RE: The All-New 1450 WKXL Concord

["Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@03038.com>]

Speaking of the Bruins.....I don't believe there's ANY coverage in the I-93
corridor from WBZ up to the Lakes Region, I'm guessing that the 'BZ signal
is good enough that they don't need a Manchester or Concord outlet.

Regarding 1450, now that I'm working in Contoocook, I do listen to the AM
show on 'KXL, and they do sound pretty good. (Does Stevens have the
consummate Radio voice or what?). When they do the current tempature, they
usually metion Hooksett, which is interesting becuase WNBP splash starts to
become an issue in Hooksett and I'd say 1450 is unlistenable to the
non-audiophile in at least 1/2 of the town. Other than the Ronson ads (Don
Rondo), I'd concur most ads appear to be from north of Concord. They do have
the Grolen ads, which has a Conocrd location.

So...you like Con-cud vs Con-cord?

Paul Hopfgarten
East Derry NH 03041


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of
> SteveOrdinetz
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:39 PM
> To: David W. Harris; boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: Re: The All-New 1450 WKXL Concord
>
>
>   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.
>