Copyright 2000 Daily News, L.P.
Daily News (New
York)
January 19, 2000, Wednesday SPORTS FINAL
EDITION
SECTION: TELEVISION; Pg. 76
LENGTH: 247 words
HEADLINE:
WWF IS GETTING A 'NEW OUTLET
BYLINE: BY DAVID HINCKLEY
BODY:
Wrestling on the radio? How about wrestling
talk at least.
Starting Saturday, 8-10 p.m., WNEW (102.7 FM) will carry
a new weekly pro wrestling show called "WWF on Westwood One."
On the
first show, fans get a chance to talk with such wrestlers as The Rock and The
Big Show. Host Michael Cole also will provide "inside scoop" on the WWF's "Royal
Rumble."
Not entirely by coincidence, WNEW afternoon hosts Opie and
Anthony will get a return visit tomorrow from The Rock. He visited the show for
an interview Jan. 6 and made a big show of "storming out" when he saw Sickboy,
an O & A team member who runs a wrestling Web site where some racial remarks
have been posted.
FCC TO ACT: The Federal Communications Commission is
ready tomorrow to approve noncommercial low-power radio stations.
"Low-power FM" would be designed for community organizations,
churches, ethnic broadcasters and others whose signal would carry anywhere from
a few blocks in cities to 3 or 4 miles in rural areas.
The National
Association of Broadcasters strongly opposes LPFM, warning it would create
massive signal interference.
FCC Chairman William Kennard, in a letter
to the NAB, said he would "never support any action that would disturb the
integrity of free over-the-air radio service."
LPFM advocates argue that
as more stations are owned by big corporations, individual voices and formats
are squeezed out. Some community groups maintain the FCC's proposals don't go
far enough. -
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