We had a 30 [percent audience] share much of the day and a 35 share in AM drive.. As recently as 1979, WCCO had 1.4 million in cume. "However, on Saturday northerly winds behind a cold front will bring more smoke from wildfires located north of the Canadian border in Ontario and Manitoba into Minnesota. There was no warning of any kind, via TV, spectrum app, spectrum bill. The station soon had financial trouble and closed in 1924. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. Everyone is advised to take precautions when air quality is unhealthy, including taking it easy and listening to your body. Each time the. From 1947 to 1996, WCCO and WCCO-TV won 12 George Foster Peabody Awards, more than any other Twin Cities broadcast outlet. His social network is expansive. Programmers in town told TCBthat by simulcasting Twins baseball, Entercom has effectively killed The Wolfs ability to hold an all-day audience. Entercom doesnt understand the legacy, says Quick, but if Shannon [Knoepke] can sell the heck out of it, it doesnt matter. Jason joined WCCO as a reporter in 2003 and was able to mark an impression on the public. 2.) Tim Walz declares state of state strong (but says state of Florida, not so hot), Minnesota Democrats, except Dean Phillips, say they back Bidens reelection, The tough, lonely job of being a marijuana legalization opponent in Minnesota, A full repeal of Minnesotas Social Security tax now unlikely after Senate DFL concedes to a partial cut, These bikers don't want a bike trail on St. Paul's Summit Avenue, DFL still not united on red flag law, background checks after months of advocacy on guns, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives Creative Commons license. Channel 4 outage? Current problems and outages | Downdetector Lane spent the bulk of his radio career at KSTP/Hubbard Broadcasting in a variety of on- and off-air roles. The AM deficit is so significant that when Twins baseball returned to WCCO in 2018, the team required an out clause if WCCO could not get an FM simulcast by 2020. WCCO-TV informed morning anchor Kim Johnson she was fired while she was Here is WCCO's Twitter page for CBS-Minnesota. Just found this after my wife asked me what happened to Molly. WCCO journalist Nick Streiff shared one of the complaints about Frank and Amelia's lack of social distancing while presenting the news. Bloom was followed by Hanson, who came from an Entercom sports station in Kansas City. CBS affiliate WCCO is turning off its KCCO-TV signal for the Alexandria area at the end of the year, but Selective TV based in Douglas County is hopeful it will be able to relay WCCO. More will be added, so check back. You cant replace Dave, says Anselmo. The era of double digits ended around 2000. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The answer is that the airwaves belong to the public and as such are subject to this kind of regulation. Family track or fast track? I want us to think big, address diversity and inclusion with smart, qualified hosts. Sign in or register to get started. If it can stave off additional audience erosion, it can tread water for a long time before sinking below the horizon. WCCO delivers the decision-makers the company is trying to reach. Bandwidth auctions, 84 of them in the past 20 years, have been to wireless Internet and phone carriers. (Most news/talk stations attract a disproportionately male audience.) Job one for Knoepke is to hit a home run with Lees replacement. Editors note: Since this article went to press there have been these developments: WCCO Radio parent Entercom Communications announced a corporate rebranding as Audacy Inc.Audacy.comalso replaces radio.com as its streaming brand. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. With its diverse range of shows and topics covered, it has something to offer for everyone. CBS bought WCCO from General Mills in 1932, and switched its network affiliation to the CBS Radio Network. This means that with the conversion to digital, a station like WCCO in the Twin Cities can retain its Channel 4 brand identity, while also offering additional over-the-air content on a Channel 4.2, which it does. [9], On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio agreed to merge with Entercom. The vendor provider (Spectrum) no longer has a contract to carry the station. Broadcasters have four options to participate in the reverse auction, depending on their current channel assignment: Those broadcasting in UHF (channels 14-51) can move to low VHF channels 2-6, or high VHF channels 7-13. The fine particles in the smoke can be harmful to people with lung or heart issues, and they can also affect the elderly and young children. That summer its engineering staff went on strike, and its unionized talent honored the picket lines. It does not store any personal data. Mark Rosen announces his departure from WCCO-TV after 50-year career Overnight, two syndicated shows are carried: Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb and America in the Morning with John Trout. Most of that decline is not being on the FM dial, says Mick Anselmo, who ran WCCO from 20082015 and spent 23 years prior building the powerhouse group of stations that is the local iHeartMedia cluster, whose flagship KFAN is the most dominant sports radio station in the country by audience share. Morning drive is responsible for one-third to one-half of the billings at most radio stations says Anselmo, and WCCO is no exception. You have to have an opinion. And most car radios do not allow you to switch between stations on different bands easily. How can I pause and rewind live TV using the Spectrum TV app? WCCO was the top-rated station in the Twin Cities for decades until shifting demographics and a decline in listening to AM radio caused a drop in the Arbitron and Nielsen ratings. Since then, the KCCO tower has been transmitting the WCCO programming from the Twin Cities. Im in favor of diversity in our content, but Im against tokenism, says Rajkumar, a communications consultant in her weekday job. [10][11] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. BIA Kelsey estimates CCO is the fourth highest-billing radio station in town. WCCO engineers were experimenting with frequency modulation by 1939, operating W9XHW at 42.3MHz, but at just 50 watts. The auctions were authorized by Congress in 2012 to make better use of the nations broadcast spectrum. He can do play-by-play in the evening and get up at 4 a.m. and interview the governor without missing a beat.