Anyone hear anything else about K-Rock? I know, after the LMA between Bay B'casting and Great Scott went to crap that GS requested the 106.5 xmtr be turned off. I do believe it is temporary, citing implementation of new programming (read: new LMAer, rumored to be an NPR affiliate). I suppose this would mean GS has KHW on the market, but cannot piece together anything on that, nor a price tag.
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In a filing with the FCC to remain silent, Great Scott refers to the "LMA" dispute and says the are talking with a "local non-commerical broadcaster". Well, it's not WSCL-WSDL, I'm pretty sure it's not WESM, so who? Maybee WAMU from Washington which has a construction permit for 88.3 so they can get on quickly, or maybe WYPR which already owns 106.9. Either way, the station suffers from short spacing to Baltimore's 106.5 and runs reduced power for a class A.
If it's not WSDL, then my guess is WYPR. 106.5 can put a better signal into Salisbury than 106.9. Also, WSDL doesn't reach down to Pocomoke (not yet anyway, although WSCL/WSDL have applied for 88.9 down there if I remember correctly) so maybe WYPR thinks this is a good area to expand into. They seem aggressive. (I'm not sure why they bought 106.9 in Ocean City in the first place, though, since WSDL was already there first and now they're duplicating most of that programming, and I doubt they're getting much out of it.)
It can't be WESM which already has an excellent signal in that area.
And as for WAMU, someone at DCRTV said that American University's new Delmarva station at 88.3, WRAU, will be part of a Christian alternative rock network, not a relay of WAMU. The WRAU page at Radio-Locator seems to bear this out. If true, I guess WAMU figured that triplicating most of the same NPR talk programming on the Shore is a lost cause, but why Christian alternative? Why not put their bluegrass channel on there, or AAA? I didn't realize that American University was that religious. Or did they cut a deal with the Christian broadcasters with whom they were fighting over the 88.3 frequency for years and years and years?
It can't be WESM which already has an excellent signal in that area.
And as for WAMU, someone at DCRTV said that American University's new Delmarva station at 88.3, WRAU, will be part of a Christian alternative rock network, not a relay of WAMU. The WRAU page at Radio-Locator seems to bear this out. If true, I guess WAMU figured that triplicating most of the same NPR talk programming on the Shore is a lost cause, but why Christian alternative? Why not put their bluegrass channel on there, or AAA? I didn't realize that American University was that religious. Or did they cut a deal with the Christian broadcasters with whom they were fighting over the 88.3 frequency for years and years and years?
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88.3 would have probably been Christian music if WOLC won the CP, but WAMU will probably be run some kind of mix of their own programming, but it may not happen at all. They are supposed to go on a new tower at the WQHQ site, but Worcester County has not even had a hearing on it, and it's tough getting new towers in the county unless it's on county owned land. As for WKHW, it's could be a relgious non-com, maybe WOLC, since they didn't get 88.3. I've heard that K-Rock may come back as part of WBEY-HD2. The owner of WBEY owns two translators, one in Crisfield and one in Pocomoke City currently they are leased to Public Radio Delmarva running WSDL and WSCL respectively. However, Cumulus is running and HD2 on a translator in the Harrisburg, Pa. area, and it's apparently legal. Another option is to put the new am in Pocomoke City on one of the translators, much as WKHZ in Ocean City is leasing the translator on 105.1 in Ocean City.
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