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1. Hmm

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   Perhaps the licensing fees to have those shows were too expensive to justify signing them for those hours. That’s what I’d guess.

   RyansTake   @   Tue 12 Jun 12:51 AM
   

2. Perhaps they are changing the format to local talkers

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   which in my opinion is better radio. It brings your hometown to the airwaves.

   ray-m   @   Tue 12 Jun 10:11 PM
   

   • nope

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     No need to “perhaps”. Click the linkie I had in my original post. Except for Jeff “No Doubt” Santos, it’s all syndicated shows.

     jasiu   @   Wed 13 Jun 8:03 AM
     

3. Ryan, that's what you would GUESS?!

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   I can’t resist having a little fun with this. I don’t mind a little speculation, but for all the times you jump down my throat for not researching before I comment (about for example whether licensing fees really were a factor) this is the height of irony coming from you:)

   christopher   @   Tue 12 Jun 10:22 PM
   

   • Irony?

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     First of all, when I ‘jump down your throat’ it’s generally when you present opinions as if they were facts. I didn’t do that here, making it more than clear I was speculating.

     I recommend you try that the next time you post on something you don’t know anything about.

     Secondly, you typically refuse to defend your opinions-as-if-they-were-facts, saying you have no time/capability/etc., not even willing to refer to an article you read or doing a simple Google search.

     I won’t do that here.

     The reason why I didn’t go on length about how chances were high the cost was greater ($) than the reward (ratings) was because it seemed obvious. The station wouldn’t have cut the shows loose if the money was delivering the ratings.

     Note the fact that I’m expressing an opinion here, with words such as “chances are high” and “seemed obvious.” I recommend it.

     Now, moving on. It’s no secret that syndicating big names usually comes at a very high cost, sometimes so much so that the cost outweighs the benefits.

     In fact, I just read this article a couple days ago about how losing Oprah’s syndicated show on TV has cost huge ratings for her former stations, but not necessarily huge dollars — because the costs of Oprah were so high.

     But “Oprah” was also exceedingly expensive for stations. For WABC, ad revenue for the 4 p.m. hour sometimes barely covered the license fee for the show, Mr. Davis said. Now, with a lower-rated local newscast, the station makes a profit at that hour, he said. But there are fewer viewers over all.

     TV and radio stations have to make these decisions about syndicated programming all the time. Searching Google (I highly recommend that!), I can even find articles weighing the pros-and-cons going all the way back to 1987. So, not a new problem, and not a new type of story I’ve read about given my love of pop culture and news junkie ways.

     I kind of feel bad, Christopher. No doubt someday I’ll put something up that does exactly as you say, but this wasn’t the one. You picked a terrible opportunity to gloat.

     RyansTake   @   Wed 13 Jun 10:26 PM
     

4. I was also being light.

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   I also thought I often hedged with phrases like “it’s my understanding…”

   christopher   @   Wed 13 Jun 11:26 PM