Bob Bitner sells WWBK-am 900

[Andy Taylor]

Bob's Blue Jey Broadcasting made an $8000. profit on the sale to James B.Bleikamp.He bought it for 27k & sold it for 35k and had it silent the whole time.

 

[JIBGUY]

uh... not quite! - add Legal fees, FCC regulatory fee, application fees, tech-study fees. All in all, Blue Jey lost about $2000. - Besides, Mr. Bleikamp will likely do a better job with the station than I could have. I'd like to do a better job with the two gems I already have. ---BB

 

[louiemanno]

Hey I wored with Jim Bleikamp in 1980 at WIZR in Johnstown NY. He's a good news man... Andy Potter good.

 

[buoy40]

louie I believe that WIZR went silent on January 19 ,2009 . I heard that some management debacles may have been the cause.As I recall besides Bleikamp another fellow Tim Welsh did well out of WIZR studios and wound up on WRGB -TV. He had a great sense of humor in radio on WIZR in the late 1970's. Did you work with him?
I wish Bleikamp well.

 

[louiemanno]

I worked at WIZR in 81-82… it was oldies at the time. In addition to Jim Blikamp I worked with Amanda Gazley (I’ve heard her on WAMC) One of the more talented jocks at the time was Larry Tocci a funny and kind guy who walked into my store (The radio Deli) a few years ago. I also remember the engineer Dave Fox who was a great jock. It was my first fulltime job in the radio biz and I was strait off the streets of Brooklyn. In spite of the fact that most of the staff were townies and always f-ed with me. WIZR is where I cut my teeth as a broadcaster and it will forever hold a place in my heart.