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Could Emmis be coming to Cincinnati?

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Emmis Communications had been eyeing the purchase of the Washington Nationals earlier this year. However speculation shows that Emmis is now checking out a deal to buy the Cincinnati Reds. Could this be the answer to Susquehenna Radio. I know that Cumulus is trying to grab it up, but when money talks, Lew Dickey walks. It would make sense for Emmis to grab up the trio and the Reds.

Just my thoughts...
 
That would be awesome

Emmis is known as a great company. Could you imagine Clear Channel and WLW having to suck up to another broadcaster who owns the Reds? That would be a strange marriage.

Get those resumes ready!
 
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> 96.5 as the Reds flagship?
>
Emmis is going for ABC Radio because even if they wanted Susquehanna The Indy Market forces there hand to sell an FM between Radio Now, Song, FMS, Hank, Jack and B105.7. Looks like Cumulus has Susquehanna stations in its pocket. And the Reds even if Jeff Sumulyan owns them would never settle for an fm station as flagship station for a major league baseball team there would be at least an AM invovled somewhere. I Don't think there is an FM only MLB flagship station. there is some AM/FM COmbo flagships but most are on AM. Football on the other hand is majorly going over to FM flagship.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by MikeFromIndiana on 10/08/05 10:20 PM.</FONT></P>
 
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Mike...thanks again for your crystal-like insight.

Just because Emmis owns stations in Indy doesn't mean they can't buy Susquehanna and then sell off what they can't keep. Emmis already owns Cincinnati Magazine so they're not strangers to this market.

Nobody was serious when they said 96.5 would be the Reds' flagship. That's called "sarcasm."
 
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> Mike...thanks again for your crystal-like insight.
>
> Just because Emmis owns stations in Indy doesn't mean they
> can't buy Susquehanna and then sell off what they can't
> keep. Emmis already owns Cincinnati Magazine so they're not
> strangers to this market.
>
> Nobody was serious when they said 96.5 would be the Reds'
> flagship. That's called "sarcasm."
>
I still see Emmis going for a bigger radio group than Susquehanna like the ABC Radio Stations. Which one would you rather have WLS/WABC/KABC or Warm/Star/Mojo. I'd Take the Heritage of ABC Radio
 
Re: That would be awesome

> > 96.5 as the Reds flagship?
> >
> Emmis is going for ABC Radio because even if they wanted
> Susquehanna The Indy Market forces there hand to sell an FM
> between Radio Now, Song, FMS, Hank, Jack and B105.7. Looks
> like Cumulus has Susquehanna stations in its pocket.

I don't think Emmis is going to be the final suitor for the Susquehanna portfolio, but if they were the decision on which property to spin off would be an easy one. WISG is a weak signal and a poorly executed format that is not billing well, at least not at present.

The situation in Indianapolis will not be the reason Emmis passes on Susquehanna. Don't get caught up on it.

The reason, I believe, that Emmis will ultimately pass on Susquehanna is because of ABC. Emmis is a relatively small company (market cap is only 750 million) and probably cannot afford to buy both Susquehanna and ABC much less swallow both into it's corporate culture without some serious hiccups.

HR
 
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> > 96.5 as the Reds flagship?
> >
> Emmis is going for ABC Radio because even if they wanted
> Susquehanna The Indy Market forces there hand to sell an FM
> between Radio Now, Song, FMS, Hank, Jack and B105.7. Looks
> like Cumulus has Susquehanna stations in its pocket. And the
> Reds even if Jeff Sumulyan owns them would never settle for
> an fm station as flagship station for a major league
> baseball team there would be at least an AM invovled
> somewhere. I Don't think there is an FM only MLB flagship
> station. there is some AM/FM COmbo flagships but most are on
> AM. Football on the other hand is majorly going over to FM
> flagship.
>

Not necessarily. Baseball looks for signal coverage, and, while a big AM like WLW has a bigger coverage area, any full signal FM has the guns to cover the market. If Emmis bought the team and bought Susquehanna, I don't think they'd flinch at using one of their FMs as the flagship. The Cardinals just bought partnership interest in KTRS 550 AM in St. Louis, in part to have a big signal in its pocket, in part so they wouldn't have to negotiate with Infinity. Doubtful that Emmis would deal with CCU any longer than the Reds/CCU contract would allow.

I, for one, would love to see Emmis come into Cincinnati. The only AM talk station in this region that doesn't offend me with its overbearing, obnoxious imaging is WIBC.
 
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