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Selling WFOX Call Letters
- Thread starter trusty
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jal
Guest
> With the flip to Jamz in '03 and now "The RIVER", I have
> wondered if Cox has tried, and is trying, to sell the calls
> to - say - the FOX Network for a pile of cash. Has anyone
> heard anything about this?
>
> I know calls aren't that important these days, but just
> curious. Thanx.
With a few exceptions, Cox and CBS (unlike Clear Channel and many others) does not change calls with a format flip. Cox did change the calls on its new Christian station in Tulsa just recently, which is unusual.
BTW, it is illegal to sell call letters as far as I am aware of.
Look at the callsign changes for 99.7 from 1984-1988, and you will see how eager many owners are to change calls when the format changes.
> wondered if Cox has tried, and is trying, to sell the calls
> to - say - the FOX Network for a pile of cash. Has anyone
> heard anything about this?
>
> I know calls aren't that important these days, but just
> curious. Thanx.
With a few exceptions, Cox and CBS (unlike Clear Channel and many others) does not change calls with a format flip. Cox did change the calls on its new Christian station in Tulsa just recently, which is unusual.
BTW, it is illegal to sell call letters as far as I am aware of.
Look at the callsign changes for 99.7 from 1984-1988, and you will see how eager many owners are to change calls when the format changes.
yes, there are ways around that.
i've heard that years back fox broadcasting tried to buy the wfox calls from then shamrock broadcasting for their o&o station in new york (wnyw). i can't imagine that they wouldn't jump at the chance to get them now.
but then it's kind of ironic that the KFOX calls belong to cox, and are being used on their tv property in el paso, tx (fox affiliate)...
i'd think cox would put kfox on the oakland/san francisco fox affiliate they own (ktvu) and hold the wfox calls for a future cox owned fox affiliate in the east.
or, if the $$$ is right, sell 'em both to fox for NYC and LA.
-amos
> > BTW, it is illegal to sell call letters as far as I am
> aware
> > of.
>
> Turner made some contributions to MIT in exchange for the
> WTBS calls from their student radio station.
>
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i've heard that years back fox broadcasting tried to buy the wfox calls from then shamrock broadcasting for their o&o station in new york (wnyw). i can't imagine that they wouldn't jump at the chance to get them now.
but then it's kind of ironic that the KFOX calls belong to cox, and are being used on their tv property in el paso, tx (fox affiliate)...
i'd think cox would put kfox on the oakland/san francisco fox affiliate they own (ktvu) and hold the wfox calls for a future cox owned fox affiliate in the east.
or, if the $$$ is right, sell 'em both to fox for NYC and LA.
-amos
> > BTW, it is illegal to sell call letters as far as I am
> aware
> > of.
>
> Turner made some contributions to MIT in exchange for the
> WTBS calls from their student radio station.
>
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Braswell
Guest
> BTW, it is illegal to sell call letters as far as I am aware
> of.
Not so. If someone wanted to pay Cox to "release" the calls, so that they could apply for them, it can be done. It has been done many times by others.<P ID="signature">______________
Jay Braswell - Moderator
Atlanta/North Florida/South Carolina/Georgia Boards</P>
> of.
Not so. If someone wanted to pay Cox to "release" the calls, so that they could apply for them, it can be done. It has been done many times by others.<P ID="signature">______________
Jay Braswell - Moderator
Atlanta/North Florida/South Carolina/Georgia Boards</P>
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bclark71
Guest
Jefferson-Pilot compensated WSTR in Sturgis, Michigan to release their call sign in 1989 as well.
> > BTW, it is illegal to sell call letters as far as I am
> aware
> > of.
>
> Not so. If someone wanted to pay Cox to "release" the calls,
> so that they could apply for them, it can be done. It has
> been done many times by others.
>
> > BTW, it is illegal to sell call letters as far as I am
> aware
> > of.
>
> Not so. If someone wanted to pay Cox to "release" the calls,
> so that they could apply for them, it can be done. It has
> been done many times by others.
>
> > With a few exceptions, Cox and CBS (unlike Clear Channel
> and
> > many others) does not change calls with a format flip.
>
> CBS (was Infinity) changed the calls on most of the stations
> they flipped to the JACK format. The exception was WCBS-FM
> in NYC.
>
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>
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> and
> > many others) does not change calls with a format flip.
>
> CBS (was Infinity) changed the calls on most of the stations
> they flipped to the JACK format. The exception was WCBS-FM
> in NYC.
>
> LF
>
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