http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/news/2009/mar/22/radio-station-switches-format/
IMO, there's a bunch being 'sold' and subsequently being bought in this article from the Selma Times-Journal.
I believe R-I rules prevent me from copy-quoting much of the article directly, but there are a few specific parts I found particularly amusing:
**Paragraph three, second sentence: Folks liking the 70s music on 100.9? I guess that's believable. I just wonder how many listeners were chomping at the bit to listen to Tom Joyner and the R&B format in wonderful AM radio quality? I'm tempted to believe one audience was larger and is now having to make due with less.
**Paragraph five, last sentence: Every coverage map from Radio-Locator, RECnet, and the FCC itself tells me Selma listening of the new 107.9 is going to be pathetically minimal, if at all. I don't know why Scott Alexander even bothered mentioning this.
**Paragraph six, "We're expanding our markets" : I'm not even sure this grammatically correct in the way he meant it, but never mind. I guess if moving a station out of one small, un-rated market to a much larger, rated one warrants market 'expansion', then more power to 'ya. Just don't spin it as beneficial to Selma residents when that's clearly not the case. They're losing one FM station (and one source of local info) thanks to the owner's choice of chasing money in a bigger metro. There's nothing wrong with that, but own up to it truthfully instead of trying to pump sunshine.
IMO, there's a bunch being 'sold' and subsequently being bought in this article from the Selma Times-Journal.
I believe R-I rules prevent me from copy-quoting much of the article directly, but there are a few specific parts I found particularly amusing:
**Paragraph three, second sentence: Folks liking the 70s music on 100.9? I guess that's believable. I just wonder how many listeners were chomping at the bit to listen to Tom Joyner and the R&B format in wonderful AM radio quality? I'm tempted to believe one audience was larger and is now having to make due with less.
**Paragraph five, last sentence: Every coverage map from Radio-Locator, RECnet, and the FCC itself tells me Selma listening of the new 107.9 is going to be pathetically minimal, if at all. I don't know why Scott Alexander even bothered mentioning this.
**Paragraph six, "We're expanding our markets" : I'm not even sure this grammatically correct in the way he meant it, but never mind. I guess if moving a station out of one small, un-rated market to a much larger, rated one warrants market 'expansion', then more power to 'ya. Just don't spin it as beneficial to Selma residents when that's clearly not the case. They're losing one FM station (and one source of local info) thanks to the owner's choice of chasing money in a bigger metro. There's nothing wrong with that, but own up to it truthfully instead of trying to pump sunshine.