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TJ 98.7

lanceventa said:
You do realize there's a lot more that goes in to choices in syndication?
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Yes.
lanceventa said:
The show you mentioned has a whole TWO affiliates not owned by the company that owns the show.
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You're making my point about radio station cluelessness. D&C is 100% barter. The only argument against airing it if you're a rocker in the Northeast is if you're having unprecedented success with your incumbent programming.
lanceventa said:
TJ is on over 70 in less than a year.
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His show works in a variety of formats. I wouldn't put D&C on anything that wasn't a rocker, which is declining in number. Hell, if I had Fox Sports as a throwaway on my fifth station, I'd make them the morning show on the otherwise sports talk station. Call WFAN and ask how not having a sports show in the morning worked out for them.
lanceventa said:
It might be financial. It could be their network sales person is really good at his job. But stations want to carry TJ for whatever the reason may be.
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As they should. He's tremendous. He also doesn't belong next to Breaking Benjamin and Disturbed.
lanceventa said:
Also WABY has no ratings, which means it will bring in nearly nothing in revenue so some syndicators won't even talk to a station about a show in those circumstances.
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Then maybe do something to get ratings? Maybe a morning show with an outdoor campaign? What's the point of taking on that electric bill?
lanceventa said:
Then there's circumstances where group owners only will use content from one network. For example, Connoisseur and Seven Mountains Media only take programming on their music stations from Compass Media Networks.
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Does that work for them?
 
MassMusicMan said:
Yes.


You're making my point about radio station cluelessness. D&C is 100% barter. The only argument against airing it if you're a rocker in the Northeast is if you're having unprecedented success with your incumbent programming.


His show works in a variety of formats. I wouldn't put D&C on anything that wasn't a rocker, which is declining in number. Hell, if I had Fox Sports as a throwaway on my fifth station, I'd make them the morning show on the otherwise sports talk station. Call WFAN and ask how not having a sports show in the morning worked out for them.


As they should. He's tremendous. He also doesn't belong next to Breaking Benjamin and Disturbed.


Then maybe do something to get ratings? Maybe a morning show with an outdoor campaign? What's the point of taking on that electric bill?


Does that work for them?
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comparing WFAN to some small market station format wise is like comparing night to day.

WABY is owned by Loud Media.., they seem to be fairly shrewd, decent operators.. and despite most on these boards shaking their heads, wondering what theyre doing or claim cruddy decisions in NY or TN, Loud seems to keep right on chugging along and doing ok
 
MassMusicMan said:
Yes.


You're making my point about radio station cluelessness. D&C is 100% barter. The only argument against airing it if you're a rocker in the Northeast is if you're having unprecedented success with your incumbent programming.
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So why have only two non-Beasley stations (both Alpha Media) picked up the show? Could it be that the amount of barter they request is too high? They don't want stations where they won't get revenue back? I don't know the answer specifically with this show, but those are reasons I know of other shows not getting picked up?


MassMusicMan said:
Then maybe do something to get ratings? Maybe a morning show with an outdoor campaign? What's the point of taking on that electric bill?
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Have you seen the coverage area of WABY's translator? Even if its usable signal is exceeded a bit by terrain, we're still talking about a 12 watt translator that puts zero amount of a 70dBu contour over the populated parts of the market operating as a stand-alone. What marketing is there to do?

 
SomeRadioGuy said:
comparing WFAN to some small market station format wise is like comparing night to day.
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Imitate the winners. There isn't a force field around smaller markets where principles of American taste in radio programming stop applying.
SomeRadioGuy said:
WABY is owned by Loud Media.., they seem to be fairly shrewd, decent operators.. and despite most on these boards shaking their heads, wondering what theyre doing or claim cruddy decisions in NY or TN, Loud seems to keep right on chugging along and doing ok
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If they want to do okay instead of excellent, that's their prerogative, but I still get to drag them for boneheaded programming decisions, like putting an urban morning show on in Burlington-Plattsburgh.
 
lanceventa said:
Have you seen the coverage area of WABY's translator? Even if its usable signal is exceeded a bit by terrain, we're still talking about a 12 watt translator that puts zero amount of a 70dBu contour over the populated parts of the market operating as a stand-alone. What marketing is there to do?

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Then why exist? I'd have bought cocaine and hookers with the money, but that's just me.
 
nowradioguy said:
Wait, so does this mean that 98.7 has to keep using the WEPN-FM call sign for the time being?
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They only have to say the call letters once an hour per FCC regulations. Why bother to change the calls for a temporary "brand" or format.

Lance might know or course he has to remain "confidential", but this is a temporary situation will drag on until Emmis finds someone who will overpay for the station or they put a sellable price on it and move on.

How much do the have to bill to cover tower rent and expenses?

IMHO with industrywide declining revenues they will end up with less the longer they wait. I don't know the debt situation at this property, but one would assume the LMA payments covered the debt expenses plus some extra.
 
secondchoice said:
IMHO with industrywide declining revenues they will end up with less the longer they wait. I don't know the debt situation at this property, but one would assume the LMA payments covered the debt expenses plus some extra.
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In addition, the longer he waits, the more he has to pay his stockholders to go private. So as he said a year ago, the sooner the better.

Under its amended articles of incorporation, Emmis has a three-year window to buy back its shares. In year one, Emmis would pay $6 per share, with that offer rising to $6.50 in year two, with the offer of $7.25 per share coming in year three. Each would be a premium over the roughly $4.60 per share that Emmis currently trades at.
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Perhaps Emmis should consider trying to do a short term lease for WEPN, while seeking a buyer. I believe sister station WLIB has been on the market for several years. Granted it’s an AM station and thus not as desirable as an FM, but the asking price is probably way less. And WLIB has a decent signal, even at night.
 
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lanceventa said:
The show you mentioned has a whole TWO affiliates not owned by the company that owns the show. TJ is on over 70 in less than a year. It might be financial. It could be their network sales person is really good at his job. But stations want to carry TJ for whatever the reason may be.
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Credit where it's due. From what I've heard on WEPN so far, TJ and his co-hosts are easy to listen to, they offer actual content when the open the mics and their breaks sound fun and interesting. Nothing the least bit revolutionary, but the show sounds like it has broad, mainstream appeal and is totally inoffensive. Seems like a winning formula in our current era.
 
lanceventa said:
So why have only two non-Beasley stations (both Alpha Media) picked up the show? Could it be that the amount of barter they request is too high? They don't want stations where they won't get revenue back? I don't know the answer specifically with this show, but those are reasons I know of other shows not getting picked up?



Have you seen the coverage area of WABY's translator? Even if its usable signal is exceeded a bit by terrain, we're still talking about a 12 watt translator that puts zero amount of a 70dBu contour over the populated parts of the market operating as a stand-alone. What marketing is there to do?

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But the actual coverage of that 93.9 signal is better than what you see on paper. I have no trouble pulling it in on the car radio 40-50 miles away.
 
I see that the LMA states Emmis retains the right to broadcast 2 hours of community service programming on WEPN Sunday mornings. Have they actually been doing this?
 
Barry said:
I see that the LMA states Emmis retains the right to broadcast 2 hours of community service programming on WEPN Sunday mornings. Have they actually been doing this?
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The contract requires the programmer to provide the community service programming, so that's on USRN to make sure it's done.
 
Ex-RadioTV said:
Unless terminated earlier, it’s going to last until February 28, 2025, at 11:59 PM, according to the LMA.
WEPN LMA
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Maybe I’ve missed something amongst all these threads. So Emmis is actually leasing the signal to USRN for that specified period and that’s why it’s TJ 98.7? Who is USRN?
 
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