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For Halloween: The Erie Legends air on WYNE

October 29th, 2009

joel

Captain Dan Geary has cracked open a radio time capsule for this Halloween:

I am pleased to announce that WYNE AM 1530 North East, PA will be broadcasting the “original” Erie Legend’s program this Saturday, October 31st at 3:00 PM. In light of the fact that WYNE AM 1530 is limited to “daylight hours” by FCC regulaltions…the program will also air on line at wyne.mercyhurst.edu Halloween Night at 8:00 PM !!!!! Produced and narrated by the legendary Jim Cook of Jet Radio fame and now a senior member of Clear Channel production department in Atlanta , Georgia.

Truly a classic masterpiece of radios “theatre of the mind”, the program will air in its entirety without commercial interruption.

Sincere thanks to Jim Cook, Jason Nulph, Jon Gallagher (also of Clear Channel), and Joel Natalie of Press and Tower.

Tune in and be scared to death……

Thanks Dan for letting us radio junkies to experience “the good ol’ days!”

Posted in Radio

Tags: Clear Channel, Jim Cook, WJET, WYNE

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The Feed for Weekend of January 17th & 18th

January 17th, 2009

joel

Editor’s note: Sound off, give a shout out on “Deep Background,” our totally-random open discussion of all things Erie media.

DTV: one month and counting: The transition to digital television is now one month away. According to our calculations at least 24,745 households in the Erie DMA will have to do “something” to get service (many satellite users still need an antenna to get the locals). If you have not purchased a digital TV or converter box, action will need to be taken now to continue to receive over-the-air television. The TV stations are ready to make the switch; are you? Get more info at DTV.gov.

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Tags: Broadcasting and Cable, Clear Channel, digital television, DTV, Erie, media, media bankruptcy, media layoffs, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, newspaper layoffs, Wall Street Journal, WICU, WJET, WSEE

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This (should be) News/Talk country

January 16th, 2009

joel

I’m writing this post while listening to the very well-programmed WBEN 930/Buffalo, who not only are able to continue to pay for Rush Limbaugh’s clearance fee, but once again scored first in the Buffalo ratings ages 12 and over for the Fall 2008 Arbitron survey.

As opposed to Erie’s WJET, which languishes as a middler in the ratings with poor billing, news/talk stations in the major markets surrounding the Flagship City score at the top of the ratings and revenue rankers. The Fall book is out for Buffalo, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh; take a look at these 12+ rankers:

Buffalo – WBEN (Entercom) – #1
Cleveland – WTAM (Clear Channel) – #1
Pittsburgh – KDKA (CBS) – #2
Pittsburgh – WPGB (Clear Channel) – #3

The two Pittsburgh talkers combine for a massive share of audience that tops rocker WDVE.

Considering the sheer power of the news/talk format in our region, why doesn’t WJET do better in the ratings here in Erie? My take would be the sheer lack of investment in programming and marketing by Connoisseur Media and their predecessors over countless years. The winning stations have real live anchors and reporters and actualities and board-ops that eliminate dead air and cue tones, like the old WJET did through the 1980’s. It doesn’t take much effort, really.

The conventional wisdom in radio for the past twenty years has been to put all of your eggs/energy into your FM basket, and leave the AM stations to die. Meanwhile, with the onset of internet radio, iPod’s and other streams available for music, news and talk are the remaining powerhouses for local connection and community.

We’re seeing the success of the news/talk format elsewhere in the region. Why not here?

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Tags: Arbitron, CBS, Clear Channel, Connoisseur Media, Entercom, Erie, KDKA, news, Rush Limbaugh, WBEN, WJET, WPGB, WTAM

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The Feed for Friday, November 21st

November 21st, 2008

joel

Editor’s note: Sound off, give a shout out on “Deep Background,” our totally-random open discussion of all things Erie media.

It’s a Classy Christmas: WXKC/Classy 100 flipped the switch to all Christmas music today. That means that they’ll be playing the Santa Songs for five weeks, nearly 20% of the broadcast year. Not that there’s anything wrong with that! P&T heard a jazzy version of “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” by Tony Bennett driving in the snow this afternoon. WCTL is slated to go all Contemporary Christian Christmas on Black Friday.