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> Boy this board sure has been pretty quiet lately...anyone
> have some good radio gossip or rumors? Let's get this board
> hopping again!
>
We're all on Spring Break.......but if you really need something to talk about, whatever happened to the rumors about TED-FM going all talk?? Lets's "talk" about it.
> have some good radio gossip or rumors? Let's get this board
> hopping again!
>
We're all on Spring Break.......but if you really need something to talk about, whatever happened to the rumors about TED-FM going all talk?? Lets's "talk" about it.
> > Boy this board sure has been pretty quiet lately...anyone
> > have some good radio gossip or rumors? Let's get this
> board
> > hopping again!
> >
> We're all on Spring Break.......but if you really need
> something to talk about, whatever happened to the rumors
> about TED-FM going all talk?? Lets's "talk" about it.
>
Hopefully lack of followup on the Ted-to-talk rumor is confirmation that it's probably not in the cards. Has indeed been unusually quiet here, though.
One thing I've been wondering about...Reportedly, Wall Street pressures suggest station divestitures are imminent, so I wonder if CBS is finally going to put LVQ, HOK and AZU on the block as rumored awhile back. Then Columbus might finally lose its "distinction" as the largest market where only one company (CC, of course) owns more than a single true big-signal FM. LVQ is a great revenue generator though, so I could see why CBS might not rush into selling it.<P ID="signature">______________
Nu_Roo_2 formerly Nu__Roo formerly Nu_Roo</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Nu_Roo_2 on 03/30/06 12:51 AM.</FONT></P>
> > have some good radio gossip or rumors? Let's get this
> board
> > hopping again!
> >
> We're all on Spring Break.......but if you really need
> something to talk about, whatever happened to the rumors
> about TED-FM going all talk?? Lets's "talk" about it.
>
Hopefully lack of followup on the Ted-to-talk rumor is confirmation that it's probably not in the cards. Has indeed been unusually quiet here, though.
One thing I've been wondering about...Reportedly, Wall Street pressures suggest station divestitures are imminent, so I wonder if CBS is finally going to put LVQ, HOK and AZU on the block as rumored awhile back. Then Columbus might finally lose its "distinction" as the largest market where only one company (CC, of course) owns more than a single true big-signal FM. LVQ is a great revenue generator though, so I could see why CBS might not rush into selling it.<P ID="signature">______________
Nu_Roo_2 formerly Nu__Roo formerly Nu_Roo</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Nu_Roo_2 on 03/30/06 12:51 AM.</FONT></P>
> > Boy this board sure has been pretty quiet lately...anyone
> > have some good radio gossip or rumors? Let's get this
> board
> > hopping again!
> >
> We're all on Spring Break.......but if you really need
> something to talk about, whatever happened to the rumors
> about TED-FM going all talk?? Lets's "talk" about it.
>
That rumor obviously didn't come to fruition, but what about a WTVN show on XM? XM with Clear Channel is launching regional talk channels, and they are...
XM 134 - Northeast News & Talk
XM 135 - Southeast News & Talk
XM 136 - Middle America News & Talk
XM 137 - Midwest News & Talk
XM 138 - Northwest News & Talk
XM 139 - Southwest News & Talk
What WTVN show would you like to see on the Midwest Channel (which they would most likely end up on)? I think if WTVN had kept Steve Cannon, he would be a good show to stick on XM, but Joel or Corby would do well as well.
> > have some good radio gossip or rumors? Let's get this
> board
> > hopping again!
> >
> We're all on Spring Break.......but if you really need
> something to talk about, whatever happened to the rumors
> about TED-FM going all talk?? Lets's "talk" about it.
>
That rumor obviously didn't come to fruition, but what about a WTVN show on XM? XM with Clear Channel is launching regional talk channels, and they are...
XM 134 - Northeast News & Talk
XM 135 - Southeast News & Talk
XM 136 - Middle America News & Talk
XM 137 - Midwest News & Talk
XM 138 - Northwest News & Talk
XM 139 - Southwest News & Talk
What WTVN show would you like to see on the Midwest Channel (which they would most likely end up on)? I think if WTVN had kept Steve Cannon, he would be a good show to stick on XM, but Joel or Corby would do well as well.
> > We're all on Spring Break.......but if you really need
> > something to talk about, whatever happened to the rumors
> > about TED-FM going all talk?? Lets's "talk" about it.
I'm not on spring BREAK, I'm on Spring BOOK! Happy Arbitrons to all!
