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1 Down, 3 to Go - 101.7, 102.5, 104.3
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Nu_Roo_2 said:
Here is the WWCD/WOSU update in a radio-related tidbits form:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten.../18/1a-showtell18-art-gvlai4vi-1.html?sid=101
Unfortunately, this doesn't tell us anymore then we already know. It's very disappointing the informal complaint filed with the FCC was not addressed because this may be the reason the commission has delayed the sale. A in-depth story on the delay would have mentioned this
informal complaint and the impact(if any) on the sale of WWCD to WOSU.
Maybe no one knows that answer yet. Even an informal objection just being filed would slow things down...I'd like to know who this guy is, and what he is saying. (IIRC, "informal objections" mean the party involved has no standing in the case.)
I still don't believe this is affecting WWCD's branding problems. The item reiterates that they expect no problems with the sale eventually going through, and that 102.5 will stay lit as a WWCD simulcast until that approval.
I still don't believe this is affecting WWCD's branding problems. The item reiterates that they expect no problems with the sale eventually going through, and that 102.5 will stay lit as a WWCD simulcast until that approval.
the marv said:
WNKO's new signal will be as good as WHOK's signal over Columbus and the north and east suburbs. by moving to this new location they will keep the Newark coverage they were loosing by moving to MIX107.9's tower, so i can see them being able to cash in on advertisers they already have and build on new coverage areas as well.
as far as a new full power classic hits signal i too doubt that that will ever happen in Columbus no matter how well they do in other places. (WNKO was never going to be better than a good rim shot no matter what)
Allfirdup said:
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1379124
The FCC lists the approval as happening on Wednesday (11/17).
The non-comm app says it would take effect upon consummation for the sale, and yes, I assume tOSU will now move pretty quickly. They already have a full-time classical stream, so they don't have to do much to get 101.1 going, and all they need to do for 89.7 is to repackage the existing 820 feed.
OhioMediaWatch said:
I would be shocked if we don't see the changes by the end of the month!
Two weeks ago, CD101 asked on their sounding board (a weekly e-mail sent out to listeners) if listeners have made the move to the 102.5 frequency.
The results were listed in this week's e-mail.
77% said they have switched to 102.5. 23% said they have not.
This looks to be fairly consistent with the most recent ratings.
102.5 - 0.8 (62%)
101.1 - 0.5 (38%)
The results were listed in this week's e-mail.
77% said they have switched to 102.5. 23% said they have not.
This looks to be fairly consistent with the most recent ratings.
102.5 - 0.8 (62%)
101.1 - 0.5 (38%)
jhc2010 said:
Interesting that the total (1.3) is in the lower tier of their results through the years. Wonder if this is due to the PPM (and we'll never know now how the original single-frequency would have performed), or something else such as the bad audio quality or plain old wobble.
xmusicmatt said:
I assume they have a studio which will handle 101.1 (since there isn't one for the 24/7 feed, I presume). They just need to hit the STL there, and move the classical programming that's on 89.7 there now.
OhioMediaWatch said:
I am pretty sure that WOSU has a studio for the HD-2 on 89.7 which is all Classical... They will likely use this for 'Classical 101' Just a STL is needed to get it down to the 101.1 Transmitter site on Borror Rd in Grove City.
I know I haven't listened much partly because the audio quality was terrible on 102.5 since day one. Recently 101.1 was very weak (maybe some transmitter/tower maintenance?). The music has been just OK though, too.
xmusicmatt said:
Does WOSU originate any programming on 89.7-HD2? I got the idea it was a combination of Classical247 off the bird, and simulcasts of classical programming currently done on the main channel.
Then again, they already have a studio being used for AM 820, so they could just redesignate that for the news/talk 89.7, and use the existing 89.7 studio for 101.1. Or something like that.
Any delay at this point would be putting all of the above in motion, and WWCD getting all of its equipment in place for 102.5. (per the earlier mention in here that they say they've been "moving equipment" between 101.1 and 102.5's sites)
xmusicmatt said:
Do you think WOSU will sign a local marketing agreement with WWCD which will allow the full-time classical music format to appear on 101.1 pretty quickly? Also, maybe WWCD would at least want to wait until they have filed an application to purchase 102.5 before they sign an LMA with
WOSU.
Also, the FCC dismissed the Informal Objection Filed by Robert W. Harmon on 11/17, the same day they approved the transfer of 101.1 to The Ohio State University.
This is from the FCC database:
Public Notice Comment
BALH-20100630BQB Voluntary Assignment of License
From: FUN WITH RADIO, LLC
To: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Form 314
Informal Objection Filed 08/10/2010 by Robert W. Harmon
Opposition Filed 08/26/2010 by THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Reply Filed 09/09/2010 by Robert W. Harmon
Informal Objection Denied by Letter. (1800B3-BSH)
Granted with condition.
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws...ation_id=1379124&File_number=BALH-20100630BQB
That detail wasn't put up under Legal Actions until Monday (I checked for it Friday). Good digging!
As noted above, an LMA is a moot point. Control is in tOSU's hands now. All they have to do, basically, is cut Roger a check, notify the FCC of consummation, and take the keys.
As for 102.5, I have not yet heard that Roger intends to buy it immediately. He can LMA it until the cows come home. WHIZ Media Group cashes those checks, and is in no hurry to force Roger to buy it outright.
You wonder, though, how much lower station prices are going to go, if at all...and it might behoove Roger to buy it outright fairly soon.
gabigley1 said:
As noted above, an LMA is a moot point. Control is in tOSU's hands now. All they have to do, basically, is cut Roger a check, notify the FCC of consummation, and take the keys.
As for 102.5, I have not yet heard that Roger intends to buy it immediately. He can LMA it until the cows come home. WHIZ Media Group cashes those checks, and is in no hurry to force Roger to buy it outright.
You wonder, though, how much lower station prices are going to go, if at all...and it might behoove Roger to buy it outright fairly soon.
Looks like WWCD moved more equipment this week. The RDS display in my car now shows CD101 @ 102.5 at the 102.5 signal and only 101.1 on the original channel. The sound quality seems to have improved on 102.5 as well. i was listening to it yesterday on the way back from Dayton, and had a good signal starting around Springfield all the way back to Reynoldsburg.
Allfirdup said:
I would think by now if [email protected] is doing things right that 102.5 would be getting the primary STL Feed (T1 or whatever they had feeding 101.1's site) and using the best equipment (what they had running on 101.1 prior to the LMA of 102.5) and 101.1 is being fed by the temp STL setup that was feeding 102.5 until OSU takes over and feeds the classical.
I'm still trying to figure out why they are hanging onto the "101" branding until the very last minute. Presumably, all their regular listeners have figured out the 102.5 part by now...why risk losing some of them when tOSU starts classical on 101.1, forcing listeners to change their presets by force and not over time?
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