Re: My live programming cuts at WSMN

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@wavewizard.com>]

At 12:59 PM 4/14/00 -0700, John Bolduc wrote:
>The (at one time) 6:00 AM to midnight local
>programming is now down to local programming at:
>
>6:00 - 9:00 AM
>2:00 - 4:00 PM
>9:00 - 11:00 PM
>
>Oh well, so much for support your "local station"!
>


Realistically, how long did anyone really expect that to last?  Talk
programming is expensive to produce, and judging by their spot load the
station must be a pretty heavy drain on the paper's revenue.  Offhand, I
can't think of a single talk station in a market that size (pretty much
restricted to Nashua and points east...their signal is not that great in
Manchester) that's live more than a few hours a day.  Even WGIR, with the
deep pockets of AMFM behind it isn't live more than a few hours a day.  How
can a station with almost no revenue, very few listeners, and not much
heritage succeed under those circumstances?  Gotta give them a B+ for
effort, but it was an uphill battle right from the start.