Callers: PPM’s Next Victim?

Posted by Randall Bloomquist on January 11, 2010

A recent column in Toronto’s Globe and Mail reports that Canadian sports-talk stations have developed a serious bias against callers, with some shows banning them all together, and others limiting listener participation to special “hot-button topic” segments or post-game shows.
The most eyebrow-raising observation in the column comes from Bob McCown, host of an afternoon drive [...]

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Debuting in the # 1 spot — it’s Boston…

Posted by Randall Bloomquist on April 25, 2009

Nope, not the band, the market.  Inside Radio’s Mike Kinosian reports that with its first monthly report, Boston becomes the #1 PPM market for Talk listening.  Kinosian adds the footnote that the Boston Talk number includes WBZ-AM, a true news/talk hybrid.  But it’s no surprise that Boston is rockin’ the chart – Beantown has always been a great [...]

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