Re: Boston's Newsradio Void

[ASchinella@aol.com]

Dare I say "Ditto" to Henry. I have been saying this for years and I think
that everyone on this list, generalizing, and relatively speaking, agree with
you. I would wonder why the highest billing station in the tenth largest
market can't have one person on 24/7 to cover any important news? I mean,
let's be honest: Boston was virtually shutdown and someone should have said
something about it. I had both the TV and radio on because I had a busy day
planned on Saturday which all got washed away. I found that New England Cable
News (NECN) had the best coverage. While they kept repeating the same 15
seconds of videotape, they did give more than their fair share of coverage and
even had SmartRoutes warnings of which areas of the city were closed drown
(pun intended). 

Maybe Jibguy can answer this best because I never heard that figure that
listenership had dropped 15%. Where was this published? Was it reflected in
lower ratings or in surveys? I am not questioning the validity of the
percentage, just wondering where it came from. 

In a message dated 6/14/98 12:54:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, TVHD@aol.com
writes:

<< Certainly WBZ is "the number one biller in the market". That's
 because it's the ONLY newsradio in a city dominated by a few
 major corporations who own virtually all the media. There is 
 naturally no desire to compete against oneself. But look at the
 listenership of radio. On today's "Let's Talk About Radio", Bob 
 Bittner cited it as having declined to an all-time low of around 
 fifteen percent. You think that's because of all the modern 
 alternatives? Well I beg to differ. I think it's because of the 
 LACK of alternatives within the Radio medium. Radio is selling 
 itself down the river. And the financial suicide that you're 
 suggesting will come by diverting from the program, I believe
 instead is being willfully commited by the profiteering swine 
 who crush the creativity, vision and diversity from a 
 once-thriving business and art.
 
 - Henry Dane >>

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