Re: Hudson Valley gets another talk station

["Daniel Strassberg" <Dan.Strassberg@worldnet.att.net>]

What is 1220, WGNY Newburgh doing?

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason D Bereza <bereza82@juno.com>
To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Date: Thursday, October 21, 1999 7:47 PM
Subject: Hudson Valley gets another talk station

>Now only two stations with any bit of reach in the Mid-Hudson area,
>Beacon's WBNR and Catskill's WCKL, are left doing standards. Does this
>mean that the dying out of the format is reaching north, or that tons of
>talk stations is a fad (remember that WBNR and sister WLNA in Peekskill
>were talk a while back)? Will the switch of WGHQ send a message to the
>chronically moribound (and allegedly telephoneless) WHVW to end its
>unique but ratingless 78rpm laden oldies format for standards? Does this
>spell doom for standards stations in New England (seeing that
>Providence's WLKW recently did a standards-to-talk switch)?
>