WCBS (NYC) Changes their IDs (again) to incorporate -FM-HD3

[Todd Glickman]

Here's an update on how WCBS in NYC is now handling their legal IDs.

WCBS 880 AM in NYC plays its TOH-ID as part of a headlines music bed  
starting at :59:10.  Up until last week, it was:
"News, traffic, and weather - on-air and on-line - we are Newsradio -  
WCBS and WCBS-HD, New York." (anchor reads headlines with music under  
until :59:59 for CBS network join).

As of this week, the TOH-ID has reverted to:
"News, traffic, and weather - on-air and on-line - we are Newsradio -  
WCBS, New York." (the -HD reference has been dropped, and the anchor  
reads headlines with music under until :59:59 for CBS network join).

To accomodate the HDs, they've now added a phrase to the voicer that  
plays immediately following the CBS network news at :04:00 or :05:00:
"Live from [Studio 8A (or 8B) at] the world headquarters of CBS News  
in New York City, we are Newsradio - WCBS-HD and WCBS-FM-HD3, New York."


So.... they take care of the AM legal ID at 50 seconds before the  
hour, and the -HD and FM-HD3 ID four or five minutes after the hour.
You can hear it on-line at: http://player.play.it/player/player.html?id=91&onestat=wcbs

-Todd


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Todd Glickman
Certified Broadcast Meteorologist
WCBS Newsradio-880
New York City, NY
Email:	radio88@radio88.net
http://www.radioweather.net

Todd Glickman '77
Associate Director, Office of Corporate Relations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, W98-400
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Cambridge, MA 02139
Email:	glickman@mit.edu
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