Re: WNFT (was Re Norhteast Radio Watch)

[Dan Strassberg <dan.strassberg@worldnet.att.net>]

At 06:05 PM 6/14/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>OTOH, despite being an area with many well-educated news junkies, all-news
*has*
>failed twice in Boston.
>
Huh? I don't think the all-news format on the old WEEI 590 failed. CBS
simply disposed of the station (purportedly because, at the time, CBS was
interested only in 50 kW full-time AM signals and WEEI was 5 kW). The first
new owner, Helen broadcasting, kept the format for quite a number of years
until the station was sold again and the second new owner, the Boston
Celtics, changed the format. I believe that, by then, WBZ had gone heavily
into news. I think that when CBS sold WEEI, they acquired KRLD, a 50 kw
full-time news-talk station in Dallas, the other top-15 market that you
claim has no all-news station. And regardless of whether they provide
adequate coverage of local news--especially in emergencies that occur at
times other than Monday through Friday from 5:30 AM to 7:00 PM--Boston has
two news-talk stations: WBZ and WBUR, both of which do very well in the
ratings. The only all-news station that I can think of as failing in this
market was WGTR, which had signal problems and was hopelessly outclassed by
its established competitor, WEEI.

Yeah New York and LA have two 24/7 all-news stations apiece. Chicago has
one, WBBM, and one news-talk station, WMAQ. San Francisco has KCBS. DC has
WTOP. Philly has KYW. What are the other all-news signals in top-15 markets.
Is St Louis a top-15 market? I think KMOX is news-talk, not all-news. And
what about Houston? Is it a top-15 market and is KTRH all news? Is Tampa Bay
a top-15 market? What is the all-news station there, WHNZ? I think WHNZ
carries some talk, and despite a good frequency, 570, WHNZ can only be heard
along the coast because it has to protect WDBO in Orlando on 580.

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