Talk1640 all talked out?

[Doctor_Technical]

Looks like Biloxi's WTNI has thrown in the news/talk towel in favor of ESPN/sports. http://www.1640wtni.com/

 

[gjroussejr]

So if they move ESPN radio and the sports format to 1640, what happens to 1490 WXBD? Is it legal for both stations owned buy one company in the same city to compete for the same audience?

 

[DeadElvis]

> Is it legal for both stations owned buy one company in the same city to compete for the same audience?

Of course, it's legal.

DE

 

[Goat Rodeo Cowboy]

Is it legal for both stations owned buy one company in the same city to compete for the same audience?

For many years, you could not own two AM stations or two FM stations in the same town. Later the rules were changed. There are limits on how many total stations you can own in one market, depending on market size as I recall.

If you will follow closely some of discussion here on Radio-Info you will read rowdy arguments on this topic. Investors convince Congress and the FCC that one single radio station was no longer financially viable so the rules were changed and these people will claim "they saved radio". Others will say there would be more innovation and sensibility today if we still had one station per owner and the business would be better off if weakling stations had died from the financial pressure.

It's a never-ending-fight that is a colorful as the political squabbles and the religious squabbles that give overdoses of salt and pepper to our society.

 

[nolaradiobuff]

Way better signal and coverage and getting killed in the N/T race anyway. Curious to see if they'll do anything local and what they'll do with WXBD.

 

[CatFM]

Investors convince Congress and the FCC that one single radio station was no longer financially viable so the rules were changed and these people will claim "they saved radio".

With nearly all of the major group owners in bankruptcy, or one step away from it, can they really claim they "saved" it?

 

[StrayKats]

This is a slightly similar situation to what happened in Birmingham. When the lone and strong sports station - 50 kw (D) AM 690 (the original WJOX, now WSPZ) owned by Citadel was supposedly threatened by another AM station to become all sports - Citadel decided to move its ESPN programming to a co-owned FM at 94.5 which had been switching various CHR, AC, and soft AC formats for years with minimal at best success. Thus both of the all sports stations were (are) owned by the same company. At first, very little programming was simulcast but moreso is now. WJOX-FM is becoming a powerhouse, and WSPZ is more than holding its own.

 

[danfling]

In Jackson, 620 (not sure of its call letters) and WZRX (1590) are both broadcasting ESPN radio on the weekends and sometimes in the evening too.

 

[rfburns]

In Jackson, 620 (not sure of its call letters) and WZRX (1590) are both broadcasting ESPN radio on the weekends and sometimes in the evening too.

WZNO 105.9 is the ESPN affiliate for Jackson. I'm pretty sure WJDX 620 and WZRX 1590 are running Fox Sports.

RFB

 

[MN Maniac]

Frankly, I'm surprised it took WTNI this long to throw in the towel. As soon as CC flipped 104.9 and brought all the Grade A shows/hosts to FM, the writing was on the wall.

 

[tomservo]

WJOX-FM is becoming a powerhouse, and WSPZ is more than holding its own.

Not enough to escape the Citadel cost-cutters; WSPZ is now WJOX, just relaying WJOX-FM. Another wasted 50 kW AM.