According to Radioinsight, price tag is $1.3 million. The owner of WHIN and Hippie Radio is buying the station. Why do I have a sneaking suspicion this could become an Americana. Station? They could use one of WHIN's Translators.
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1430 WPLN Sold
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I don't see Americana. Station going on 1430, what could happen is WHIN could move from 1010 to 1430 and relocate their transmitter sight from Madison to Gallatin this would give WHIN a substantial power increase with both their daytime and nighttime power.
Doesn't WMOT do Americana? Why compete with a class C1 non-commercial FM?
That would makes things worse, not better, for either station. WHIN has a stellar signal during the day. Moving them is negligible for day and worse for night. Even if they were not moved, the night signal for 1430 doesn't cover any portion of Sumner County that already gets service from either of the translators. At least WHIN covers Gallatin and portions outside of Gallatin with its night signal. Not to mention that the translators gather a significant portion of listeners of WHIN.
I cant for the life of me figure this one out. Maybe to simulcast 94.5? Maybe a brokered business news or health format? I can kind of see why Nashville Public Radio is selling it. I'm guessing they can use the money. I cant see why Kensington would want it.
Welcome aboard this board Murfradiojim. Couple quick comments. Tony Richards appreciates “old school” radio and believes in turnarounds and even AMs. Second, sometimes you can take a failing asset and create creative ways to make it a winning asset. (Although big corps can only file bankruptcy and still go even more broke.) I would also suggest thinking bigger picture on the real estate potential of the acreage in the deal. Towers are just a part of the equation and in today’s world there are options that can make it a great deal. So, instead of seeing a just a radio station that no one would want, think bigger and better. Then again —- is he crazy? LOL. What do I know?
Ive thought about the Real estate aspect of it. I would love to see him make something of the station. Heck...if he needed a part time jock for it, Id be interested.
That's the real money here, Tibbs.
Nashville Public Radio Sells 1430 WPLN
Nashville Public Radio is selling one of its three signals in its home market. Tony Richards' Kensington Digital Media will
radioinsight.com
It had several heritage call letters before becoming WPLN-AM, including WRLT (88-90), WMAK (96-00) and WKDA (00-02).
Before becoming WJRB in 1977, 1430 was WENO which starting in 1957 was Nashville’s first full time country station.
If I had friends at Kensington, I'd try to revive some heritage from the 90s.
Because as we all know, WSM only played country at night.
#pg206Mind an interloper? WENO 9/16/57-10/16/77; WJRB 10/17/77-1/21/88; WWRB 1-22-88-10/3-88; WRLT 10/4/88-3/1/90; WHNK 3/2/90-8/20/95; WCKD 8/21/95-8/31-96; WMAK 9/1/96-12/11/00; WKDA 12/12/00; WQDQ 3/26/02-4/8/02; WPLN 4/9/02->
For a while, it seemed it went through several owners. At least that's what I've read on the assignment applications. It looked like while Mack Sanders was trying to sell the station to avoid bankruptcy, he got at least three different companies to take it over. They never could each filing for bankruptcy themselves. Bill Barry eventually bought it and held it for a while until he sold it to Nashville Public Radio in 2001 for $3 million.
One of the very few properties in Nashville that was sold for less than the price paid 20 years ago.
Mack Sanders also owned radio stations in Kansas when I was growing up. Talked to him on the phone one time. Seems like he went to Prison at one point.
Mack Sanders owned several other stations besides WJRB in Nashville (WJKZ/FM? in Nashville), WNOX-AM and WNKX/FM in Knoxville, as well as WVOK-AM and WRKK-FM "K-Country 99 FM) in Birmingham. WRKK was briefly known as WQUS "US 99" from 1/84 to 3/85 before Sanders sold the stations in 1985.
Sanders was also involved in an LMA here in Birmingham during the late 90s operating WYDE-AM 850, which had a history as a county music station. He revived the station as a classic country outlet for a couple of years. IIRC, Sanders passed away several years ago.
Sanders was also involved in an LMA here in Birmingham during the late 90s operating WYDE-AM 850, which had a history as a county music station. He revived the station as a classic country outlet for a couple of years. IIRC, Sanders passed away several years ago.
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