Re: The All-New 1450 WKXL Concord

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

  David W. Harris wrote:

>WTPL claims "news, talk, and sports" in its ID.  WKXL has "news, talk,
>fun & games."  The Patriots and Celtics are new to 1450 while 107.7 will
>continue to have the Sox, Bruins, Concord Quarry Dogs (NE Collegiate
>Baseball League), UNH and high school sports.  I think Motor Racing
>Network (a big deal in the area thanks to New Hampshire International
>Speedway) stays with 107.7 but I know 1450 had some sort of race
>coverage last Saturday night.


Actually, the auto racing is on sister station WOTX/102.3  It's been 
several years since WKXL/WTPL carried the Bruins...they definitely haven't 
for the past 2.




>I checked in a few times last weekend and can report the following talk
>shows heard on WKXL (but understand that this does not pretend to be a
>complete list): Don Rondo (a local show hosted by one of those dozen
>advertisers mentioned earlier), Mr. Fix-It, Tom Leykis, Tom Martino, The
>Health Dimension Show, Motor Trend Radio, Halo Radio, Jump Start Your
>Health, Health Discovery Hour, Money Matters.
>
>I don't have any tape to prove it, but I'm sure I heard Chris Thomas
>being referred to last week as being in the Channel 5 Weathercenter.  I
>thought that curious given that WTPL continues to use Mark Rosenthal
>from the Channel 5 Weathercenter.  This week Thomas is said to be with
>Stormwatch 9 Weathercenter.  Okay, but WNNH (99.1 Henniker, with studios
>just a few feet outside the Concord city line) also uses WMUR-TV for
>weather as well as news content.
>
>With 3 competing morning news blocks in Concord these days (WKXL, WTPL,
>and noncommercial WEVO) I think WTPL has the edge for local news.  The
>coverage certainly isn't what it was in WKXL's glory days but there
>seems to be at least a minimal effort to go beyond reading AP copy.  If
>I needed to hear storm cancellations or there was a big fire downtown,
>WTPL would be the best choice of these three.  In afternoon drive,
>though, out-of-town talk rules on the commercial stations so WEVO is the
>winner even with NHPR's meager local content.
>
>Just in case anyone is wishing for more information about The All-New
>1450, don't bother checking wkxlradio.com--all you'll find there is the
>WTPL schedule.