What should be on AM radio?

The radio stations bearing the callsigns "WABC", "KABC", "WLS" and "KGO" currently do so under license from ABC Warner and are being bled to death by current owner Cumulus. I must bring them back into the ABC family (pun not intended) and save them. But I get the sense that ConservaTalk is on the wane. What should replace it?
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  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    the audiobook of Gravity's Rainbow
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    anything else?
  • an audio only recording of me playing the entirety of Super Meat Boy

    you'll never run out of material
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    all day?
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    I'm pretty sure it took him longer than a day to get through Super Meat Boy.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    all day every day, i meant
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    ideas:

    • WABC: Local sports talk format meant to compete with WFAN
    • KABC: Movie talk radio that's like sports talk but features people calling in to complain about superhero movies instead
    • WLS: Going to war with WBBM
    • KGO: The old format and personalities, or something akin to such but aimed at a younger audience
  • Replace them with liberal talk radio and Ruins of Alph broadcasts.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    admittedly half the reason I want these stations is because they're using MY callsigns, and because I bought the Hubbard family's company entirely to get my hands on WTOP radio in Washington because I wanted its callsign and the equity thereof for the ABC-owned TV station there (WTOP is one of My Babies now but still)

    radio has been turned into a junky medium and I'm not sure how to steer talent towards it
  • edited 2016-06-26 01:20:04
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

    Replace them with liberal talk radio and Ruins of Alph broadcasts.

    I thought about going liberal but I wondered if talk that was more local and less national would work

    You know, just put some weirdos and interesting people on the radio and let them talk
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Coast-to-Coast AM with Art Bell reruns and the entire RRRRecords back catalogue.
  • I could probably put on a radio show by spouting enough stupid opinions.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    I don't want stupidity on my babies' signals
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    unless it is being disputed
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Stupidity can be interesting, though.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    well yeah

    i dunno, i want to focus on local programming because it's the antithesis of all the shit that Clear Channel et al. have choked radio with in the last two decades
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Local programming can be its own special brand of crappy, though.
  • AHEM.

    iHeartMedia. (God, what a terrible name.)
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

    Local programming can be its own special brand of crappy, though.

    as someone who probably listens to more radio than me, do tell
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Anonus said:

    Local programming can be its own special brand of crappy, though.

    as someone who probably listens to more radio than me, do tell
    You ever seen public access TV? Some of it's great or just endearing but some of it is truly risible. This isn't so much a problem with local FM but the principle definitely applies to AM.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    well ABC Warner has a shitload of money

    I was thinking about doing something like for-profit PBS/NPR
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    I'm wondering if AM 950 KMYL in Denver ought to be like this
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    It is a newser tied at the hip with its TV counterpart
  • Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    horror podcasts
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