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SuperTalk 96.1... Blup...Blup...
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It seems to be working in Louisville on WRKA 103.9. If I remember correctly, WRKA and WQNU's (103.1) ratings equalled WAMZ's ratings during the last survey.KR4BD said:Format change in Lexington Area.....
Punched in 96.1 and found WLXO now playing Classic Country Music around noon today....all automated, of course.
It is calling itself Hank 96.1.
Also, their website is in transistion with a headline stating Super Talk 96.1 is now Hank 96.1.
KyDXIn said:It seems to be working in Louisville on WRKA 103.9. If I remember correctly, WRKA and WQNU's (103.1) ratings equalled WAMZ's ratings during the last survey.KR4BD said:Format change in Lexington Area.....
Punched in 96.1 and found WLXO now playing Classic Country Music around noon today....all automated, of course.
It is calling itself Hank 96.1.
Also, their website is in transistion with a headline stating Super Talk 96.1 is now Hank 96.1.
Radio One had it on their 104 signal for a while and saw respectable ratings. Then WAY-FM waved enough money in their face and they sold the station and abandonded the format for Cox to pick it up and run with it.
Lexington is a tough talkradio market.
You have WVLK and WLAP, which are both well-entrenched. Then, by virtue of geography, the market also gets WLW and WKRC from Cincinnati and WHAS from Louisville.
It's hard to find a talk niche that is not already being served.
You have WVLK and WLAP, which are both well-entrenched. Then, by virtue of geography, the market also gets WLW and WKRC from Cincinnati and WHAS from Louisville.
It's hard to find a talk niche that is not already being served.
They are listed as Clarity Communication with a JSA with LM. Who is Clarity?
radiorob2.0 said:They are listed as Clarity Communication with a JSA with LM. Who is Clarity?
a one station operator
radiorob2.0 said:They are listed as Clarity Communication with a JSA with LM. Who is Clarity?
Lynn Martin's company. He bought the station from Blue Chip in 2001.
Bengalsfan said:radiorob2.0 said:They are listed as Clarity Communication with a JSA with LM. Who is Clarity?
Lynn Martin's company. He bought the station from Blue Chip in 2001.
Are you sure? I thought LM was at the limit....
jry said:Bengalsfan said:radiorob2.0 said:They are listed as Clarity Communication with a JSA with LM. Who is Clarity?
Lynn Martin's company. He bought the station from Blue Chip in 2001.
Are you sure? I thought LM was at the limit....
They are. Hence Clarity. I was there when WBTF and WLXO were sold. BTF put them over the limit, so Lynn formed the shell company for WLXO.
The address for Clarity is an address that has been used for LM Communications of South Carolina on some FCC apps.
jry said:Bengalsfan said:radiorob2.0 said:They are listed as Clarity Communication with a JSA with LM. Who is Clarity?
Lynn Martin's company. He bought the station from Blue Chip in 2001.
Are you sure? I thought LM was at the limit....
They are. Hence Clarity. I was there when WBTF and WLXO were sold. BTF put them over the limit, so Lynn formed the shell company for WLXO.
The address for Clarity is an address that has been used for LM Communications of South Carolina on some FCC apps.
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But commonality of ownership would still raise the red flag....
jry said:But commonality of ownership would still raise the red flag....
Not really. There are plenty of ways around the FCC limits, which is one of several reasons the Telecommunications Act of '96 was passed. So long as LM only sells 15% or less of WLXO's airtime, the arrangement is, most likely, legal. The way such a deal is usually worked, LM would sell a portion of the airtime on WLXO, and they would sell 'LXO their programming. So long as Clarity has control over what goes out on the station and has the ability to operate it, there's little the FCC can do about it.
There was a similar case in Virginia in '93 regarding WSVY-FM after US Radio spun it to another company in order to buy WMXN 105.3. US Radio already owned WOWI. So, they sold WSVY-FM but continued to sell a portion of the airtime. US Radio also owned the programming on WSVY-FM, but the new operator paid US Radio for it and had the ability to override it if it chose to do so. The FCC determined this was legal so long as US Radio didn't sell too much of WSVY-FM's airtime and was not actually exercising control of the station.
I could be misinformed, but I believe you'll find Lynn's brother's name on this somewhere, which would take care of the limitation issue.
bassassassin said:I could be misinformed, but I believe you'll find Lynn's brother's name on this somewhere, which would take care of the limitation issue.
Now, that works. If you are at the limit and do not place the facility in some type of Aloha Trust, you have to dish it off to someone else.
You cannot own or have a significant stake in a station if you currently are over the limit.
So Bengal, did Lynn Martin bend you over a bunk in prison or something? WLXO's ownership is a matter of record at www.FCC.gov. Lynn does not own it.
marconi jr said:So Bengal, did Lynn Martin bend you over a bunk in prison or something? WLXO's ownership is a matter of record at www.FCC.gov. Lynn does not own it.
Who owns Clarity Communications, wise ass?
The following editorial comment is from Waylon Jennings. Nuff said:jry said:Super Hank!
Country Oldies is the one Country format that was available in Lexington.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbkR3cGelvc
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