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

[BarryATL]

wpb1999 is more optimistic about the weekenders than I am.  Even the top notch CBS stations sometimes have sketchy folks on the air in the middle of the night over the weekends.  I look at the weekend as an adventure.  The bosses will not be there and the inexperienced person will be on their own.  For me, it will be fun radio.... I know, it is a bit morbid to think of it that way, but at least it is not me making the mistakes.  

[BarryATL]

Oh, by the way, I listened to the 106.7 HD-2 while I was out today for about 30 seconds.  They are doing music.  I did not listen long enough to figure out what kind of music.  I actually would appreciate a long form network automated broadcast on HD-2 like maybe the NBC long form service of one from ABC if they have one.

Down the road, HD-3 could be a 24/7 endless loop of the traffic reports.  WTOP was doing 24/7 traffic on HD-3.  Basically, it was updated every 10 minutes but it was a longer recording than the one on the main channel, so there was lots more detail.  This could also be streamed over iHeart and Tune-In and could accompany the tweets.  I see a big future with the traffic service if they play their cards right.

[jabba17]

I do have an idea I forgot to put in the last post:  why not brand the newscasts as this- "This is AllNews 106.7, Broadcasting live from the ABC News Radio Headquarters on Interstate North Parkway in Atlanta"?  This way you can say that news comes from a credible company with a credible local and national news department. Isn't ATL supposed to be the ABC Radio news hub?  Just a thought.

Cumulus owns ABC Radio News.  Citadel got it from the Mouse, and Cumulus got it from Citadel.

[wpb1999]

I do have an idea I forgot to put in the last post:  why not brand the newscasts as this- "This is AllNews 106.7, Broadcasting live from the ABC News Radio Headquarters on Interstate North Parkway in Atlanta"?  This way you can say that news comes from a credible company with a credible local and national news department. Isn't ATL supposed to be the ABC Radio news hub?  Just a thought.

Cumulus owns ABC Radio News.  Citadel got it from the Mouse, and Cumulus got it from Citadel.

Exactly.

[AMFMRadFan]

I can't speak for for 106.7 but WSB seems to only give warnings once counties in "Metro Atlanta" are impacted. Note they never mention Haralson county but as soon as the storm moves into Paulding or Douglas, they start mentioning the warnings.  Both those counties are considered metro atlanta and Harlason is not.

Here is a map of what is considered metro atlanta.  I think counties are considered part of the metro when a certain percentage of the population in that county travel to Atlanta for work..... I think that's right.

http://commuterclub.com/

    acheron82, in some past severe weather events, I do recall News/Talk WSB-AM/WSBB-FM Chief Meteorologist Kirk Mellish occasionally reading the severe weather warning statements for Haralson County as well as other Alabama state line counties such as Chattooga, Floyd, Polk, Carroll, Heard, Troup, & Harris (those counties all in Georgia, not Alabama). Especially, Harris County, because that's where both Callaway Gardens & FDR State Park are located. Each time in the past that Harris County has been issued a warning, Callaway Gardens & FDR State Park have both been in the projected path of the storm. Even though it's not a state line county, I also recall in the past hearing warnings read for Meriwether County. The folks in the extreme Northwest Georgia area across Dade, Walker, & Catoosa counties are rarely covered because of them being close to Chattanooga, TN.

    On another note, I've been to the Commuter Club site, and that map is not quite accurate. It doesn't cover all of the Greater Atlanta area. It is understandable if that's all the Commuter Club people can cover. If you want to know how much of North Georgia is included in the Greater Atlanta area, you can go to http://www.aeroatlas.com/. This, of course, is the website for map company Aero Surveys of Georgia, Inc. Their coverage map is a lot more accurate. That is all.

[wpb1999]

Connie Cumming's Oglethorpe Univ. story on QEII's Jubilee.  Here reference to "yanks" was terrible.  I have noticed this is becoming more of a toss around.  That way-- every 10 minutes we won't hear, "Here's Kristen Charles with Traffic" from one of the anchors, just the Jim Cutler VO.

[BarryATL]

I do not like the VO.  There are now too many.  Sounders for some sections are better ... like traffic.  With a distinct traffic sounder it is like a weather alert.  If you have the radio on while driving, but are not really paying attention, you will pay attention when you hear the traffic sounder because usually that is the main reason for listening during rush hour. 

[secondchoice]

The sounders could work out.  Can you copy-write sounders?  IIRC you can copy-write jingles but not sound effects.

[richllewis]

The little I heard on this Saturday was very encouraging. They have their own news team doing reports now. And they have an experienced ex-CNN Headline News Reporter doing Morning Drive this morning. I think they will not go to doing Talk on the weekends or overnight like KRLD in Dallas or tape delayed reports like KYW in Philly does overnight. I am listening from afar in Mississippi but if they can do as they are doing now they will do all right. A suggestion: a little later when the get their outside reporters situated you may want to do a reporters round up segment during the day. This is what KYW in Philly has been doing for years. I know. I used to live in the Philadelphia suburbs.

[BarryATL]

Okay, the voice over intros have to go.  It is not natural.  The anchor says and now lets go over to John Smith in the Airborne traffic center.... then we have a voice over that repeats EXACTLY what the anchor just said.  It is too busy... too much clutter.  Let the anchors do their job and to the announcing.