Friday, July 11, 2014

It Makes Me Sad

There are many reasons I got in to broadcasting.  WABC is on the list.

I "got in to" WABC in the 70's, and it was the perfect radio station-- music, disc jockeys, jingles, news...  and it was all wrapped up in an outstanding presentation.  Tight.  Consistent.  Always entertaining.  Never dull.  It was the radio station other radio stations copied, but they could never pull it off quite right.

WABC, like a lot of AM radio stations, dropped music for talk in the early 80's and things were never the same.  Rush Limbaugh was the only thing drawing people to WABC in recent years, and his syndicator took took Rush to another New York station at the beginning of the year.

The news came out Tuesday evening-- WABC had the lowest ratings in its history during the month of June.  Think about that for a second.  At one time, it was one of America's great radio stations.  It's signal, at 770, booms through the NY/NJ/CT/PA area during the daytime, and even more people can hear it at night.

This shouldn't happen!

I know the glory days are gone, and they're never coming back.  However, there's no reason the once mighty WABC should be an embarrassment.