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Thaddeus Mathews = Class Act

Thad is on the air right now.
He was off for 24 hours.

He is referring to a letter that the owner sent him because of all the complaints they received after Thad's interview.
Thad is trying to claim that he has broken FCC regulations because he is supporting a political candidate.

That is classic Thad!
 
And I quote...

"Some people may not like my style, but that doesn't give anyone the right to take me off the air," Matthews said.

I may be missing something here, but if Pollack is the license holder and Matthews is only leasing time, then YES, Pollack does have the right do whatever he needs to do to PROTECT HIS LICENSE!
 
True enough, Rob. So how is it that Thaddeus posted a $5000 bond and got back on the air? Isn't there something Pollack can do to take him off permanently?
 
sjs1959 said:
Isn't there something Pollack can do to take him off permanently?
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That's a two-part answer:

Yes, Pollack CAN take Thaddy Bear off anytime he wishes. He is the license holder and, thus, has ultimate control of the signal. But, that's not the end of the question.

As a lawyer might say, while he CAN pull him off, it's possible that he MAY not. That's a contractual question. Should Pollack remove Mr. Matthews, it might be a material breach of the brokerage agreement. Then, Pollack may be on the hook for money damages. (I don't think injunctive relief is possible or appropriate here.)

We don't know what is in Mr. Matthews' contract, of course. But if I had written it, it would have given the owner latitude to pull the plug if Mr. Matthews goes off on a tangent, such as this. I didn't write the contract, though.

Bear in mind, too, that Pollack may not want him off. There is little money available for a daytime AM. If Pollack is getting paid -- albeit late -- that may be preferable to making no money at all.

But let's make one thing perfectly clear. There is NO 1st Amendment issue here. At all. Anyone who might argue that doesn't understand what the Amendment protects.

DE
 
Am I the only person who remembers the 1430 fiasco sometime around 1991. This occurred when Thaddeus got behind on his payments and filed Bankruptcy. The transmission line was cut to the tower to take him off the air. As I remember he basically had 6080 on lock down and even hired an engineer to put the station back on the air after it was taken off.

Of course he has been back in the Flinn building several times since then including stints at 1210 & 1240 and even a brief return to 1430 in 1998.
 
there is a nightlight on after they drop from Critical Hours power. It covers West Memphis and is pretty noisy after you get across the river. East of Midtown 240 it starts dropping into neverland.
 
Well old Thaddeus is still talking scripture saying quote "This battle is not mine it's for the Lord!" and asking for donations to total 400K to buy the station and people are calling in to get the address. What a great scam. Wonder where all that money will go when he of course doesn't buy it? Maybe some of that "greenness" will rub off on him. I may have to send him a couple of hundred dollars after I keep a few bucks back for drinking money. Yep, I taught old Thaddeus well. lol

I'll have 2 beers bartender.
Old Tom G will have a drink on thee
 
sjs1959 said:
1180 is apparently not just a daytimer any longer, though, per Radio-Locator

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=wplx&x=0&y=0&sr=Y&s=C
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Yeah. I understand it has a few Watts at night. But it's not enough to matter, especially on 1180 with Cuban jammers. It's essentially a daytimer. But your point is well-taken.

$400k? Wow. That's a lot, considering 830 -- with a better signal on paper, licensed to Memphis -- is only $200k. I assume Mr. Matthews will report this as ordinary income to the IRS?

DE
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it against FCC rules for a licensee to just turn off a transmitter on a whim, or for any reason for that matter? Don't you have to have good reason to go dark, as well as notify the FCC?
 
No. It does not violate FCC rules, at least at first.

A station may go silent for a period up to 10 days without even notifying the Commission. For periods of 10 days to 30 days, the FCC must be notified. Beyond that, an operator must file for an STA to remain dark, explaining reasons.

DE
 
How does this guy even stay on the air? Whom is bankrolling his airtime on these albeit marginal signals? Thankfully as a DXer I've yet to hear him OTA.
 
DeadElvis said:
sjs1959 said:
1180 is apparently not just a daytimer any longer, though, per Radio-Locator

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=wplx&x=0&y=0&sr=Y&s=C
Click to expand...

Yeah. I understand it has a few Watts at night. But it's not enough to matter, especially on 1180 with Cuban jammers. It's essentially a daytimer. But your point is well-taken.

$400k? Wow. That's a lot, considering 830 -- with a better signal on paper, licensed to Memphis -- is only $200k. I assume Mr. Matthews will report this as ordinary income to the IRS?

DE
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Considering the fact that Thad had a guest on a few weeks ago (that was charging $100 a head) for a seminar to show you how to get out of paying your taxes, I'm thinking that income may go unreported. Just a guess.
 
"Every station board was different and every set up was different and every program log was different and every transmitter log was different if you remember how it USED to be back in the old days and Dees was no different with all the newfangled state of the art equipment (at the time) we were using when he came here out from the stix. He had to learn what pot was what just like we all did at a brand new place with new equipment. Geez. I thought I was the drunk here. Taught Dees all the ABCees on running the whole deal and even taught him how to roll his R's."

Off topic, oldTomG, but I have to side with Craig and Kenny. I was on that WMPS airstaff and I don't recall you. Besides, at the time, WMPS had anything BUT "newfangled state of the art equipment". Everything in that control room was 5 to 15 years old…some of the gear was original to the facility! Transmitter logs were kept at the transmitter site in Frayser. The RCA board was pretty basic…likely, Roy Mack did the complimentary 5 minute walk-through with Rick. I believe Rick came to Memphis via WSGN, Birmingham, which, at the time, was hardly the sticks. Maybe you're referring to another Rick Dees?
 
Well said Brother Bill "LIVE" Murray. Dees arrived in Memphis quite well equipped to run a board, and anyone who ever watched him do his show back then would have to say......"wow how does he do it with all those drops on a triple decker..."
Somebody taught him I'm sure but it wasn't after he came to Memphis.....cs
 
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