Re: 96.9 testing...123

[Mike Thomas <nostatic@earthlink.net>]

I remember listening to Imus on WFAN just before he syndicated and he was
"dry-running" stopping down at certain times and scheduling certain features, such
as Mike Breen's "20/20 Sportscasts" to work on both WFAN and the network.
Eventually, after days of trying to hit cues with little success, he said just
what you did, "it's a local show, if they want to syndicate it, fine, but we're
running it our way.  Still, it's better than trying to figure out Howard Stern,
who can go up to an hour without breaking for spots, and often running thirty
minutes to two hours past 10AM.

Mike Thomas
WXLO & Mediabase 24/7

Sven Weil wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> Sven F. Weil
> e-mail: sven@lily.org
> World Wide Web: http://www.lily.org/~sven
>
> 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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