Re: Verizon coverage and sponsorships (a clarification)

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 19:39:31 EDT Chuckigo@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 08/19/2000 12:46:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> tklaundry@juno.com writes:
> 
> << How many
>     "music" stations covered the Concorde or JFK Jr. plane crash 
> outside of
>     regularly scheduled MORNING newscasts? >>
> 
> just to clarify my "rant", my "caps" declaration of that which "I 
> DID..." was 
> in regards to the JFK Jr. crash. (the saturday morning when the 
> story broke).   i also called our WROR news director at the time, Judi
Papparelli, 
> and  brought her up to speed.  she then took over, calling in the
details 
> as she was able to obtain them, giving us, a 
lowly-scum-sucking-non-important > > >music station, a live, presence.

	For how long? The durration of the event or just on Saturday morning?

>   the Concorde crash occured on a weekday morning, so that kind of 
> made your reference moot.

	Not at all, did your coverage extend beyond 9am or whatever time
	the last morning newscast is scheduled?

>    i did, however, also report the crash of the car carrying Diana, 
> Princess 
> of Wales, on a Saturday night on a "music" station. (WBCS, Boston... 
> The 
> All-Request Saturday Night).  again, just a "jock" who checks the 
> wire.  and 
> the tv.  and, thanks to portable computers and the internet, some 
> note-worthy 
> news organizations of repute... (Reuters, AP, UPI, Acme...)

	Not many stations subscribe to all of the above, and actually
	I don't think any station in Boston subscribes to Reuters most
	rely upon ACME ;-)

>      again... not all music stations are evil.  

	Never said they were, remember for most of my career I worked at "music"
	stations, I am just stating fact, music is their priority,  I wish I had
a dollar for 
	every time I heard, "If people want news they'll tune to BZ" as a
justification
	for ignoring stories outside of a regular newscast.

> some of us are kind of cute.  (oops, there's that dang subliminal evil
influence 
> sneaking in  again... just don't play this backwards on your cd
burner.)

	One day soon I'll tell you the story of a recent day when I had to call
WODS
	for the daily tower light check.

df