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Albuquerque Programmer Likely To Take Over Stolz Stations As Bankruptcy Moves Forward.
Albuquerque Programmer Likely To Take Over Stolz Stations As Bankruptcy Moves Forward.
Two months after control of several radio stations owned by California broadcaster Ed Stolz was put back into the hands of a trustee, a deal is close at hand that
I suspect Mr. Nilson will need to take a flight up here to sort out what's going on at the Candlestick site. Still a stereo carrier with no programming right now.
It seems this is the same group @Don Davis was apart of and was programming KREV just a few months ago.
Kurt Nilson is involved with Don Davis' Albuquerque stations. Davis is the one who has been operating Pirate Radio on KREV for Stolz, so likely status quo in San Francisco.Albuquerque Programmer Likely To Take Over Stolz Stations As Bankruptcy Moves Forward.
Albuquerque Programmer Likely To Take Over Stolz Stations As Bankruptcy Moves Forward.
Two months after control of several radio stations owned by California broadcaster Ed Stolz was put back into the hands of a trustee, a deal is close at hand thatwww.insideradio.com
This arrangement was filed with the court a few weeks ago, but has still not been approved by the judge the last time I looked. So not a 100% lock to happen and why it hasn't been reported anywhere else. As with all things related to Stolz, until there's a final order (and even then after the fact) there's nothing to guarantee anything.
Ah! That is why Don Davis suddenly went radio silent I take it. Court proceedings and all.
Fantastic news. Dance can stay on the air in San Francisco and we get rid of Stolz!Albuquerque Programmer Likely To Take Over Stolz Stations As Bankruptcy Moves Forward.
Albuquerque Programmer Likely To Take Over Stolz Stations As Bankruptcy Moves Forward.
Two months after control of several radio stations owned by California broadcaster Ed Stolz was put back into the hands of a trustee, a deal is close at hand that
And to boot, we won’t get yet another FM dial option boasting Christian music!
The baffling thing (to me) is that these stations just aren't very good. What's he fighting to keep on the air? A nondescript CHR music mix with "hey! yeah! the biggest mix! the hottest station!" type sweepers that sound like they've come straight out of 2005? Crazy is the word.
No. This simply means this guy will be operating the stations for the trustee appointed. Stolz would still be the owner. This is not the end of the proceedings.
To infinity and beyond with Crazy Ed. As the commercial says....but wait, there's more.
Say what you will but, at least for now, he's keeping the Vomit of Christian Yammering off 92.7. VCY's programming is truly awful, both in presentation and in content (just about the Protestant equivalent of Catholic integralists - look that up if you want to be creeped out sometime).
I find Alternative rock to be, in most cases, worthy of the same kind of negative descriptions as you use for one kind of Christian preaching. But I know that there is a significant audience segment that likes... even loves... it and I respect that.
I don't think it is necessary to be offensive while at the same time indicating a dislike. I don't find the VCY offering appealing, either. But it would not sustain itself on the air if it did not have some support.
The problem here is it's NOT Ed who's keeping VCY at bay. It's the receiver. Ed has practically a 0% chance of getting his stations back, and the receiver is going to sell them to the highest bidder, which in this case, is probably going to be VCY, albeit at a lower initial offer than last time. Groups like VCY, Salem and EMF are, in truth, about the only cash buyers out there.
To be honest, I have looked at a couple of stations in California, and one has a format which would be great in a larger market like San Francisco. Unfortunately, while I can swing the purchases of the other stations, KREV is out of my comfort zone to plunge into at my stage of life. Fortunately, my wife has reminded me that I would most likely not survive raiding our retirement to buy a station, and that no court would convict her of my homicide.
As far as Las Vegas goes, Audacy isn't paying cash for a candy bar at a vending machine now, so they're not interested in Ed's stations there. Looks more and more likely that Ed's stations are heading to NCE status in the future.
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Let's just say that it appears to be a (forced) cooperative effort at the moment.
There's one other factor to consider. If you intend to blow the family retirement fund on an owner-operator station in San Francisco, what do you intend to do for housing? You'd have to relocate to somewhere in the SFBA, and even a single-car garage isn't exactly cheap. Unless you were willing to commute every day to some place like Lodi or Ukiah (~200 mile round-trip, check a map) or sleep under your desk at the station. Even Golden Gate Park is mostly spoken for.
Also, this is a tiny, pipsqueak signal. It barely makes it halfway down the peninsula, which means the population-bulge and economic engine of the Bay Area, Silicon Valley, never sees it. So your format has to hit well in the close-in demos, which is why the "LGBT Dance Music" format was the only one in recent memory to be sustainable, and that predates Mr. Stolz's ownership.
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