The WBZ-FM call sign is only used for legal station IDs. The station brands itself as “Ninety-eight five, The Sports Hub”.
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- Thread starter Gregg.
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All or most of the mass appeal sports programming will have left AM by 2030. Filler syndicated fare and pay-to-play airings of college & minor league teams with niche audiences will largely comprise air time of any sports station that remains AM only in any decent sized city.Sports AM's will be the last AM stations to die. The economics are different, and honestly, spoken word on AM is not really that bad for listening quality.
Nearly all of it already has, with a few exceptions in the largest markets. Sports is still doing OK on AM in NYC, LA, Chicago, Houston, and perhaps a few others.All or most of the mass appeal sports programming will have left AM by 2030.
I think by 2030 everything may look diffrent. I wouldn't be surprised to see most mass appeal sports be subscription based on TV and streaming. By then all the major broadcasting companies will have gone bankrupt some for the second time. My guess is the second time around the courts will take a much stronger role spliting up assets. Teams will not be able to get the easy money they have for rights and will have to take more of a role in distribution.
...... The only "joker in the deck" is if someone really wants to develop the land at WBZ's transmitter site, and the new site doesn't work as well. IIRC 1510 has had issues with an antenna site for a while.
I doubt WBZ transmitter site is useful for much else as I believe the majority of it is marsh so nothing can be built on it.
Several years ago major work was done on the towers and my understanding was that they were basically rebuilt in place with bad steel replaced, guy wires updated, repainted, etc. as replacing them would be difficult due to the permitting required today on that land.
iHeart sold off most of their transmitter sites with leaseback deals before acquiring WBZ. I never heard that the WBZ site was sold so I assume they still own it.
As a side note, back then they had a 10kw separate aux transmitter at their studio they ran from during the day while the workers were on the job. That aux site is gone now - I wonder if iHeart put it elsewhere or they just eliminated it.
All of Hull is endangered by rise in sea level, isn't it? (No political snark, please. Just asking because I wonder if anyone would even think of purchasing it for some other use.)I doubt WBZ transmitter site is useful for much else as I believe the majority of it is marsh so nothing can be built on it.
Because you can always listen to WBZ via the iHeartRadio app, I don't believe that 10-KW transmitter/antenna combo was relocated.I doubt WBZ transmitter site is useful for much else as I believe the majority of it is marsh so nothing can be built on it.
Several years ago major work was done on the towers and my understanding was that they were basically rebuilt in place with bad steel replaced, guy wires updated, repainted, etc. as replacing them would be difficult due to the permitting required today on that land.
iHeart sold off most of their transmitter sites with leaseback deals before acquiring WBZ. I never heard that the WBZ site was sold so I assume they still own it.
As a side note, back then they had a 10kw separate aux transmitter at their studio they ran from during the day while the workers were on the job. That aux site is gone now - I wonder if iHeart put it elsewhere or they just eliminated it.