4-15-2013
As the events unfolded on the ground, Boston radio stations went into action immediately. CBS owns Newsradio WBZ in the city. Of course, they were wall-to-wall and able to lean on WBZ-TV for additional coverage. At Entercom, the combination of a baseball game at Fenway Park and the Boston Marathon meant this was a huge day for sports talker WEEI-FM. When this happy Patriots Day filled with sports turned into a scene filled with horrific pictures, the sports format was quickly broken according to Vice President of Programing Jason Wolfe. After informing listeners about the explosion, WEEI began to simulcast talk station WRKO and were still doing so late last night. Jeff Brown is the Market Manager for Entercom in Boston. We spoke to Brown late last night about the explosions and how it was covered. LISTEN HERE
At Greater Media, HOT 96.9 Morning Personalities Baltazar and Pebbles returned to the radio station in the afternoon to provide updates, take calls live on the air from listeners, and discuss what happened today. Afternoon personalities Steve Kelly from Country 102.5FM WKLB-FM and Julie Devereaux from 105.7 WROR-FM were both providing information and traffic updates. MAGIC 106.7 was providing updates on the air as new information became available.
At the Salem Radio Network, SRN News immediately launched five hours of Special Reports at 20-past and 40-past each hour?and the news was covered as-it-unfolded live during the nationally-syndicated Michael Medved Show. SRN VP/News & Talk Programming Tom Tradup anchored a one-hour special 4-5 p.m. Eastern, fielding calls from listeners and interviewing?among others?SRN talk host Hugh Hewitt, himself a past runner in the Boston Marathon. Mike Gallagher?whose nationally syndicated talk show airs 9 a.m.-12 Noon Eastern?returned to his Empire State Building studios from 9-11 p.m. Eastern for a live special broadcast on West Coast affiliate 870AM ?The Answer? in Los Angeles
This morning SRN morning drive host Bill Bennett, host of Bill Bennett?s "Morning In America," will spend 6-9 a.m. covering the blasts and the domestic foreign policy ramifications with terrorism expert Andy McCarthy, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), K.T. McFarland, national security expert, and FOX News analyst Kirsten Powers, who will focus on media coverage of today?s bombings
FOX News Radio began covering the breaking news shortly after 3 p.m. Monday with a FOX News Alert issued at 3:15 p.m./ET. Live coverage began at 3:30 p.m. and ran for more than 90 minutes with a second round running from 5:30 p.m. to around 6:20 p.m./ET. Live updates will continue to be provided throughout the hour until 2 a.m. and will be resumed again at 5 a.m.
