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Philadelphia FM in the near future

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With WIP, WKDN potential sale, and WRNB changes seeing only the beginning of some changes on the dial?

Paraphrasing Tolkien, One thread to bind them all.

Will there be another voice format on FM in the form of KYW? Will there be more than one?

Mix, Ben, and Wired could improve or could decline to the point where a change is needed.

WPST gets respectable ratings with less than full market coverage.

WJBR has a signal that could potentially do the same from the other direction. Perhaps, WSTW could as well.

Could the 96.9, 97.1, and 107.3 non-com translators end up relaying commercial rimshot or AM programming?

Are there too many potential commercial FM signals already, or too few?

Is the Fanatic in trouble?
 
My guesses:

Will there be another voice format on FM in the form of KYW? Will there be more than one? Depends on who gets WKDN and if other Philly FMs are sold. I think a Philly all-news FM is just a matter of time. Question is: how much time, and who.

WPST gets respectable ratings with less than full market coverage. I've been wondering about WPST myself. CBS is maxed out. It would perfectly fill in some of the areas where 1060's signal is weakest. Could CBS somehow keep the market designation Trenton and not go over FCC limits? Similar question for 107.5 WBYN in Boyertown, in the other direction from WPST.

WJBR has a signal that could potentially do the same from the other direction. Perhaps, WSTW could as well. It appears that Beasley believes WJBR is better off being the No. 1 in-market FM in the Wilmington market rather than putting it up against 18 other Philly signals. Same goes for WSTW, but its 12+ numbers don't look so great. That's a story for another thread on the Delaware board.

Could the 96.9, 97.1, and 107.3 non-com translators end up relaying commercial rimshot or AM programming? Are any of them strong enough in the more densely populated areas to make a difference? Can any of them be upgraded to higher (250watt) power?

Are there too many potential commercial FM signals already, or too few? If broadcasters would put some worthwhile news/talk programming on FM, I'd say Philly has just enough. Before we had two FM sports talkers, I'd say we were a little oversaturated. Most of the stations aren't playing unique music, in other words, you can find music on one FM on another.

Is the Fanatic in trouble? I usually think local beats network. However, maybe there's enough local on 97.5 to keep it going.
 
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