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"Pro Talk Radio 1490"

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PaulBWalkerJr

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Since when did WAJF Decatur become "ProTalk 1490"?

http://www.protalkradio.com

When I was living in Decatur/Huntsville, I know the then current owner Troy Bryant was looking to sell because he took a job in, Columbus a believe.

He still owed money on the station to it's original owner and was asking around $250,000.

Did he sell it and the new owners retained him as engineer or did he hire a real staff and clean the palce up a little bit?

Edit: Further checking, when you click on their webstream it shows "Copyright CVCO, Inc" and when you google CVCO, Inc you get:
http://www.1049theriver.com/HTML/cvco.html

Their automation obviously needs help, I heard "Your new home for news, talk, weather and sports... Pro Talk 1490" in the middle of a newscast from CBS then abruptly went into "Morning In America"
By the way, they've got a decent set up there, with an LPTV down the hall form them and an LPFM in the next room........
 
No applications for sale, transfer or otherwise have been filed. The last Application to be filed was in 2004 and that was a License renewal.

Checking WHOIS, You get:
Technical Contact:
Baughman, Danny [email protected]
Gahanna, Ohio 43230
United States
(614) 8**-9**1
 
From Radio & Records (November 2, 2006):

WAJF-AM/Decatur (Huntsville)
PRICE: $167,500
TERMS: Asset sale for cash
BUYER: Christian Voice of Central Ohio, Inc., headed by President Dan Baughman. Phone: 614-855-9171. It owns five other stations. This represents its entry into this market.
SELLER: WAJF Inc, headed by President Troy Bryant. Phone: 256-353-6363
FREQUENCY: 1490 kHz
POWER: 1kw
FORMAT: Christian/Talk
COMMENT: WAJF Inc's WAJF-AM/Decatur, AL to Christian Voice of Central Ohio for $167,500, payable in cash at closing. $37,500 deposit.

http://www.radioandrecords.com/radi...article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003349826
 
Well, I guess I was just a few days off!!

From what I understand, the money paid to Mr. Bryant is largely to pay off the debt he owes for buying the station from Daniel Openheim.
 
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