WDEA has switched from CBS To ABC

[radiome]

Perhaps AMGUY  or someone else could give us the back story for the switch.  Thanks

[dpries8873]

The rumor from a friend of mine who reps some fox news stuff, Cumulus is trying to replace other vendors with ABC product. I'm concerned we will lose our ABC service on WNZS if they put ABC on the Bangor area stations

[amguy]

The switch to ABC News is because Cumulus Media recently purchased the ABC Radio Network.  And, since WDEA is a Cumulus Media Station, the switch was made. 

[DougD]

Does anyone know where the CBS affiliation is going?   I'm wondering what WZON will do for national and world news once CNN Radio bites the dust.  WZON/WLBZ was an NBC affiliate for over 60 years until Westwood One all but killed the network, so I'm placing a bet that Stephen King will sign the station with NBC News Radio's expanded hourly newscasts.

WDEA was with CBS since about 1967, and was one of the stations that carried the World News Roundup in its entirety.   It's a shame to see Greater Bangor without a CBS affiliate.

[rjoc]

Does anyone know where the CBS affiliation is going?   I'm wondering what WZON will do for national and world news once CNN Radio bites the dust.  WZON/WLBZ was an NBC affiliate for over 60 years until Westwood One all but killed the network, so I'm placing a bet that Stephen King will sign the station with NBC News Radio's expanded hourly newscasts.

WDEA was with CBS since about 1967, and was one of the stations that carried the World News Roundup in its entirety.   It's a shame to see Greater Bangor without a CBS affiliate.


>>Agreed...I miss the CBS world News Roundup at 8AM. and the ABC News at the top of the hour only seems about 2 minutes and pretty skimpy...At least CBS News was 4 minutes. About the only other way you can get CBS News on the hour (aside from on-line) is from WCBS-880 in NYC, which actually comes in quite well here on the south-facing-shoreline on Mount Desert Island during the day on a good car radio ( Seawall Picnic area and Bass Harbor Lighthouse are good spots)

[Gregg]

A few years ago, 560 WGAN Portland also switched from CBS, its longtime network, to ABC.  But at least they put CBS on co-owned 970 WZAN, which for many years had been WCSH, an NBC affiliate, and even an NIS affiliate when NBC had that All-News network in the 70s.

I don't think I ever heard why WGAN and WZAN exchanged networks.  Interestingly, co-owned 1400 WVAE/1490 WBAE also run ABC News at the top of the hour. 


Gregg
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[benwolf]

My market doesn't carry the CBS World Roundup, but Its downloaded to my IPhone via the Stitcher app...I listen to it while riding my bike to work.

[rjoc]

Does anyone know where the CBS affiliation is going?   I'm wondering what WZON will do for national and world news once CNN Radio bites the dust.  WZON/WLBZ was an NBC affiliate for over 60 years until Westwood One all but killed the network, so I'm placing a bet that Stephen King will sign the station with NBC News Radio's expanded hourly newscasts.

WDEA was with CBS since about 1967, and was one of the stations that carried the World News Roundup in its entirety.   It's a shame to see Greater Bangor without a CBS affiliate.



They also used to carry the old CBS Radio Mystery Theater!!

[DougD]

ABC News is pretty decent, though Paul Harvey's passing leaves a big hole in the network's identity.  At least CBS still has the Roundup as well as Charles Osgood.

ABC is beginning to have overkill coverage from Bangor east and south:  WNZS, WDEA, WGAN, WQDY/WALZ are all ABC affiliates, not to mention that WRKO and WBZ carry ABC News actualities.
CBS has only WZAN and, at night, WBZ. 

I wonder whether Cumulus will add one of its Augusta/Waterville stations to ABC's affiliates list as well.

[Mainedude2007]

I wonder whether Cumulus will add one of its Augusta/Waterville stations to ABC's affiliates list as well.

Last I knew their AM pair in A/W didn't carry TOH news and I don't listen to their FMs in the AM enough to notice if they run ABC updates, but as I was scanning past WBLM I noticed an ABC News update the other morning...