Looking to buy radio station $$ cash Deal ,,,on the coast of Georgia,,,,,or East Coast or Florida /West Coast of Florida. Michael 401-578-7919
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Looking to buy radio station $$ cash Deal ,,,on the coast of Georgia,,,,,or East Coast or Florida /West Coast of Florida. Michael 401-578-7919
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Whether you're looking for FM, AM and your budget would be a good idea to mention.
Will you actually pay a finders fee this time?
Why would they do that? They're looking to avoid brokers fees, remember? Can you imagine? Someone who wants to own and operate radio stations but right out of the gate, starts penny pinching. Lord only knows what kind of operator they would end up becoming.
This guy has owned an AM in Florida before and had an LPFM in Rhode Island.....
I facilitated a deal for him in Florida and got burned. He had a LPFM in Florida as well, WVLG-103.3 in the Villages.
Sounds like a shady operator. And owning a derelict AM and LPFM doesn't exactly make him some budding media mogul.
And when he had an AM in FL, he really was out of touch with realityin terms of technology and what people wanted to hear... and got bored quickly.
Doo Wap?
Don't laugh. I did a syndicated Beautiful Music syndication service in the 70's and the music was distributed on cassette. I had stations in multi-million markets like Bogotá and Lima plus San Juan, Santo Domingo, Guatemala City, Tegucigalpa, San Salvador, Panama City, Medellín, Cali, Bucaramanga, Quito, Guyaquil, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Asunción and lots of smaller ones.
We used BASF Chrome metal tape and a bay of 12 Tascam 122 recorders for recording from the master via an Aphex Aural Exciter to avoid peak distortion. We recorded at -5 absolute peaks as most cassette gear is specified at -10 and 0 level would introduce degradation.
The result was very satisfactory on both straight listening and on actual testing.
Why? The shipping, customs duties and delays as well as tape cost were prohibitive.
There was also the story of the guy who ran his own station until sometime I believe within the last decade, who was basically a 1 man operation. He would be live on the air for 6 hours per day, he'd record his programs to a VCR set to "EP" mode so it'd record 6 hours of audio onto each tape (I'm sure using RCA plugs for audio in and out), then he'd play those VHS tapes back on-air while out doing sales calls and the like. Not sure how it sounded, but where there's a will, there's a way I guess.
Who asked that question?
I've wasted a ton of money over the years but one spot that was never a waste was paying a broker. Having someone as an in-between myself and the buyer/seller is worth every penny.
Bill Betten - I guess I was asking that question...what happened to the stations Mondo Mike took over? First observation, what businessperson would type a message like that on even this board and second, why would anyone want to buy a radio station in a seasonal/tourist market?* I do find this really interesting.
If they actually pay the person that facilities the deal,,,
If he has property, including the station, couldn’t a lien be placed on his business, assuming there is something of value?
I will let him explain the situation if he chooses to.
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