The AAA format here and around the country

[kyscott]

How ignorant you are! AM stations in suburban areas are the ones who are sufffering end up selling out to an ethnic individual of group, and not serving the community. Another thing you don't know about me is about my personal income. "I TAKE A "0" INCOME FROM MY LITLLE BUSINESS"! My income comes from somewhere else. As long as it's paying it's way, I'm fine. Besides, this is just a side business for me, so don't come blasting you comments at me that I'm going broke when YOU don't even know me.

Yea, I know you tell us over and over and over again that you take no income from your station. How benevolent of you. And I'm not the one complaining about going broke, you are by whining about wanting a translator given to you. If your station is paying it's way and you are taking no income from it, what do you need a translator for?

Most suburban AM's are selling to the hispanics anyway and don't give me some B.S. that's filling a hole in the market or I need to program my station to fill a hole in the market. That's the LAST thing I want to hear.

Most? Which ones? I can count 10 suburban AMs that are not selling out to the Hispanics. Again, if you are not wanting to serve Gallatin, then why do you want to have a translator given to you? In other words, the last thing you want to hear is how to properly run a radio station? Considering that is how a radio station makes money, finding a need and filling it.

Oh by the way, I have a detail man come to me and cleans my car, and my wife's car. If I want to be in the car wash business, I buy the damn car wash and I can make it run itself with good empolyees and I don't have to touch it.

Very true, and if done properly you don't whine about government subsidising your soap like you are whining about wanting a translator given to you.

I know you would just love to buy this station. It would cost you more money that what you have to buy it, and if I wanted to sell it, I would be asking way well over a million or so. It's paid for, and I can sit on my ass without a single advertiser or sold program and keep it running. Your just jelious I have something you don't

First, it's spelled "jealous". And secondly, the day I'm "jealous" about a suburban radio station not making money and the owner whining about wanting a translator given to him, I'll get out of the business. I have owned stations in the past, and made money with some of them. I didn't need a translator given to me in order to accomplish that, either. BTW, you need to check with the Tennessee secretary of state. The FCC does not like to give licenses to non-existant companies. Also, I had a chance to listen to your station passing through the area on the way to Georgia a couple of days ago. You might want to consider investing in a decent processor.

***Gee, no wonder my blood pressure goes up. I have a friend whom is a retired broadcaster that lives in my community who told me to ignor folks like you before I have a stroke!

I see you didn't take his advice. And, it's spelled "ignore".

By the way, say all you want to say, I will not respond to your comments, and you can post all you want and be the one to look like a dumb a**.

[EDIT-inflammatory]

With all the misspellings and inflammatory comments edited out by our mod, I'm not the one looking like the jackass, Scott. You are the one that seems to fly off the handle with the least little amount of criticism aimed at you.

 

[kyscott]

It's funny that AM station owners thing they should be given a license for an FM translator. In most areas the FM band is already a crowded mess. What happens once they get that FM translator and then decide they need more power? IMHO if you want to be on FM buy an FM station and sell the AM to someone who believes in AM.

I'm still waiting for Scott to tell us how having a 10 watt FM translator will magicly transform his operation into a money maker. If he cannot sell time with a kilowatt AM signal, chances are he's going to do nothing more than raise the noise floor on the FM band with a translator. I also like the way people like him think you can just heedlessly drop stations in on the band. There are people out there actually making money with their stations that you have to take consideration for before putting even a 10 watt station on the air.

And he calls me clueless.

 

[kyscott]

What's so funny is he knows my name, and thinks he knows all about my situation. He has no clue....

Watching how you post in here over the past few months, I have a very good clue about how you are and who you are.

He doesn't have the balls to tell us who he his. Like I said, I'm just ignoring him.

I don't justify myself to people like you. And here we are two days after my original post and you are still talking about me. You do know what the word "ignore" means, correct?

 

[kyscott]

KyScott may think it's an easy solution for every station to sell out and vanish from what they once were (and we see it more and more) and everytime it happens we lose another one more piece of history and one more connection to what radio once was. It may be business, but it's a shame. Long live Snow Patrol on AM!

No, it's quite simple really. You find a hole in your market and fill it. But Scott doesn't want to hear that. He wants to keep on losing money with his station, begging for a translator (thinking that will somehow fix the problem) all the while bitching and moaning about it in the forum. Actually, I think he just gets off being able to tell everyone he's an owner. If he want to connect with what radio once was, then run it like radio used to be run by serving the community. Playing a "Hot AC" automated format isn't gonna work. How many other Hot AC signals reach into Gallatin? However actually serving the listeners in Gallatin and Sumner county.....no other Nashville market radio station is doing that. He's sitting on the perfect opportunity to do something that no other radio station is doing. But like I said, he doesn't want to hear that. Would involve too much work. Much easier to come in here crying and complaining.

