WINS Teams With PalTalk For 9/11 Coverage; Other NY Stations Vary In How They Handle The Anniversary

9/11 Coverage

CBS News WINS-A/NEW YORK is streaming a live interactive newscast covering the 9/11 commemmoration TODAY via PALTALK. "1010 WINS Live Online with PALTALK.COM" is airing this morning 8:30a-12:30p ET at 1010wins.com. 

PALTALK Dir. of News and Programming GARY BAUMGARTEN and WINS' SUSAN RICHARD are co-anchors for the coverage, which will include the GROUND ZERO ceremony, reports from WINS correspondents, interviews, and pre-recorded video segments. 

WINS is also streaming live audio coverage of the GROUND ZERO ceremony and its on-air coverage as well.

Q104.3 Remembers With Music

Over at CLEAR CHANNEL Classic Rock WAXQ (Q104.3)/NEW YORK, PD BOB BUCHMANN told ALL ACCESS that, "morning host JIM KERR read e-mail from companies that lost employees and what they are doing to remember their former co-workers. There were 2 moments of silence followed by BOWIE's 'Heroes' and BILLY JOEL's 'New York State of Mind' from the Concert For NYC. The 12 noon hour featured blocks of music from the Concert For NYC, starting with MCCARTNEY and ending with THE WHO." 

Z100 Keeps Things Upbeat

At CLEAR CHANNEL Top 40 WHTZ (Z100)/NEW YORK, it was largely a regular programming day. PD SHARON DASTUR said, "Other than observing a moment of silence at 8:46a, the ZOO wanted to keep it light and upbeat. "

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