[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: WMTW radio switching to all news
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 Dib9@aol.com wrote:
>
> WMTW management says the move is in response to listener feedback, but
> it sounds like a cost cutting move to me.
Isn't an all-news format even more expensive than a talk format? You have
to pay for reporters to cover stories -- 24/7 staffing, as oppsed to just
a board-op/call screener to work with the host at a talk station.
Would an all-news station be able to make it in Portland?
--
Sven Franklyn Weil "The needs of the many outweigh
<sven@gordsven.com> the needs of the few
<http://www.gordsven.com/sven> or the one."
-- Surak