I am a WFAT AM 700 listener listening over the internet from Philadelphia, Pa. You're right, this is a great station for music. But I have a question for anyone out there who can answer it. How does WFAT AM 700 in the orange-athol massachusetts area make money and collect revenue? I never hear any commercials, I never hear any sports broadcasts, and I never hear any specialty shows where a sponsor or the show host has to pay to have a show on the station. How is station managing to stay on the air and also stream their broadcast signal over the internet without any way of making money or collecting revenue? This is the first radio station I ever heard anywhere that has no way of making money or collecting revenue? Every radio station I heard outside of WFAT AM 700 has commercials, sports broadcasts, and makes the show host get sponsors to have a show on a radio station. So, explain to me how WFAT AM 700 is making money and collecting revenue? I'm baffled?
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How does wfat am 700 make money & collect revenue?
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Is this yet another "The River" station????!!! Seems they've got TONS of "affiliates" around northern New England.....
One that still has me head-scratching is WXRG (102.3, Concord, NH)....this was originally WKXL-FM (signing on March 7, 1972), then WOTX ("The Outlaw")....then WWHK ("The Hawk")..
WRVR -- or is THIS now WXRV ? (92.5, Haverhill, MA) has ALWAYS provided a Grade A signal to the entire southern NH region.....Why tie up a little Class A with a simulcast??
Yeah...I know....local revenue...but IMHO a more "localized" entity could do as well, given the right format....and applying a little "elbow grease"!!!
If you listen to WKCE or WPLB you will here the same stuff.These stations are owned by Mid Century Radio and WFAT is carrying their music feed. WKCE has Roger Morgan on in the morning between 8 and 10 am and he is on WPLB between 5 and 6 pm east coast time with a call in show.If he has what you want to hear he will play it. A lot of what he plays is from his own personal collection.
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