Re: 96.9 testing...123

[Sven Weil <sven@lily.org>]

Imus in the morning started out as a local show that just happened to be
put on a network.  I guess Imus still wants it sounding "local" to new
york instead of formatting it and structuring it to meet the needs of a
network.  In my opinion networking a local show usually tends to dilute
it; Bob Grant's show is a good example of that.  Compare Grant during his
last hour on WOR when he's got the NYC (and rest of the east coast)
audience to himself and during the other 3 hours, when he's playing to a
coast-to-coast audience.  Vastly different I think

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Sven F. Weil
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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Chip wrote:

> 
> >
> > > Imus is not the easiest show to board-op...outcues are often sudden, and
> > > not always real obvious, WFAN's local breaks end when they end....just
> > > because the clock says a 4:00 min break doesn't mean that 3:50 or 4:10
> > > isn't close enough!
> >
> > Don't Imus's producers realize how difficult a show they are to carry?  Do
> > they do it on purpose or don't they care?
> 
> Having carried the show, I think it's both.. not that they don't care about
> the $$$ that comes in from affiliates, but I think they like to push the
> threshold of what people will put up with and try to screw with board ops,
> other times I think its a matter of being a show from New York, that happens
> to be simulcast across the country, so if they want to do something funny
> locally and it screws up the network, who cares..  At least thats my
> opinion..
> 
> Chip
> 
> Formerly of the 96.7 signal in Rochester NH (WWEM, WSRI, WQSO while I was
> there..) and WZNN..
> 
> 
> 
> 

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