AAR Line Up.

[jaymarvin]

So now they are running "health pay for play shows on WWRL in the middle of the day?

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/04/01/2008-04-01_wwrl_cuts_liberally_into_air_america.html

[Sean Gilbow]

Stephanie Miller will have Ed Schultz as a guest on her show tomorrow.

She made a one-day appearance on WWRL last year.

Tomorrow should prove interesting.

[NewsVet]

So now they are running "health pay for play shows on WWRL in the middle of the day?

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/04/01/2008-04-01_wwrl_cuts_liberally_into_air_america.html

It's not the "AAR Lineup."  It's the WWRL lineup.  Meanwhile, Jay's favorite talk show host (not),  Thom Hartmann,  has picked up four more affiliates, including 50,000 watt WINZ in Miami (which dropped Ed Schultz).  I suspect that WINZ has more listeners than WWRL, given RL's puny signal which can't even be heard in much of New York City, much less its suburbs.

[Dale Jackson]

Where's all the bitching we heard when it was "reported" that WABC was ditching overnights in exchange for infomercials?

Here we have it in the middle of the day and it is FACT and there is nothing.

[NewsVet]

Where's all the bitching we heard when it was "reported" that WABC was ditching overnights in exchange for infomercials?

Here we have it in the middle of the day and it is FACT and there is nothing.

Huh?  WABC is a 50,000 watt heritage flamethrower.  WWRL is a marginal station high on the dial which doesn't even cover all of its city of license.  WWRL (like many such stations) has a history of running infomercials during the day, so this is nothing new.

[KJCB]

Where's all the bitching we heard when it was "reported" that WABC was ditching overnights in exchange for infomercials?

Here we have it in the middle of the day and it is FACT and there is nothing.

KABC does the same thing.  As someone who buys some of that time, feel free to direct your criticms at me.

WWRL did broker 10-3 during the day before AAR came along.  With that signal and the people (who can be) listening, there's absolutely no way to make money with talk aimed at Caucasians.  It was only a matter of time before pay-to-play returned.  The good news for 'RL is that since AAR took it over, suburban WVNJ came along, picked up all the displaced daytime talkers, and is getting a decent rate without even covering NYC... so maybe 1600 can get a little more now.

[NewsVet]

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The good news for 'RL is that since AAR took it over, suburban WVNJ came along, picked up all the displaced daytime talkers, and is getting a decent rate without even covering NYC... so maybe 1600 can get a little more now.

AAR never "took over" WWRL.  'RL produced its own morning show and carried Alan Colmes from Fox, plus infomercials overnight and on weekends.

[jaymarvin]

People did complain when many of the ABC stations went to pay for play on the weekends and overnights. WLS was always live until 2AM when I was there and then ran something else that was in the can. Might have been Limbaugh at that time. I don't know about WABC or KABC. The question is how do you sell syndication without being on in NYC? AAR is out shopping for another anchor station. How about WOR? They like money over good, solid programing.