650 WSRO/102.1 W271CU Licenses surrendered

[DavidZ]

“After the death of owner Alexander Langer last year, his estate has surrendered the licenses of 650 WSRO Ashland/102.1 W271CU Framingham MA ahead of the one year anniversary of it going silent.”

FCC Report 3/9: AM Move-In Proposed For Worcester

Pirate Actions Fines were proposed against a pair of pirate operators in the Miami area. A $325,322 fine was proposed

radioinsight.com

 

[CTListener]

No buyers for a station in wealthy MetroWest even with a translator? Terrible look for medium that still thinks it has a future.

 

[Eli Polonsky]

FCC Report 3/9: AM Move-In Proposed For Worcester

Pirate Actions Fines were proposed against a pair of pirate operators in the Miami area. A $325,322 fine was proposed

radioinsight.com

The headline of that radioinsight page is “AM move-in proposed for Worcester”, but I can’t find any accompanying story. What’s the proposed AM move-in for Worcester?

 

[ksradiogeek]

The headline of that radioinsight page is “AM move-in proposed for Worcester”, but I can’t find any accompanying story. What’s the proposed AM move-in for Worcester?

Sign up for a $5/month subscription, and all will be revealed. 🙂

 

[DavidZ]

I found this note on the WQVR website regarding AM 700 WQVD.

WQVR Radio

“ON FEBRUARY 27, 2025, HAMPDEN COMMUNICATIONS CO., LICENSEE OF RADIO STATION WQVD-AM (700 KHZ) ORANGE-ATHOL MA, FILED AN APPLICATION WITH THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FOR A CHANGE OF COMMUNITY OF LICENSE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO VIEW THIS APPLICATION OR OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO FILE COMMENTS AND PETITIONS ON THE APPLICATION CAN VISIT PUBLICFILES.FCC.GOV , AND SEARCH IN WQVD'S PUBLIC FILE.”

 

[CTListener]

I found this note on the WQVR website regarding AM 700 WQVD.

WQVR Radio

“ON FEBRUARY 27, 2025, HAMPDEN COMMUNICATIONS CO., LICENSEE OF RADIO STATION WQVD-AM (700 KHZ) ORANGE-ATHOL MA, FILED AN APPLICATION WITH THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FOR A CHANGE OF COMMUNITY OF LICENSE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO VIEW THIS APPLICATION OR OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO FILE COMMENTS AND PETITIONS ON THE APPLICATION CAN VISIT PUBLICFILES.FCC.GOV , AND SEARCH IN WQVD'S PUBLIC FILE.”

Does that station still have a translator attached to it? I remember hearing it on 92.3 (I think) during its days as an oldies station and, later, classic country. WCAT, WTUB, etc.

 

[fybush]

Does that station still have a translator attached to it? I remember hearing it on 92.3 (I think) during its days as an oldies station and, later, classic country. WCAT, WTUB, etc.

No. The 92.3 translator stayed with Saga when the AM was sold. It's now fed from an HD subchannel.

 

[JustinT]

No buyers for a station in wealthy MetroWest even with a translator? Terrible look for medium that still thinks it has a future.

Left in the Langer estate is the WSRO tower site (historically speaking, the WKOX AM/FM site), which is poor shape, yet is assessed at nearly $1 million. That's far more than the 650 license would have ever been worth. Even if 650 were briefly returned to the air to keep the license active, it's easy to see the station ending up homeless once the asset sales are completed.

As for 102.1, have to imagine something ends up on that dial position eventually. Then again, given how the medium is trending, perhaps not.