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KBLA-AM sale never consummated

Weiserguy said:
So you don't hear "your" music because the companies that support the stations that used to (or might in the future) play it won't buy you if you do.
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Correct. That's what happens when you depend on someone else to pay for what you want.

On the other hand, there is non-commercial radio, where members support the programming they want. And in a lot of places, that's where you're seeing older music getting played. Or if you happen to live in a place where Weigel owns a Me-TV station, and they want to promote it with a MeTV-FM station, as is the case in Chicago.

This is nothing new. The same thing happened in the 80s when beautiful music aged out, and hundreds of stations flipped to soft rock or something else. That left a lot of over-55s without a radio station.
 
michael hagerty said:
...and seriously---be honest. Would an ad campaign convince you to spend more money for Tide if you're perfectly happy with Kirkland? Especially considering you're paying for the access to Costco products through your membership?
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Not to mention that a lot of store brand products are just a name brand product that’s also being sold using the store brand label:

Store-Brand vs. Name-Brand Taste-Off - Consumer Reports

What food brands are the best? Consumer Reports taste-tests 19 store-brand vs. name-brand food products. The results might surprise you.
www.consumerreports.org
 
radiofan2023 said:
Not to mention that a lot of store brand products are just a name brand product that’s also being sold using the store brand label:

Store-Brand vs. Name-Brand Taste-Off - Consumer Reports

What food brands are the best? Consumer Reports taste-tests 19 store-brand vs. name-brand food products. The results might surprise you.
www.consumerreports.org
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Yes, but "store brand" labels typically have recipes/other products made to their specifications. At one point I worked for a company that made cole slaw [among lots of other food stuff] for various name brand restaurants/stores. The test batches were put in the employee cafeteria and even though they weren't allowed to label them as to what company they belonged to, I could very much taste what brand I was eating belonged to a certain fried chicken place. They were made from receipes kept in a not-so-secret vault handed to them by the restaurants. Also, "mistakes" made by brand name companies may be sold off to certain stores that rebrand them with their store name or sold to them at a reduced price because they'll take the "damaged" items that are probably still good enough to be salvaged rather then destroyed, which is why when I buy TP of a certain brand from a certain store the cardboard rolls in the middle are always out of round which makes it fun trying to get it to come off the TP dispenser. Of course, you'll not be seeing salmonella-flavored Jif showing up as Grate Val-You peanut butter.

As far as WABC goes, I'd listen to them for the music programs if I lived in NYC---yes I could stream them online but it just isn't the same. I am now considered "elderly" by official government classifications so much of the music I grew up with is no longer played on FM. The "Classic Hits" [or oldies as they were called back then] station that played 50/60s music when I was in my 20/30s are now playing tunes from the 80s [although a lot less than they used to] to tunes from the 90s/early 00s' and calling them "classic"....not classic to me. So if AM is playing the music that appeals to ME, I'll head back there to listen. As it is, I listen to CFZM, and sometimes listen to a local AM that used to have a syndicated "oldies" format but has since switched to a different brand from the same company with what they call updated oldies [music from later years] and a local station with a "Soft Hits" format, from which they seem to be changing the branding to "Soft CLASSIC Hits" [still as a few friends call it," Soft Shits"]. So it would stand to reason that 55+ might just shift back to AM IF it plays the music they grew up with. And those that say "Well, they can just listen to stuff online" quit a few aren't that technically savvy to figure out how to listen on their phone/computer/tablet. Heck, my mom can't figure out how to email/text from her flip phone and try as I might she doesn't want to upgraded to a smart-er phone.
 
radiofan2023 said:
Most streams sound better than AM radio audio quality though.
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Well aware of that. But I have yet to have a stream stay stable. Loss of content, having to reboot/reload website to get stream back. Sorta impossible to do unless you have it built into your dashboard audio system. As mentioned before, Ohio passed a draconian law that you can even be HOLDING a mobile device, even if you're not making any calls/texting/roaming the web while driving. My audio system is considered ancient technology nowadays, no way to input anything to the system except by using one of those plug in transmitters that you have to tune to an empty frequency and jack the phone through that. And then the fact that you may end up in an area where a station is transmitting on that frequency so you have to search around for another empty channel and reset your transmitter for that.
 
TheBigA said:
Ukranian Americans are opposed to KBLA. Obviously haven't listened lately:

www.insideradio.com

Ukrainian Group Looks To Kill Los Angeles Sale Over Group’s Lease To Radio Sputnik.

There is no giving up for the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. Despite failing in its attempt to convince the Federal Communications Commission to deny a new license to Multicultural
www.insideradio.com www.insideradio.com

Very unlikely their petition will have any effect.
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Ridiculous overkill on the part of this Ukrainian group
 
TheBigA said:
The Ukrainians are now saying Tavis Smiley is unqualified to own KBLA

radioink.com

Ukrainian Group: Tavis Smiley Unqualified For License - Radio Ink

The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America is trying to keep Tavis Smiley from a license for KBLA-AM, saying he, "Lacks the character."
radioink.com radioink.com

I'm not aware that Smiley was convicted of anything. Accusations aren't enough to disqualify.

They should meet some of the owners I've worked for.
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Not sure why UCCA has to list mistakes listed in his past to show why he doesn’t ”deserve” to own a radio station? in a weird way, could they actually make noise with this and Tavis is forced to sell, is this all kind of a blessing in disguise for Tavis?
 
Loverofradio said:
Not sure why UCCA has to list mistakes listed in his past to show why he doesn’t ”deserve” to own a radio station? in a weird way, could they actually make noise with this and Tavis is forced to sell, is this all kind of a blessing in disguise for Tavis?
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My read is that he doesn't own anything to sell, he's in debt to Multicultural and he's out whatever money he has paid them.
 
Loverofradio said:
Not sure why UCCA has to list mistakes listed in his past to show why he doesn’t ”deserve” to own a radio station?
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They failed in their attack on MultiCultural, so now they're attacking an innocent third party. Tavis hasn't done anything to them. It's an irrelevant and unprovoked personal attack.
 
TheBigA said:
They failed in their attack on MultiCultural, so now they're attacking an innocent third party. Tavis hasn't done anything to them. It's an irrelevant and unprovoked personal attack.
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Having no dog in this fight, nevertheless let's apply the "Golden Rule" to this situation. Can UCCA or its own directors, officers or members, withstand a colonoscopy to see what's bouncing around in their, uh, past? Are these guys pure as the driven snow? (Though that might be the wrong cliche for the L.A. board...)
 
TheBigA said:
Multicultural asks the FCC to reject the Ukranian petition to deny, and allow the sale of KBLA.

www.insideradio.com

Multicultural Asks FCC To Reject Ukrainian Protest And Allow Tavis Smiley To Buy Los Angeles AM.

Multicultural Radio Broadcasting is asking the Federal Communications Commission to reject an effort by a Ukrainian organization to scuttle its deal to sell a Los Angeles AM to Tavis Smiley.
www.insideradio.com www.insideradio.com
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At what point does Tavis just say “screw it this is enough“ and just goes home. All of these constant bumps in the road…
 
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