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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:26 am 
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I have lived in this town my whole life and every station does a traffic report, but it's rush hour and if you drive it daily you know basically how long it takes.

If there is a major shutdown, that's basically all I ever want to know.

I think Jen jen can handle the one time a month we need to say 'Dempster is closed' or 'lincoln highway is shut down'

That's all I need.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:30 am 
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Traffic is done by an entity separate from the stations. That entity solicits "brought to you by" type sponsorships and buys time from the stations to air a traffic report laced with promotional messages.

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Thanks to XM, I can get Chicago traffic any time I want. And I agree, AM drive traffic report should be "Traffic sucks everywhere, but here are the accidents and lane closures....."

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Although this morning they said it was "better" and only an hour and fourty minutes to O'hare...


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In other news, did anyone else notice the bookie priest is now sponsored?


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good dolphin wrote:
In other news, did anyone else notice the bookie priest is now sponsored?


Who, pray tell, would want to be linked to that car wreck? Is it JDS?

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Traffic reports are just for the sponser, right ?

Is there really a morning where traffic isn't bad ? Most people take the same routes to work each day, but about the only benefit I can see is that if there is an accident that hoses up traffic, and you happen to hear it, and can change your route, then it helps. Other than that, here's your traffic update - it sucks every day.


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good dolphin wrote:
In other news, did anyone else notice the bookie priest is now sponsored?


I believe it was the heart test clinic. Jokes linking degenarate wagering habits and cardiovascular health are welcome.

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I love when Monica gets really excited! "It is an HOUR and THIRTY Minutes from BFE to the loop!"

I could live without it, let the sponsor just give a listener $200 each hour in his car.

"It's AL, traffic sucks, pay me!"

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