I knew radio was down but wow this station is for sale cheap

[radioray]

Any idea what this is?

http://www.broadcaststations4sale.com/

ALABAMA... Mid size market, fulltime AM. 1000 watts day and night, no real estate, doing oldies format. Asking $110,000, possible some terms. Call Ted Gray at 336-570-9133 for more information, or email.

ALABAMA... Fulltime 5kw AM with heritage format in excellent Southern market. High power increase possible which can be moved into state's biggest market. State of the art facilities. Priced to sell. Call Ted Gray at 336-570-9133 for more information, or call Dave Hedrick at 1-866-301-9423, or email us.

ALABAMA... Fulltime 5kw AM with hot format in Southern growth market. Unique revenue streams and owned real estate. Motivated seller anxious to move ahead...make offer! Call Ted Gray at 336-570-9133 for more information, or call Dave Hedrick at 1-866-301-9423, or email us.

 

[Nate Wesley]

No clue as to what stations those descriptions are talking about...though the 1000 watter might be 'fun' if you could own the tower.

 

[Poledo]

Just based on my knowledge of Alabama, not these stations.

I would guess that the 1kw oldies station is in the western part of the state, west of Selma, north of Jackson.

The second station is obviously in a Birmingham suburb, should be easy to figure out.

The third 5kw may be in a college town or near a military base, likely on the eastern side of Alabama.

 

[easyfm]

Asking $110,000, possible some terms.

How 'bout this one then ...

FIRST BROADCASTING CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC is selling KELE-A/MOUNTAIN GROVE, MO to DALTON C. WRIGHT's OZARK MEDIA, INC. for $15,000.

 

[passtheword]

The second station is obviously in a Birmingham suburb, should be easy to figure out.

I was thinking Birmingham suburb, also, but that may depend on what you define as "suburb" (how far out from Birmingham you consider a "suburb"). I don't know of any fulltime 5 kw AM's just outside of Birmingham. Suburban-wise, I can only think of a handful of AM's that are licensed to Birmingham suburbs (WURL in Moody, WZGX in Bessemer, WQOH in Irondale, and WQCR in Alabaster). However, none of those are 5 kw with the exception of WQOH, which I understand used to operate at night (at least it did when the station was WRLM), though I'm too far out of Birmingham to have ever heard it. Irondale is so close to Birmingham (touching the Birmingham city limits in places), I doubt WQOH is the station they're referring to. If you want to be creative on what's considered "suburb", you could also include in the list of possible stations...WFHK in Pell City, WBYE in Calera, and WRSM in Sumiton. Again, none of those stations are 5 kw with the exception of WFHK, which, IIRC, is daytime-only. The FCC record for WFHK lists a nighttime power of 100 watts under "PLAN", so it appears the station never applied for nighttime operation when the FCC issued those miniscule nighttime powers years ago.

There are some 5 kw AM's in cities near Birmingham (WACT, WWPG, WTSK, and WENN in Tuscaloosa; WAAX, WJBY, and WGAD in Gadsden; WHMA in Anniston, those are a few I can think of off the top of my head. It wouldn't be outside of reality to see one of those stations try to move in closer to Birmingham, provided they weren't "blocked" in by other nearby stations (Clear Channel attempted this feat not long ago by applying to change WAAX's COL from Gadsden to Mountain Brook, a suburb of Birmingham. The FCC dismissed it this past February, however).

The ad reads, or at least appears to read, the station in question is 5 kw fulltime, implying it's 5 kw both day and night. All those stations I mentioned above are full-time stations, but they don't operate with 5 kw at night. I'm wondering if maybe that ad is somewhat misleading, in that maybe the station for sale is a full-time station, with 5 kw during the day, but operating with less power at night. The ad also states that the station has a "High power increase possible which can be moved into state's biggest market". The key word there is "possible", so it's entirely feasible that "possible" means just that...there might be no formal application or CP already on file for such a move. The only other 5 kw AM near Birmingham I can think of which is, at least, authorized to operate at night, is WCOC in Dora.


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[Nate Wesley]

The ad reads, or at least appears to read, the station in question is 5 kw fulltime, implying it's 5 kw both day and night. All those stations I mentioned above are full-time stations, but they don't operate with 5 kw at night. I'm wondering if maybe that ad is somewhat misleading, in that maybe the station for sale is a full-time station, with 5 kw during the day, but operating with less power at night. The ad also states that the station has a "High power increase possible which can be moved into state's biggest market". The key word there is "possible", so it's entirely feasible that "possible" means just that...there might be no formal application or CP already on file for such a move. The only other 5 kw AM near Birmingham I can think of which is, at least, authorized to operate at night, is WCOC in Dora.

That's the part that had me stumped. 5kw fulltime, and it hadn't already been moved closer to Birmingham?

WQOH 1480 would work if 'fulltime' somehow equated to 'daytime', for which 1480 is licensed to operate. But Queen of Heaven CR just took over the facility this past April, and they're applying for 28 watts of nighttime coverage.

I think WCOC is a good guess.

 

[mbatchelor]

KELE in Mountain Grove, MO has no transmitter, and must be back on the air by December 20th. Given that all they are getting is a license for a 1kW AM station in a small town, it probably really isn't all that great of a deal. The purchaser of the station already owns the FM station to the combo, and the AM station was to move to Ohio to fill a City of License of Ripley, OH, but it was thrown out by the FCC.

There are deals around on dark stations and CPs, but you have to be willing to work very quickly to put them back on the air so as to not lose the license.

Asking $110,000, possible some terms.

How 'bout this one then ...

FIRST BROADCASTING CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC is selling KELE-A/MOUNTAIN GROVE, MO to DALTON C. WRIGHT's OZARK MEDIA, INC. for $15,000.

 

[JohnAllan]

That's the part that had me stumped. 5kw fulltime, and it hadn't already been moved closer to Birmingham?

WQOH 1480 would work if 'fulltime' somehow equated to 'daytime', for which 1480 is licensed to operate. But Queen of Heaven CR just took over the facility this past April, and they're applying for 28 watts of nighttime coverage.

I think WCOC is a good guess.
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I work for a company that specializes in upgrades and moves. They moved the 1690 frequency from middle Georgia to Atlanta (And then sold the station for $12 million). Many times, when moving a station, they change the frequency and gain full power. So it may be 1480 and if moved, could change to say 1460 or whatever, and be a full power station. We are working on one now that went from 1560 to 1580 and is moving 35 miles (from rural, closer to a big city). At 1560, it's daytime only. At 1580, it will get night power, but it will be low. Just a thought.