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1090 XEPRS Has Gone Back to Oldies Plus Wolfman - L.A. Daily News

DavidEduardo said:
Along the coast, it manages to do a fair job. But get even a bit inland and it is hopeless. That is why Teddy Fregoso, who leased the facility for decades, gave it up long ago. The increased AM noise levels along with the worsening quality of consumer and car radios made it impossible to get and hold listeners.

Pacifica's LA facility is non-commercial. I doubt that the guy who is behind this wants to run a station he can't sell ads on.
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Part of that is ignorance on my part about how/if a non-com could become com, but it brings up something I was wondering about- in all the months I've been listening to the oldies on 1090, I don't think I ever heard any spots (aside from mandatory spanish-language IDs). Am I losing it? Did anybody else ever hear spots?
 
The lack of commercials on 1090 was because they either were not trying or could not sell any commercials. They were 'leasing' the time on the station so they had fixed costs.
 
b-turner said:
The lack of commercials on 1090 was because they either were not trying or could not sell any commercials. They were 'leasing' the time on the station so they had fixed costs.
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They.. is a rich guy who seems to like playing radio
 
Jstnpspck said:
in all the months I've been listening to the oldies on 1090, I don't think I ever heard any spots (aside from mandatory spanish-language IDs). Am I losing it? Did anybody else ever hear spots?
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You're not losing it. I listened quite a bit, and never once heard a commercial.
 
Jstnpspck said:
Part of that is ignorance on my part about how/if a non-com could become com, but it brings up something I was wondering about- in all the months I've been listening to the oldies on 1090, I don't think I ever heard any spots (aside from mandatory spanish-language IDs). Am I losing it? Did anybody else ever hear spots?
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In the US, the part of the FM band below 92.1 is all non-commercial and not changeable. Any other FM can be either, at their choice.
 
Jstnpspck said:
It may be AM quality but at least 1090 has somewhat decent coverage of LA, and of my homebase of Pico-Robertson on the westside. I'm concerned this station in the "metro" will be a situation similar to Rich Eisen's "LA" affiliate being essentially unlistenable across LA. 92.7 would have me optimistic, and to add to the optimistic speculation- isn't Pacifica perennially in dire financial straits? Could one of their signals be up for grabs? (Ideally for me it'd be 90.7)
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You have to remember that 90.7 is in the non comm allocated part of the FM dial. All stations between 88.1 and 91.9 have to be "non-commercial/educational" non-profit stations.
 
Jstnpspck said:
Part of that is ignorance on my part about how/if a non-com could become com, but it brings up something I was wondering about- in all the months I've been listening to the oldies on 1090, I don't think I ever heard any spots (aside from mandatory spanish-language IDs). Am I losing it? Did anybody else ever hear spots?
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They never sold any spots, and probably wouldn't have wanted to. The idea was to lock in as many listeners as possible to their "unique" format and then if a reasonably large audience somehow materializes, they might attempt to eventually sell some advertising. But this is just speculation...
 
TomásEstefan said:
You have to remember that 90.7 is in the non comm allocated part of the FM dial. All stations between 88.1 and 91.9 have to be "non-commercial/educational" non-profit stations.
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San Diego borders Tijuana, Mexico. Thus we have commercial stations like 91X and 90.3 FM from Mexico that sound like local stations on most radios within 20 miles or more of Tijuana.
 
There is a possibility that it could be a non-commercial station. Might explain the lower sale price of $4 million. The whole time I have been listening to oldies on 1090, there have been no commercials. Food for thought!
 
asugeorge1 said:
There is a possibility that it could be a non-commercial station. Might explain the lower sale price of $4 million. The whole time I have been listening to oldies on 1090, there have been no commercials. Food for thought!
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In that case... imagine if it was 90.7, which is currently such a waste of a monster signal. Its nonprofit foundation, which owns five independently operated, non-commercial stations, is financially strapped. Five years ago they stated it costs $225,910 a month to fund their operations. Surmising that their primary goal is to protect the viability of their KPFA in Berkeley - would mean KPFK could be for sale. My take is that it would be a gift to the LA radio dial if 90.7 is acquired by Marc Paskin and thus begins to provide commercial free oldies to the signal's massive reach covering nearly all of SoCal. As a non-comm, a $4M price could be conceivable, as comps with much higher priced commercial signals are not applicable.
 
david said:
In that case... imagine if it was 90.7, which is currently such a waste of a monster signal. Its nonprofit foundation, which owns five independently operated, non-commercial stations, is financially strapped. Five years ago they stated it costs $225,910 a month to fund their operations. Surmising that their primary goal is to protect the viability of their KPFA in Berkeley - would mean KPFK could be for sale. My take is that it would be a gift to the LA radio dial if 90.7 is acquired by Marc Paskin and thus begins to provide commercial free oldies to the signal's massive reach covering nearly all of SoCal. As a non-comm, a $4M price could be conceivable, as comps with much higher priced commercial signals are not applicable.
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Say this along with me: PACIFICA WILL NEVER SELL.

It will be a cold day in you-know-where before the Pacifica Foundation chooses to willingly part with one of their stations. That will only happen if the Foundation were to become insolvent or the FCC forces a sale due to some kind of license impropriety (and let's not give this Commission any ideas).

Even when it may be in their best interest. Theirs is a case where the captain will go down with the sinking ship.
 
david said:
In that case... imagine if it was 90.7, which is currently such a waste of a monster signal. Its nonprofit foundation, which owns five independently operated, non-commercial stations, is financially strapped. Five years ago they stated it costs $225,910 a month to fund their operations. Surmising that their primary goal is to protect the viability of their KPFA in Berkeley - would mean KPFK could be for sale. My take is that it would be a gift to the LA radio dial if 90.7 is acquired by Marc Paskin and thus begins to provide commercial free oldies to the signal's massive reach covering nearly all of SoCal. As a non-comm, a $4M price could be conceivable, as comps with much higher priced commercial signals are not applicable.
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as the other poster said... not happening. look at NYC and all the financial trouble theyve had and they still wont sell WBAI
 
david said:
Surmising that their primary goal is to protect the viability of their KPFA in Berkeley - would mean KPFK could be for sale.
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Pacifica also owns KPFT in Houston. Most observers say that's likely to be the first station sold. They already sold the original studio.

There is no "primary goal." The foundation doesn't control the stations. The stations do. That's laid out in the charter.

SomeRadioGuy said:
as the other poster said... not happening. look at NYC and all the financial trouble theyve had and they still wont sell WBAI
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Not because they didn't try. A few years ago, the foundation attempted to take over the station, and the station board took them to court and won.
 
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Why does not Pacifica sell KPFB, the little 460-watt station acting basically as a repeater for Berkeley and El Cerrito? The antenna is on top of the KPFA studios. In the "old days" it was used like a "super-powered translator" for KPFA, only breaking away for Berkeley City Council sessions as needed. With today's better radios KPFB is a waste of signal.
 
If not one of their main signals, could one of Pacifica’s translators be up for grabs? Also, what’s the real likelihood of any of this coming to fruition? As someone relatively new to the area, this guy behind the 1090 oldies seems like a fly-by-night Saul Levine. All the dreams of grandeur but little of the follow through. Could this all just be posturing after someone dropped a fatter wad of cash on XEPRS to run their religious programming? “Oh yeah, we’ll I’ll just buy my own station in Los Angeles and play oldies there!” The barebones website still has an uncorrected typo that’s been there since it launched!
 
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