Same as the old Que Buena 92.7 from Univision before sold it to Family Radio which also owns the former Radio Disney/New York Times station using the current WFME callsign on AM 1560 (among the handful of AMs with the strongest signal). 92.7 doesn't reach into the lower part of Hudson Valley and New Jersey itself where Univision 41 Nueva York is located.
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Alt 92.3 to Become WINS Simulcast
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Do u think Apollo faced the same problem when sold their Orlando FM to SBS?
How the country artists gonna make concerts in the biggest media market, streaming is not the way they wanna sign for.
Do you believe Audacy will keep two separate all-news brands on the air in the NYC market long term?
Personally, I cannot see that happening.
I do have to confess that I was unaware that CBS's acquisition of channel 9 in the L.A. market forced its hand relative to KFWB. Wasn't KFWB news/talk for a while prior to its divestiture? Did that programming move occur before or after channel 9 was acquired?
NY is the biggest media market both TV and radio. Audacy nearly alienates and dupes it's listeners who want their country music and alt-rock. Same broken promises in LA, a rhythmic rival to iHeart's KIIS-FM.
Maybe Univision should buy it and replace Long Island based 92.7
Brady is a memorable and engaging personality. I’ve liked him since his days at Z100, and his afternoon show was, IMO, the highlight of Alt 92.3’s run. Audacy should have no problem finding uses for his talents within the company (as Mark is surely aware, they are wisely already doing so in his hometown of Detroit).
Other than that… it’s a shame that yet another NYC FM will no longer air a commercial music format, but this was inevitable.
Yes. That was the only reason.
No, it is not. Media markets are measured on revenue, and the LA market exceeds the revenue of NYC, particularly in radio.
They sold 92.7 already. They have not interest in another FM there.
When did Audacy promise that ANY radio brand will remain the same until the end of time?
No! We already discussed that. They signed a new union agreement allowing the two stations to share talent. So they will no longer be separate. WCBS is not an all-news station. It already airs the NY Mets baseball games and some other college sports.
For quite a long time, he was the only bright spot on WDZH. Indeed, I was already a fan of his on-air work prior to today.
Understood. That deal effectively sets the table for the weaker of the two brands to be eliminated, similar to what happened in L.A. with KFWB and similar to what happened in Chicago with WMAQ. True, additional circumstances might've forced Infinity / CBS Radio's hand in either or both of those two markets, but at the end of the day, a decision was made to keep only 1 of 2 incumbent all-news brands.
It would not at all surprise me to see an LMA of either AM 880 or AM 1010 to a foreign language broadcaster during 2023, similar to what just occurred in Miami.
A concert may draw 30,000 to 60,000 for a huge name. The market is 18,000,000. Concerts have loads of other promotional vehicles today. A low rated FM is not essential.
Why did cbs buy two all news stations in the first place anyway?
Shocked the NYC home to major media organizations lost a number of music stations in the last few years: PLJ 95.5, Que Buena 92.7, Country 94.7, now ALT 92.3. I wish Hubbard, Beasley, or Urban One might enter the Big Apple, meanwhile Pacifica is teetering on the brink.
Long story. They were previously part of CBS, and Audacy got them when they bought CBS. CBS got WINS when it merged with Westinghouse in the 90s. That's the same way they got KFWB in LA.
They came as part of much bigger multi-station deals. They had no choice.
None of those groups is likely to buy a single stand-alone station. And Pacifica has been teetering for the last 50 years. Nothing new.
Yes and WCBS-TV/WLNY is along with the Paramount owned CW and CBS affiliates are being renamed as "CBS News Your city here"
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