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Beck to the future
[quote]BECK TO THE FUTURE
A surprise phone call created Columbus Ohio's first FM talk station
By Erik Johns / January 18, 2007
At 3 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 5, Ted FM was still a music station. Little did 103.9 listeners—of whom there were too few—know the days of its “We Play Everythingâ€
A surprise phone call created Columbus Ohio's first FM talk station
By Erik Johns / January 18, 2007
At 3 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 5, Ted FM was still a music station. Little did 103.9 listeners—of whom there were too few—know the days of its “We Play Everythingâ€
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As a moderate I can't stand most talk shows on EITHER end of the political aisle, but I often watch Beck's TV show or listen to it on XM's Headline News channel.
Beck often makes sense, and when he doesn't he's pretty funny.
Beck often makes sense, and when he doesn't he's pretty funny.
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It can't do much worse than its previous format. I think it will do better.
But they need more local programming.
But they need more local programming.
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Interesting that the station kept Bob & Tom in the morning, which is a departure from what most News/Talkers do in that type of situation. B&T into Glenn Beck will make for an unusual mid-morning transition.
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Bob & Tom, when dumped by another station, had higher ratings than this station did. By taking B&T, they got themselves a little bump.
You're right, though....it's not the most logical flow.
You're right, though....it's not the most logical flow.
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Bob & Tom and Glenn Beck are a complete mismatch except for humor. Not a call I would make.
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Yes, they can. But I would think they can find a strong, local personality to do morning drive in a market the size of Columbus. If I were a listener I would want a local personality.
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It's a very, very marginal signal for "a market the size of Columbus." You could put (pick your all-time favorite most-awesomest-ever) on there, and it still wouldn't get any numbers or make any money. If they could come up with such a great local personality, they would be wiser to make use of it on their 99.7.Mark Hallburn wrote:Yes, they can. But I would think they can find a strong, local personality to do morning drive in a market the size of Columbus. If I were a listener I would want a local personality.
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I don't know about their signal strength. But I know I and many other listeners prefer a local show-as opposed to syndication. B &T may bring some ratings, but I don't see the same demo as those that would choose to listen to Glenn Beck.
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Mark Hallburn wrote:I don't know about their signal strength.
I can tell.
At its absolute best, it'd be like the Greenup station in Huntington.
But I know I and many other listeners prefer a local show-as opposed to syndication.
How can you prefer it if you can't hear it??
B &T may bring some ratings, but I don't see the same demo as those that would choose to listen to Glenn Beck.
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There are some hills between Greenup and Huntington. Columbus has fairly flat terrain. Even a weaker FM signal can travel a distance with no obstructions. Now getting that signal in an office tower could be a challenge. But who listens to talk radio in an office? No matter whether its a syndicated show or local, the signal doesn't change. But the desire to listen to the show does change.
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The office towers of downtown Columbus wreak havoc on FM and TV signals that originate from outside Franklin County or from an inferior tower site outside or near the I-270 beltway. In the past 15 years, several FM stations and one TV station moved their sticks, changed city of license, or built a new tower to overcome the shadowing and destructive multipath caused by all that concrete and steel.Mark Hallburn wrote:There are some hills between Greenup and Huntington. Columbus has fairly flat terrain. Even a weaker FM signal can travel a distance with no obstructions. Now getting that signal in an office tower could be a challenge.
Columbus got their FM assignments back in the day when the city was only slightly bigger than Charleston WV. For the longest time, Columbus was considered 'under radioed' for a metro area its size. Many of the "add in" signals that came along are actually transmitted from out of county, or with severely directional signals at low antenna height, because of all the co-channel and adjacent channel licensees within a hundred miles of Central Ohio.
Ted FM (WTDA, 103.9) is licensed to Westerville, in extreme northeast Franklin County. The transmitter is even further north, along State Route 3 in Delaware County south of Sunbury. It's an easy 15 miles from WTDA's Class A stick to downtown Columbus, and the skyscrapers cause severe multipath in and around the central city, and almost totally blocks the signal in certain areas to the south.
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...and, with "The SuperTower" just a mile west of those buildings and WNCI's 175,000 watts coming off the top of the Nationwide building, the whole downtown area and beyond is a splattery mess.Hoosier Daddy wrote:Ted FM (WTDA, 103.9) is licensed to Westerville, in extreme northeast Franklin County. The transmitter is even further north, along State Route 3 in Delaware County south of Sunbury. It's an easy 15 miles from WTDA's Class A stick to downtown Columbus, and the skyscrapers cause severe multipath in and around the central city, and almost totally blocks the signal in certain areas to the south.
If Mark really thinks a local show on that signal is going to make all the difference and move the needles on ratings and revenue, he should buy it and make it happen.
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