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Breaking News at WXNT!!

Slurp said:
ZV said:
Why? It's still making money. Not a lot, but they're not losing cash on it. Besides, who would buy a stand alone AM station?

If anything, Entercom is looking for stations to buy in Indy to increase their footprint.
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Entercom doesn't have the cash to buy stations in Indy, due to a wrongful death lawsuit in California, a payolla scandal, and trying to gloss over one of their talk show hosts getting arrested for murder (which have all been well publicized).
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Riiiiiiiiight. Entercom's really hurting for cash. As usual, you're wrong. Any publicly traded company as large as Entercom has the leverage to generate massive amounts of cash if and when it needs it. The reason Entercom hasn't expanded in Indy has nothing to do with cash flow, it has to do with the lack of stations available for sale at reasonable prices.

I love all the people on this board who think they know what's going on inside Entercom locally, as well as Entercom nationally.

Clueless, really...
 
ZV said:
Why? It's still making money. Not a lot, but they're not losing cash on it. Besides, who would buy a stand alone AM station?

If anything, Entercom is looking for stations to buy in Indy to increase their footprint.
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They should buy Continental's 250 watt AM daytimer.
 
ZV said:
RDO said:
ZV said:
I love all the people on this board who think they know what's going on inside Entercom locally...
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Are you an Entercom insider?
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No, but I know enough to know that 'Slurp' doesn't know what he/she's talking about.
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You slash me with your words. Really.

I think I do in fact know quite a lot of what I'm talking about because Entercom's financial troubles have not been a secret at the national level.

It was well publicized about the mass firings in Sacramento, after one of their morning shows had a woman drink herself to death on water and are now facing a wrongful death lawsuit in the case.

They were the only company implicated in the payolla scandal last year. I was surprised NOT to see the likes of a Cumulus or Clear Channel involved in that.

But, then again, what do I know? I just listen to these stations and give my opinions.
 
If XNT was at it's death knell, I believe Abdul would be smart enough to go elsewhere. Why hasn't he? ;)
 
BSURadioGeek said:
If XNT was at it's death knell, I believe Abdul would be smart enough to go elsewhere. Why hasn't he? ;)
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He has probably got a contract that prohibits him from jumping ship.

Entercom is probably looking to dump the Indianapolis properties, but can't as it would be difficult for them to explain to their shareholders how a group of radio stations they bought three years ago for $75million can now only fetch $40-$50 million.

You have to congratulate MyStar for selling at the top of the cash flow multiple curve.
 
It is amazing how they paid so much for the stations and haven't been able to turn them around.
 
It doesn't seem like any Indy radio stations has had growth.

I have a high-powered radio to listen to AM stations, especially at night. It isn't an HD though. From my house, I can get a very clear signal from WXNT, it almost sounds like FM. WIBC comes through with a strong signal, but it doesn't sound as clear. It almost sounds like WIBC sends their audio through some sort of compression. Can anyone shed light on this? Is it because they have a much higher wattage?
 
TalkRadioGeek said:
It doesn't seem like any Indy radio stations has had growth.

I have a high-powered radio to listen to AM stations, especially at night. It isn't an HD though. From my house, I can get a very clear signal from WXNT, it almost sounds like FM. WIBC comes through with a strong signal, but it doesn't sound as clear. It almost sounds like WIBC sends their audio through some sort of compression. Can anyone shed light on this? Is it because they have a much higher wattage?
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WIBC is running IBOC and hurts the analog signal. They are basically clipping everything off above 5k to give the digital hash someplace to ride. IBOC on AM is kind of like DSL service...you get those filters from the phone company to block out the DSL hash above 3k...therefore you can have an analog conversation.

Tune to 1060 or 1080 during the day and you will hear alot of hash. On one of my cars, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, you can hear it the background.

XNT is running full spectrum audio, it is just up to the bandwidth of your reciever. WXNT technically sounds better in my Jeep than does WIBC. As for program content...a three hour broadcast of a #9 touchtone is better than listening to "The Real Estate Monkey Show" on WXNT...which happens to be on right now.
 
spark gap said:
As for program content...a three hour broadcast of a #9 touchtone is better than listening to "The Real Estate Monkey Show" on WXNT...which happens to be on right now.
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That's the funniest line I've seen on here in a long time...
 
ZV said:
spark gap said:
As for program content...a three hour broadcast of a #9 touchtone is better than listening to "The Real Estate Monkey Show" on WXNT...which happens to be on right now.
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That's the funniest line I've seen on here in a long time...
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Just the name of that show alone should tell you to stay away!!!!!
 
They are now calling themselves wxnt AM. They are AM and proud. Talk radio sounds a lot better on AM than FM. It has a warmer & cleaner sound. It's also a lot easier to maintain a good AM signal on a small battery operated radio. Plus it takes less battery power since an FM station requires you to turn the volume up higher to hear it. FM talk may seem like a good idea, but AM talk is superior.
 
"AM Talk is superior."

Sure it is. Especially when you're in a tunnel, or a steel downtown office building, or next to your TV, or outside of the night time pattern, or driving under power lines, or listening on a bad skywave night...etc...

Quit trying to make yourself feel better.

What kind of radio needs more power and volume to hear FM? Was that a joke?
 
bigtime said:
They are now calling themselves wxnt AM. They are AM and proud. Talk radio sounds a lot better on AM than FM. It has a warmer & cleaner sound. It's also a lot easier to maintain a good AM signal on a small battery operated radio. Plus it takes less battery power since an FM station requires you to turn the volume up higher to hear it. FM talk may seem like a good idea, but AM talk is superior.
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Sounds like trying to say they are OUT and proud.

Good for them! What was their last ratings book, by the way? Anyone know? Bigtime?
 
Their ratings are terrible, but nonetheless AM is superior for talk. It does sound better. Small battery powered radios do use more battery power for an FM station to achieve the same volume level of an AM in the talk format. It's also much harder to find the sweet spot where the FM comes in strong, and FMs are much more sensitive to multipath and bleedover on small radios.
 
"FMs are much more sensitive to multipath and bleedover on small radios. "

Except that most of these FM Talk stations are turning off the stereo pilot, thus eliminating multipath.

Try again.
 
bigtime said:
Their ratings are terrible, but nonetheless AM is superior for talk.
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That's the first true thing about WXNT I've read on this thread in days.
 
Slurp said:
bigtime said:
Their ratings are terrible, but nonetheless AM is superior for talk.
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That's the first true thing about WXNT I've read on this thread in days.
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What's your big beef with WXNT, Squirt? Did Abdul piss you off or something?
 
ZV said:
Slurp said:
bigtime said:
Their ratings are terrible, but nonetheless AM is superior for talk.
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That's the first true thing about WXNT I've read on this thread in days.
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What's your big beef with WXNT, Squirt? Did Abdul piss you off or something?
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No beef in particular (and the name is Slurp). I just get tired of people (particularly here) trying to make WXNT out to be more than it is, mainly the idea that it can compete with WIBC. I listen to both (as I've said, I like Abdul's show alot)and, as good as Abdul is, he can't carry a whole radio station. To say that WXNT will ever be a threat to WIBC, their news, or even their talk line up just isn't reality. Once again, I'm just a listener.
 
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