Posted on 09/23/2004 12:43:10 PM PDT by 11th_VA
(AP) - A newstalk radio station in Norfolk has dumped CBS News because of listener outrage over the "60 Minutes" report questioning President Bush's National Guard service.
WNIS switched today to ABC News, after at least a dozen years with CBS News.
Lisa Sinclair is general manager of Sinclair Communications, which owns WNIS and four other stations in the Hampton Roads area. She says they made the change after getting many calls from listeners, some who said they wouldn't listen to CBS news any more.
CBS News said Monday it could not authenticate the documents used in the Bush story and apologized for airing it.
CBS spokesman Dana McClintock says the network has more than one thousand radio affiliates nationwide and that WNIS is the only one to drop CBS. None of the network's more than 200 television affiliates has done so.
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They're owned by CBS. I don't think they're going to consider changing affiliations.
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I lived in Hampton Roads for a few years, and I remember WNIS being a great station. Their morning show is hosted by Tony Macrini, a very well informed, entertaining conservative. As PETA is based in Norfolk, he often bemoans their presence in the area. He refers to PETA as "People Embarrassing the Tidewater Area"!
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