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Artistic Still Managing Ft. Wayne Stations Five Months After Announcing Sale

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Based on that article, there is no PROOF of Oasis' alleged "extortion?" If not, the license will go through - then let the WAR BEGIN! Hope the Three Amigos know what they've started! :'(
 
The government pays farmers not to grow crops, why can't a radio station owner be paid not to play a certain genre?

Is there an actual law against this? What if the competitor made the offer to pay Oasis instead of the other way around? Would it be illegal on their part?
 
First of all, that Russ is paying Artistic to manage the stations is a non-issue. That's called an LMA, and it's required by law. The licensee must have a manager running the station as it must main control until the transfer is approved. The FCC moves at its own pace, and sales are delayed all-the-time. Even the most mundane of issues can delay a transfer.

As for the extortion charge, I don't know if what Oasis is accused of is legal or not, but, if it's true, I seem to recall it's not the first time a "pay us or we take you on" threat has been made. It seems like someone told me the old WFLZ in Tampa did this to Q-105 in 1989 before flipping from oldies "Z-93" to CHR "Power Pig 93.3." I don't recall any challenges being made to 'FLZ's license by Q-105 or anyone else.
 
“Extortion” and “FCC intrigue” ??? My, what “drama” the stellar Fort Wayne FM market has attracted for itself; considering an alleged “Mexican format” battle between two Class-A rim-shots from the next county over [hey—if it waddles ‘n quacks like a duck... well, ‘ya know what it most-likely is]. So WHAT (pray tell) is to be gained... an answer to the nagging question: “Are there more “illegals” picking tomatoes in Whitley County than there are in De Kalb”?

For a point of reference, check out the recent “musical ownership chairs” in Cincinnati... Starting with Susquehanna and Viacom - ending in Cumulus and Bonneville (with Radio One tossed-in as a “pit-stop”). Ultimate competitors actually traded frequencies between each other to “align their stables”; and there were numerous agreements not to compete (in format) and even a two-million-dollar call letter and “intellectual property” purchase. I can’t recall any Petitions to Deny filed in response to those complicated transactions.

‘Seems the real beneficiary of all of this is AMP—they’re off the daily hook [figuratively]; and the $$$ are coming in on a regular basis [finally] ;)
 
hipporadio said:
For a point of reference, check out the recent “musical ownership chairs” in Cincinnati... Starting with Susquehanna and Viacom - ending in Cumulus and Bonneville (with Radio One tossed-in as a “pit-stop”). Ultimate competitors actually traded frequencies between each other to “align their stables”; and there were numerous agreements not to compete (in format) and even a two-million-dollar call letter and “intellectual property” purchase.
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CORRECTION: That would be Entercom as the “pit-stop”; and Radio One as a “side-bar” - they paid one of the THREE owners of 94.9 (within a few months - I've lost track) two-mil for the “naming rights” to their own new $18,000,000.00 Class-A stable-member on 100.3—moved there from 60-miles away]... This business is making me dizzy ::)
 
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