All News 106.7 is Here…Finally [last song, audio, first impressions]

[secondchoice]

Well I hope the June Books will be good for WYAY 106.7.

When will they be published?

[BarryATL]

Someone said earlier that they are released Tuesday and if I remember correctly, the normally come out at 5:00 PM on release day.

I wonder if we put a little smile on Pamela's face today?   

[carolinaradio]

AN106.7 got a 1.1 in the June PPM?! 

[RoddyFreeman]

You would think that with all of Barry's time spent listening, he single-handedly would get them to a 2 share .

[BarryATL]

Roddy, I would love to be a carrier of a PPM device.  Yes, AN106.7 and WNEW, Washington, DC would get a bump.  Although I don't guess WNEW cares much about anybody listening in Atlanta. 

[BarryATL]

Pamela Furr, I have not listened while you are anchor, but I will critique your report today from Atlanta City Hall.  Your report was well worded.  You did not stumble over any words.  You had the right amount of excitement in your voice without over doing it.  You made the story clear.  The package was done well so the anchor could do a lead in.

The negative:  Get a new cell phone!    The sound quality of the call was worse than the other reports that reporters are giving from the field.  It was fuzzy and distorted (as in over modulated).

[Newsyack]

What did you guys think of the team news coverage they did of the storms the night of the 6/10?

[BarryATL]

What did you guys think of the team news coverage they did of the storms the night of the 6/10?

I am thinking you meant 7/10.   :-)

I thought it was good.  I will fault them for continuing to play the pre-recorded Ken Cook weather during the height of the storm.  When there is a weather event it is REAL obvious the weather was recorded hours earlier.  It should always be LIVE during a weather event.... not just a tag line behind the pre-recorded weather. 

Other than the complaint I mentioned above, I think they did well.  Traffic was jumping in during the news segments and they kept good tabs on the radar.  Also, they were still covering the story after the TV stations went back to regular programming.

On a scale of 1-10, the coverage was an nine, but there are two penalty points for the huge mistake of playing pre-recorded weather.  That is radio 101.  So, after deducting the penalty points, the get a seven.

[BarryATL]

I just talked with someone who listened to the 7/10 storm coverage longer than I did.  At 7PM Mark Woolsey was doing all of the weather live for the next two hours.  Mark is uniquely qualified given his years at The Weather Channel.  I tuned in around 9:30.  So, I guess I would say the went back to regular format a bit early. 

[Rick Rose 2.0]

With the move of Cheryl Castro to middays to give John Lisk a co-anchor and the hiring of Melissa Carter to do PM drive does this signal that Cumulus is happy to grow the station. I always think things sound better with a man and woman doing news together on radio and tv and tuning into middays is better for my tastes now. i work second shift and usually drive in the 2pm hour so i usually catch the last hour of the midday shift.