FW: WBZ NewsRadio Begins All-News Format

[Roger Kirk <rkirk@videoserver.com>]

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WBZ NewsRadio Begins All-News Format on Weekends

Boston -- WBZ NewsRadio, the #1 rated radio station in
New England, debuts its all-news format on weekends.
Long the dominant news station on weekdays, WBZ
NewsRadio has expanded its news programming to
5:00AM-5:00PM on Saturday and Sunday.  After 5:00PM,
the station will do hourly newscasts at the top of the hour.

Director of News and Programming for the station, Peter
Casey explained, "After examining the radio market in
New England, and receiving requests from listeners for
more news, we decided WBZ NewsRadio should be the
place for weekend news, "traffic on the threes," and
weather every 10 minutes.  Since no other station in New
England can deliver what WBZ can with the resources of
both radio and television news operations, it just made
good sense to be news all day, every day, seven days a week.

Sports programming on the weekends will now include the long-running   
"Calli
ng
All Sports" on Saturdays 5:00-8:00PM and The Bob Lobel Show on Sundays   
from
 5:00-8:00PM.
 During the week the station will continue to broadcast NFL football on   
Mon
day
night and the Sunday night Game of the Week.

Weekend Sports Director Dan Roche and producer Pat Tangney will continue   
to
 manage
sports programming on the weekends which will feature weekend afternoon   
spo
rts
updates and broadcasts of the Boston Bruins hockey schedule.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030 is owned and operated by the CBS Corporation.

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