Freedom 94.5 has a license. Unless they are broadcasting profanity and you are offended by it then just leave Hale alone. If Freedom is so bad that they can't make enough money to pay the bills they might just go away on their own. Don't be a tattle tale and get yourself involved in a mess you don't want. Follow cceng's instructions on how to help WFLF-FM get Freedom off the air or moved so the folks that want to listen to WFLA in Destin can. If you have already done all you can to help Charlie, or you don't want to get involved with the WFLA campaign, then forget about it and listen to something else.
If someone had money in the bank and an intellectual ability to make a 250 watt translator at 450 feet above sea level in Fort Walton profitable... well then they would do it, right? The fact that Freedom has stayed on the 94.5 frequency for so long tells me that they aren't making money and Hale doesn't have the resources to get the engineering work done that would be necessary just to start on an application to the FCC for a new frequency. Unless Freedom is his tax write off, which seems silly.
Here's a possible/interesting solution to this problem: If Hale is in a deep financial hole (seems likely), Clear Channel Panama City could theoretically purchase 1400 AM and the 94.5 translator. Clear Channel certainly has the resources to do the engineering study necessary to move the translator to the best/clearest frequency on the FWB dial. That resource is, obviously, the mind of cceng... I'm sure he's already figured it out but I doubt he's put it on paper. Then Clear Channel could just simulcast WFLF-FM on 1400 and the FM translator for the folks in FWB or even make a FWB/Destin WFLA using CC Panama City and CC Pensacola for add sales. I think this would be relatively cheap and it's a cool idea to boot! I don't know if a 250 watt FM translator at 450 or so feet is capable of making Clear Channel enough money to even consider it... maybe they could buy it, build it, and sell it to Cumulus or Apex or Mark Carter! Another possibility would be that Clear Channel could pay for the engineering work necessary for a broke businessman to move Freedom 94.5 to another frequency... but I would bet that has already been suggested and Hale wanted the cake and he wanted to eat it too. This whole situation smells like a pissing contest between Hale and CC.
Just ideas and theories. I know nothing about this situation. I can listen to WFLF-FM whneever I want over here in P'cola. And I write long posts to boot!
If someone had money in the bank and an intellectual ability to make a 250 watt translator at 450 feet above sea level in Fort Walton profitable... well then they would do it, right? The fact that Freedom has stayed on the 94.5 frequency for so long tells me that they aren't making money and Hale doesn't have the resources to get the engineering work done that would be necessary just to start on an application to the FCC for a new frequency. Unless Freedom is his tax write off, which seems silly.
Here's a possible/interesting solution to this problem: If Hale is in a deep financial hole (seems likely), Clear Channel Panama City could theoretically purchase 1400 AM and the 94.5 translator. Clear Channel certainly has the resources to do the engineering study necessary to move the translator to the best/clearest frequency on the FWB dial. That resource is, obviously, the mind of cceng... I'm sure he's already figured it out but I doubt he's put it on paper. Then Clear Channel could just simulcast WFLF-FM on 1400 and the FM translator for the folks in FWB or even make a FWB/Destin WFLA using CC Panama City and CC Pensacola for add sales. I think this would be relatively cheap and it's a cool idea to boot! I don't know if a 250 watt FM translator at 450 or so feet is capable of making Clear Channel enough money to even consider it... maybe they could buy it, build it, and sell it to Cumulus or Apex or Mark Carter! Another possibility would be that Clear Channel could pay for the engineering work necessary for a broke businessman to move Freedom 94.5 to another frequency... but I would bet that has already been suggested and Hale wanted the cake and he wanted to eat it too. This whole situation smells like a pissing contest between Hale and CC.
Just ideas and theories. I know nothing about this situation. I can listen to WFLF-FM whneever I want over here in P'cola. And I write long posts to boot!
