Atlanta officially made news today with the launch of an all-news station.
All-News 106.7 officially made its debut at 5am this morning, contrary to popular belief. It was originally announced that WYAY would switch at 5am from their classic hits format to a 4-hour documentary about all-news and then, at 5pm, would be their official launch. But, instead, they jumped directly in to all-news (with no documentary interruptions) at 5am.
There are mixed emotions and reviews about this new station. A few people posted on All News 106.7's Facebook page saying, quote, "You lost a listener". Others say kudos to a great launch. I agree with the latter. I have listened to a few other all-news outlets make their debut and this is one of the better launches. They worked out many of the kinks and they sound great.
Here are some of the elements (traffic, weather, etc) to the station:
- Traffic on the 6's: Traffic is provided by a fellow Cumulus Media subsidiary, Right Now Traffic. The morning reporter is former Kicks 101.5 traffic reporter Greg Talmadge and the afternoon shift is done by former "Atlanta's Greatest Hits" DJ, Kristen Charles
- Weather on the 6's: Weather is outsourced to Fox-owned-and-operated Fox 5 Atlanta with the primary meteorologist being Joanne Feldman and others being Jeff Hill and Chief Meteorologist Ken Cook does the evenings
- Business Report: Business is provided by business publication "Atlanta Business Chronicle" with many reporters taking different shifts
- News Updates: Top of the Hour and Bottom of the Hour news updates are provided by Cumulus-distributed ABC News Radio, with many reporters.
- News: News is provided by All-News 106.7's own staff of reporters, many coming from the now-defunct CNN Radio.
Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5
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Thanks so much and KEEP RADIO ALIVE!!