Re: Re: shake-up at WNEW?

[Sean Smyth <sportswriter@dejazzd.com>]

Mark writes:
> Gold's departure allows Infinity to do some shaking
> with their syndicated shows : Ron(Bennigton)and
> Fez(Whatley) will supposedly move to nights at WNEW-FM.
> (so the tape-delay on WTKK will be cut down in half).
> On a bigger scale, Don Geronimo and Mike Meara will also
> move their syndicated show into the midday slot clearing
> the way for WJFK-FM to carry O&A live in DC and WNEW
> to carry them live in NYC because Gold's out and Ron+Fez
> will be on at night. The moves are not finalized yet and
> Gold's still on the air for a couple more weeks. 

I wonder how that bodes for Don and Mike here in York, PA, at WOYK (1350). Currently, the station is all ESPN Radio except for MRN's NASCAR broadcasts, pro and college football, high school sports, and Don and Mike from 3 to whenever. I don't think the station's ownership, Red Rose Broadcasting, on the most solid financial footing; from what I understand they were desperately seeking sales reps in recent months and Red Rose is leasing out its other station, WPDC (1600) Elizabethtown, to a Hispanic group. (Elizabethtown's signal barely penetrates any Hispanic population center in Harrisburg, Lancaster or York.) I doubt they could afford the fees to air Don and Mike and Opie and Anthony. 

The move makes it possible now for Infinity to really make a hot-talk network effective, with the tamer Don and Mike on afternoons and book-ended by Stern and Opie and Anthony. Could WBCN go talk and shift Nik Carter back to nights? Hmmmmm...

-Sean