> Hopefully lack of followup on the Ted-to-talk rumor is
> confirmation that it's probably not in the cards.
OK, so it didn't. How about that "new WODB" post of mine below that never got responded to? Follow-up is not confirmation, and lack of isn't, either.
> Reportedly, Wall
> Street pressures suggest station divestitures are imminent,
> so I wonder if CBS is finally going to put LVQ, HOK and AZU
> on the block as rumored awhile back.
Isn't that a Radio One story from this afternoon's trades? How does non-strategic divestitures from Radio One transform into CRS Radio selling properties?
Bestest,
JbC
> > something to talk about, whatever happened to the rumors
> > about TED-FM going all talk?? Lets's "talk" about it.
I'm not on spring BREAK, I'm on Spring BOOK! Happy Arbitrons to all!
> Hopefully lack of followup on the Ted-to-talk rumor is
> confirmation that it's probably not in the cards.
OK, so it didn't. How about that "new WODB" post of mine below that never got responded to? Follow-up is not confirmation, and lack of isn't, either.
> Reportedly, Wall
> Street pressures suggest station divestitures are imminent,
> so I wonder if CBS is finally going to put LVQ, HOK and AZU
> on the block as rumored awhile back.
Isn't that a Radio One story from this afternoon's trades? How does non-strategic divestitures from Radio One transform into CRS Radio selling properties?
Bestest,
JbC
> > Hopefully lack of followup on the Ted-to-talk rumor is
> > confirmation that it's probably not in the cards.
>
> OK, so it didn't. How about that "new WODB" post of mine
> below that never got responded to? Follow-up is not
> confirmation, and lack of isn't, either.
Yep, hence my qualifiers ("hopefully", "probably").
> > Reportedly, Wall
> > Street pressures suggest station divestitures are
> imminent,
> > so I wonder if CBS is finally going to put LVQ, HOK and
> AZU
> > on the block as rumored awhile back.
>
> Isn't that a Radio One story from this afternoon's trades?
> How does non-strategic divestitures from Radio One transform
> into CRS Radio selling properties?
Actually, I never knew about the Radio One story. For several weeks now, Inside Radio has been speculating heavily that 2006 will the year station sales heat up again, with most of the big groups trimming away non-strategic properties. IR's quoted both Wall Street analysts and station owners, as well as doing their own speculation.
BTW, might that little typo near the end of your last sentence show that your heart is still with Country?
>
> Bestest,
> JbC
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Nu_Roo_2 formerly Nu__Roo formerly Nu_Roo</P>
> > confirmation that it's probably not in the cards.
>
> OK, so it didn't. How about that "new WODB" post of mine
> below that never got responded to? Follow-up is not
> confirmation, and lack of isn't, either.
Yep, hence my qualifiers ("hopefully", "probably").
> > Reportedly, Wall
> > Street pressures suggest station divestitures are
> imminent,
> > so I wonder if CBS is finally going to put LVQ, HOK and
> AZU
> > on the block as rumored awhile back.
>
> Isn't that a Radio One story from this afternoon's trades?
> How does non-strategic divestitures from Radio One transform
> into CRS Radio selling properties?
Actually, I never knew about the Radio One story. For several weeks now, Inside Radio has been speculating heavily that 2006 will the year station sales heat up again, with most of the big groups trimming away non-strategic properties. IR's quoted both Wall Street analysts and station owners, as well as doing their own speculation.
BTW, might that little typo near the end of your last sentence show that your heart is still with Country?
>
> Bestest,
> JbC
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Nu_Roo_2 formerly Nu__Roo formerly Nu_Roo</P>
> > How does non-strategic divestitures from Radio One
> transform into CBS Radio selling properties?
>
> Actually, I never knew about the Radio One story. For
> several weeks now, Inside Radio has been speculating heavily
> that 2006 will the year station sales heat up again, with
> most of the big groups trimming away non-strategic
> properties. IR's quoted both Wall Street analysts and
> station owners, as well as doing their own speculation.
Actually, the board has been a little quite lately...
I can't imagine that the divesitures with Radio One will affect Columbus much, I would bet that Springfield, Louisville and some of their stations that are not urban formatted might be up for grabs. They did just spend 18 million for a class A in Norwood (Cincinnati)
a better question, who might buy them, and the other stations other companies might be selling. is there a lot of money to buy those single or poorer signals. Is competition, or other companies large number of stations in a market going to keep the small operators out of decent sized markets? And what does "at the right price" mean?
On the subject of Radio One, they seem to be losing more than a few people locally lately, after seeming really stable for a while.
