Re: WBPS May Be 890 But It Imitates 990

["Dan Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>]

C-Net dropped the feed to WBPS, apparently as part of a corporate
retrenchment, although the feed to KNEW Oakland-SF continues. (C-Net saves
the cost of a trans-continental leased ISDN line.) Mega then leased the
station to an outfit (from Chicago, I believe) that is feeding a bunch of
ultra-right-wing talkers (Dr Laura, Roy Masters, Neil Boortz, Rusy
Humphries, and Michael Savage). Doug Stephan, who is on from 4:00 AM to 8:00
AM, is the only host who is anywhere near middle of the road, and Stephan
never hides the fact that he is a Republican. David Lawrence's OnLine
tonight is still heard M-F but no longer on Saturday night/Sunday morning.
The last hour Mid-1:00 AM airs live followed by the network-fed repeat of
the whole show from 1:00 AM to 4:00 AM. I think that most of the network
feeds on WBPS are tradeouts. At least some of the weekend fare sounds like
shows brokered to the network and fed to all takers.

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Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net
617-558-4205, eFax 707-215-6367

----- Original Message -----
From: Sven Franklyn Weil <sven@gordsven.com>
To: Laurence Glavin <lglavin@lycosmail.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: WBPS May Be 890 But It Imitates 990


> On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Laurence Glavin wrote:
>
> > I was sampling WBPS-AM 890, COL Dedham, MA today and heard a station
>
> So what IS the station doing? Are they still carrying C-Net Radio or what
> did they replace it with?  I don't recall hearing anything about it....
>
> --
> sven
>