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KDKA-AM and now KDKA-FM

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Rallen1st

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Just curious, does anyone know if KDKA-AM and FM will do any joint programs/projects/marketing or are the only things similar will be the same set of calls plus an AM or an FM and that they're owned by CBS? Also curious as to now that there is an AM and an FM if and how KDKA-AM will market, position differentiate itself. I seem to remember that there always was a strong tie between KDKA-AM and TV will this continue? Will KDKA-FM have a similar alliance with their TV sister station? I know its stupid - but the last time there was a KDKA-FM it was either a throw away or a simulcast of the AM. Like to see how CBS will handle this.
 
The station's new call letters can likely be considered "bling" for the station's new format. Additionally, CBS launched another FM sports talker in Boston (called, not "The Fan," but "The Sports Hub") and placed the WBZ-FM call letters on it. There was a complicated scenario leading up to the switch, which included the station parking the call letters of the previous format on the frequency, WBMX, on a Charlotte AM station for a few hours.

Then again, if call letters are so important to CBS, why the hell is Star 100.7 still sporting the call letters from a prior format ("The Point")?
 
DToTheJ said:
Then again, if call letters are so important to CBS, why the hell is Star 100.7 still sporting the call letters from a prior format ("The Point")?
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Because they're just that lame.

The original KDKA FM frequency was 92.9 .
 
The original KDKA-FM frequency was 47.5 MC on the old FM band.

By the way, didn't they virtually give the station away to Saul Frishling (may his name be proclaimed from on high) for less than 4 million?
 
hypwr said:
The original KDKA-FM frequency was 47.5 MC on the old FM band.

By the way, didn't they virtually give the station away to Saul Frishling (may his name be proclaimed from on high) for less than 4 million?
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Something like that. There were ownership limits in those days, and Westinghouse had to sell one because of their holdings in other markets. They obviously chose to keep 1020.
 
For a long time after the sale, you could still see where the "WPNT FM 93" sign had hung inbetween "KDKA TV-2" and "KDKA 1020" on the side of One Gateway Center. The sale to Saul Frischling came before the first run-up in station prices in the mid-80's.
 
hypwr said:
The original KDKA-FM frequency was 47.5 MC on the old FM band.

By the way, didn't they virtually give the station away to Saul Frishling (may his name be proclaimed from on high) for less than 4 million?
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I wouldn't exactly call it a giveaway...$4 million is what Saul paid for it in 1984. Adjust it for inflation in today's dollars and...whoa. For a station whose billing was largely through combo, and with no real estate, all Saul was really buying was a piece of paper and a stick lease. Nevertheless, it is a Pittsburgh signal, and it was at best, fair.
 
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