WBZ Network News Shuffle/Adjustment Has Begun?

[Uncle Kaimbridge]

This morning I heard a report in the 9am hour, with the female reporter exiting as “_____ _____, NBC NewsRadio.”
Of course, “NBC NewsRadio” could just be an added source, rather than a replacement: At least as of 4am this morning, they were still using CBSʼs TOH newscast—which very well may not change (for now, anyways).

 

[raccoonradio]

Just put on Howie Carr who's doing a fill in for Mark Simone on iHeart's WOR in NY.Wikipedia says WOR carries NBC News Radio. Once iHR places WKOX in a trust/ sells it, they get RKO.Yes RKO and BZ will be sister stations...but that would also reunite former RKO General stations WRKO and WOR.
As noted in another thread, WBZ newsradio has apparently been dropped as the HD3 of WBZ-FM (in a way for now they are owned by Entercom but operated by Beasley, pending ownership changes being approved).

 

[TheBigA]

It's not unusual for news stations to carry multiple news networks, although often in different ways. KYW was at one point affiliated with three networks, and didn't run any national TOH news.

 

[Uncle Kaimbridge]

It's not unusual for news stations to carry multiple news networks, although often in different ways. KYW was at one point affiliated with three networks, and didn't run any national TOH news.

That is my guess, too—WBZ did have ABC and CBS, in the past, simultaneously.

 

[gr8oldies]

WLW still has ABC (though never TOH-they use the theme though) but have some NBC news and sports cuts or features. So WLW re-unites with NBC. Sorta

 

[nowradioguy]

This morning I heard a report in the 9am hour, with the female reporter exiting as “_____ _____, NBC NewsRadio.”
Of course, “NBC NewsRadio” could just be an added source, rather than a replacement: At least as of 4am this morning, they were still using CBSʼs TOH newscast—which very well may not change (for now, anyways).

Yep, heard a couple of those earlier in the week, during the 9 AM hour, to be exact.

However, most of their non-CBS News reports are still from AP or WW1.

I liked when 'BZ had both CBS and ABC, but ABC News Radio ditched WW1 and took its distribution elsewhere, and that ended that.

I'm guessing WRKO may get to keep ABC News, and 1200 may get Fox News Radio. I'm anxious to see how this whole WRKO/WXKS arrangement shapes up.

BTW - does anyone know if 'BZ's traffic reporters are back with TTN or still with Radius(?) ?

 

[Uncle Kaimbridge]

Of course not related to/result of WBZ, itself, it appears the TOH CBS News has a new intro.

 

[TheBigA]

Of course not related to/result of WBZ, itself, it appears the TOH CBS News has a new intro.

Interesting that they're debuting it now, and not in January when their distributor changes.

 

[nowradioguy]

Twice this week, on Monday and again this morning (Wednesday), I heard on ‘BZ:

(1) an actuality from Aaron Katersky, ABC News on the Port Authority bombing;

(2) “Mark Mayfield, WBZ Newsradio 1030”; I thought Mark worked for NBC News Radio;

(3) the CBS News reports are still being aired.

 

[TheBigA]

(2) “Mark Mayfield, WBZ Newsradio 1030”; I thought Mark worked for NBC News Radio;

He does. However, it's not unusual for national news reporters to do a local tag for special affiliates.

 

[jlehmann]

Another thing that might be worth noting is that iHeart’s 95.1 WXTK carries ABC News. Short versions of the Fox News radio top of the hour news are heard on the Cape on Koffee 98.7/100.5.

 

[nowradioguy]

He does. However, it's not unusual for national news reporters to do a local tag for special affiliates.

And make no mistake about it: WBZ 1030 is indeed one VERY "special affiliate" to any network they are carrying.

Heck, WBZ 1030 is VERY special to a lot of us, who, as you well know, got pretty heated up just a short while ago on these radio message boards.

 

[Wimmmex]

And make no mistake about it: WBZ 1030 is indeed one VERY "special affiliate" to any network they are carrying.

Heck, WBZ 1030 is VERY special to a lot of us, who, as you well know, got pretty heated up just a short while ago on these radio message boards.

The networks don't care about stations "carrying" their programs. They only care that the spots are being run.

Many "network affiliates" don't air any of the programming from the network. It's just an affiliation to clear the spots on-air.

 

[TheBigA]

The networks don't care about stations "carrying" their programs. They only care that the spots are being run.

This however isn't a program, but a voicer from a reporter. All news stations will run voicers from national reporters, but a local tag makes that voicer even better.

 

[Wimmmex]

This however isn't a program, but a voicer from a reporter.

Yes, I know that.

I'm responding to nowradio's numerous posts concerning what network/programs/newscasts different statons are "carrying". He seems to have a preference to what newscast are airing.

