Cash-strapped station pulled from airwaves in Columbus

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Click here for the rest of the story:http://www.dispatch.com/features-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/05/06/20060506-A1-03.htmlWVKO (1580 AM) Cash-strapped station pulled from airwaves Saturday, May 06, 2006Mark Ferenchik THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH The plug was pulled abruptly on WVKO radio (1580 AM) yesterday, leaving the Columbus Clippers without a radio home for the rest of the baseball season and a void for talk radio in Columbus’ black community.

 

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you are right except that the owners also took over stop 26 riverbend stations in Youngstown....can this be the future of their Youngstown AM's........Interesting

 

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WVKO towersStation still hopes to move operationsThursday, May 11, 2006 By RANDY NAVAROLIThisWeek Staff Writer Moving its antennas from Upper Arlington to a Morse Road site may be more dependent on radio station WVKO's financial situation than on whether it can gain approval for a zoning variance. Financially troubled WVKO (1580 AM), which is owned by Bernard Radio LLC, could seek permission from Columbus City Council as early as May 22 to move its operation and four antennas from Upper Arlington to a 9-acre site at 2708 Morse Road, just west of Chesford Road. Click here for the rest of the story:http://www.thisweeknews.com/?editio...6/Northland/News/051106-News-152005.htmlClick here for a recording(air check) of one of WVKO's locally produced talk show:http://odeo.com/audio/1113492/view

 

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WVKO battle continues
By Tobi Oluwa
Contributing Writer
Columbus Post

With WVKO-AM officially in the hands of its' creditors, D.B Zwirn (DBZ), the battle over the future of the station is even higher. Officially acquiring the station during a May 31 auction, Bernard Radio LLC, a subsidiary of DBZ, is actively seeking to erect four transmission towers located at 2708 Morse Rd., but that effort is currently on hold by Columbus City Council.
Former station owner Percy Squire defaulted on a $12 million loan made by DBZ.
Federal court has issued a stay on all activities and appeals until a status conference can be held on July 7. Squire has challenged the legality of the auction and numerous procedures in the bankruptcy court.

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