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Re: FNX in Providence?

At 03:35 PM 2/23/00 -0500, PublicRef2 wrote:
>
>If FNX indeed expands it's presence with alternative rock throughout New
>England, could this give WBCN an "out" to switch to "extreme" talk?
>


This scenario doesn't make much sense.  WFNX & WBCN are not co-owned.  Why
would CBS blow up a successful station just because a competitor is
simulcasting on a bunch of Class A rimshotters?  When the end came at WNEW,
the PA system at K-Mart probably had more listeners at any given time--WBCN
successfully evolved from being the "Woodstock station" to a contemporary
rock station, something WNEW was never able to pull off.  Name even one
"extreme talk" station that isn't in the ratings basement.