Entercom-CBS-Beasley-iHeart

[Adam Wolf]

I think the article in today's globe says it all: they will gut BZ, sadly.

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> On Nov 4, 2017, at 1:14 PM, M.Casey <map@mapinternet.com> wrote:
> 
> Is there a chance that iHeart might sell WBZ AM, for cash, to another group shortly after the takeover?
> Mark Casey
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Scott Fybush
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2017 3:38 PM
> To: Gary's Ice Cream
> Cc: Ron Bello ; Rob Landry ; Boston Radio Group
> Subject: RE: Entercom-CBS-Beasley-iHeart
> 
> It would be interesting to see the economics of that.  I can't imagine that
> the total expenses of Dan's show - his salary, producer's salary, whatever
> production bits Mike Coleman does - can be more than maybe $150k a year.
> Even less for overnights. If they go syndicated at night, they drop those
> expenses, but there goes a bunch of local ad revenue and a ton of goodwill,
> too.
> 
> OTOH, it's just not the iHeart model of doing talk, outside of maybe KFI
> and WLW.
> 
> But then,  they'll have 680 and maybe 1200 to clear their own Premiere
> stuff.  So... who knows?
> 
> On Nov 3, 2017 6:38 PM, "Gary's Ice Cream" <gary@garysicecream.com> wrote:
> 
> I suspect that Dan Rea and the overnight live programming will be gone from
> WBZ shortly after the takeover.
> 
>                   Gary's Ice Cream, Chelmsford, MA
> www.garysicecream.com           www.icecreamcollege.com
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-
> bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Ron Bello
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2017 11:24 AM
> To: Rob Landry
> Cc: Boston Radio Group
> Subject: Re: Entercom-CBS-Beasley-iHeart
> 
>> On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, 3 Nov 2017, Sean Smyth wrote:
>> 
>> Any chance iHeart would make WBZ all-talk and move news to 680?
>> 
>> They would be well advised to pay heed to a sign that legend says is
>> posted deep inside the offices of Frito-Lay Corporation. The sign reads:
>> "don't f--- with Fritos."
>> 
>> WBZ is the most lucrative AM station in Boston. They'd be crazy to
>> mess with it.
>> 
>> Moreover, they'll recall what happened when they moved Rush Limbaugh
>> to
>> 1200 in their ill-fated attempt to go after WRKO with their own
>> conservative talk format, "Rush Radio". The listeners stayed with WRKO.
>> 
>> I imagine they'll put Rush back on 680 now.
> 
> ​If they want to do All News, keep it on 1030 although the format is
> expensive to produce and how much news and how many listeners for news
> after 8-9pm ?
> 
> 
>> 
>> How much longer is Bloomberg going to stay on 1200, now that they have
>> 1330 and the FM?
> 
> ​Coverage of Bloomberg on 1330 and 106.1 x 2 is terrible Impossible to
> listen in MetroWest area​ or south of Brockton
> 
>