Re: WMEX business format

[Mark Shneyder <bostonradio@yahoo.com>]

Dan :

The family/life talk network he's reportedly launching doesn't
involve WMEX but his OTHER stations(2 PA, 1 FL and 1 MA).

The business WMEX will NOT be tied to any shows on AM 1120.
My understanding is that Langer will be trying to recreate the
old 590 WBNW business talk format on 1060. Bob Glovsky of the
old Money Experts will resurface at the new business 1060.(the
other Expert was Rick Schaffer. He's currently with WTKK-FM
on weekends). The Money Couple will have a bigger role under the
new format, airing segments during AM and PM drives backed
by BBJ anchors/reporters.(I am not sure if WMEX will be crosspromoting
itself on WB56 in AM-drive since WMEX's morning host David Anthony
is already doing live BBJ updates for them during their new morning
show- WB56 in the Morning). I hear they're still considering a number
of business-related talk shows for middays. I didn't hear anything about
Gene but your conclusion is probably quite valid. That's pretty much
all the info I have as of now...



--- Dan Strassberg <Dan.Strassberg@att.net> wrote:
> Other FOUR stations? Besides WMEX, Langer owns two stations in Pennsylvania
> that I know of plus WSRO and WJLT. WJLT has been LMAed for the last four
> years (three on 1060 with low power and one on 650) to religious broadcaster
> Grace Broadcasting, which as far as I know also owns WNEB.
> 
> Are you saying that Langer's LMA with Grace is done? Something that I
> haven't figured out--and Bob Bittner, who at one time owned WNEB couldn't
> help me out--is what has happened to WNEB? WNEB and WJLT were // for some
> time but they don't seem to be now. Is WNEB even on the air? Is Grace going
> to focus on Worcester and give up on MetroWest? Or is the company going out
> of business?
> 
> Are you saying that Langer is going to include his Pennsylvania stations in
> the business simulcast? The Boston Business Journal wouldn't seem to offer a
> whole lot to listeners (if any) in McConnelsburg (or however it's spelled)
> PA. In fact, it's unclear what the stations in Ashland and Marlborough bring
> to a simulcast with WMEX, which has a great daytime signal throughout
> MetroWest and well beyond. A simulcast does sound like a pretty cheap way of
> keeping the licenses from lapsing, though.
> 
> I assume that Langer already has ISDN lines linking WMEX's Boston studios
> with the TX and WJLT studios in Framingham. And there's probably another
> ISDN line running from the Framingham site to WSRO's TX in Hudson. But if
> the PA stations are going to be part of the network, won't there be be
> uplink costs. Wouldn't TalkAmerica be cheaper?
> 
> And what of Gene Burns (and for that matter, Upton Bell)? I assume that
> Burns' contract is up on February 1 and that Langer won't renew it. But Bell
> may be LMAing the time for his show. If so, _he_ may not renew because the
> time is costing him too much.
> 
> I would think that, with a business format, it might make sense to pick up
> the Dolans instead of Dr Joy Browne from WOR. The hour of Browne's show that
> WMEX carries is delayed. Perhaps that's because of contractual arrangments
> between WCAP and WOR. But maybe WOR gives rakeoffs to stations that carry
> its programs on delay. The Dolans air live from 1:00 to 3:00 EST. If
> Higgins' show is airing from 12:00 to 2:00, one of those two hours conflicts
> with a live pickup of the Dolans.
> 
> A less costly alternative to the Dolans is Don MacDonald's show from the
> Business Talk Network, for which WBNW and WPLM are the local affiliates.
> WBNW/WPLM don't carry MacDonald, however (or carry the show on delay from
> 2:00 AM to 5:00 AM), presumably because the advice MacDonald provides
> conflicts with that of Barry Armstrong, who owns WBNW. MacDonald may just
> have the best personal-finance call-in show on US radio.
> 
> And speaking of Armstrong, is WMEX going to pick up any of the programming
> he syndicates? There's a surprisingly large amount of it. Or are Langer and
> Mr and Mrs Bleidt planning to compete with Armstrong?
> 
> --
> 
> Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@worldnet.att.net
> Phone: 1-617-558-4205, eFax: 1-707-215-6367
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Shneyder <bostonradio@yahoo.com>
> To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> Date: Sunday, December 17, 2000 9:17 PM
> Subject: Re: WMEX business format
> 
> 
> >WMEX is changing to business in January...However,
> >Langer will also be launching a new talk format
> >with his other four stations. Higgins will have
> >a 12-2pm show on the network. It's not clear whether
> >he'll be heard on WMEX on weekday basis.
> >
> >The new business line-up is not fully finalized yet but
> >Boston Business Journal will have a bigger presence
> >in the morning drive. The guy who does Boston Stock Exchange
> >reports for WBZ4(David Carusso? not the actor :) in the morning
> >will play a bigger role in the new business format..
> 
> 


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