 

[deltas69]

keep on losing money with his station...well thats where you are totaly wrong.scott isn't in it for the money..its a hobby.his station is paid for..one sunday's worth of local religious programming pays his entire monthly nut..the rest of the month is gravey..he doesn't need or require ad sales to stay on the air...i'd wager there's not another staion..AM OR FM..that can operate the he does..sorry to jump in scott..but if anyone is gonna dis your format,,it's gonna be me ..lol ;D now reformat and play LET IT ALL HANG OUT BY THE HOMBRES'...

 

[Don78]

Someone call Vince McMahon. This has the making of a good pay per view. The main event the battle of the Scotts.

Kyscott your advice to find what listeners are not getting from Nashville radio is easier said than done, since Nashville radio stations are already doing all formats that will work around here. And on the issue of AM's going hispanic, most small towns surrounding Nashville have an AM that has gone hispanic. 810 in the 'Boro, 900 in Lebanon, 1130 in Gallitan, 1380 in Franklin, 1300 in Nashville at night, and I am sure I left some out. Back in the day when an AM could not make money they went religion,now they go hispanic. I truely believe if I moved to another country that I would not be able to find a radio station that programmed in english but that is another subject.

scottwmro, as someone who has been reading this blog but just recently joined, I must say hats off to you for living ths dream that alot of us radio lovers gave up on. good luck to you and I hope you get your translator.

 

[firepoint525]

850 WPFD in Fairview is hispanic now. AM 790 WQSV in Ashland City was scheduled to go hispanic, but so far, has not done so, yet. If a Springfield AM station flips hispanic, we would have hispanic stations surrounding Nashville in every direction!

 

[Whiplash]

Oh boy, someone disagreed with Mr. WMRO again. This entire thread will end up pulled again. WMRO has no revenue, because it has no owner driving it. Nothing but a play toy.

 

[kyscott]

keep on losing money with his station...well thats where you are totaly wrong.scott isn't in it for the money..its a hobby.his station is paid for..one sunday's worth of local religious programming pays his entire monthly nut..the rest of the month is gravey..he doesn't need or require ad sales to stay on the air...i'd wager there's not another staion..AM OR FM..that can operate the he does..sorry to jump in scott..but if anyone is gonna dis your format,,it's gonna be me ..lol ;D now reformat and play LET IT ALL HANG OUT BY THE HOMBRES'...

That's great that his daddy gave him a station already paid for. I'm happy for him that he does not have any debt to service with it. However, Scott continuiously complains about how him and other local operators have such a hard time that he is wanting a translator. So if his station is doing so well, why does he want a translator given to him? Again, I think Scott just gets off on telling everyone he can that he's an owner/operator. All the while complaining about how hard it is to make money. Knowing what you just said makes Scott even more of a hypocrite now. He's got a station bought and paid for (thanks again daddy) and can put a 400 Hz tone on it and it wouldn't matter. So why is he kevetching about it then?

 

[kyscott]

Someone call Vince McMahon. This has the making of a good pay per view. The main event the battle of the Scotts.

Let's get ready to rummmmmmmmbuuuuuullllllllllllll

Kyscott your advice to find what listeners are not getting from Nashville radio is easier said than done, since Nashville radio stations are already doing all formats that will work around here. And on the issue of AM's going hispanic, most small towns surrounding Nashville have an AM that has gone hispanic. 810 in the 'Boro, 900 in Lebanon, 1130 in Gallitan, 1380 in Franklin, 1300 in Nashville at night, and I am sure I left some out. Back in the day when an AM could not make money they went religion,now they go hispanic. I truely believe if I moved to another country that I would not be able to find a radio station that programmed in english but that is another subject.

Not quite. Broadcasters do it every day. The Nashville stations may be playing the music, but how many of them are covering what's actually going on in Sumner county? Since I lived in Nashville a few years, I can already tell you. None of them are. You can play whatever kind of music you like and be just like the rest of them or you can cover what's going on at city hall in Gallatin, Hendersonville, White House. Cover the county commissioner meetings. Football and basketball scores. Give traffic reports specificly for people driving into Nashville from Sumner county. What's so hard about that? If it's a hobby and Scott wants everyone to believe then it should not be that hard since he's not worried about P and L.

