Commonwealth NEWS SERVICE 2007 Annual Report

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cns commonwealth NEWS SERVICE 2007 annual report “Gives me heads up on STORY BREAKOUT NUMBER OF RADIO STORIES STATION AIRINGS* developments I would Budget Policy & Priorities 8 471 miss…It’s a good resource…Appreciate Children’s Issues 4 223 stories out of western Civil Rights 3 182 Mass….It is easy to use… Education 8 459 We’d like more topics.” Endangered Species/Wildlife 1 56 Massachusetts Broadcasters Energy Policy 4 240 Environment 3 184 Global Warming/Air Quality 4 218 “CNS stories focus Health Issues 8 453 on substance, not sensationalism. Their Human Rights/Racial Justice 1 54 success shows that it Hunger/Food/Nutrition 1 80 is possible to include International Relief 6 332 more voices and create Public Lands/Wilderness 2 127 compelling news stories Toxics 6 356 about serious issues that directly affect the lives of Totals 59 3,435 regular people. We don’t need more coverage of celebrities and scandals. What people need is what CNS provides: quality news programming focused on the real information everyone needs to be active citizens in our democracy.” Noah Berger Executive Director Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center In 2007, the Commonwealth News Service produced 59 radio news stories, which aired more than 3,435 times on 44 radio stations in Massachusetts and 451 nationwide. * Represents the minimum number of times stories were aired. MASSACHUSETTS RADIO STATIONS City Map # Stations Amherst 1–2 WMUA-FM, WFCR-FM Barnstable 3 WQRC-FM 25 Boston 4–12 WBCN-FM, WJMN-FM, 19 20 17 WKOX-AM, WXKS- 21 38 29 30 AM/FM (2), WBMX-FM, 4 5 7 WBZ-AM, WERS-FM, 1 2 39 13 6 11 14 8 10 12 26 41 42 9 13 WODS-FM, WZLX-FM 27 14 18 28 Cambridge 13–14 WHRB-FM, WMBR-FM 36 40 35 23 15 37 East Longmeadow 15 WHNP-AM Fairhaven 16 WFHN-FM 31 22 Fitchburg 17 WEIM-AM 32 3 34 33 16 Great Barrington 18 WSBS-AM 24 Greenfi eld 19–21 WHAI-FM, WHMQ-AM, City Map # Stations WPVQ-FM Riverside, RI 33 WSKO-AM Harwich 22 WCCT-FM South Yarmouth 34 WOCN-FM Marshfi eld 23 WATD-FM Springfi eld 35–36 WAQY-FM, WHYN-AM/FM (2) New Bedford 24 WBSM-AM Truro 37 WCDJ-AM North Adams 25 WNAW-AM Turner Falls 38 WRSI-FM Northampton 26–28 WHMP-AM, WLZX-FM, WBRK-AM Waltham 39 WRCA-AM Pittsfi eld 29–30 WBRK-FM, WMNB-FM Westfi eld 40 WNNZ-AM Providence, RI 31–32 WPRO-FM, WWLI-FM Worcester 41–42 WTAG-AM, WSRS-FM CNS Market Share Information Boston 33% Cape Cod 19% Hartford-New Britain, CT 3% Manchester, NY 2% New Bedford-Fall River 36% Portsmouth-Dover, NH 14% Providence, RI 19% Springfield 32% Worcester 38% Public News Service 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 888-891-9416 CNS National and Regional pick up 451 Stations fax 208-247-1830 [email protected] Commonwealth News Service 888-320-9603 fax 360-656-7367 [email protected].

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2009 annual report 23 23 30 14 18 23 16 16 16 commonwealth 26 26 32 32 26 26 6 6 26 26 6 26 3 20 11 6 26 33 6 6 NEWS SERVICE 2 33 8 6 6 35 7 6 27 35 8 6 24 35 1 6 15 24 29 21 13 29 5 19 34 29 31 34 29 10 10 31 25 4 17 9 12 12 22 MEDIA OUTLETS City Map # Outlets City Map # Outlets City Map # Outlets Allston 1 Boston Korean Fairhaven 12 The Advocate, WFHN-FM Quincy 27 The Patriot Ledger Amherst 2 WFCR-FM (NPR Network Framingham 13 WKOX-AM South Attleboro 28 My Backyard for Western MA) Gardner 14 The Gardner News Springfi eld 29 African American/Diversity Athol 3 Athol Daily News Great Barrington 15 WSBS-AM Newswire, WAQY-FM, Barnstable 4 WQRC-FM Greenfi eld 16 WHAI-FM, WHMQ AM, WHYN-AM, WHYN-FM Bellingham 5 Bellingham Bulletin WPVQ-FM Townsend 30 Main Street Trilogy Boston 6 Boston Neighborhood Harwich 17 WCCT-FM Truro 31 WCDJ-AM, WCDJ-FM Network Television, Lowell 18 The Dispatch News Turner Falls 32 WRSI-FM, Montague Re- El Planeta, Metro-Boston, Marshfi eld 19 WATD-FM porter WBCN-FM, WBMX-FM, Medford 20 WXKS-FM Waltham 33 IndUS Business Journal, WBUR-FM, WBZ AM, WRCA-AM Milford 21 WMRC-AM WERS-FM, WJMN-FM, Westfi eld 34 The Longmeadow News, New Bedford 22 WBSM AM WODS-FM, WBET-AM WNNZ-AM, (NPR Network Brookline 7 Hispanic News Press News North Adams 23 iberkshire.com, WNAW-AM, for Western MA) WUPE-FM Cambridge 8 WHRB-FM, WMBR-FM Worcester 35 WSRS-FM, WTAG-AM, Chatham 9 The Cape Cod Chronicle Northampton 24 WHMP AM, WLZX-FM WVEI-AM East Longmeadow 10 Chicopee Herald Weekly, Orleans 25 WOCN-FM WHNP-AM Pittsfi eld 26 Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfi eld Everett 11 WXKS-AM Gazette, WBEC-AM, WBEC-FM, WBRK-AM, WBRK-FM, WUHN-FM, WUPE-AM In 2009, Commonwealth News Service produced 101 news stories, which ran almost 5,200 times on 83 media outlets in Massachusetts and border states and 1,974 regionally/nationwide.
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