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I CAN ALMOST IMAGINE THE "FINAL" SIGN-OFF OF WILD!
- Thread starter blackgold
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And one other thing LAUROJRM never seems to get (and I mean no harm..) is that STAR 93.7 failed. Entercom gave it several years a couple of different PD's and morning shows. But MIKE is doing better on a much smaller budget. Why would they want to change that?? That sure wouldn't be serving their stock holders. And LAURO that is a commercial stations job. Not to play the music you want for your friends but to make as much money as they can for their stockholders. That's it, nothing more.
it's not for my friends.
It's for the listenners who lost and loved Star 93.7 and W I L D 1090am
It's for the listenners who lost and loved Star 93.7 and W I L D 1090am
Star 93.7 didn't last because they didn't try different things.
There are many great radio programs out there that we don't hear over here in Boston, that is on elsewhere. If they would've tried different things, they would've last.
@WBZFM2010, no, I'm not selling anything. I just put my ideas here. That's what these sites are used for, that's what I do.
I don't do anything to harm others, these are just ideas. I only try to say good things, not hurt nobody. Fighting is no good, somebody always get hurt!!!
There are many great radio programs out there that we don't hear over here in Boston, that is on elsewhere. If they would've tried different things, they would've last.
@WBZFM2010, no, I'm not selling anything. I just put my ideas here. That's what these sites are used for, that's what I do.
I don't do anything to harm others, these are just ideas. I only try to say good things, not hurt nobody. Fighting is no good, somebody always get hurt!!!
Okay, scrap the idea about WILD using a pirate station for a translator. If they petitioned the FCC to make one of the "pirates" give up that frequency, then WILD could operate on a legal translator frequency. But...with Radio One in trouble, they won't even think of it. Something really HAS to be done to save WILD-AM 1090. But what? Short of moving it to the Extended AM band, I don't have any more ideas.
One of these days, WILD will disappear and that'll be the end of it. And if they do have a final sign-off, it'll be a very sad day. Unless Radio One has a heart and decides to do something, expect it to go to pot.
One of these days, WILD will disappear and that'll be the end of it. And if they do have a final sign-off, it'll be a very sad day. Unless Radio One has a heart and decides to do something, expect it to go to pot.
No, but thanks for playing. AM signals can only use existing FM translators, not ones yet to be created. The translator must also be fully within the AM station's 2mv contour. There are none that come to mind (except possibly the pea-shooter WCRB uses) that fit within those rules.
blackgold said:
blackgold said:
And moving to Ex-band is also a non-starter. The FCC is no longer accepting applications for Ex-band AND, when it was accepting such applications, it did so only in accordance with a table of allocations. The closest allocation to Boston was 1700 in Rochester NH. I think the Rochester NH allocation was the only one in New England. There were to be strict mileage separations among Ex-band stations. No DAs were to be used. Generally speaking, although a few allocations were moved, it was not easy to move an allocation.
The original applicant for Rochester NH was the station that was then WWNH 930, but the way I remember the story, the first application was essentially a petition to the FCC to establish an allocation. Once the allocation had been established, multiple applicants could apply for it. Preference was given to AM stations that could show (or had already shown in their original petitions) that they would reduce interference on the 540 to 1600 hHz band by moving to Ex-band. IIRC, WWNH established that it would reduce interference in the 540 to 1600-kHz band but never filed the second application for a CP to construct the Ex-band facilities it had been allocated.
blackgold said:
That would also not be a legal option. The FM pirates in Boston are not operating on potentially "legal translator frequencies". The reason that there weren't already any licensed stations (LPFM, translators, or otherwise) on the FM frequencies that the pirates are using, and the reason that the pirates are there illegally, is because those frequencies are NOT available for ANY kind of licensed broadcasting in Boston per the FCC. They are all too close on the dial and/or geographically to existing LEGAL stations. That's (one reason) why the pirates on those frequencies are illegal!
DanStrassberg said:
its full anywyas
lowell/hyannis TIS 1610
energy 1620
sharon 1630
signal 1640
logan 1650
korea 1660
voix divine 1670, similar crap thru 1710
doesnt Captain Al embody WILD more than WILD itself. anyways
I give up! I guess the subject is closed. WILD-AM 1090 is about to become a thing of the past. Yep, one of these days, the final sign-off will be heard.
"AM 1090, WILD BOSTON. Closing down for good.
Radio One-Another One Bites The Dust!
Where information is power? HA!"