And the reason so many people have flipped to hispanic is because there is MONEY in the format. There is a need for it regardless of how anyone feels about the immigration issue. There are two hispanic stations near me, an third as soon as I close on a sale soon.

scottwmro, as someone who has been reading this blog but just recently joined, I must say hats off to you for living ths dream that alot of us radio lovers gave up on. good luck to you and I hope you get your translator.

Again, if it's just a hobby for Mr Bailey, why does he want/need a translator? If it's just a hobby for him, it should not matter what other stations are doing, or how many people are listening to WMRO (or NOT listening to it as the case may be).

WWON in Waynesboro is a perfect example of a stand alone AM that makes money. I didn't see Chris Lash in here bitching about needing a translator, even though he had one at one time.

 

[courier37027]

There must be a home for Swap 'n Shop, Tradio, funeral notices, evangelists shouting "six-ah-six-ah-six-ah" and farm reports. Long live AM.

 

[deltas69]

evangelists shouting "six-ah-six-ah-six-ah any sunday 1970..7:30am...:3..2..1 cue the bishop ;D first thing i learned to do..i hated the mid days..rocking along til 12 noon..then 15 minutes of national,state and local news..followed by 15 minutes of swap 'n shop with the SAME FOUR PEOPLE calling in with the same four items every friggin day.......surely by now they have made the obit report at 12:30...

 

[kyscott]

evangelists shouting "six-ah-six-ah-six-ah any sunday 1970..7:30am...:3..2..1 cue the bishop ;D first thing i learned to do..i hated the mid days..rocking along til 12 noon..then 15 minutes of national,state and local news..followed by 15 minutes of swap 'n shop with the SAME FOUR PEOPLE calling in with the same four items every friggin day.......surely by now they have made the obit report at 12:30...

You can't write entertainment like the local Swap n Shop. Many, many MANY years ago, I was the call screener in Hawkinsville Georgia for our local swap n shop. I come to actually look forward to that part of the day simply because of the entertainment factor!

 

[oldies5161]

Pat, I worked the AM a few times on Saturdays and remember having to do the same crap. I think the ones who called Swap & Shop were You and Buntin disguising your voices. LOL

 

[deltas69]

for years WHIN did swap 'n shop live with the callers on the air.."i have a parakeet for sale " then ..one day..a different caller dialed in and when put on the air said i have a big d**k for sale..benny williams calmly cut the caller and said..."and to recap, other items for sale....." from that day on..we played instrumentals and took the calls and wrote down.."i have a parakeet for sale..."

 

[yorkie9]

I won't write 4 posts to respond to one but I applaud your quantity.

Not quite. Broadcasters do it every day. The Nashville stations may be playing the music, but how many of them are covering what's actually going on in Sumner county?

Not quite? There were several community-centered stations here in the past 35 years and now, WHIN is about all that's left and it is a shell of what it once was. Why is that? Look at your next quote....

WWON in Waynesboro is a perfect example of a stand alone AM that makes money. I didn't see Chris Lash in here bitching about needing a translator, even though he had one at one time.

4 posts to tell Scott how to run his station and you compare Wayne County (show of hands of how many people have ever been there) to Sumner County!?! Is that all you've got? Talk about totally different ball games. Guess what? We're in the "big city". We're overflowed with media. We have radio stations and tv stations and newspapers bleeding out of our ears and it's every format you can imagine. It's just a little competitive here. Having someone apply for jobs to follow city council and police blotter and Aunt Martha's social gathering is a little tougher here too, where people can drive 20 miles and make actual money, than in Wayne County (I think I'll work at the radio station or the Sonic. Hmmm).

I think you need to be in the country to pull that off. Guess what - Gallatin is a glorified fringe suburb of Nashville now (thanks to the recently extended bypass, it will get even more so).

I guess there is just more to entertain people around here than just the people around here. "Making it work" is possible but every city and county is different.

Or.. dig into the trenches here and prove us wrong. Remember - "making a profit" and "making a living" are two different things.

 

[Whiplash]

Your last post indicates that a Sumner County station should then be billing $250,000 plus a year. Then why isn't it?

 

[Tibbs4]

Face it...this board is the only real attention any AM station other than WLAC and WSM-AM are getting in Sumner
County. Why, why, is this the subject of 100,000,000 posts? Chris, help me out here. Can someone second my
motion to not discuss AM from Sumner County for the rest of 2008??? I will host an Arbor Mist party if we can keep
this promise. One bottle ought to do it.

 

[romer979fm]

yo Tibbs...

I posted the solution on May 25

here's an idea:
if you ignore certain posters...the poster usually goes away.

make your own conclusions

 

[Nock]

Chris, help me out here.

Since you said "Chris"

I've said it before. "Shameless Self Promotion"

Nock