Hearing rumors that they will broadcast from the old CNN radio network studios; I was wondering if they might move the CNN call letters to the FM (106.7) unless another FM already has them.
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The WCNN calls and 680 AM belong to the Dickey Family, They run Cumulus but do not own Cumulus* a public corporation yet. I guess, they could make a deal with themselves. Of course the deal could not be too sweet for the Dickey family because I am sure the Cumulus stock holders would sue.
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I've heard that too but I hear they are leaving 210 Interstate N to another building in the same complex.
One of my Cumulus ebgineeer friends has been there at WKHX studios working on the barely alive Kicks board. I do think it is nice that WYAY gets most of the space at Interstate North. All I hope is that they produce a new SweetJack commercial. It sure will be a news hub... But, if they are broadcasting Atl-Biz-Chron, theyigt just move over there. I heard that Time Warner could possibly be selling the CNN Radio space to Lincoln Financial. Wouldn't you love to be the station broadcasting from "The CNN Center in Downtown Atlanta". I also heard that Pat Garret could possibly be returning as the VO for WYAY-All News
They (Dickey) could probably license the calls to Cumulus for a dollar or something to keep it on the up and up.secondchoice said:
But would Time Warner take issue with WCNN branding if the news product was not CNN's? I've often wondered how Time Warner has felt about 680 continuing to use the WCNN calls all these years, including the time when Cox was LMAing WCNN for all-news.
wpb1999 said:
This is HIGHLY unlikely. CNN Radio's space is on an upper floor inside the CNN Center, inside CNN's office area(s). One would need CNN ID badges and clearance to get into that area.
Now, you might be talking about the old WCNN/WALR space on the main floor of CNN Center where they would have access from their own entrance from the mall area. This is also unlikely since that space has been ripped out for many years.
jabba17 said:
I think the MTM verses WKRP comes into play. Once the FCC issues Call letters, the station has to use them at least for the station ID and has "full rights" to use the call letters of course the prior user of the calls (if there is one) might have some trade marks / intellectual properties and then lawyers get involved. Turner (Ted was running things back then) got out of the radio business and sold the NC TV station so they did not have a station to hold the call letters.
I'd forgotten about MTM vs "WKRP In Dallas, GA". I guess TWX wouldn't (couldn't) have an issue as long as Cumulus always used the calls in their entirety (no 'CNN like 'GST), didn't use the old original WCNN logo that contained the CNN logo, and didn't try to develop any branding that obviously played on the "CNN" part of the calls in any way (i.e., no "Cumulus News NOW!").secondchoice said:
But on the other hand, since CNN is now out of radio, what if Cumulus licensed the CNN name and logo for its own news network, with a future WCNN-FM as the flagship?
Which would be more "credible" CNN or ABC radio which they own? The WSB TV ABC affiliation could come into play. Disney "owns" ABC and lets Citadel / Cumulus use it. Cumulus might try to acquire WARN " Were Atlanta's Radio News" from Culpepper VA
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=warn&x=15&y=1&sr=Y&s=C
I am sure somebody at Cumulus has figured out a name. I do agree WYAY would take a little getting use to saying 20 times an hour. They could will be 106 news or 106 point 7 news and "brand the frequency". I doubt they will use "Planet Radio"!
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=warn&x=15&y=1&sr=Y&s=C
I am sure somebody at Cumulus has figured out a name. I do agree WYAY would take a little getting use to saying 20 times an hour. They could will be 106 news or 106 point 7 news and "brand the frequency". I doubt they will use "Planet Radio"!
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So are we throwing out the likely hood that "All News 106-7" will the main branding with calls not mattering at all
Rick Rose 2.0 said:
Well, I think in all likelihood, Atlantans couldn't really care the hell less whether or not they were WYAY or not. But come on, "WYAY news time is 6:47". I don't know if it is just me, but that would be pretty annoying. I think they might be a sample commercial- "All News 1067 is breaking news, 11 Alive Weather and AAA traffic every ten minutes on the 7s. This is NEWS without an agenda. ALL NEWS 1067
For most all news stations the branding is the call letters and the frequency. They mix and match. There are exceptions. 1010 WINS (ten ten winz) is always 1010 WINS). WNEW All News 99.1 (ninety-nine one) sometimes will just say "WNEW news time is..." and other times "here on All News 991". WNEW will mix and match and I like that. How long did it take us to get tired of WSB AM 750 and NOW 95.5 FM. Variations of a theme makes it easier to listen to since so much is repeated over and over and over. Like the time and temp.
Well, if that is the case, then I believe they are missing an opportunity. When I tell someone at the office I heard a story on the way to work this morning on WSB, Star 94, The Fan, WGST, etc. they all roll of the tongue. I cannot see myself saying I heard this story on All News 1067.
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