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Merlin Media’s Plans To Roll Out A Full-Time News Format On FM Continue To Have Repercussions Up And Down The Dial Regardless Of If Rival Station Bosses Would Like Us To Believe They Are Not Reacting.
Robservations on the media beat :
Honestly, I’ve heard college radio stations deliver smoother newscasts than the ones they’ve been displaying on Merlin Media’s new 101.1 FM. Since last week, the station (which officially changed call letters from WKQX to WWWN) has been supplementing its music stunting with hourly, six-minute newscasts testing varied mixtures of anchors and contributors. Granted, they’re still in rehearsal / test mode, and they are struggling without the right apparatus in effect. But you’d think they’d work out their choreography down before subjecting listeners to samples of a format that’s obviously not up to scratch. A couple of the clumsy trial runs I heard only made me appreciate the polished professionalism of all-news WBBM-AM (780) that much more.
Merlin Media’s plans to roll out a full time news format on FM keep having side effects up and back down the dial regardless of if rival station bosses would like us to believe they are not reacting. CBS Radio execs tried to pretend that the imminent competition wasn’t behind their decision to simulcast Newsradio 780 on WCFS-FM (105.9), starting next week. And now WGN-AM (720) chiefs are unrelenting that nothing should be read into the sudden return of “The Voice of Chicago” as the Tribune-owned stories / talk station’s on-air slogan. Let’s be optimistic CBS doesn’t attempt to reject the simple now that it’s touting WXRT-FM (93.1) as “Chicago’s Original Alternative” on the heels of Q101′s passing.
While all attention so far has been concentrated on the AM stations that will be influenced by 101.1 FM, a major impact also could be felt by WBEZ-FM (91.5), the noncommercial public radio outlet operated by Chicago Public Media. The home of Morning Edition, All Things Taken Under Consideration and 8 Forty-eight won’t be the sole choice for news-and-talk listeners on FM when Newsradio’s simulcast and 101.1 FM start going at it. In the latest Arbitron survey, WBEZ ranked 26th with a 1.7 percent audience share and 25th among listeners between 25 and 54 with a 2.0 share. (Full disclosure : I worked for Chicago Public Media as a blogger in 2010.)
Don’t look for Monica DeSantis to anchor evening newscasts on Citadel Broadcasting news / talk WLS-AM (890) after all. Despite a brief here last week that she was losing her midday anchor slot to Dave Stewart and shifting to evenings, DeSantis decided to give up the station and jump to you know it 101.1 FM. She’d been heard on WLS (through Metro Networks) since 2008. Filling in as WLS evening news anchor for now will be Ed Smaron.
They’ve turned a corner at Window to the World Communications or so they say. The nonprofit parent company of public TV WTTW-Channel 11 and classical music WFMT-FM (98.7) is predicting a “break-even budget” for this year and next, thanks partly to increases in company and foundation support. “This stories is especially enjoyable after an economically challenging Fiscal 2010 during which losses in state funding and reduced support from other sources led to a major shortfall and one or two job eliminations,” the company related in a statement last week. “We still face many challenges in this recovering economy,” warned CEO Dan Schmidt. “But we feel strongly that we are on the right path and are intensely upbeat about our future.”
Add Art Barnum, who was DuPage County courts newshound for the Chicago Tribune, and Debra Bade, who was editor of stories research and archives, to the list of editorial employees whose roles were eliminated last week. “It’s been a great ride, and I’ve had such a laugh working with all of you and with my fabulous staff here at the Tribune,” Bade wrote in an email to colleagues and friends. “I’m not sure yet what the subsequent adventure will be, but look forward to a new challenge and opportunity to grow.” Tribune business section staffers took up a collection to buy flowers for secretary Rose Sukowski, whose job also was cut after more than 30 years, writes tagza.com.
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