Re: WMEX to end all-local talk

["Terrence Wood" <terry_wood@prodigy.net>]

Evidently, Intelligent talk is not your worry, but it is mine
I and I would say quite a few others who have discovered this station have
enjoyed the "has-beens" as you call them.
But then I remember that anyone over 12 to 24 is not in your broadcasting
venue.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Thomas" <nostatic@earthlink.net>
To: "Dan Strassberg" <Dan.Strassberg@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: <Boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: WMEX to end all-local talk


> Hopefully, this doesn't come as too much of a shock.  I'm actually
suprised
> Langer lasted this long with his rag-tag lineup of has-been hosts.  It's
obvious
> Jerry won't be back and Upton will be phased out by the time we set the
clocks
> back.  This station simply did not work, and the fact that they barely
garnered
> enough ratings to make the Boston book pretty much sealed it's fate.  My
guess
> is that more and more birdfeed will be added and eventually, brokered time
will
> be the programming of choice.  The last time I heard the station Upton was
on
> the air with the first selectman of Upton, MA, begging to have an "Upton
Bell"
> day named in the town in his honor.  Pitiful.  The satellite feed will be
a
> major improvement over this gosh-awful lineup.  Of course, I won't be
listening,
> along with the other 99.6 percent of the Boston radio listening audience.
>
> Mike Thomas
>
>
> Dan Strassberg wrote:
>
> > What had been a unique experiment in the year 2000--a talk station that
was
> > 100% locally programmed (except for one hour on Saturdays)--is
succumbing to
> > the satellite-syndication trend. WMEX 1060 will be getting some of its
> > weekday programming off the bird. Beginning Monday 8/28, the 40-kW
daytimer
> > is revamping its daily and weekend lineups to make room for psychologist
Dr
> > Joy Browne from the WOR network in New York.
>