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Tuesday night WHK issues
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For some persons or groups, that's not, necessarily, so. What accounts for people/groups buying radio stations, including signal impaired ones such as WCCR and even WHK? There is something desirable, even magical, about being on-the-air on a radio station. Part of it might be that you can go online from your bedroom with the proper equipment. That can't be done with a radio station, except for those stations that are so super-low powered that, basically, very few can hear it. The best situation is to be on-air and online.
The FCC site is slow again the morning but according to radio locator (please don't freak out this is just a short answer not a technical response) they have a CP for a new 3 tower site I assume a shared site but I don't know where all of Clevelands AM are located. I doubt anyone is building a new site for an AM daytimer. Also an height increase and different tower for the FM translator. One can only assume the old tower site real estate value was priced into the sale with out reading the sale info posted on the FCC site.
They had a construction permit to diplex from the 1420 WHK towers (that's a 3 tower array). But apparently that was just for the sake of paperwork. They had no plans to go there. The latest extension - borrowed from FCCData.org indicates they want to put a temporary antenna at this location: 41°26'47.0"N 81°37'23.0"W · Union - Miles Park, Cleveland, OH 44105
The ones who don't have stars in their eyes and know what they're doing, don't just focus just on how far the signal goes, because they're going to also focus on streaming or an app for the station anyway.
I am pretty sure in the case of WCCD land sale of the AM site was a part of the deal.
Salem has a religion for profit model. At least that is what they told their shareholders. Yahoo finance has a pretty clear non technical story of Salem's debt (I used Duck Duck Go but Google should take there too, query Salem media debt and you will find it plus several other). If someone wanted to get the whole operation, they could buy the $350+ million debt, (which most likely could be purchased at a discount) and play hardball in Bankruptcy Court*. The 350 million dollar question is: can the remaining Salem Fish FM stations give a decent rate of return on your investment? I would sell the AMs or just the land that had negative cash flow.
* Unless the Bankruptcy code has changed you still can demand full payment for a debt. Traditionally folks settle for a fraction because they don't want to run a business.
Salem has a religion for profit model. At least that is what they told their shareholders. Yahoo finance has a pretty clear non technical story of Salem's debt (I used Duck Duck Go but Google should take there too, query Salem media debt and you will find it plus several other). If someone wanted to get the whole operation, they could buy the $350+ million debt, (which most likely could be purchased at a discount) and play hardball in Bankruptcy Court*. The 350 million dollar question is: can the remaining Salem Fish FM stations give a decent rate of return on your investment? I would sell the AMs or just the land that had negative cash flow.
* Unless the Bankruptcy code has changed you still can demand full payment for a debt. Traditionally folks settle for a fraction because they don't want to run a business.
1300 pattern was set up many years ago to throw most of its power over the east side, which is where the bulk of the area's population was back then. However, with the rapid development of Avon/Avon Lake/North Olmsted/North Ridgeville, those areas are in the "cut" in the pattern, and it cannot be changed. As David and Fybush mentioned, between the population shift, the listener migration away from AM, and the expense and complication of updating and repairing old AM sites -- as well as more electrical interference than ever before -- AM radio reception is going to continue to deteriorate. Fortunately for 1300, their black gospel format audience is primarily within their good coverage. WJMO-AM Radio Station Coverage Map
The FCC site is always slow. It has been slow for well over a decade, and sometimes fails to load pages. Not sure what kind of setup the FCC is using to host their site, but apparently their servers are as old as the internet itself and are being held together with duct tape.
WHK airs that WyattWorks (whistling plumber) ad multiple times each hour. I am so sick of it I can't listen anymore. I have to change the station when it comes on. I hope they soon record a new ad.
I call it affinity advertising. I’ve seen it with radio hosts and formats. In the late 70’s and early 80’s we had a radio host whose ratings weren’t great, but he was once a big man in town. His show was sold out. In my market we have a couple of Salem stations. One is their syndicated “Word” formats. The other is teach and preach. Until a few years ago, they had plenty of advertisers, yet had small listenership. As with most stations, I’m hearing more promos filling the local avails.
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