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A question for Art (formerly of WBHF-AM 1450-Cartersville)

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In the other post about Cartersville Radio, there is some discussion about WBHF-AM 1450. Does Art still post on this board??? He had a talk show on WBHF in the late 1990`s- 2000. Art, if you are here, please tell me the name of the longtime owner of WBHF. Is it George something? I remember him well, but I just can`t remember his last name. I know that he sold out around 2000. Thanks for any help on this!
 
The George you may be thinking of was one of the sales people. He left in the mid-`90's to work for Day's Chevrolet in Acworth, I believe. The owner was Herschel Wisebram, who inherited it from the guy who started the station as well as the Daily Tribune back in the 1940's. I think Herschel is still considered a part owner, although John Osher, former owner of Prestige Cable TV, which was bought in 2000 by Adelphia Cable, owns it now and runs it as a non-profit along with his cowboy and science museums and the Grand Theater. (As anyone knows, Cartersville has a long history of cowboys and scientific discovery...okay, maybe not). Herschel's Number Two guy in running it was Lee Burger, who I think is still with Adelphia or John Osher in some capacity.
 
I beg to differ that WBHF is run as a non-profit. I think the station is owned by a non-profit but it is a for profit station. There are very strict rules by which a non-profit radio station is run and WBHF does not follow those guidelines.
 
ForTheMostPart said:
I beg to differ that WBHF is run as a non-profit. I think the station is owned by a non-profit but it is a for profit station. There are very strict rules by which a non-profit radio station is run and WBHF does not follow those guidelines.
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It's owned by a non-profit company, according to Wikipedia. A non-profit company can run a for-profit business? Is there a loophole in there?

Wikipedia: "The station is currently owned by the non-profit Anverse, Inc."
 
ArtyBoy said:
It's owned by a non-profit company, according to Wikipedia. A non-profit company can run a for-profit business? Is there a loophole in there?
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Yes. That stretches the imagination of most of us. MUTUAL in State Farm Mutual indicates a not-for-profit entity but there are for-profit subsidiaries for certain kinds of insurance which they own.

I think you will find that (not for profit) universities sometimes own for-profit companies to do certain tasks.

Hospitals do it.

And isn't the years-long finger-pointing and court actions regarding the REMC (not for profit rural power company) in Cobb county about their FOR PROFIT subsidiary which they contracted to do many of their tasks (and pay the director salaries that some people found objectional.)
 
Bengalsfan said:
I also don't think I'd consider Wikipedia as a reliable source.
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Wikipedia has been found to be as accurate as the World Book and Encyclopedia Britannica.  My original source wasn't Wikipedia, though, it was standing there in the studio next to the Grand Theater and that's what I was told.

EDIT: Let me go further to say that I was also told back in the late `90's that WBHF had not actually been profitable for a long time, that's why it became a subsidiary of the cable TV station, it was a "bonus" to anyone buying time on cable TV. Now that the cable TV has been gone for 10 years, I don't think that means WBHF is suddenly profiting again. It remains a pet project of John Osher and a subsidiary of a not-for-profit corporation. However you want to chalk up a not-profitable but for-profit enterprise that exists as the subsidiary of a not-for-profit corporation is up to the individual.
 
I agree that WBHF is not profitable at all. Either WBHF is listed with the FCC as a for profit radio station or they are breaking every known FCC violation imaginable claiming to be a non-profit.
 
Thanks for all of the help here about WBHF. Art, good to see you back here. I remember when Art was on WBHF-AM during the ice storm of Jan. 2000 when most of Metro Atlanta got iced out. Do you remember doing your show then Art? As far as WBHF goes, I very vividly remember that changes happened when the sale was finalized around July 2000. WBHF flipped from News-Talk to Nostalgia/easy listening Oldies from the 1930`s 1960`s. I didn`t know that Lee Burger was no longer at WBHF. Who is running the programs now? How is Hersceal doing? I she still on WBHF sometimes? I remember that he still was on there sometimes after he sold it. Is it true that he is still part-owner?
 
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