Word: all-talking
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...21st century part -- read viewers' faxed messages on the air. Like ESPN with ESPN2, NBC will concoct a quasi- clone of its existing cable channel CNBC; last week the network named the amusingly ferocious Republican media genius Roger Ailes both to run CNBC and $ to create a new all-talk channel, to be called, unfortunately, America's Talking...
...perfect forum for sparring candidates to receive free media exposure. The possibility of wide-open races also contributes to the outbreak of political logorrhea. When a candidate is running behind "Undecided" in the polls, a debate gaffe holds little risk. Small wonder that the strongest resistance to an all-talk campaign comes from the handlers of Bush, the candidate with the most to lose. Campaign Manager Lee Atwater complains, "The thing is just getting out of hand...
...more than two decades, WABC, the New York City broadcasting behemoth, was the most influential pop-music radio station in the country. But last week, bowing to increased competition from FM radio, WABC announced that it was converting to an all-news, all-talk format...
...music may have declined drastically since the days of Lennon and McCartney, but AM could not do full technical justice to a terrific song even if it had one to play. The quality of music reproduction on AM radio is so far behind FM capability that an all-talk format is about the best the wave band can handle. You can't dance to palaver, of course, but at least you can hear...
Telephone talk shows began in the early '60s, but most of them died with the decade, victims of various technical problems, high costs of production and, most important, audience ennui. Now bolder, brassier talk jockeys and new approaches have not only revived the shows but often make them the most important part of a station's programming. By switching to an all-talk format, Manhattan's WMCA has jumped from 20th to seventh among AM stations. "Just in the past few months," says Robert Henabery, director of program development for ABC-owned radio stations, "the potentialities...