River Radio to expand

[RadioRonnie285]

The owners of WCVO Columbus is buying WQKT Wooster to expand their coverage towards Canton and Akron according to Radio Insight. The Christian AC network based at WCVO already has 3 rural signals and WQKT will add a lot more potential listeners.

 

[Rusty Muck]

The owners of WCVO Columbus is buying WQKT Wooster to expand their coverage towards Canton and Akron according to Radio Insight. The Christian AC network based at WCVO already has 3 rural signals and WQKT will add a lot more potential listeners.

Very sad news. The loss of (a lot of) local news and sports programming in a city big enough to support a powerful class B FM. There exists nothing else in Wooster proper outside of K-Love and a WKSU repeater.

I’d safely say they’ll turn in WKVX’s license.

 

[xmusicmatt]

I’d safely say they’ll turn in WKVX’s license.

Unless they see something in placing brokered Christian teaching or something there I think the AM will go away - I suspect that given the stations were the last Dix owned that they had to purchase that AM stick to get the FM (which is really what they wanted).

FM will no doubt go to a simulcast of 104.9 The River in Columbus. (The River's other stations 89.3 WZCP Chillicothe, 89.3 WZNP Newark, and 90.9 WFCO Lancaster OH simulcast 104.9's programming but insert local IDs and non-commercial friendly spots when 104.9 is in ad breaks). They will no doubt run 104.5 WQKT the same way except given it's a commercial license they can insert full ads during the breaks.

104.5's monster signal covers to the NE of Columbus and to the north of Newark, OH and gives "The River" a strong entry into NE Ohio. I would not be surprised if EMF is thinking "dang wish we had been able to buy that" while KLove is in the area their signals in Wooster, Akron and Canton are not as monster as WQKT. The Columbus, OH market (The River's hometown) is one of the areas without a KLove.

 

[xmusicmatt]

Speaking of River Radio

They are purchasing the CP for 88.5 Logan Ohio from Positive Alternative Radio

Station Sales Week of 3/15 - RadioInsight

Aaron Ishmael and Karl Lieber’s Mid-Century Radio will acquire Northeast Digital & Wireless’ Bad Lands Broadcasting Company and its three signals in Rapid City SD. Mid-Century will purchase Classic Country “True Country 99.5/107.9” KRKI Keystone/KXZT Newell and Classic Hits “Kool 101.9” KFMH...

radioinsight.com

From Radio Insight "Positive Alternative Radio sells the CP for 88.5 WTWK Logan OH to River Radio Ministries for $40,000."

 

[ac175]

Of course they are. At this rate they'll own more stations in Ohio than anyone else.