FW: WBZ NewsRadio Begins All-News Format on Weekends

["Larry A. Lovering" <lloverin@bbnplanet.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
"Calling
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
Monday
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
sports
updates and broadcasts of the Boston Bruins hockey schedule.

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

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