the new line-up on WXNT 1430? Essentially, they are ditching Glenn Beck, moving Boortz live, and adding Bill O'Reilly to the mid-afternoon. He was on WIBC, but they are putting on Mark Levin. I really liked Glenn Beck, but maybe O'Reilly will be strong thenks to Fox News. I don't know how I feel about it yet. Any Thoughts on this somewhat big change?

Could be strictly $$. Both Beck and O'Reilly have cable shows (exposure). Maybe Beck was too costly, thus O'Reilly and Boortz.

Both are barter, they must figure boortz live and o'reilly live gives them a better chance to compete against Garrison and Limbaugh on WIBC.

 

[Hoosierky]

Not that familiar with Beck's radio show, but on CNN Headline News at night
he seems to be less involved in politics. Perhaps they need something to
counter Rush Limbaugh. I would hope that WXNT consider running some, if
not all, Air America. That might be refreshing and give Indy listeners
the other side of the coin. With the current President's rating lower than
any other President in the history of the USA, running Air America would make
more sense and perhaps beat out WIBC in some time slots. WXNT could
even give some time to local phone in other than their morning show.
Perhaps local could beat out some of WIBC's national shows.

I don't know of any markets (especially Conservative markets) where AA is a ratings challenger to established conservative programs. BTW, remember Dick Wolfsie on WIBC. He was in Garrison's slot and went down in flames. Listeners got tired of the whining. Any local Liberal host has to be able to keep an audience. Jerry Springer certainly is the only Lib that can pull it off.

 

[PTBoardOp94]

Marion County is (overall) white as a sheet. But the rest of the area is blood-red.

I could see XNT justifying one AAR show, but not a full schedule for sure. And that one show would likely run against Limbaugh.

 

[bigtime]

Glenn Beck sounds like a morning zoo jock doing talk. It just doesn't work as well as what Boortz does. Bill O'Reilly hasn't had much success with his radio show and probably won't here against Rush.

 

[Steppenwolf]

Has anyone seen the new line-up on WXNT 1430?

Those of us who post on this board are familiar with WXNT. But try walking up to people at Mc'Ds, Wal-Mart, CVS, etc., and ask them if they've ever heard of WXNT. The changes on 1430 won't matter because Entercomm does nothing to promote the station and very few people have heard of it, much less listen to it.

 

[Kelso66]

Has anyone seen the new line-up on WXNT 1430?

Those of us who post on this board are familiar with WXNT. But try walking up to people at Mc'Ds, Wal-Mart, CVS, etc., and ask them if they've ever heard of WXNT. The changes on 1430 won't matter because Entercomm does nothing to promote the station and very few people have heard of it, much less listen to it.

Exactly. And they won't either. It's a shame. It has so much potential.

 

[Hoosierky]

If you asked 100 people what station was on 1430, 75 or greater would say WIRE.

 

[Steppenwolf]

If you asked 100 people what station was on 1430, 75 or greater would say WIRE.

Possibly. It depends on their age. In its day, WIRE was a very popular country station. When it changed its format to A/C it died.

 

[mobilene]

Actually, 75 or more would say, "1430? What's that?"

 

[PTBoardOp94]

Or they might ask if that was the year Columbus discovered the Americas.
Or they might say "half past 2"

If Poteet does their weather, why doesn't RTV6 run a 1430 promo now and then? Couldn't hurt either station.

 

[radioho]

I would hope that WXNT consider running some, if
not all, Air America. That might be refreshing and give Indy listeners
the other side of the coin. With the current President's rating lower than
any other President in the history of the USA, running Air America would make
more sense and perhaps beat out WIBC in some time slots.

What a joke! Which time slots would AA beat WIBC? Get real! And I'm even one who believes Garrison and Wilson are NOT radio guys and have more than worn out their welcome.

The hosts on AA are screaming idiots, throwing out vile statements with no credible backing up of the statement - other than other screaming idiots.

There is a reason AA cannot make a profit. That reason isn't even necessarily because there would not be an audience for hard-left radio, but their choice of hosts, and their across the board, constant "America is EVIL!" rant is tiring. And while there certainly are those people that have that same idealogy, they are typically younger, non-voting, non-political people who have no clue or historical perspective of world politics, war, and other matters. They currently get their world view from a VJ on MTV.

The documentary about the start-up of the network, while it was a great inside look at business and the business of radio, gave more than enough insight as to why it was destined to fail.

I think you can find AA on the internet - where it belongs with all the other nutcase blogs.

 

[aquamaniac2]

If Poteet does their weather, why doesn't RTV6 run a 1430 promo now and then? Couldn't hurt either station.

RTV6 probably isn't interested at throwing a freebee WXNT's way. Plus, Paul Poteet provides weather to XNT and other stations in the area as an independant venture...not in affiliation with RTV6. I agree though, a TV spot would be nice for WXNT, but I doubt it is in the Entercom marketing plan.

 

[perenoel6218]

In response to the email from radioho, let me say that "vile statements"
seem to be the regular menu on conservative talk shows. radioho also
seems to be of the opinion that liberal/forward-thinking ideas are only
the property of MTV viewers and non-voting youth. I believe radioho needs
to get out a bit more. There are many mature liberal thinking folks in
Indianapolis who do not fit those demographics, but are in fact leaders
in many professions. These folks DO know the current events and
political philosophies our nation was founded upon. I have not listened
extensively to Air America, perhaps radioho is correct in the assessment
of that particular network's presentation. I DO know that Al Franken is
featured and I find him quite on the money.
But, Air America aside, Indy radio could and should have a forum for
non-hateful compassionate and forward-thinking talk. One would think
WFYI would fill that bill with a local daily phone in program that features
personalities who just might differ with Paul Wolfowitz and Dick Cheney and
Garrison, etc. Doubt that is going to happen.
Please let us all keep in mind that our nation was founded by liberal-thinking
patriots such as John Adams, Jefferson, Hancock, and Franklin. Otherwise
we would still be seeing the good old queen on all our money!!!

 

[radioho]

Otherwise we would still be seeing the good old queen on all our money!!!

If we went with the Lib way of thinking - we WOULD be giving SOMEBODY'S Queen our Money - or somebody's DICTATOR, or TIRANT.

Forward-thinking? Wishful thinking is more like it.

"If we're nice to the bad guys, they'll see the error of their ways and stop killing innocent people. They're not BAD people, we made them that way!"

That's forward-thinking? Keep THINKING forward, meanwhile, the rest of the country will MOVE forward.

And since this IS a radio board:

I have not listened extensively to Air America, perhaps radioho is correct in the assessment
of that particular network's presentation. I DO know that Al Franken is
featured and I find him quite on the money.

Uh, okay, then how can you argue it would work if you've only heard "a little" of Al Franken? You're talking about a radio station putting on programming that you have not heard? Because you like the philosophy? Knowing it tanks in every market it's tried?

You'd be a PERFECT program director for XNT!