Re: The All-New 1450 WKXL Concord

["David W. Harris" <dwh@totalnetnh.net>]

After I wrote of WTPL (107.7 Hillsboro NH)...

> 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
>
...Steve Ordinetz pointed out:

> 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.
>
Well, that's it.  I'm going to have a good talk with my fact-checker!
(Hello?)  I did check in throughout the day to verify WTPL's current
weekday schedule but relied on memory for the lineup of sports (of which
I am not a regular listener, you might gather).  Now that you mention
it, I remember that Motor Racing Network's NASCAR races went to the
country station when the original WKXL-FM became WOTX, but didn't MRN
features like Ned Jarrett's World of Racing stay on WKXL?  As for the
Bruins, they were a staple of WKXL programming for many years but yes,
it's been a few years since they were there.

Since writing about the new lineup on WKXL (1450 Concord NH) I have
heard separately from both gentlemen responsible for the Bailey/Stevens
& Company morning show.  Dave Stevens notes:

> Our new web address is WKXL1450.com.  While we own the WKXLradio.com site we haven't
> modified it (been a little busy) to go to the new one.
>
Both gentlemen note the new venture is a work in progress and already
I've heard changes.  This morning it was a relief to hear two distinct
recordings of the weather forecast being rotated.  I also have heard
reports from ABC correspondents used in some of the newscasts; that's
one way to address the issue of having more voices on the show but it's
odd to have a couple national items dropped into what was otherwise a
New Hampshire newscast.  A couple new network features have shown up to
fill out some half-hour segments:  Kim Komando and Today in History (the
History Channel version).  Warren Bailey promises "more folks to join
the team."

Also noted: new sweepers and ID.   Last week it was "The All New 1450";
now it's "Newsradio 1450."  Golly, that was only a few weeks of being
"All New"--apparently WKXL won't be following the old WMEX model of
always being new.