Re: Re:Re: Non-Comm radio in Boston

["Joseph Pappalardo" <joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: <tklaundry@juno.com>

> > And considering the fact that WBUR doesn't do any outside advertising to
speak of I really believe it's a matter of providing the market with
something that is lacking because commercial stations don't want to go
there.
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Yeah, I think WBZ should follow their lead and air game shows all Saturday
afternoon.  (After the chapel service of course.)

And run an hour of environmental news on Sunday afternoons...followed by an
hour of people with British accents talking about who won what 'cricket'
game!  ;-)

Then repeat a few of the shows 3 or 4 times during the weekend.

;-)

JP


----- Original Message -----
From: <tklaundry@juno.com>
To: <aread@speakeasy.net>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 11:49 PM
Subject: Re:Re: Non-Comm radio in Boston


> Aaron wrote:
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> My guess is the more likely reason is that there's a lot of "world news"
going on these days with the "war on terrorism"....and for world news
coverage on the radio nothing beats the BBC.
> >snip<
> And God knows WBUR airs A LOT of the BBC.  :-)
>
> It's not dissimilar to the substantial ratings boost WBUR got during the
Gulf War when they first started airing the BBC in earnest.
> ___________________________________________
> Aaron "Bishop" Read
>
> That may have something to do with it, but I believe that once found
listeners are staying for much more than the Beeb.  And considering the fact
that WBUR doesn't do any outside advertising to speak of I really believe
it's a matter of providing the market with something that is lacking because
commercial stations don't want to go there.  The news, even local news on
WBUR is a different animal than you get on WBZ in both style and content,
ditto (to steal from Rush) for the talk shows on most stations in the
market, even if you don't believe the hosts are right (see any posting on
Camera) they are presenting their views in an intelligent manner that you
can debate.
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