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1110 New Format
- Thread starter amos1001
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Let me address the comments made about why radio stations exist. The key phrase is city of license. In other words licenced to serve the community not a cash register. However with that in mind the ratings of 1110 WBT and 107.9 WLNK were not that different and at times flopped back and forth. Ah you say the demographics on WLNK were better. Okay then why take the news-talk format and put it on FM as if suddenly that will improve the demos for an older skewing news-talk format? Again if someone is looking for that format hopefully they know where the AM button is. In a static prone area? Stream it, there are plenty of places where 1110 comes in loud and clear. Keep in mind 1110 is only directional after sunset.
Then they take the Hot A/C format and put it on a couple of lower powered FM's only to turn around and sell them to religious broadcasters? The last move I understand, it takes the stations out of the competition for ad dollars.
Yes, what you said about Blaw-Knox is true. Somewhere they found the plans for the original towers and had them reconstructed using those plans.
Part of me feels like the Hot AC format was “parked” on 100.9 and 99.3 as a placeholder while R1 shopped the signals around. Those two signals were never going to be competitive with that format with their lack of coverage to the north.
What they’re doing with 1110 is anyone’s guess. Probably Radio One’s guess.
If the station literally exploded, would anyone notice? Would anyone care???
Jack and its clones cover, at least a bit, more decades by far. Most classic hits variants have about 90% to 95% of their spins in about a 15 year range. Jacks tend to cover over three decades with enough songs to be noticeable. And the playlist of those Jack-like station are considerably deeper and usually are more rock leaning while less of other crossovers. Of course, Jacks don’t have personalities but, instead, “clever” liners and drops.
I worked for over a decade with the co-creator of Jack a nd did a bunch of AMT’s and one-on-ones in different markets.
They used to own Channel 5 here in Charleston and JP/Lincoln Financial got a huge payday when they sold to Raycom. It was a $583M sale when they sold WBTV, WWBT and WCSC plus their sports TV stuff.
They were a really good owner then. Charleston wasn’t even a top 100 market in the mid to late 90s yet WCSC was run like a top 50 market station. They had huge viewership. Usually a 40 or more share in the market and CBS is #1 by far here even now. I’d say one of the top 10-15 affiliates in the entire network. Almost every show is #1 still.
Also having that ACC/SEC package in the 90s and 2000s was a gold mine. They sold the rights to the football and basketball to two stations a market in the Carolinas/GA/FL back when people really cared about those games and there was scarcity unlike now. Those games were in the high six figures and seven figures a year in the major Southern markets back then.
Here Channel 5 had SEC football and ACC basketball as the O&O while they sold ACC football and SEC basketball to other stations.
In order to reconstruct the 'A' and 'C' towers Klein Iron and Steel used a climber to measure the 'B' tower. Those measurements were used to make new pieces onsite to repair the towers.
I have a bent piece from the 'A' tower in storage somewhere...
While Uncle Jeff was self insured for some things the towers were insured. Etna to the best of my recollection was the insurance company.
On today's earnings call, Radio One said they're looking to sell 1110 AM and 610 AM, and both are already listed via JLL.
Selling both transmitter sites for redevelopment. Another example of the dirt being more valuable than the radio stations.
Would they diplex elsewhere or simply turn in the licenses?
Yeah, it looks like they're throwing in the towel for AM. He never mentioned moving to another site,
According to Liggins, [after moving the spoken word formats to FM] "...It also actually frees up the land associated with the tower sites for WBT AM and also for our old WFMZ AM, which we also moved to the FM band. Something I didn’t talk about is that we’ve got significant value in those land assets in Charlotte, and there is a process going on as we speak to monetize those parcels...."
It would appear that the redirect loop is the last thing we'll ever hear on 1110. He didn't come right out and say that, but it sure looks like that's the case.
Liggins went on to say, "... We, yeah, we’re, you know, the land is listed with JLL right now, and there’s a process going on, you know, to bring in offers and to evaluate and to, you know, eventually just sell it. Yeah."
How many are turning over in their grave right now? Charles Crutchfield, Grady Cole, Ty Boyd, Henry Boggan and many, many more.
According to Liggins, [after moving the spoken word formats to FM] "...It also actually frees up the land associated with the tower sites for WBT AM and also for our old WFMZ AM, which we also moved to the FM band. Something I didn’t talk about is that we’ve got significant value in those land assets in Charlotte, and there is a process going on as we speak to monetize those parcels...."
It would appear that the redirect loop is the last thing we'll ever hear on 1110. He didn't come right out and say that, but it sure looks like that's the case.
Liggins went on to say, "... We, yeah, we’re, you know, the land is listed with JLL right now, and there’s a process going on, you know, to bring in offers and to evaluate and to, you know, eventually just sell it. Yeah."
Truly sad.
How many are turning over in their grave right now? Charles Crutchfield, Grady Cole, Ty Boyd, Henry Boggan and many, many more.
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Amen on all of the above.
True there.
Once again, glad they did.
Unfortunately, that's true a lot these days.
I'd say they'll turn them in, if that's the case.
I’m assuming they’ll turn in the licenses. I don’t see anybody relocating the AMs
How sad indeed. Unfortunately, my friend was prophesying and I mean that in the mos-sincere sense of the word..
Yeah, that's more than likely *sigh* the plan. BTW, I hit like on posts because I agree with them, even though I'd rather hit sad, sometimes. Need to try another browser, to see if the other options come up.
They’re going to have to relocate the 102.5 translator. It broadcasts from the Radio Road site. Beasley also has all of their auxiliary sites there.
Beasley also owns the land on Nations Ford, and Urban One owns the antenna structures. I’m sure there’s a lot going on behind the scenes.
In Myrtle Beach, Bob "plays anything". I can't tell a real difference from classic hits "Sunny".
Then you heard it better than I do 50 miles east of the towers.