> transform into CBS Radio selling properties?
>
> Actually, I never knew about the Radio One story. For
> several weeks now, Inside Radio has been speculating heavily
> that 2006 will the year station sales heat up again, with
> most of the big groups trimming away non-strategic
> properties. IR's quoted both Wall Street analysts and
> station owners, as well as doing their own speculation.
Actually, the board has been a little quite lately...
I can't imagine that the divesitures with Radio One will affect Columbus much, I would bet that Springfield, Louisville and some of their stations that are not urban formatted might be up for grabs. They did just spend 18 million for a class A in Norwood (Cincinnati)
a better question, who might buy them, and the other stations other companies might be selling. is there a lot of money to buy those single or poorer signals. Is competition, or other companies large number of stations in a market going to keep the small operators out of decent sized markets? And what does "at the right price" mean?
On the subject of Radio One, they seem to be losing more than a few people locally lately, after seeming really stable for a while.
> > > How does non-strategic divestitures from Radio One
> > transform into CBS Radio selling properties?
> >
> > Actually, I never knew about the Radio One story. For
> > several weeks now, Inside Radio has been speculating
> heavily
> > that 2006 will the year station sales heat up again, with
> > most of the big groups trimming away non-strategic
> > properties. IR's quoted both Wall Street analysts and
> > station owners, as well as doing their own speculation.
>
> Actually, the board has been a little quite lately...
>
> I can't imagine that the divesitures with Radio One will
> affect Columbus much, I would bet that Springfield,
> Louisville and some of their stations that are not urban
> formatted might be up for grabs. They did just spend 18
> million for a class A in Norwood (Cincinnati)
>
> a better question, who might buy them, and the other
> stations other companies might be selling. is there a lot of
> money to buy those single or poorer signals. Is
> competition, or other companies large number of stations in
> a market going to keep the small operators out of decent
> sized markets? And what does "at the right price" mean?
>
> On the subject of Radio One, they seem to be losing more
> than a few people locally lately, after seeming really
> stable for a while.
>
Those few people they have lost have moved to larger markets within the company.
> > transform into CBS Radio selling properties?
> >
> > Actually, I never knew about the Radio One story. For
> > several weeks now, Inside Radio has been speculating
> heavily
> > that 2006 will the year station sales heat up again, with
> > most of the big groups trimming away non-strategic
> > properties. IR's quoted both Wall Street analysts and
> > station owners, as well as doing their own speculation.
>
> Actually, the board has been a little quite lately...
>
> I can't imagine that the divesitures with Radio One will
> affect Columbus much, I would bet that Springfield,
> Louisville and some of their stations that are not urban
> formatted might be up for grabs. They did just spend 18
> million for a class A in Norwood (Cincinnati)
>
> a better question, who might buy them, and the other
> stations other companies might be selling. is there a lot of
> money to buy those single or poorer signals. Is
> competition, or other companies large number of stations in
> a market going to keep the small operators out of decent
> sized markets? And what does "at the right price" mean?
>
> On the subject of Radio One, they seem to be losing more
> than a few people locally lately, after seeming really
> stable for a while.
>
Those few people they have lost have moved to larger markets within the company.
> > How does non-strategic divestitures from Radio One
> transform
> > into CRS Radio selling properties?
>
> Actually, I never knew about the Radio One story. For
> several weeks now, Inside Radio has been speculating heavily
> that 2006 will the year station sales heat up again, with
> most of the big groups trimming away non-strategic
> properties. IR's quoted both Wall Street analysts and
> station owners, as well as doing their own speculation.
>
> BTW, might that little typo near the end of your last
> sentence show that your heart is still with Country?
>
Force of habit, I suppose, since I serve on the board of directors for Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc., the organizaton that hosts the annual Country Radio Seminar (CRS). I don't have the occasion to type CBS very often!
JbC
> transform
> > into CRS Radio selling properties?
>
> Actually, I never knew about the Radio One story. For
> several weeks now, Inside Radio has been speculating heavily
> that 2006 will the year station sales heat up again, with
> most of the big groups trimming away non-strategic
> properties. IR's quoted both Wall Street analysts and
> station owners, as well as doing their own speculation.
>
> BTW, might that little typo near the end of your last
> sentence show that your heart is still with Country?
>
Force of habit, I suppose, since I serve on the board of directors for Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc., the organizaton that hosts the annual Country Radio Seminar (CRS). I don't have the occasion to type CBS very often!
JbC
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