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"The Answer" moves from 1590 to 1300 AM

Now I'm wondering if 1680 will continue with the La Patrona format or switch to the Radio Punjab format like its soon-to-be sibling stations. At night, KNTS mixes with KGED near Fresno, California, which also runs a "regional Mexican" format, and it's difficult to tell who's playing what at times.
 
Treehouse SWL said:
Now I'm wondering if 1680 will continue with the La Patrona format or switch to the Radio Punjab format like its soon-to-be sibling stations. At night, KNTS mixes with KGED near Fresno, California, which also runs a "regional Mexican" format, and it's difficult to tell who's playing what at times.
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Chances are, you're the only listener that pays any attention.
 
TheBigA said:
More on this sale from Inside Radio:

www.insideradio.com

Salem Agrees To Bargain Sale Price To Shed A Seattle AM And Keep The Signal Alive.

Salem Media Group has filed a pair of deals to sell two of its AMs in market No. 12 as part of a series of moves that also includes the
www.insideradio.com www.insideradio.com
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Seattle-Tacoma has been Market #11 for about a year. There's a big woops.

From my understanding, 1590 isn't expanded band (as indicated in the article), which starts above 1600.... The journo who wrote this must have been in a hurry.

I would wager that if 1680 goes Punjabi, 1560 will go off the air. Unless they find a way to broker it.
 
boombox4 said:
From my understanding, 1590 isn't expanded band (as indicated in the article), which starts above 1600.... The journo who wrote this must have been in a hurry.
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99.9% of average people don't know what that is.
boombox4 said:
I would wager that if 1680 goes Punjabi, 1560 will go off the air. Unless they find a way to broker it.
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Why would someone pay for a radio station, only to shut it down?
 
Kelly A said:
99.9% of average people don't know what that is.

Why would someone pay for a radio station, only to shut it down?
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Why, @Kelly A ? I can tell you, obviously you haven't thought this one through, as smart as you are.

WWRL 1600 NYC bought and shut down 3 AMs.... one in CT, one on Long Island and one in NJ decades ago to increase power.

WLIB 1190/Inner City BRoadcasting of NYC bought WOWO 1190 Fort Wayne for no other reason than to neuter the WOWO night signal to give WLIB night power that it didnt have because it was protecting WOWO.

So some of it isnt shutting it down, but same principal
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
Why, @Kelly A ? I can tell you, obviously you haven't thought this one through, as smart as you are.
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I thought it through, thanks for the support though.
SomeRadioGuy said:
WWRL 1600 NYC bought and shut down 3 AMs.... one in CT, one on Long Island and one in NJ decades ago to increase power.
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They call that a: Mutual Interference Agreement. The Commission frowns on buying a co-channel then shutting it down to let another pattern out. They may or may not allow a MIA for one station to reduce night pattern/power toward a night protection, but even then, one make a compelling case how the downgrade won't hamper city of license coverage.
SomeRadioGuy said:
WLIB 1190/Inner City BRoadcasting of NYC bought WOWO 1190 Fort Wayne for no other reason than to neuter the WOWO night signal to give WLIB night power that it didnt have because it was protecting WOWO.
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But the stations being discussed here are way in the bilge of the AM band. There is little to no gain trying to spend half a million to assist another bilge rat station.
SomeRadioGuy said:
So some of it isnt shutting it down, but same principal
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No it isn't. The assumption when you file an application to transfer the license of a station as part of the transaction is that you'll continue operating it.
 
Kelly A said:
99.9% of average people don't know what that is.

Why would someone pay for a radio station, only to shut it down?
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The name of the news site in question is Inside Radio. Why shouldn't they know better?

As for shutting it down, to save on power bills, especially when they bought it in a package deal? 1560 barely makes it into SKC.

And why does anybody shut down a station? When it isn't making them any money, and/or is such a drag on the cluster it's better to sell the land the transmitter is on. Sumner is a growing area. I would imagine that property is worth more than the station is. If it's located anywhere near a development it's worth more than $50-100K, easy.
 
boombox4 said:
And why does anybody shut down a station? When it isn't making them any money, and/or is such a drag on the cluster it's better to sell the land the transmitter is on. Sumner is a growing area. I would imagine that property is worth more than the station is. If it's located anywhere near a development it's worth more than $50-100K, easy.
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As I mentioned, the Commission expects that the hoops you're jumping through to apply for a license transaction/transfer is that the new owners plan on operating the station. If not, then Salem could just as easily turn in the license and sell the property to a developer. Knowing Salem, I'd be willing to bet the property isn't included in any station purchase, but carried across to the new owners with a land-lease. That means the new owners would have no property to sell.
 
semoochie said:
You need only tune in your local AM radio to find a pretty good example: 1490 is moving to 1480 with 5KW and shutting down the existing 1480 and 1460 in the process!
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Who/where?
 
semoochie said:
You need only tune in your local AM radio to find a pretty good example: 1490 is moving to 1480 with 5KW and shutting down the existing 1480 and 1460 in the process!
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Which 1460? KARR? They were supposedly running through a loaded wire antenna out of a guy's backyard, but I've never heard it since they left the tower facility that was torn down.
 
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