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Radio One Acquires Cox Houston
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You beat me to it by one minute. Wow.... huge. I'm shocked. Is it April 1st again?
Obviously, two signal will need to be spun off... 97.1 is a lock and the second would probably be this board's favorite: 92.1.
I would also imagine this will likely lead to the a split of the 106.9/107.5 simulcast to realize all possible gains.
Also, this is surprising since Cox is entering Houston on the TV side.
Obviously, two signal will need to be spun off... 97.1 is a lock and the second would probably be this board's favorite: 92.1.
I would also imagine this will likely lead to the a split of the 106.9/107.5 simulcast to realize all possible gains.
Also, this is surprising since Cox is entering Houston on the TV side.
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Looks like Mediafrog may get his wish about 92.1......maybe?????
Does Urban One have experience with classic country stations?
It ran Classic Country in Louisville about 20 years ago. Seems like it divested it to a separate operator when it decided to sell out of the smaller markets it acquired from Blue Chip.
I wonder if this was done to help Cox facilitate the Tenga/Standard General TV stations deal they been part of sometime now.
If anything, I would think it means Cox has given up on it.
They're currently programming gold-friendly Country in Indianapolis
I don't think we'll see Cumulus trade KRBE to Audacy for a few smaller market stations. If we see a trade between the two, it'll probably be for a similar market size, like Minneapolis.
If I'm just guessing, Cumulus trading WMAL in DC to Urban One for the two castoffs in Houston might be feasible, especially when you consider the two stations Urban One will divest in Houston will likely be from among the following: 92.1, 97.1, 106.9 and 107.5.
WLHK is not classic country, or at least it wasn't last time I checked. It had a wider and deeper playlist than WFMS, but it was still closer to a contemporary country format.
what no Columbus? How about Columbus? I'm shocked they bought the COX Houston Cluster but not Tegna Columbus Radio
Unless there is some stipulation for revenue concentration reasons, and with Houston being so big and diversified with multiple large owners, I doubt that would come into play here, the spin outs will certainly be the two weakest out of the seven: 97.1 and 92.1.
Woah, woah, woah. Definitely not something I expected at ALL. I'm curious when Radio One will officially take over operations at KGLK, KHPT, and KKBQ, and if the staff (and therefore the format) at those stations will be kept as is.
Given that it's been nearly a decade since Eagle pushed The Arrow out of the Classic Rock format and Cox still hasn't broken up the KGLK/KHPT simulcast, I doubt Radio One would do it assuming the format is kept. The full market coverage the station gets from the simulcast is a huge advantage and probably a huge reason as to why they've perennially been one of the market's top rated stations, so I doubt Radio One would want to give that up. I'm also unsure as to what they would want to do with the signal they flip, assuming they did break up the simulcast.
Given that it's been nearly a decade since Eagle pushed The Arrow out of the Classic Rock format and Cox still hasn't broken up the KGLK/KHPT simulcast, I doubt Radio One would do it assuming the format is kept. The full market coverage the station gets from the simulcast is a huge advantage and probably a huge reason as to why they've perennially been one of the market's top rated stations, so I doubt Radio One would want to give that up. I'm also unsure as to what they would want to do with the signal they flip, assuming they did break up the simulcast.
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Ironic, right? 97.1 in Cleveland was built to compliment the short comings of then KRTS 92.1. Here we are some 30 years later, and there's talk of them being divested together.
I'm going to throw a wild card in here. Urban One may just unload the Senior Road signal with either KROI or KTHT. I suspect there is another shoe to drop down there, and this might very well tie in with the rumblings of EMF entering the Houston market. They certainly have the money to purchase 93Q, and as evidenced by the sudden purchase of Star 102.5 in Buffalo, it doesn't matter if the station is currently successful and carrying a long entrenched format.
You don't buy top performing stations to mess with them. I don't see changes on the horizon for the 106.9/107.5 simulcast.
Urban One is good people. Sending the best to my former co-workers at CMG.
Cleveland is in Liberty County, so I believe that does make it a Houston signal.
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It is not a city grade signal in Houston proper, if I understand the intent of your inquiry correctly. KTHT is very much a rimshot to Houston. It also rimshots Lufkin, for what it's worth. There would be no feasible point in changing the community of license, as it would still count against the cap, since it would still be onsidered a part of the measured Houston-Galveston market.
Any station in Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Pold, San Jacinto and Waller Counties is in the MSA.
It would have to move out of the market to not be considered for market caps.
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