Chris Tyler, formerly of WPRO-FM fame (overnights?)
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Chris Tyler, formerly of WPRO-FM fame (overnights?)
Yes, and he is the PD of WZLX now.
Oh, interesting! I remember catching one night about 2 or 3 decades ago, when Tony Mascaro was turning the mic over to Chris.
Tony announces that Chris Tyler was celebrating his one year anniversary on the air there. With little or no fanfare, he just blatantly responds with "nobody cares!" The truth be told, whether accurate or not, he did have a point.
I think that it is safe to aay that Chris Tyler has paid his dues!
"Great" because this tiny signal was pulling nearly a 3 share!
iHM did not acquire this station from Radio One (Urban One); Entercom acquired it from Radio One. iHM then acquired the station from Entercom as part of the big multi-station exchange that had to occur to enable the Entercom / CBS Radio merger to proceed. Numerous stations in the Boston market were involved in that swap; I have no idea how much value was pinned to WKAF.
iHM has plenty of good Urban AC programming & air talent. The prior format could've been kept intact easily at relatively low cost via voicetracking.
Can you find me a citation when they got "nearly a 3.0 share?
Also, what did Entercom pay for 97.7?
Entercom paid $30 million for the signal in 2006.
www.marketwatch.com
It is widely known the station was pulling (6+) shares in the upper 2's fairly routinely in its final year as an Adult R&B station prior to Entercom divesting it. Not going to do your research for you on that point; I would recommend checking old threads on this very site from 2018 or early 2019.
Entercom to buy 16 stations for $292 million
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Entercom Communications Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. radio broadcaster, said Monday it has agreed to acquire 15 stations from CBS...
www.marketwatch.com
It is widely known the station was pulling (6+) shares in the upper 2's fairly routinely in its final year as an Adult R&B station prior to Entercom divesting it. Not going to do your research for you on that point; I would recommend checking old threads on this very site from 2018 or early 2019.
When radio stations are bought by another conglomerate or merged, to they literal make publicly a station by station breakdown of each stations individual value? While I am sure that it is all calculated by the bean counters and the suits, I do not think that this is public knowledge at all.
And uh, just a side question, why did Radio One allow the 97.7 signal to fail to start with? Did they ever have the official call letters WILD-FM also? (and I still trying to recollect with what happened with WBOT as well?) Or was that the official call letters before selling it to Entercom, thus beginning the simulcast of WAAF instead?
You made the point...I was asking you to back up your point with facts. "It is widely known" is not a reference.
You make a point, be ready to back it up.
From the article:
Entercom has also signed a deal to buy WILD-FM in Boston from Radio One for $30 million in cash.
Thanks!
It's pretty easy to allocate a value based on revenue multiples.
So, IOW, just like the Real Estate Market as well?
Believe me or don't believe me. Your choice. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
If you think every poster to a discussion board is going to include references to back up every single statement as if each post were its own academic journal article, you are going to be disappointed.
February 2019 - 97.7 WKAF, under its former R&B format, scored a 3.4 share (and in January 2019, it scored a 2.9 share):
Day Two February PPMs: Ratings Records, New Number Ones.
Baltimore has a new ratings leader as one Radio One station displaces another… Entercom hot AC “Mix 104.1’ WWBX Boston inches ahead 3.9-4.2 for its highest 6+ share in three
(I believe February 2019 was the brand's best book in terms of 6+ AQH share.)
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Call letter history from Wiki
WBET-FM (1948–1976)
WCAV (1977–1999)
WBOT (1999–2005)
WILD-FM (2005–2006)
>>The station officially changed call letters to WILD-FM on October 26, 2005.On August 20, 2006, radio industry website All Access reported that Entercom had agreed to purchase WILD-FM from Radio One; by the next day, Entercom had assumed control of the station via an LMA, and WILD-FM signed off with "Wild Thing" by Tone-Loc at about 7:00 p.m
8-22-06--began WAAF simulcast, and:
<<The station changed its calls to WKAF on August 30, 2006, to reflect the new simulcast.
en.wikipedia.org
WBET-FM (1948–1976)
WCAV (1977–1999)
WBOT (1999–2005)
WILD-FM (2005–2006)
>>The station officially changed call letters to WILD-FM on October 26, 2005.On August 20, 2006, radio industry website All Access reported that Entercom had agreed to purchase WILD-FM from Radio One; by the next day, Entercom had assumed control of the station via an LMA, and WILD-FM signed off with "Wild Thing" by Tone-Loc at about 7:00 p.m
8-22-06--began WAAF simulcast, and:
<<The station changed its calls to WKAF on August 30, 2006, to reflect the new simulcast.
WZRM - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
But the nagging question remains, why wasn't either WBOT or WILD-FM successful?Call letter history from Wiki
WBET-FM (1948–1976)
WCAV (1977–1999)
WBOT (1999–2005)
WILD-FM (2005–2006)
>>The station officially changed call letters to WILD-FM on October 26, 2005.On August 20, 2006, radio industry website All Access reported that Entercom had agreed to purchase WILD-FM from Radio One; by the next day, Entercom had assumed control of the station via an LMA, and WILD-FM signed off with "Wild Thing" by Tone-Loc at about 7:00 p.m
8-22-06--began WAAF simulcast, and:
<<The station changed its calls to WKAF on August 30, 2006, to reflect the new simulcast.
WZRM - Wikipedia
Side note, it is funny when 97.7 was WCAV and doing Satallite Country at the time, that they were not considered to be a "Boston" station at all.
I don't believe...or disbelieve...I was just asking you for some facts behind the assertion. As you should be ready to , when you make a statement.
When someone asks a "where" or "when" about a statemernt, or any other clarification, you shouldn't be offended or bothered, and be ready to shed more light on a statement. After all, it's a 'discussion board'. ;-)
Don’t tell people to “Google it.” That’s your job, not theirs ;-)
"Urban AC “The New 97.7” WKAF, which iHeart acquired as a spinoff from the Entercom-CBS Radio merger in November 2017, notched its highest share (2.9-3.4) since the signal split from simulcasting rock WAAF in January 2107." -March 10, 2019.
Perfect! Thanks.
Two considerations: While 97.7 was WBOT "Hot 9-7-7", the tower was still in the Brockton area, and the format was urban contemporary -- not the urban AC format that WKAF found success with.
After upgrading to the Great Blue Hill site, 97.7 became WILD-FM. However, WILD-FM featured a schedule split between urban AC in mornings (Tom Joyner) and middays, with urban contemporary programming in afternoons and evenings. This is like a station being Magic in mornings and Jam'n in afternoons. The effort also didn't last too long -- Radio One needed cash and Entercom had some.
WKAF was arguably the first attempt at full-time, full-power urban AC on the FM dial and did pretty well.
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