Morning Drive Changeover at WBOQ

Garrett Wollman wollman@csail.mit.edu
Fri Jun 16 12:23:33 EDT 2006


<<On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:18:45 -0400, Eli Polonsky <elipolo@earthlink.net> said:

> That said, I don't really know how these stations are run,
> but why is WATD in Marshfield be able to keep a full-time
> live air staff with a (somewhat) similar musical format
> serving the South Shore, while WBOQ is automated or voice
> tracked evenings and nights (and rumored for afternoons
> soon as well) serving the North Shore? Is the South Shore
> a more lucrative Gold-based-AC demo than the North Shore?

I suspect Ed Perry puts a lot more of his own time and effort into
WATD than Tanger puts into WBOQ.  He's also a lot more involved and
visible in the community, near as I can tell.  Neither station has any
direct competition.

-GAWollman



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