Re: locally-based talk radio

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@bit-net.com>]

  Bob Nelson wrote:
>Boston Radio Watch notes that with the pending
>addition of Bill O'Reilly, WTKK will only have 7 hours
>of "live and local" talk, the rest being syndicated.


Weren't they hyping themselves as being Boston's **LOCAL** talk station 
just a couple years ago?  Be careful how you image yourself, it may come 
back to bite you!


>Oddly enough, the station in town which will have the
>most time devoted to local talk bills themselves not
>as a talk station but as a news one: WBZ, which runs
>local talk for 10 continuous hours every day
>(7 pm to 5 am-- David Brudnoy, Paul Sullivan, and
>Steve Leveille.)


Actually, with the exception of "60 Minutes" on Sunday nights, WBZ is local 
24/7, though it's news, not talk during the day.  Do Bruins games count as 
local?  They are the flagship station.