I added an added dimension to the discussion and his concerns.

 

[nowradioguy]

Yes, I know that.

I'm responding to nowradio's numerous posts concerning what network/programs/newscasts different statons are "carrying". He seems to have a preference to what newscast are airing.

I added an added dimension to the discussion and his concerns.

Not a "preference" per se; I'm just making my usual observations re what I hear OTA on WBZ since the ownership change.

Curious, though: if, as you say, all a network cares about is that a local station airs its spots, then the local station must get some of that money, since it's airing a spot for its network whose newscast or whatever it's not airing. Do I have this right?

In the extreme, though, why should a network even bother producing program content? Why not just sign up local stations to carry ads for you? Am I being irrational about this?

 

[TheBigA]

In the extreme, though, why should a network even bother producing program content? Why not just sign up local stations to carry ads for you? Am I being irrational about this?

Stations need content.

 

[Wimmmex]

Not a "preference" per se; I'm just making my usual observations re what I hear OTA on WBZ since the ownership change.

Curious, though: if, as you say, all a network cares about is that a local station airs its spots, then the local station must get some of that money, since it's airing a spot for its network whose newscast or whatever it's not airing. Do I have this right?

Some of the bigger stations get payments.

Many of the mid-smaller stations get the programming in exchange for running the spots...a barter arrangement.

Some of the network programming is of little or no use to major market stations. Top of the hour newscasts, are not so important, as stations opt for local newscasts (ok, they can run them in overnights) Although some of the national actualities and reports might be of use to them.)

In a mid/smaller market, the top of the hour newscast might be wanted and welcome....and worth giving up on-air inventory in exchange for them.

Now, in a current environment where CBS owned a ton of the affiliates....there are different pressures involved to clear network programming. ("New York says we HAVE TO RUN THIS"! )

Stations need content.

SOME stations need content from the network. Many of them don't.

 

[TheBigA]

Now, in a current environment where CBS owned a ton of the affiliates....there are different pressures involved to clear network programming. ("New York says we HAVE TO RUN THIS"! )

Now they're following the contract. The contract says the station will be an affiliate of CBS TOH news for a certain number of years. That was in the Entercom agreement, and likely was passed on to iHeart. iHeart also has an affiliation deal with NBC News Radio, so the station will affiliate with them as well. An all-news station eats up content. Even with a great local reporting staff, it helps to get national coverage from the networks. That allows the local reporters to concentrate on local reaction, rather than doing voicers about big stories happening in other areas, like the Alabama election or the New York terror attack. So it's not unusual for an all-news station to affiliate with three networks, and ask one of them to record a local tag, making it sound like they have a local reporter covering a national story.

 

[Wimmmex]

Now they're following the contract.

Thew issue was that prior to all this the contract was written by CBS (as station O&O) and CBS Radio News (as the Network.) So, in effect, they were making a contract with themselves.

Now they're following the contract. The contract says the station will be an affiliate of CBS TOH news for a certain number of years. That was in the Entercom agreement

I don't think it stipulates a "TOH News" affiliation.

And, I don't think Entercom had time to enter into such a contract, as they ran the station for about 2 seconds before iHeart got it.

An all-news station eats up content.

WBZ doesn't seem to need, or "eat up" a lot of CBS Network Content

WBZ never ran World News Roundup or the Late Edition, Newbriefs, or Weekend Roundup. They ran a few of the "Weekend Features". (Does WBZ air any of these?? BANMILLER ON BUSINESS , CAR CHRONICLES, CEO RADIO, CHARLES GRODIN COMMENTARY, CHOW MINUTE, CNET MINUTES, DIGGING DEEP with Fran Sorin, DR. KNOWLEDGE MINUTES, DR. SEAN’S MEDICAL FILE, EXCEPTION TO THE RULE with Turi Ryder, F.Y.I., COM with the Giant Bomb team, GREEN AIR with Rich Awn,
INSIDE BUSINESS with Geoff Colvin, THE JOHN HOPKINS MEDICAL REPORT MANAGING YOUR MONEY with Paul Hencke, METACRITIC MOVIE MINUTE with Keith Kimball, NOW.WHAT. with Jim Taylor, THE OBSERVATION DECK with Dave Barrett, REPORT ON RELIGION with Fred Bodimer, REWIND, SIDEBAR, SMARTPLANET with Sumi Das, SOUND BYTES with Jan Ziff,
STAMP COLLECTING with Lloyd de Vries, TV.COM MINUTE, UNTOLD STORIES, WITH THE FAMILY IN MIND with Valerie Morris,
YOUR NEXT JOB???)

As far as I know, they didn't run Scott Pelly's Notebook, Not Just Another Story, In The Marketplace, or Rasing Our Kids.

They on''t run the half-hour updates, only during breaking news.