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Cruisin' 92.1 WVLT selling to The Voice Radio Network

csp1csp1 said:
To the best of my knowledge , WVLT 92.1 and its' two associated stations are not actually SOLD , quite yet , instead it is going through the "process" , so let's call it "under contract" . I'm truly hoping that some legal technicality occurs , so that the actual settlement does not go through . Mum is the word coming from the Clear Communications' owner as well as the station's manager .
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Don’t get your hopes up. Cruisin’ 92.1 is over. Even if some “legal technicality” were to occur, the owner is done with it and the manager is effectively retired at this point. They are both in their 80’s and due to their loyalty to the audience and the staff they have held on for much longer than any of us should have expected. It’s time for them to rest and enjoy their remaining years.

Add that to the fact that the broadcasting equipment is decades old and needs to be replaced ASAP. It’s honestly a miracle they’re still on the air. The “Program” side of the board is fried so all of the components in the studio are running through the “Audition” side of the board. Last year the transmitter needed a tube and it was weeks before they were able to find one because these tubes are obsolete. The building is in extreme disrepair and needs a major overhaul. None of this is due to neglect, there just isn’t any money to be made playing Frankie Lymon and Elvis Presley.

Management has poured all of their blood sweat and tears into it and they’ve given us years of enjoyable and unique entertainment decades after every other station on the dial kissed the 50’s and early 60’s goodbye for good. They deserve commendation for all of it but even more so, they deserve the honor of bidding the audience farewell with dignity and grace.

It’s time to let it go and allow them to do just that.
 
Does anyone have a timeline on when the change will happen? Tommy T said on his show this past Saturday it was his last on terrestrial radio/WVLT. I'm guessing sometime this week. I'd love to roll tape for that. It's a shame that it will be all over soon.
 


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