I'm Glad I've been out of this business.

[apco25]

Stations swapping frequencies, stations selling stations, then getting out after their profit turnovers. What does this remind you of besides radio. Moving this station to this part of the dial. Three way deals.
Well it looks like radio is no longer a business of entertaining. It's a business of real estate. It's run like the major leagues as far as trading ball players, or free agency, jumping from team to team. Except you'll see call letters jumping frequency to frequency. It's becoming very sad.
Example is the very legendary Jim Lange. I'm sure this guy has a love for radio as much as anybody in the business. I'm sure he didn't want to retire yet, I'm sure he had another few more years in him. Just for the love of it.
But what do you do when a guy like him who's been at the top of the tower, continues to be sold down to a radio station frequency that's more of a transponder, and even the transponder gets sold to another company that has no need for his service. He's fed up. There's no sense of looking for another gig.
You'll just be sold out or down the river again.
Terrestrial radio has become a slap in the face to the listener. The listener is confused. He can't find his radio station. One day the End will be down at 92.5 because Y 92 got sold, or the top frequency's transmitter covers their target pattern better so the sponsors will buy more spots.
Program director's hop around like NBA coaches. I wouldn't be surprise if Larry Brown gets a one year deal programming 1140 AM after the Knicks.
Buy a radio station on the fringe outside a large market, tweak the signal, update the equipment, show alittle dent in the ratings, and turn it over after 2 years. I'm sure you don't have to pay any capital gains.
I'll stay with satellite radio. 60's on 6 will always 60's on 6.

 

[OldAkronite]

> Terrestrial radio has become a slap in the face to the
> listener. The listener is confused. He can't find his radio
> station. One day the End will be down at 92.5 because Y 92
> got sold, or the top frequency's transmitter covers their
> target pattern better so the sponsors will buy more spots.
> Program director's hop around like NBA coaches. I wouldn't
> be surprise if Larry Brown gets a one year deal programming
> 1140 AM after the Knicks.

The funny thing is...you brought up two radio stations which have been running their current format for years.

Y92 has been running its AC format with morning stars Paul and Phil for ages, and 1140 has been in the sports/talk format basically since 1994 (give or take a year or so as "Hot Talk", with current midday show Don & Mike).

The problem isn't stations like Y92, Sports 1140 or KFBK, which has been doing the current news/talk format since the early 80's. The problem is the rimshot signals that try to make a run at Sacramento from class A sticks in the Foothills or in rural Yolo County. The "in-market" full power signals in Sacramento have been remarkably stable. About the only one of those which has been changing formats a lot is Infinity's 93.7.

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[apco25]

> > Terrestrial radio has become a slap in the face to the
> > listener. The listener is confused. He can't find his
> radio
> > station. One day the End will be down at 92.5 because Y 92
>
> > got sold, or the top frequency's transmitter covers their
> > target pattern better so the sponsors will buy more spots.
>
> > Program director's hop around like NBA coaches. I wouldn't
>
> > be surprise if Larry Brown gets a one year deal
> programming
> > 1140 AM after the Knicks.
>
> The funny thing is...you brought up two radio stations which
> have been running their current format for years.
>
> Y92 has been running its AC format with morning stars Paul
> and Phil for ages, and 1140 has been in the sports/talk
> format basically since 1994 (give or take a year or so as
> "Hot Talk", with current midday show Don & Mike).
>
> The problem isn't stations like Y92, Sports 1140 or KFBK,
> which has been doing the current news/talk format since the
> early 80's. The problem is the rimshot signals that try to
> make a run at Sacramento from class A sticks in the
> Foothills or in rural Yolo County. The "in-market" full
> power signals in Sacramento have been remarkably stable.
> About the only one of those which has been changing formats
> a lot is Infinity's 93.7.
>
> -OA
>


Your right at the moment. But where do you think it starts. In the smaller markets. But it's already happening in the AM in major markets. Sacramento has been pretty stable. But in other markets there's been alot swapping and call letter and frequency hopping. I'm only being sarcastic with the End at the moment.