Did you read that the effort was to keep it as cost neutral as possible? 1210 is worth nowhere near what WXTU is. So no, they should not have because it didn’t fit their needs with this scenario.
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Entercom buys WBEB
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Radioinsight made a story about the deal and they said in I Quote, ''However a third scenario may be developing. Entercom Philadelphia Vice President of Music Programming Shelly Easton is rumored to be staying with the company despite originally coming to Philadelphia in 2009 to program WXTU for Beasley. Upon closing of the sales this fall would Entercom consider launching a new Country competitor to WXTU?''
Look at it this way. If 96.5 decides to drop AC for a different format, let's say Rhythmic CHR(similar to the "Wired" days), Alternative Rock(to compete against WRFF), or to a lesser extent, either FM simulcasts of KYW 1060 or WPHT, would Beasley or IHeart flip any of the struggling stations to try to dethrone WBEB? If Beasley decides to go AC on one of their stations, then I would probably expect that WJBR, whose signal also covers Philadelphia, will either flip or be acquired by another owner, most likely Townsquare.
Things could get interesting here.......
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If KYW and or WPHT moves to FM, what happens to 1060 and or 1210 AM?
Dance/EDM and rhythmic pop are much bigger across continental Europe than the US. From Moscow and Riga to Madrid, Zagreb and Tirana, there is much more rhythmic material played, not just along the Mediterranean coast.
WJBR is not strong enough over enough of the Philadelphia MSA to be a factor in any format.
Townsquare is a seller, not a buyer.
And nobody is going to compete with WRFF, which is the lowest billing full signal in the market with a miserable .4 power ratio.
David, I sure hope you are correct regarding Entercom's intentions for the station!!!! Philosophically, I agree with your earlier comments 100%.
However, I do not trust David Field. Look at what occurred in Seattle with KMPS. The two situations are not exactly analogous - WBEB is by far the stronger station - but it goes to show that Mr. Field is not afraid to make changes (sometimes major changes) to heritage stations that he acquires.
In the press release, Mr. Field is even quoted as referring to the station as "B101."
As for the thought of flipping 96.5 to Country, on paper, that's certainly not a bad idea, but I think keeping 96.5 some sort of AC to flank WBEB is a better idea. I also cannot help but wonder if the asset purchase agreement between Entercom and Beasley as to WXTU contains some sort of restrictive covenant preventing Entercom from flipping one of its FMs to Country. If I'm Beasley, there's no way in heck I'm paying $38 million for WXTU only to wind up having to face a new Country station launched by the same company that just sold me WXTU.
However, I do not trust David Field. Look at what occurred in Seattle with KMPS. The two situations are not exactly analogous - WBEB is by far the stronger station - but it goes to show that Mr. Field is not afraid to make changes (sometimes major changes) to heritage stations that he acquires.
In the press release, Mr. Field is even quoted as referring to the station as "B101."
As for the thought of flipping 96.5 to Country, on paper, that's certainly not a bad idea, but I think keeping 96.5 some sort of AC to flank WBEB is a better idea. I also cannot help but wonder if the asset purchase agreement between Entercom and Beasley as to WXTU contains some sort of restrictive covenant preventing Entercom from flipping one of its FMs to Country. If I'm Beasley, there's no way in heck I'm paying $38 million for WXTU only to wind up having to face a new Country station launched by the same company that just sold me WXTU.
Dilly, dilly! And to think he started it all as an upstart elevator music station, jettisoning that format when his research indicated listenership was moving out of the sales demos. Everyone at the time thought he was crazy. Crazy like a fox. One smart man who knows what listeners and advertisers want, then gives it to them.
WOGL HD2 70's is off the air, the 3 and 4 are on, coincidence or a glitch. Its hard to grab any local HD's tonight the NYC signals are booming in wiping the locals out. I can see the farm from my window and having a hard time even grabbing BEB, CBS FM is on top of them, which never happened in all the years I have been listening to the radio and its quite alot...Nash is like a local...
Which makes me wonder if, now that they're both owned by the same company, will there be any attempt to adjust the two adjacent signals so there is less interference? Just a thought.
They could. The question is will they? A few years ago after becoming co-owned Connoisseur Media adjusted the signals of 103.1 in Bayshore, Long Island (I forget their new call letters) and 102.9 WDRC-FM in Hartford, but as of January 2018 they are no longer co-owned.
All those examples were huge AM stations that had some kind of issue.
In Atlanta, between the Dickey's abortive talk FM and the horrible signal coverage of WSB AM, Cox moved to simulcast on a rimshot.
WTOP was seeing its horrible AM signal outgrown by the market, and they tried translators and smaller signals but finally went to pure FM.
WBBM was about to be challenged on FM by Randy's Merlin news station, and the move by WBBM was preemptive. It worked.
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The Philly locals were booming in last night in New York...even WJBR's HD went over WBAI. This sort of stuff happens right before a weather pattern change (unsettled starting tomorrow). I was listening to WRFF HD2 and its still "Alt 104.5 HD2". Will this somehow inhibit 96.5 from being Alt 96.5, if deciding to go that route? Or does the self-named Alt 96.5 within Acoustic Sunrise on the HD2 help get the name issue left behind? (PS I feel there's no point going there. Flanker AC/Country make more sense.)
In New York, I didn't get the WBEB/WCBS problem like in Philly. Although in the Leigh Valley and Poconos, its always a fight. Maybe there is a little bit of a point? When I travel on the NJ Turnpike, the flip usually occurs between Exits 7A and 8A, depending on the day. The HD changes before the analog signal. Not a huge issue imo.
Can I get an Amen up in here?!
I can't believe it took this long for one of us to bring up the idea of an FM partner for KYW or WPHT. I was waiting!
If you want to reach listeners under 55, you gotta be where they hang out...and that aint Ancient Modulation. Kudos to Hubbard for trying all digital on their Frederick, MD station, but pretty much everyone who advertisers want has abandoned the ship.
...and add KCBS to that list with their simulcast on 106~nine. It's a 50kw on 7~Forty, but they knew they had to be on FM.
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