Cleveland Radio Hol 22 Ratings

[Rusty Muck]

I don't think that anyone means any insult to the individual stations. It is just more compact to not list all the call letters all the time. But if you want, here goes: WZIP, WBWC, WJCU, WCSB, WRUW, WOBC, WRMU. Technically speaking, Kent State University holds the stations of WKSU's licenses, but that facility is an NPR news and information station which is not student run and on a whole different level.

Of note, Kent State's "Black Squirrel Radio" is an internet station run by the student body that actually dates back to 1964 as an AM carrier-current outgrowth of WKSU. They abandoned the carrier-current transmissions in 1999 in favor of internet radio.

 

[davideduardo]

As I have mentioned, these stations run rings around the commercial stations in terms of presenting a wide spectrum of music as well as (in the case of WKSU) a more substantial news and information service.

Yes, in terms of music variety, size of the music library and willingness to play new artists and styles, those stations and those like them nationally are vastly more extensive in all aspects. In exchange, the commercial station run rings around them in music programming audience (save a rare exception or two).

 

[RadioFixerCLE]

Of note, Kent State's "Black Squirrel Radio" is an internet station run by the student body that actually dates back to 1964 as an AM carrier-current outgrowth of WKSU. They abandoned the carrier-current transmissions in 1999 in favor of internet radio.

I'm curious as to what happened to the carrier current infrastructure. If the transmitter is still in place and would they be willing to sell it.

 

[radiofollower]

I always wonder what exactly caused that move-in to be scrapped. Given 1170 is the only class A in that entire region (although a white elephant for iHeart into the present day), it wouldn’t surprise me if both WV senators Byrd and Rockerfeller muscled in and said to Clear Channel and the FCC, “uhm, no, you aren’t going to do that”.

Yes, that's exactly what happened. The West Virginia politicians made the case that WWVA was the only West Virginia station which reaches a large segment of the state and was critical in emergencies.