On 20 Aug 2003 22:55:30 GMT, "Steve Stone"
wrote:

List of what I hear AM from Middletown NY in Orange Cty, NY. WTBQ is the
only live station I know of left to produce local news and shows.

Radio - Kenwood TS-430S Antenna - 125 foot long wire

Date Time Frequency Call Sign AM/FM/LSB/USB/CW City State Country Comments

5/21/2003 1:07:28.48 PM 710.0 WOR AM New York NY USA Talk Radio

I spent 10 years at WOR. If we didn't produce live local news how did
we win all those AP News awards?

5/21/2003 1:17:31.02 PM 880.0 WCBS AM New York NY USA Talk Radio

WCBS is All News. Live.

5/21/2003 1:25:59.08 PM 1,010.0 WINS AM New York NY USA All News

Live.

5/23/2003 1:54:35.18 PM 1,060.0 KYW AM Philadelphia PA usa news (LSB)

Live

5/21/2003 1:27:59.34 PM 1,080.0 WTIC AM Hartford CT USA Rush S-8 all news

Actually News/Talk

5/21/2003 1:44:14.98 PM 1,220.0 WGNY AM Newburgh NY USA CNN

CNN was all news last time I listened.

5/21/2003 1:56:37.45 PM 1,490.0 WTSX AM Port Jervis NY USA FOX

More news. Even "fair and balanced"

Judging by this list you weren't lacking in news.

Rich

Not lacking in news.. but lacking in local news.

There is a difference. Do I really care that the subway is broke in NYC when
no friend or family lives or works in NYC... or am I more interested to
know that I-84 has a backup up for 10 miles at the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge
because a tractor trailer full of hazmat dumped at a toll booth? (hint, I-84
can be seen from my backyard)

Rockland County's answer to the problem was to install reverse 911 systems
and create a network of low power AM stations on TIS freqs to warn the
public.

Most NYC stations don't know life exists north of Yonkers.

Canned national satellite feeds on local stations that do not break in with
local issues don't count.

It takes a local axe murder to get coverage from NYC stations up here.

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"Rich Wood" wrote in message
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On 20 Aug 2003 22:55:30 GMT, "Steve Stone"
wrote:

List of what I hear AM from Middletown NY in Orange Cty, NY. WTBQ is the
only live station I know of left to produce local news and shows.

Radio - Kenwood TS-430S Antenna - 125 foot long wire

Date Time Frequency Call Sign AM/FM/LSB/USB/CW City State Country
Comments

5/21/2003 1:07:28.48 PM 710.0 WOR AM New York NY USA Talk Radio

I spent 10 years at WOR. If we didn't produce live local news how did
we win all those AP News awards?

5/21/2003 1:17:31.02 PM 880.0 WCBS AM New York NY USA Talk Radio

WCBS is All News. Live.

5/21/2003 1:25:59.08 PM 1,010.0 WINS AM New York NY USA All News

Live.

5/23/2003 1:54:35.18 PM 1,060.0 KYW AM Philadelphia PA usa news (LSB)

Live

5/21/2003 1:27:59.34 PM 1,080.0 WTIC AM Hartford CT USA Rush S-8 all
news

Actually News/Talk

5/21/2003 1:44:14.98 PM 1,220.0 WGNY AM Newburgh NY USA CNN

CNN was all news last time I listened.

5/21/2003 1:56:37.45 PM 1,490.0 WTSX AM Port Jervis NY USA FOX

More news. Even "fair and balanced"

Judging by this list you weren't lacking in news.

Rich

On 22 Aug 2003 14:48:24 GMT, "Steve Stone"
wrote:

Not lacking in news.. but lacking in local news.

There is a difference. Do I really care that the subway is broke in NYC when
no friend or family lives or works in NYC... or am I more interested to
know that I-84 has a backup up for 10 miles at the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge
because a tractor trailer full of hazmat dumped at a toll booth? (hint, I-84
can be seen from my backyard)

I would guess that hundreds of thousands of people stranded in
sweltering heat underground is a bigger story for a New York station
than a traffic backup on I-84. That day traffic was backed up
everywhere. Friends who live in New Jersey took as long as 12 hours to
make a trip that normally lasts less than 40 minutes on a bad day.

Most NYC stations don't know life exists north of Yonkers.

Are they supposed to? Your issue is with traffic. I recall lots of
Yonkers coverage when low income housing was proposed and the city
made lots of nimby noise.

It's rare that bedroom communities generate a lot of news. We do hear
about murders of wealthy people We still hear news about ugly,
self-centered, insensitive, PR socialite Lizzie Grubman running down
the rich and famous at a trendy nightclub on Long Island. Very, very
important news here in the city. She now has a radio show, giggly
gossip about terribly important rich people. I always tell people to
put your latest conviction at the top of your resume.

It takes a local axe murder to get coverage from NYC stations up here.

Unfortunately, that's news.

Rich

Are they supposed to? Your issue is with traffic. I recall lots of
Yonkers coverage when low income housing was proposed and the city
made lots of nimby noise.


My issue isn't with the traffic. My issue is the hazmat debris all over the
place. grin

My answer was a generic answer.

I listen to NYC stations for NYC or National topics.

I expect local issues and concerns to be aired on local stations, not
national satellite fed pabulum.