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WJJL in new studios?

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Tall Thin One

I heard a rumor the other day that Bill Yuhnke, owner of Buffalo's Liberty Yellow Cab is buying WJJL and the station is already broadcasting from new studios with new equipment from the cab company's headquarters on Kenmore Avenue even though the purchase has yet to be approved by the FCC.

Anyone here know anything about this?
 
Advisable that a signed LMA contract be in the Public File.
 
Only inasmuch as the licensee must maintain control of their facility for as long as they remain the licensee, even if they are leasing out the program time.

Unauthorized transfer of a license is grounds for revocation, as was pointed out recently in the case of DWNBN in Mississippi.
 
"Nature of Respondent: Sole proprietorship" ... amusing.
 
SirRoxalot said:
I dare you to call the phone number listed on the form.
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I'm mildly intrigued as to what it is and what 225 E 45th in NYC is.. i cant quite figure it out with google searching and google maps
 
RadioGuy1864 said:
OMG. $60K, I know it's an AM with no FM translator in a smaller market, but good Lord.
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That’s a lot of money for a money pit. If you don’t have an established audience on an AM station be ready to run it at a loss as an expensive hobby. Maybe to advertise your taxi service, maybe have all the radios in the cabs tuned to the station....hmmm!
 
Looking that the WJJL schedule, it appears they have some paying programs that would likely cover operating expenses and a banknote. $60,000 sounds like a good deal. They certainly have some niche programming that can get them some listeners.
 
The new owner already built studios into a building he owns. That's not a terribly expensive investment these days. He can stream the content to the transmitter relatively expensively via the internet. The transmitter site is in an old industrial area of Niagara Falls that isn't likely to cost a lot in taxes. I'm not sure of the condition of the tower or transmitter at this point, but neither one is a huge expense these days, especially if you're not in a hurry. A new AM solid state is available for under $10K - and likely a lot under $10K for the power WJJL needs. It's a single tower, not an array, and that makes things a lot simpler.

I don't know if he'll make money, but he can probably serve up enough brokered content that he won't lose it. There are other fees and paperwork that have to be attended to, but much of it can be done by office personnel during "slack time". The cost of talent these days is going up thanks to minimum wage rises, but one spot per hour ought to cover that - even at "a dollar a holler". You might even find talent willing to broker their show and sell their own spots in order to pay for the airtime - which could be a win-win.

It may be a vanity project for the new owner, but it's not likely to cost him a bundle. Niagara Falls might even appreciate having a local station interested in their audience again.
 
SirRoxalot said:
The new owner already built studios into a building he owns. That's not a terribly expensive investment these days. He can stream the content to the transmitter relatively expensively via the internet. The transmitter site is in an old industrial area of Niagara Falls that isn't likely to cost a lot in taxes. I'm not sure of the condition of the tower or transmitter at this point, but neither one is a huge expense these days, especially if you're not in a hurry. A new AM solid state is available for under $10K - and likely a lot under $10K for the power WJJL needs. It's a single tower, not an array, and that makes things a lot simpler.

I don't know if he'll make money, but he can probably serve up enough brokered content that he won't lose it. There are other fees and paperwork that have to be attended to, but much of it can be done by office personnel during "slack time". The cost of talent these days is going up thanks to minimum wage rises, but one spot per hour ought to cover that - even at "a dollar a holler". You might even find talent willing to broker their show and sell their own spots in order to pay for the airtime - which could be a win-win.

It may be a vanity project for the new owner, but it's not likely to cost him a bundle. Niagara Falls might even appreciate having a local station interested in their audience again.
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The cheapest 1kw am transmitter these days is an Armstrong X1000B around $9000.. for about $3000 more4 you can get the much better Nautel J1000
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
The cheapest 1kw am transmitter these days is an Armstrong X1000B around $9000.. for about $3000 more4 you can get the much better Nautel J1000
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There's always the second hand market or whatever WJJL is using now if it's any good. A new 1KW transmitter these days fits in a 19" rack with plenty of room to spare! Not as impressive as the days of old when there was the big iron.
 
WJJL has filed an application to modify the license to correct the coordinates that are over 1600ft off. Seems like the new owner is going to do things right.
 
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