RE: Dick Summer

[Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 05:19 PM 3/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>At 03:51 PM 3/17/2003 -0500, Bill O'Neill wrote:
>
>>I'm not convinced that the only all-news signal in a top ten market can't
>>pony up the resources to _gather_ enough news and public interest info as
>>well as <gasp> investigative reporting (remember that?) to make a go of
>>it.  Obviously, we're talking about a successful station, ratings and
>>sales-wise, so they are doing what it takes to keep the lights on and keep
>>Uncle Mel happy.
>
>The only all news station in the market?  I think WBUR has more hours of 
>news than does WBZ.
>Larry Weil
>Lake Wobegone, NH

When you factor in the commercial load - I'd say WGBH does more hours of 
news than WBZ!  :-)

But seriously, I know that during All Things Considered at WBUR and WGBH 
which runs from 4pm to 6:30pm...the clock gives about 52:30 of news and 
feature/news stories every hour.   The only real difference is that WBUR 
covers some of the national newsbreaks with local news - WGBH just airs the 
national feed.

That's versus whatever WBZ puts out minus its commercial load...I assume 
it's about 20 to 22 minutes of commercials every hour?  Anyone got a hard 
number there?

Over 50 minutes of news, versus maybe 40 minutes if I'm lucky?   Geez...and 
folks wonder why I listen to NPR!  It's not just because I'm a flaming 
liberal  :-)


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