Not that it might not exist, but I haven't seen any evidence that a sale of 1110 is imminent. Where have you heard that? Everything I've seen just says plans will be announced after the first of the year.
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WBT-FM Returns To Class C 107.9
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Not that it might not exist, but I haven't seen any evidence that a sale of 1110 is imminent. Where have you heard that? Everything I've seen just says plans will be announced after the first of the year.
This morning someone started a thread with the title along the lines of ' Predictions for 1110'. Which is now GONE! The OP stated that a sale was imminent (they even put it in boldface).
So maybe it was deleted due to inaccurate info???
If it was to be sold to a religious broadcaster, how about Jimmy Swaggart Ministries? They just acquired WHKY channel 14 in Hickory a few years back for SBN, and now they could add to their radio network as well. Just a thought.I'm going to take a guess on the future of 1110.
With an iminient sale on the horizon, and most likely to an ethnic or religious broadcaster, I would say, possibly an expansion of Radio Nyra to Charlotte. Assuming there is enough of a South Asian Punjabi population there, as there is in Raleigh -Durham.
Radio Nyra | The Voice of the Indian Subcontinent in the USA
Broadcasting 24/7 Bollywood & Tollywood news, talk, and music to 100,000+ listeners in Raleigh-Durham.radionyra.com
AFAIK only the moderators can delete a thread, so “inaccurate info” might have been the reason.
I wouldn’t rule out an eventual sale, but it’s rather unlikely.
That is entirely possible. Thankfully, the owners of WHKY got to keep use of a subchannel when they sold the station to the Swaggart organization, so that they have been able to continue with local news and other content on WWJS-14.2.
Would it be serious revenue competition for the seller. If not and if one was going buy this AM, it wouldn't be that expensive. The first question one would ask how much is the property cost? Is transmitter land sold with the station? If not, unless you have an "strong non breakable lease" for say 20 years, you have the potential of having moving the station's transmitter which could be very expensive just to duplex or buying land. Real estate can be tricky. If the transmitter site is very valuable this station or any AM atation could be doomed. There are a lot of AM stations that have been downgraded or simply went away because the land was worth multiple times the positive cash cash flow.
Assuming the antenna field issue is solved, I would be surprised if the "blow torch" would bring in more than what a good translator would cost. Possibly a religious operation. One that's interested on "local short wave" that just maybe someone could pick up with a regular radio at night.
Really , I guess they will put on 2 or 3rd tier talkers. A server in a closet deal. If the FCC would allow AM's to go up to 9khz, I would try some kind of BM or Oldies that I could sell to the few folks that do business with 55+. No worry about ratings, all local with actual sales folks that call sell "on the street". This could be an interesting "experiment" with HD music on AM. As long as it had at least a 3 or 4 year trail, And as long as it wasn't my money!
Sooner or later some person of questionable character will start a fund promoting free "digital" music. They won't get my money but the "third world" prince sending bogus cashier checks that you "laundered" worked for years.
My prediction is another sports format. Maybe The Bet which doesn’t seem to be ratings dependent. See WXYT Detroit, or WWKB Buffalo.
Today full fidelity AM stations have 9 kHz audio. AM stations used to be allowed 15 kHz audio until the FCC implemented the AMAX standards in the 1990s which required new audio filtering in addition to the installation of an "RF mask" to block any RF 10 kHz above or below the carrier frequency from getting to the antenna system.
According to GIS records the property is owned by Lincoln Financial which makes sense, That property is most likely very valuable. WBT would be a difficult station to move as its directional at night.
The NRSC standard for AM broadcast is 10khz with 75µs pre-emphasis, Most AM's sound amazing thru the mod monitors, but most receivers hard rolloff between 3-5khz. I've found older mid-high end radios from the 80's (that still work) roll off around 8-10khz.
Most modern AM transmitters have C-Quam AM stereo built in, or the add in card is about $1,000. Most opt to not install and or enable it. Spec sheets say the newer transmitters wont pass over 12khz but the older tube rigs would pass anything thrown at it. A lot of AM's before NRSC standards were enacted were passing 15khz+ audio.
This tax bill goes to the Beasley office in Naples, FL.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Proving little other than the probability that there is a legal agreement in place for Beasley to pay the property taxes on the transmitter site.
Hannity and Beck as well as Sexton/Travis are not cleared in Charlotte. It is very feasible this is the route 1110 can go. Move Mark Levin from tape delay on what is now 107.9 to live on 1110. Then I want them to put Jimmy Failla on one of those stations.
I thought those shows were on pretty much everywhere. Very strange they wouldn't be on the air in Charlotte.
Property owned by Lincoln Financial, tax bill to Beasley, on a station owned by Urban One...Whew, makes my head spin!
Funny Glenn Beck is on 1110 WBT right now.
Oh and has anyone noticed the FM is on delay compared to the AM. It might be due to HD analog / digital blend now that I think of it.
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I think it is highly unlikely that they're going to offer more talk programming on 1110. Clearly the move to a more powerful FM station was designed to expand their reach, and likely to demand more ad $$ from sponsors. Adding new talk shows to 1110 would defeat that purpose, especially if it were syndicated shows that were likely to be more popular than some of the local fare on WBT now. For the past several years WBT has strategically moved towards more locally produced content and away from syndicated shows, so it seems unlikely they're going to reverse that course now. When Rush Limbaugh passed away they elected to go local as opposed to filling that prime slot and have continued to expand their local programming into the later hours of the night. It's clear their intent is to get away from syndication, not add more of it.
Sports or a marketing agreement to allow another type of programming (ethnic, religious, etc.) seem to be the most likely candidates.
Sports or a marketing agreement to allow another type of programming (ethnic, religious, etc.) seem to be the most likely candidates.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Sit down before you get more dizzy, Mike.
Property owned by Lincoln Financial. Confirmed by public records.
Lincoln Media owned WBT, sold it to Greater Media in 2008. Confirmed in FCC database.
Greater Media acquired by Beasley in 2016. RadioInsight article.
One hiccup: Apparently the public records didn't get changed to show Beasley Media as the owner in 2016.
Tax bill paid by Beasley, because they are the successor to Lincoln Financial. Also confirmed by public records.
I haven't done an ASR search, but I would be surprised if Beasley didn't keep tower ownership in the sale to Radio One. Presuming that is the case, there is no mystery.
I experience that on WVOC-560 and W278CY-103.5 FM here in Columbia. The latter has a one- or two-second delay.
Find a GE Superadio, put it in the AM Wideband mode, tune in a good station and you've got Hi-Fi AM!