Re: WMTW radio switching to all news

[Cooper Fox <fox893@yahoo.com>]

What is the frequency of WMTW radio?

--- Larry Weil <kc1ih@mediaone.net> wrote:
> At 07:39 AM 12/22/01 -0500, Dib9@aol.com wrote:
> >The Portland Press Herald reports today that WMTW
> is dropping all the local
> >and national talk shows that they currently carry,
> except for their morning
> >talk show, and will now be all news.
> >
>
>http://www.portland.com/news/local/011222radio.shtml
> >
> >WMTW management says the move is in response to
> listener feedback, but it
> >sounds like a cost cutting move to me.
> 
> If they are going to have real local news coverage
> 24/7, there will not be 
> any cost savings there, all news is very expensive
> to produce, so I've been 
> told.
> 
> I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out much of the
> day was from CNN, with 
> pre-recorded local inserts twice an hour.
> 
> ---
> Larry Weil
> Lake Wobegone, NH
> 


=====
Cooper Fox
   WWBX- (All new, all hit, B97.1)

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