Salem sells WHKZ/Warren

[static_cling]

OMW has the lowdown, but here's the long and short of it:

Salem Communications is selling preaching/teaching WHKZ/1440 to Pentecostal Temple Development Corporation for $550,000. So, no more Y-town/Warren simulcast of Cleveland's WHKW/1220.

That said, is there any chance of this new owner doing something local with 1440, or is that just another a pipe dream of mine?

 

[radiomayor2]

the new owner, Rev. Loren Mann......a long time respected news reporter/anchor at CH 11 in P burgh, bought the station...

he also bought an AM from Salem in Pittsburgh...( i think it was the old 1080/WEEP frequency)......yes dating myself.......

whatever he decides to do, i would guess it would be well done......

this is a real minstry for the Rev. Mann, whom i hear is a good guy.....

 

[david9396]

maybe he will restore the heritage calls of wrro, the arrow. david9396 formerly david5258

 

[static_cling]

maybe he will restore the heritage calls of wrro, the arrow. david9396 formerly david5258

Some of us recall the heritage calls as WHHH. 8)

 

[Rusty Muck]

And the first set of calls were WRRN, when it became WHHH in 1948...

In any event, this will end the least-necessary simulcast of a Cleveland station that I can ever remember. And it lasted for well over SEVEN YEARS... and WHKW is a 50,000 watt station that, last I checked, does cover the Youngstown area, no?

-nate81 aka Myron-

 

[Rusty Muck]

the new owner, Rev. Loren Mann......a long time respected news reporter/anchor at CH 11 in P burgh, bought the station...

he also bought an AM from Salem in Pittsburgh...( i think it was the old 1080/WEEP frequency)......yes dating myself.......

whatever he decides to do, i would guess it would be well done......

this is a real minstry for the Rev. Mann, whom i hear is a good guy.....

To be precise, it was WGBN/1150-New Kensington that the Rev. Mann purchased in 1992 from Salem...

-nate81 aka Myron-