Starter of this subject: Eric Cooper
Last post in this subject: 11/4/2003
Messages in this subject: 3
| Eric Cooper | 11/4/2003 3 replies |
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KNX/CBS Radio's committment to old and new radio entertainment ended Halloween night with the cancellation of the KNX Drama Hour effective that evening. KNX had a long tradition of "bucking the trend" by carryng radio drama and related shows. They aired ARTHUR GODFREY TIME in the regular 10:30am time slot right up to the last program, long after most CBS radio affiliates had cancelled it or relegated it to overnight slots. Then two years later came CBS Radio Mystery Theater, with KNX again carryng it in Prime Time when a lot of stations wouldn't. They picked up the Sears Radio Theatre and its Mutual successor as well and when all that had vanished, they gave us the KNX DRAMA HOUR (1983-2003). KNX is to be congratulated for serving the OTR/Radio Drama fan community for so long.
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| Jim Widner | 11/5/2003 2 replies |
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I find this interesting - is KNX an AM station? Out here in Ohio, one station in Cincinnati - FM station WVXU, part of Xavier University - one is seeing an increase in Old Time Radio programming. The interesting thing is that it is listener supported and they are getting increases in support for more and more. Weekdays, they broadcast an hour near the lunch hour, another hour in the evening, four hours continuously on Saturday night and one hour on Sunday evening - much of it in prime time periods for radio.
In addition, this station has produced several of its own productions that it primarily sells as premiums during fund raising including documentaries on Cincinnati radio during the 30's and 40's and another on WLW. I am not sure if they are bucking trends or just doing something right and perhaps a model for other stations who wish they could get the support.
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| Eric Cooper | 11/5/2003 1 replies |
| Yes KNX is an AM station (1070kHZ 50,000 watts) and was in the Golden Days the Hollywood home and production cenrer for CBS Radio. Any CBS Radio West Coast production between 1937 and 1960 originated at KNX or a nearby recording/production studio to be later fed by KNX to the network. |
| Jim Widner | 11/9/2003 0 replies |
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So not to be too thick headed about this and referencing my previous message, I assume their dropping the program was to allow programs that they feel will generate more revenue via commercials. Re my earlier email concerning WVXU out here in Ohio - being a Public Radio Station and not dependent upon commercials but rather listener support via subscriptions, the demand for old time radio might be greater here? Presumably KNX could not get sufficient commerical time to pay for the program - or wanted to secure a higher revenue stream by offering something they could demand a higher price for?
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