May PPMs

[Raymond]

Meant to say "not until you get new blood in, will you hear a different style & delivery".

[Boss Radio]

...Local news, national news, traffic, weather, sports, occasional updates from The Wallstreet Journal, a few other :60 features throughout the day...? What exactly would you like from a news station?...don't want a fight or anything, I've lived in other cities with news stations, KQV just doesn't seem that much different than WCBS or WINS in NY or KYW in Philly...if anything, its a little lower key and not so 'in your face' as those stations...

How about an actual sports guy instead of stale AP headlines? How about some commentary to liven things up? How about enough reporters to actually get out and cover things that don't provide a news conference? How about a more conversational delivery? How about updated formatics?

[Boss Radio]

Could SOMEONE over at KQV please get rid of the 1970s style delivery and production. Is the fake ticker still running in the background?

I believe those delivering are from that era, as well as those managing.  Until you get new blood in, then you'll hear a different style & delivery. 

Robert W. Dickey, who co-owns the station, managed WINS in the '70s. He thinks that it had the perfect format for a news station. So he brought it here and he's refused to change it. It sounds like a time capsule, but that won't change.

[PT]

You left out that when WPGB does happen to mention a local town, they butcher the !@#$% out the pronunciation.  I listen to WPGB but jump to KDKA for news and then jump back.  I'm betting many others do the same.  I wonder how that registers in the PPM.

[FreddyE1977]

You left out that when WPGB does happen to mention a local town, they butcher the !@#$% out the pronunciation.  I listen to WPGB but jump to KDKA for news and then jump back.  I'm betting many others do the same.  I wonder how that registers in the PPM.

Yes, they pronounce Charleroi, Monessen and North Versailles just like a Clevelander
(which they in fact are)

[PT]

Let's not forget Tairintum, Monica, Clairitin, Charteyay, Straybane ...

[Raymond]

Yes, they pronounce Charleroi, Monessen and North Versailles just like a Clevelander
(which they in fact are)

Let's not forget Tairintum, Monica, Clairitin, Charteyay, Straybane ...

That's what they're paying their program director for! Surely, nobody at Clear Channel did not notice this?  Like I said before, stupid people are at the helm in that building.

WPGB is a joke with all the misfires and mispronunciations!

[corporateradiosucks]

I like the fake ticker.  Don't forget KQV also has "When Radio Was" on the weekends.

The people who are ostensibly going to listen to the new 90.5 have nothing to do with the people who listen to KDKA or KQV.  That's the impression I get anyway.

[Boss Radio]

You left out that when WPGB does happen to mention a local town, they butcher the !@#$% out the pronunciation.  I listen to WPGB but jump to KDKA for news and then jump back.  I'm betting many others do the same.  I wonder how that registers in the PPM.

Bingo! People know WPGB doesn't have local news that's worth a damn, and they're OK with that. They can always jump elsewhere for a few minutes and get the headlines.

[DToTheJ]

I like the fake ticker.  Don't forget KQV also has "When Radio Was" on the weekends...

Bring back Jeff Christy!