Just wanted to get all the O&A haters reactions to them being number 1 in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia in every male demo except 12-17 year olds.

They must be doing something right.

I am pretty sure that Howard is on in the morning on both of those stations and they are kicking ass with Howard in the morning and O&A in the afternoon.

Why the fuck does NY not do the same thing? O&A are on a wasteland at WNEW. KROCK would dominate with the 2 of them.

:sleep: :vomit: :sleep:

:barf:

Originally posted by Pussah:
Just wanted to get all the O&A haters reactions to them being number 1 in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia in every male demo except 12-17 year olds. They must be doing something right. I am pretty sure that Howard is on in the morning on both of those stations and they are kicking ass with Howard in the morning and O&A in the afternoon. Why the fuck does NY not do the same thing? O&A are on a wasteland at WNEW. KROCK would dominate with the 2 of them.

Because O&A, who are also plagiaristic liars, suck.

Pussah, WTF?
Do we care?
Why would we?
:)

... anyway, I still agree that o&a should be on Krock in New York with Howard, makes all the seance in the world!!!

BTW, as I posted before, Howard is #1 in male demos in all but two of his syndicated markets(50): I figure since this is a Stern board, my post should have something to do with him!!!

Originally posted by Pussah:
Why the fuck does NY not do the same thing? O&A are on a wasteland at WNEW. KROCK would dominate with the 2 of them.

Right...
BCN is killing with Stern and O&A, I don't get Krock!!!
Oh and BTW, Howard- 13.1: WOW!!!

WBZ's resurgence after Sept. 11 makes waves in the ratings
Boston Radio/by Dean Johnson

Friday, October 19, 2001


The summer ratings period (July-September) is the odd duck in radio's calendar year. School's out, people are on vacation, audience listening habits change radically, and younger listeners tune in more than at any other time.

And because the Hub's just-released summer ratings include a week of after Sept. 11, it isn't just a little different this year, it's Dennis Rodman weird.

For example, a rival programmer who broke down the numbers estimated that WBZ-AM (1030) and its all-news format earned a 24 share of the general listening audience the week after the Sept. 11 attacks. That's an astounding total, one that roughly breaks down to one out of every four people listening to WBZ.

It's no surprise, then, that WBZ was the top choice for the general (12-plus) audience and tied for second with the 25-54 audience. Other stations that enjoyed a hot summer include WJMN-FM (94.5), which won the race for listeners in the 18-34 group and classic rocker WZLX-FM (100.7), which tied WBZ for 25-54 listeners and showed impressive gains with other groups, especially the 18-34 crew.

But WBCN-FM (104.1) just might have had the best summer of all. Syndicated bad boys Opie and Anthony(4.3) debuted their afternoon talk show on WBCN in early August, and their arrival coupled with Howard Stern's (13.1 up from 11.3) rebounding morning show gave WBCN sweet, sweet totals across the board.

The station moved from a springtime 11th place showing to fifth with the 12-plus crowd. It advanced from fourth to second in the 18-34 race and jumped from 10th to fifth with the 25-54 audience.

How much of that was sampling of the duo and how many listeners will stay with them? We won't be certain of that until some time next year. But for now, WBCN owes Opie and Anthony big time.

Other stations that heated up during the summer include classic hits signal WROR-FM (105.7), urban station WBOT-FM (97.7), and rocker WAAF-FM (107.3). But more signals cooled off during the warm weather months, including: all-sports WEEI-AM (850), adult top-40 signal WBMX-FM (98.5), oldies station WODS-FM (103.3) and classical signal WCRB-FM (102.5).

I am in listening area of WBCN, and when they changed the alternative music format to Opie and Anthony I decided to listen to them. God they cannot suck enough!!! They are prime examples of trying too hard to be outrageous and they cannot pull it off. So I just switched stations. For those who enjoy them, it's a good thing cause stuck in drive-time traffic with them is ok with you. For me it would be a nightmare. :vomit: