I guess what is left now is signing of the papers for a done deal?
http://www.insideradio.com/Article.asp?id=2578393&spid=32061#.UKzQ4Ib5UtQ
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REMAINING NASSAU STATIONS SOLD!
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Betrayed said:
I'm sure the new owners will come in and take a look at everything. Whatever needs to be done will depend on ratings, finances and morale. The bottom line is if any of the former Nassau stations are suffering from ANY of those three I mentioned, there will be "adjustments." Obviously, the most changes will occur if ANY station is suffering from all three! Also, the article states that they are eager to get started ASAP. It will be interesting to watch how this is approached during the Holiday Season.
If you look at the stations Connoisseur owns elsewhere, the ones which seem to be most unlike any other they currently own are some of the AMs. Specifically: They own no religious stations and the sports stations they run aren't Spanish language.
But, would they really put much effort into an AM in Lehighton, one in Trenton and another in Flemington? (Although the Flemington station has a pretty big daytime signal.)
One easy possibility for some of those AMs: 60s/70s based classic hits. The Hawk is now centered in the 80s and leans toward classic rock. The AMs could focus a decade or so earlier and play a larger cross section of hits, not just rock-oriented ones. Connoisseur actually operates a Standards AM in Long Island!
Also, for years now, Nassau has tried to position WWYY as a Lehigh Valley station. It manages to get a a high one or low two rating with its signal that is the weakest in the most populous areas of the rating area. It's a flanker to take some audience away from 'ZZO, which is the Hawk's rock competitor. They might be content to continue this, or, perhaps they see an opportunity to make 107.1 a Poconos-centered FM, which might entail a format change.
Their most common FM format: Variety Hits Bob-FMs.
Safest bets to stay pretty much the way they are: WPST and the Hawk, followed by the ESPN simulcast on 1230 and 1320 in the Valley.
Hard to know whether SBG-FM is profitable.
Wonder if there might be spin-offs? This group is AM heavy. 4 FMs, 6 AMs. WPST and the Hawk are the crown jewels. You could make a case for Connoissuer to get rid of the weaker Pocono FMs, and the AMs in Lehighton and Stroudsburg. It'd be cheap to operate the AMs in the Valley and New Jersey because they could be co-located with strong FMs. Who might buy some of the weaker signals in this group?
But, would they really put much effort into an AM in Lehighton, one in Trenton and another in Flemington? (Although the Flemington station has a pretty big daytime signal.)
One easy possibility for some of those AMs: 60s/70s based classic hits. The Hawk is now centered in the 80s and leans toward classic rock. The AMs could focus a decade or so earlier and play a larger cross section of hits, not just rock-oriented ones. Connoisseur actually operates a Standards AM in Long Island!
Also, for years now, Nassau has tried to position WWYY as a Lehigh Valley station. It manages to get a a high one or low two rating with its signal that is the weakest in the most populous areas of the rating area. It's a flanker to take some audience away from 'ZZO, which is the Hawk's rock competitor. They might be content to continue this, or, perhaps they see an opportunity to make 107.1 a Poconos-centered FM, which might entail a format change.
Their most common FM format: Variety Hits Bob-FMs.
Safest bets to stay pretty much the way they are: WPST and the Hawk, followed by the ESPN simulcast on 1230 and 1320 in the Valley.
Hard to know whether SBG-FM is profitable.
Wonder if there might be spin-offs? This group is AM heavy. 4 FMs, 6 AMs. WPST and the Hawk are the crown jewels. You could make a case for Connoissuer to get rid of the weaker Pocono FMs, and the AMs in Lehighton and Stroudsburg. It'd be cheap to operate the AMs in the Valley and New Jersey because they could be co-located with strong FMs. Who might buy some of the weaker signals in this group?
As I said in the NEPA thread, I'd like to see them go back to the Feds to tweak the ESPN affiliates' power... 1320 barely covers its COL anymore.
I put on 1040 from Flemington today and they have dropped the ESPN Spanish sports format and are simulcasting the religious format of 920 WCHR in Trenton and ID'ing it as a simulcast. Of course at one time 1040 WAS WCHR, and before THAT WCHR was on 920 the first time, so the format & calls have bounced around since they lost their 30+ years long time home on 94.5 FM.radiophiler said:
The agreement between Nassau and Connoisseur probably was contingent on the new owners hauling in those AMs. All or nothing.
Am surprised that Nassau didn't try to add the now-dark 960 in Mount Pocono into the package. There's a lot of scrap metal in those four towers.
The 93.5 could turn out to be a bit of a gem. The stretch between Port Jervis, down the Delaware to Stroudsburg and I-80 -- the eastern Posonos -- recently has gotten competitive.Two brand new omni stations have come on the air in that stretch. And WSBG makes it into the Wilkes-Barre book on occasion. Am not sure about the Allentown book.
They are, of course, remembered by some as the station where the morning guy got canned for his own 'nappy-headed-ho' contest a few days after Imus got Afro'ed. But I always found WSBG to be a good listen, during the infrequent times I tune in, way out of that demo.
Am surprised that Nassau didn't try to add the now-dark 960 in Mount Pocono into the package. There's a lot of scrap metal in those four towers.
The 93.5 could turn out to be a bit of a gem. The stretch between Port Jervis, down the Delaware to Stroudsburg and I-80 -- the eastern Posonos -- recently has gotten competitive.Two brand new omni stations have come on the air in that stretch. And WSBG makes it into the Wilkes-Barre book on occasion. Am not sure about the Allentown book.
They are, of course, remembered by some as the station where the morning guy got canned for his own 'nappy-headed-ho' contest a few days after Imus got Afro'ed. But I always found WSBG to be a good listen, during the infrequent times I tune in, way out of that demo.
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