Re: Say Goodbye To WXKS-AM (Was: Re: WPTR Again)

["Douglas J. Broda" <djbroda@mindspring.com>]

I'll ask the same question in reverse... does WXKS-AM's signal reach
Boston's Route 128 tech area well? I assume it would days with 5k ND, but
its 1k 2-tower directional at night?

While I applaud AM/FM taking a chance on a new format (and using it to end
a simulcast), I can't see it drawing real numbers (or any real interest
from listeners or advertisers) if it's an audio version of ZDTV or
something like that. OTOH, if it's a business format with a greater tech
content than Bloomberg (trumpeting that tech content and perhaps
syndicating it), then maybe it would have some possibilities. And I must
admit an evening call-in show aimed at the computer industry could be most
interesting. :)

At 01:35 PM 1/10/00 -0500, PublicRef2 wrote:

>As we note the return of the WPTR call letters and a standards format in
>the Albany area, it's very likely AMFM/Clear Channel (or whatever they
>will become) will "blowe-up" WXKS-AM in the next few months.
>
>That's because I read last week (it may still be archived in Yahoo!'s
>entertainment news section) an article noting that AMFM's KNEW-AM in San
>Francisco has changed formats to a "high-tech talk/information format"
>geared at computer and information technology professionals. AMFM's
>partner in all this is C/Net.