Shuffle Off To Buffalo?

[JustPastBuffalo]

Pretty bold. http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0717/DA-13-1589A1.pdf]FCC http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0717/DA-13-1589A1.pdf[/url]

The FCC apparently takes a dim view of moving a transmitter without proper authorization. Ahem. Or is that Amen!? The gub'mint wants Eight Large from Total Gospel FM, which operates the Class A licensed to 89.7 as WFWO Medina. TGFM was served with a Notice of Unlicen$ed Operation for moving the tran$mitter from Knowelesville (about halfway between Medina and Albion) to Buffalo, specifically 1430 Main Street. The migration to Main Street and offenses occurred in October and November of 2012. Wonder if the feds would assign the non-com licensee to a term in purgatory for operating a website that offers advertising opportunities?

As most radio and TV geeks know, the Buffalo address is legendary and a few steps from an equally legendary radio address. Licensee principal John Young of Fellowshipworld told the FCC that his kids must have fired up the rig without his knowledge. Maybe he had an apparition from Doc Churchill? At least he didn't use "the devil made me do it" as an excuse.

 

[SirRoxalot]

If you go to Google Street View, you'll see an interesting antenna on the top of that building...

http://goo.gl/maps/YQmCS

 

[boiseengineer]

Yep. That's the "Dominator" used by some LPFMs.
Did ya notice that the "Image Date" was September 2011?
Looks like someone was planning ahead!

 

[chas108]

Pretty bold. http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0717/DA-13-1589A1.pdf]FCC http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0717/DA-13-1589A1.pdf[/url]

The FCC apparently takes a dim view of moving a transmitter without proper authorization. Ahem. Or is that Amen!? The gub'mint wants Eight Large from Total Gospel FM, which operates the Class A licensed to 89.7 as WFWO Medina. TGFM was served with a Notice of Unlicen$ed Operation for moving the tran$mitter from Knowelesville (about halfway between Medina and Albion) to Buffalo, specifically 1430 Main Street. The migration to Main Street and offenses occurred in October and November of 2012. Wonder if the feds would assign the non-com licensee to a term in purgatory for operating a website that offers advertising opportunities?

As most radio and TV geeks know, the Buffalo address is legendary and a few steps from an equally legendary radio address. Licensee principal John Young of Fellowshipworld told the FCC that his kids must have fired up the rig without his knowledge. Maybe he had an apparition from Doc Churchill? At least he didn't use "the devil made me do it" as an excuse.

It's 1420. Which is even more poignant since that's the site of Churchill's original Well-Known-Bible-Witness. Looks like the same building to boot.

 

[SirRoxalot]

Chas, 1420 is the old WKBW TV building. The old 'KB radio building is next door, at the rear of the lot.

 

[Nick Gerard]

Wow - I wonder if they knew about the heritage of the address or if it's just a coincidence.

Nick Seneca

 

[yugoidar]

And then there's this from their website. "wish list"...
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Buffalo

As you can tell, TGN has a lot of projects on its plate. Reaching people with the Good News of Jesus Christ and impacting lives with His message of hope is the passion of this ministry. Finishing all of these jobs would allow the radio ministry to reach over 1,000,000 listeners! It will cost TGN about $2,500,000 - an amount that is not currently in our operating budget.

That is why we have launced the “Finish the Job” fund drive. As the Lord uses you to help provide for these significant opportunities, your gift will allow TGN to move forward immediately with as many of these projects as possible. For every dollar you give, two more people become part of the potential audience of TGN. For every new listener, the potential for a changed life occurs. That’s an investment that keeps on producing!

Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY - Arbitron Market #56. Full-time AM with over 1,000, 000 people in its coverage area. Includes FM translator with over 550,000 people in its 60 dBu signal. Unit operation with attractive owned studio/office/transmitter facilities.
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Anyone know of a facility like this that might be for sale?

 

[SirRoxalot]

$2.5-million? That's a lot of chicken wings. Or beef on WECK...

 

[bturner]

I noted one poster wondering if the FCC might do something about their offer of 'advertising opportunities'. Why would they care? Underwriting is advertising for the business underwriter...sounds like they're speak the business owner's language. As long as the underwriting message is compliant per FCC rules, call it a whatever you want. Plus, they can run a commercial steaming online, sell ads on the website, publish a magazine and sell ads in it (even the classical stations do this for their listening guides).

I'm sometimes amazed why advertising (and calling it that) is perfectly fine in other non-FCC regulated media but say a business can get something out of underwriting and everybody seems to have a cow. When you sell underwriting you talk about results and the quality of the audience, then you present the rate card and propose a schedule tailored for the business. The real difference in how you sell underwriting versus commercials is you get cash in advance in underwriting otherwise you can't say 'support has been provided by'.

 

[chas108]

Chas, 1420 is the old WKBW TV building. The old 'KB radio building is next door, at the rear of the lot.

But when Clinton Churchill founded the station, wasn't he broadcasting from the building at 1420 Main?

 

[fybush]

Chas, 1420 is the old WKBW TV building. The old 'KB radio building is next door, at the rear of the lot.

But when Clinton Churchill founded the station, wasn't he broadcasting from the building at 1420 Main?

I believe so. 1430 Main would have been the stable next door, if I understand the history correctly.