Re: [IRCA] KNX update

[Scott Fybush <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike McKenna wrote:
> Nor can I figure -- how running old radio programs - fit the "All
> News" format.  KNX must be running low on old "Dragnet" and "Boston
> Blackie" radio programs.    Makes woder what will stations like KFWB
> or KOMO do next. 

KNX hasn't been an "all news" station in the WCBS/WBBM mold for a long 
time now, and in some respects it never was. It's almost always had at 
least a couple of hours of programming other than the news wheel during 
the day. At one time, it was Mystery Theater and old-time radio at 
night; more recently, since KNX and KFWB came under common ownership, 
many day and weekend hours have been filled with food talk, computer 
talk, money talk and such.

KFWB, meanwhile, pre-empts the news wheel during baseball season for 
Dodgers games, resulting in some occasions when you can't get a news 
headline or traffic report on either station for several hours at a time.

LA has never been a strong market for all news radio in the way that New 
York, Chicago and Philadelphia took to the format. There's probably only 
really room for one all-newser there, and that'll eventually be KFWB as 
KNX transitions to an even more talk-heavy approach.

That said, the situation in LA is unusual enough that it's not likely to 
have much, if any, impact on the KOMOs and KYWs and WTOPs of the world.

s
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