As of Friday, ABC (the TV people, who also provide coverage to Citadel's ABC
Radio network) laid off 1/3 of its workforce.

I could never understand why ABC had to have separate bureaus from their O&O
stations. Now, I guess they won't. A 1/3 cut in staff is dramatic. Even
Brian Rooney was let go. The NY Times reports that their London bureau, which
covers much of Europe has gone from 100 people to about a dozen today.

I'm reading a story from a 1934 radio magazine when the networks began
building their news staffs. Prior to that time, the networks didn't
have much of a news presence. Newspapers hated the competition so much that
they began de-listing the networks from their daily radio program listings.
There was actualy a time when newspapers dropped radio coverage except for
their own stations if they had them. My how times have changed.

On May 3, 2:11 pm, (David Kaye) wrote:
As of Friday, ABC (the TV people, who also provide coverage to Citadel's
ABC
Radio network) laid off 1/3 of its workforce.

I could never understand why ABC had to have separate bureaus from their
O&O
stations. Now, I guess they won't. A 1/3 cut in staff is dramatic.
Even
Brian Rooney was let go. The NY Times reports that their London bureau
, which
covers much of Europe has gone from 100 people to about a dozen today.


I'm reading a story from a 1934 radio magazine when the networks began
building their news staffs. Prior to that time, the networks didn't
have much of a news presence. Newspapers hated the competition so much
that
they began de-listing the networks from their daily radio program listing
s.
There was actualy a time when newspapers dropped radio coverage except fo
r
their own stations if they had them. My how times have changed.

I wonder if there were any changes that might explain the technical
difficulty which had KGO repeating insurance ads and promos at the
beginning of Brian Copeland's Sunday show...They tried to start the
bumper music a bunch of times, with no host voice following, and a few
times with someone mumbling of technical difficulty, then lots of
repeated spots....took 25 minutes to get the show started.

blank wrote:

bumper music a bunch of times, with no host voice following, and a few
times with someone mumbling of technical difficulty, then lots of
repeated spots....took 25 minutes to get the show started.

I'm reminded of a time when KXL in Portland was running Talknet (this goes
back a few years obviously). Apparently they only part of an hour of the show
and no backup, so they filled over 40 minutes with PSAs and ads.

With no backup to a live program and no music in the format, what's a board op
to do? At least in a music format you can play tunes and nobody's the wiser.
But a dozen spots and people do notice.

On Tue, 4 May 2010 00:16:00 EDT, (David Kaye)
wrote:

With no backup to a live program and no music in the format, what's a board op
to do? At least in a music format you can play tunes and nobody's the wiser.
But a dozen spots and people do notice.

In Virginia, I believe we had a couple or three hours of non-dated
Clark Howard shows burned to a CD. We also had a CD filled with
station promos and PSAs, but for short-term fill.

In article ,
blank wrote:

I wonder if there were any changes that might explain the technical
difficulty which had KGO repeating insurance ads and promos at the
beginning of Brian Copeland's Sunday show...They tried to start the
bumper music a bunch of times, with no host voice following, and a few
times with someone mumbling of technical difficulty, then lots of
repeated spots....took 25 minutes to get the show started.

That was a problem (or perhaps a cluster of problems) at KGO. It
had nothing to do with the ABC Radio network news.


Patty

On Mon, 3 May 2010 17:11:04 EDT, (David Kaye)
wrote:


I'm reading a story from a 1934 radio magazine when the networks began
building their news staffs. Prior to that time, the networks didn't
have much of a news presence. Newspapers hated the competition so much that
they began de-listing the networks from their daily radio program listings.
There was actualy a time when newspapers dropped radio coverage except for
their own stations if they had them. My how times have changed.

As recently as 1980, the news staff at KMJ, Fresno was forbidden from
reporting any local news that had not already appeared in the co-owned
Fresno Bee. By a year or two later, some stiff competition had put an
end to that. McClatchy Newspapers later sold off its broadcast
holdings.

Mark Howell

On May 3, 6:52*pm, Mark Howell wrote:
On Mon, 3 May 2010 17:11:04 EDT, (David Kaye)
wrote:

I'm reading a story from a 1934 radio magazine when the networks began
building their news staffs. *Prior to that time, the networks didn't
have much of a news presence. *Newspapers hated the competition so much that
they began de-listing the networks from their daily radio program listings. *
There was actualy a time when newspapers dropped radio coverage except for
their own stations if they had them. *My how times have changed.

As recently as 1980, the news staff at KMJ, Fresno was forbidden from
reporting any local news that had not already appeared in the co-owned
Fresno Bee. *By a year or two later, some stiff competition had put an
end to that. *McClatchy Newspapers later sold off its broadcast
holdings.

Mark Howell



If KMJ had any such policy in the '80's it had changed from the
'60's. From 1961 to 1966 the KMJ-Bee cooperation was total. I did
McMahon's 5:15PM local cast during that time and the final thing I
would do when I had it written was to go up to the 4th floor and take
the latest dupes of tomorrow's copy, which I would either re-write,
read or ad lib from. So listeners got tomorrow's Bee today from me.
TV had the same privileges and I assume they did the same thing for
their six o'clock news.

How're things there in Bakersfield?

Gil Haar

On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 20:22:29 EDT, "
wrote:

How're things there in Bakersfield?

Gil Haar

I retired last fall. I'm now in quieter, less smoggy,
better-fiscally-managed Indiana.

Mark Howell

On May 3, 2:11 pm, (David Kaye) wrote:
As of Friday, ABC (the TV people, who also provide coverage to Citadel's
ABC
Radio network) laid off 1/3 of its workforce.

I could never understand why ABC had to have separate bureaus from their
O&O
stations. Now, I guess they won't. A 1/3 cut in staff is dramatic.
Even
Brian Rooney was let go. The NY Times reports that their London bureau
, which
covers much of Europe has gone from 100 people to about a dozen today.


I'm reading a story from a 1934 radio magazine when the networks began
building their news staffs. Prior to that time, the networks didn't
have much of a news presence. Newspapers hated the competition so much
that
they began de-listing the networks from their daily radio program listing
s.
There was actualy a time when newspapers dropped radio coverage except fo
r
their own stations if they had them. My how times have changed.

If they are just talking heads, well sad but maybe not the end of the
world. If they were actually doing journalism, then it is a loss.

You look at the women on Fox News and that Sex Pistols hit comes to
mind: We're so pretty, oh so pretty, pretty vacant.

[QUOT. My how times have changed.[/i][/color]

If they are just talking heads, well sad but maybe not the end of the
world. If they were actually doing journalism, then it is a loss.

You look at the women on Fox News and that Sex Pistols hit comes to
mind: We're so pretty, oh so pretty, pretty vacant.[/quote]

Actually, the women on Fox news seem to have the brains that match
their beauty. Many of them are lawyers and most have good voice and diction
pretty doesn't hurt. Certainly better than looking at Larry King