True, WCBS had been running the Yankees till last month. And 1010 WINS NYC ran the Yankees a few decades ago. Some of the CBS All-News stations in other markets run some weekend live sports. All-News KOMO Seattle used to run the Mariners. Interesting that KOMO Seattle had tried midday news-talk shows (always news-driven and caller-driven, not opinion shows) but gave that up. KCBS San Francisco also tried a midday news magazine, including having callers ask questions some years ago but went back to the All-News format in middays.
By the way, KYW Philadelphia does a couple of news round-ups, I think at noon and at 3pm, where the anchor interviews reporters at length when they come back from covering stories. But again, that's news driven. And they still get in Traffic & Weather Together on the 2's.
I hope Cumulus isn't getting nervous about WYAY's ratings. Among the three new All-News stations in Atlanta, Houston and Washington, WYAY has the better ratings. I hope the Kimmer show will be news driven and still does Traffic & Weather Together every ten minutes.
Two things I absolutely disagree with: Infomercials on weekends. A terrible idea, especially on weekend mornings. Don't they realize that All-News stations do much better in the ratings on weekend mornings? When other stations don't have their usual morning shows, All-News stations that run their normal formats on Saturdays and Sundays produce better ratings, sometimes better than weekdays. Adults want news, weather, sports, traffic, etc. when they wake up, be it weekdays OR weekends. We're not teenagers or college students staying up late Friday and Saturday and sleeping late weekends.
And why do the anchors read sports outside drive times? A sportscaster should do all the :15 and :45 updates, even if during fringe times they might be recorded. If some breaking sports news occurs, the anchor could add it at the end of the report.
I wonder if Cumulus doesn't fully understand the All-News concept? When I go to my sink, I expect cold and hot water at all times, 3pm or 3am, weekend or weekday. Apple juice is nice but I don't expect it to come out of my tap some hours of the week. I think as radio listeners, we're conditioned to expect live sports at times, breaking the format. But not infomercials or talk shows.