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New Urban

My best bet is that Eddie Edwards buy 92.9 or 96.9 and 104.3 and make the 1st station he buys URBAN AC (on FM). no 1 listens to music on AM. Ill let him do his thing but I hope that it be a smart move and maybe a station swap and change. If it was me...ill buy 104.3 and 92.9 or 96.9
104.3-Ill have it so the signal strength could be a 4/5 in the pittsburgh area
and have a 92.9....or buy 107.1 WGSM (Greensburg) and move the transmitter to allegheny county and Flip the Format to Urban
 
fmlive said:
.or buy 107.1 WGSM (Greensburg) and move the transmitter to allegheny county and Flip the Format to Urban
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That can not be done. It was moved further east so that WAMO could move 106.7 in from Beaver Falls to Wexford.
 
That one thing about being a radio lover its exciting when theres a change in format, kinda like NFL blockbuster trades. But I live in NYC but from Pittsburgh and theres more variety in radio with Reggae/Carribean music on some LPFM stations.
How long does it usually take to have a new city of license with a transmitter move 6 months?
 
I'd expect something to materialize later today. You know these things always happen at 4/5:00 on a Friday. Make announcement, give noone in media time to react.
 
fmlive said:
How long does it usually take to have a new city of license with a transmitter move 6 months?
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Depends on the backlog at the FCC. Paperwork approval is one thing, but raely is it as simple as moving one station anymore since the dial is so crowded. Usually it's like a jigsaw puzzle, moved one station one way so that another staion can slide in a particular direction... then the actual construction beyond that.

I really don't think this deal is going to invlove any of that, just buying something and flipping formats.
 
Time for some Pirate's ( and I am not talking about the record breakin' awful baseball team ).
 
I'm not from Pittsburgh but I found this online. Both are for sale, the first one is in Pitt and the second could be.


Pittsburgh PA AM. Talk format, good dial position, BIG footprint,
good candidate for FM translator Price $1MM

Pennsylvania AM in top 25 market Good daytime power with CP for upgrade, lower
night power. Station owned by a Network Provider that uses facility for access
 
I understand that Clear Channel recently donated several non-performing AMs (what other kind are there?) to some minority groups. Perhaps they could spin off the 970 station. The transmitter site needs some work, but they cover the city nicely. They would receive a tax write-off. Of course, you have to have some earnings for that to work.
 
From my sources, although not confirmed, that one of the AM possibility is that Eddie Edwards purchased or LMA to purchase WEDO 810 from 810 Inc. The station has been up on the block for sale since earlier this year. 810 Inc. want 2 million or so for the station and frequency. They may have cut a deal for a lower price or LMA to purchase. Although the station is a limited day timer. 810 at 1,000 watts ,the frequency is on a coveted clear channel frequency which it shares only with WGY. With 810 being on a clear channel frequency WEDO's signal reaches 3 states. Also 810 is next door to WAMO AM 860 originally a day timer. Snag the WAMO calls shift them over to 810 and relaunch WAMO over at 810. Sounds like an interesting scenario. Like all the scenario and possibilities floating around including Clear Channels 970 frequency. We well find out on Monday, should be interesting to see what station Eddie Edwards purchased or an LMA to purchase.
 
re WEDO. All the more sad that they didn't move to 820 KHz 20 years ago and increase to 50KW day and 1 to 5 KW nights. I suggested this to their GM but he wasn't interested.
 
With WEDO daytime, Q92.9 at night, and whatever Hip Hop is on the college stations, you could almost have urban programming full time. But I still think the people who listened to 106.7 will not move to this and go to Kiss and B94.
 
My 17-year-old stepdaughter listened exclusively to WAMO. After it went off the air I asked what radio staion she was listening to now and her response was "my iPod".
 
WAMO at 860 back in 1960 was something new and unique. AM daytime was as good as it usually got for Urban radio in most cities except for clas 1V stations. WAMO or whatever would be at 810 today ,I believe, would have a zero impact on the community. Even jazz followers have WDUQ. If WEDO is the big announcement, I'd call that major league underwhelming for all this speculation. I don't know, but if there was an FM signal for sale, it would have leaked.
 
WEDO still has a great signal because of the low freq. Back in the olden days they served McKeesport quite well, as did WMCK AM/FM. However, as Myron Jones once said, "when an AM station loses its audience, it is almost impossible to get it back".

Of course, if Mr. Edwards buys the station, he will target a specific audience. Whatever.....I wish him well.

I worked with him a few times when he filled in at KD a few years back. I found him to be a very nice person.
 
WEDO might have a great signal and Mr. Edwards might be a great guy, but it is an AM daytimer and I don't any scenario that it replaces the 106.7/860 combo. True, he might do business better than the previous group and given 106.7, he might make it work. I don't see anything working on an AM daytimer.
 
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