> My guess is CC Dayton is going on now because they can
> program it from the Cincy CC Building and feed it to CC
> Dayton. Yes i know they could do it with Columbus too. But
> Dayton is a easier jump because of the 50 mile distance
> compared to 100 miles from Cincy to Columbus. It looks like
> Louisville isn't in the first wave of HD launches Either
Believe it or not, Dayton is market 58, and that's not that small. It's bigger than Toledo, same size as Louisville. It would be the 2nd largest market in Indiana, and ties for the largest if it were in KY. Just because Cincinnati is so large and Dayton is only 50 miles up the road, don't take credit from a market with over 800,000 residents to serve.
Dayton CC stations do not rely on Cincinnati or Columbus for anything. WTUE receives no help from WEBN. WDKF doesn't look to WKFS or WNCI for help. Mix 107.7 and Mix 94.1 are completely seperate. And on and on.
All of CC Dayton's HD2 channels will be programmed from within CC Dayton, just as all of the primary stations are now being programmed locally. The current PDs will do most of the decision making, and from what I understand, actually were given a lot of the say in what formats were chosen for the HD2 channels.
There are a lot of people who would benefit greatly from seeing the Dayton radio market first-hand. It's really a radio market, with lots of local talent.