And finally, we'll hear the Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice," until the power current is turned off.
"AM 1090, WILD BOSTON. Closing down for good.
Radio One-Another One Bites The Dust!
Where information is power? HA!"
And finally, we'll hear the Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice," until the power current is turned off.
blackgold said:
I still don't see why their "final" sign-off would be any different than their regular daily sign-off, the transmitter simply dumping off-air in mid-song from automation at the preset time.
Gotta agree with Johnster in his reply to LAURO. Entercom and the rest are doing what it takes to make a profit and keep the stockholders happy. Simply because there are people who like Urban AC, doesn't mean there are enough there to justify committing a station to the format. There has to be enough of an audience in the first place, found by marketing studies and the like, to justify such a move. There's a similar bit of whining going on on the Philadelphia board, where some people think an Active Rock/Alternative hybrid would go through the roof, ratings-wise...... ???
There was room to put translators to WEIM Fitchburg and WNNW Lawrence at 105.3 and
92.1, respectively, as well as WSMA 90.5's simulcast on 103.7 in Salem, but the dial is indeed crowded enough as it is. Don't think any more in gr. Boston area can be legally jammed in
especially if you're trying within 128.
92.1, respectively, as well as WSMA 90.5's simulcast on 103.7 in Salem, but the dial is indeed crowded enough as it is. Don't think any more in gr. Boston area can be legally jammed in
especially if you're trying within 128.
Hate to nitpick, but ~
Old habits die hard. It's been WPKZ for about a year and a half now, after about 65 years as WEIM. Not a good move, IMHO.
Back on topic, Radio One bought WILD for about $5 million ten years ago. That may be why they have a high asking price now. They ought to remember that they snapped up 97.7 for a tenth of what they paid for the AM, and that WBIX/WQOM just sold for a cool million plus a $500,000 write off. In other words, Cathy Hughes needs to get some perspective. I just hope it's sold to someone who will bring it back toward its former greatness under the Nash family ownership.
raccoonradio said:
Old habits die hard. It's been WPKZ for about a year and a half now, after about 65 years as WEIM. Not a good move, IMHO.
Back on topic, Radio One bought WILD for about $5 million ten years ago. That may be why they have a high asking price now. They ought to remember that they snapped up 97.7 for a tenth of what they paid for the AM, and that WBIX/WQOM just sold for a cool million plus a $500,000 write off. In other words, Cathy Hughes needs to get some perspective. I just hope it's sold to someone who will bring it back toward its former greatness under the Nash family ownership.
oops, yes true re: old habits...when I think of 1460 it's "WBET" when it's really "WXBR" for example
raccoonradio said:
Heh, I still catch myself thinking/writing/saying "(850) WHDH"! :
Why is it that when I listen to WILD, I still think the signal is coming from the single tower that stood in the field between one of the oldest industrial parks in the area and the Malden River in Medford. Yes, I know that is now coming from the WKOX (1430) site just down the street, but I can't seem to get the the old site out of my mind.
as I kept saying.
If the station (WBOS, 93.7...) can't change to Urban AC
If they can't change to Urban AC
Than, change to AC/or HOT AC, but focus on playing some NEW Urban AC music (Ruben Studdard, New Bobby Brown, New Angie Stone, New Whitney Houston music) play some new Urban AC music that no other (real station plays) 93.7 MIKE FM says they play everything. I NEVER hear those music on there. Magic 106.7 can play some of them, but they never do.
Where I work weekdays at this Medical Center, most of the employees and patients are (besides American) most are Hatian, and African American. The only station we have on here is Magic 106.7. Yes they play some Motown which is all good, but focus more on some New Urban AC, I'm not saying change your formats, I'm saying, play some more Urban AC music
If the station (WBOS, 93.7...) can't change to Urban AC
If they can't change to Urban AC
Than, change to AC/or HOT AC, but focus on playing some NEW Urban AC music (Ruben Studdard, New Bobby Brown, New Angie Stone, New Whitney Houston music) play some new Urban AC music that no other (real station plays) 93.7 MIKE FM says they play everything. I NEVER hear those music on there. Magic 106.7 can play some of them, but they never do.
Where I work weekdays at this Medical Center, most of the employees and patients are (besides American) most are Hatian, and African American. The only station we have on here is Magic 106.7. Yes they play some Motown which is all good, but focus more on some New Urban AC, I'm not saying change your formats, I'm saying, play some more Urban AC music
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