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PaulBWalkerJr
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$6.5 million is the asking price for this pair of AMs north and west of Boston.
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are you going to tell us what stations they are?
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PaulBWalkerJr
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It's not WAMG or WLLH
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mariner77
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WKBR & WGAM
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PaulBWalkerJr
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Nope, not them either
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mariner77
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they are available...maybe not that much, though
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Neggy
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WLYN Lynn
WAZN?
MultiCultural Radio Broadcastings properties in the Boston market, leased time ethnic, and WAZN is not selling all that well.
WAZN?
MultiCultural Radio Broadcastings properties in the Boston market, leased time ethnic, and WAZN is not selling all that well.
Neggy wrote:
WLYN Lynn
WAZN?
MultiCultural Radio Broadcastings properties in the Boston market, leased time ethnic, and WAZN is not selling all that well.
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That would be my guess. The asking price sounds right. What will they actually fetch? Will Liu insist on selling them as a pair?
Here's another thought: It has long been rumored that when/if CCU finishes building out its upgrade of WKOX, they will flip the signal from progrssive talk to conservative talk, perhaps leaving WXKS (AM) with the progressive format. WXKS covers the market OK during the day but covers only the North Shore at night. A WXKS/WAZN combo would put a reasonable signal over most of the market day and night. WAZN's 1.4 kW day signal is directed away from Boston to protect WSAR and WBET but the 3.4 kW night signal is directed toward Boston. There is relatively little overlap between WAZN and WXKS day OR night.
But Liu is not going to get into an LMA with AAR. After his dealings with them in Chicago and LA when the network was first starting up, he has no interest. And CCU is not in an acquiring mode right now--particularly of marginal AMs. So someone would have to buy WXKS and WAZN to put the deal together. AAR has formed a subsidiary or affiliated company to acquire signals, but so far "acquire," for them, seems to mean LMA--not buy. The company, whose name I don't know, was involved in the LMA of a new station when KXXT, AAR's former Phoenix affiliate was sold and was probably involved in the deal to LMA WWRL when ICBC told AAR to take a hike from its WLIB in New York. So this leads to the question, will some well-healed Massachusetts Liberal step to the plate to buy WXKS from CCU and WAZN from Arthur Liu, put the two stations together in a simulcast, and LMA them to AAR? If so, who might this individual or group be? If CCU does pull the progressive format off WKOX, the 1430/1470 simulcast would be as good a replacement for WKOX as WWRL is for WLIB.
And were that to happen, who might acquire WLYN? My guess on that one is the guy who just bought WJDA and WESX from the Asher family.
WLYN Lynn
WAZN?
MultiCultural Radio Broadcastings properties in the Boston market, leased time ethnic, and WAZN is not selling all that well.
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That would be my guess. The asking price sounds right. What will they actually fetch? Will Liu insist on selling them as a pair?
Here's another thought: It has long been rumored that when/if CCU finishes building out its upgrade of WKOX, they will flip the signal from progrssive talk to conservative talk, perhaps leaving WXKS (AM) with the progressive format. WXKS covers the market OK during the day but covers only the North Shore at night. A WXKS/WAZN combo would put a reasonable signal over most of the market day and night. WAZN's 1.4 kW day signal is directed away from Boston to protect WSAR and WBET but the 3.4 kW night signal is directed toward Boston. There is relatively little overlap between WAZN and WXKS day OR night.
But Liu is not going to get into an LMA with AAR. After his dealings with them in Chicago and LA when the network was first starting up, he has no interest. And CCU is not in an acquiring mode right now--particularly of marginal AMs. So someone would have to buy WXKS and WAZN to put the deal together. AAR has formed a subsidiary or affiliated company to acquire signals, but so far "acquire," for them, seems to mean LMA--not buy. The company, whose name I don't know, was involved in the LMA of a new station when KXXT, AAR's former Phoenix affiliate was sold and was probably involved in the deal to LMA WWRL when ICBC told AAR to take a hike from its WLIB in New York. So this leads to the question, will some well-healed Massachusetts Liberal step to the plate to buy WXKS from CCU and WAZN from Arthur Liu, put the two stations together in a simulcast, and LMA them to AAR? If so, who might this individual or group be? If CCU does pull the progressive format off WKOX, the 1430/1470 simulcast would be as good a replacement for WKOX as WWRL is for WLIB.
And were that to happen, who might acquire WLYN? My guess on that one is the guy who just bought WJDA and WESX from the Asher family.
Are the two stations currently under the same ownership, who is selling both of them?
Or, are they two separately owned stations, coincidentally going up for sale at the same time?
Or, are they two separately owned stations, coincidentally going up for sale at the same time?
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PaulBWalkerJr
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They are under the same ownership
WLYN and WAZN are most definitely not for sale...
Jeff Kline
General Manager, WLYN/WAZN
Jeff Kline
General Manager, WLYN/WAZN
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PaulBWalkerJr
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Jeff:
Sorry to say, by I **SERIOUSLY** beg to differ....
Sorry to say, by I **SERIOUSLY** beg to differ....
Why not tell us which ones they are instead of being an a$$ about it ???
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Neggy
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Well Mr Walker, would you care to divulge your source?
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PaulBWalkerJr
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A PDF file specifically naming stations and the asking price...
Even if WAZN/WLYN are for sale, who would buy them? Even if the stations were simulcast, they would do an exceptionally poor job at covering the entire market, especially to the west and south. Such a simulcast would make WKOXKS look like WBZ. It would seem almost certain that a new owner would keep the duo brokered anyhow... which brings to mind Davidson and Beasley, but who knows.
WLYN/WAZN are NOT for sale...
Just because somebody posts a file does not make it true. Regardless, this is a mute point. WLYN/WAZN are not for sale. Certain individuals who are engaging in practices that are, at best, unethical, at worst, illegal, are spreading this rumor. The FCC has been notified as to their behavior. If I were in their position, I would watch my back - carefully... We are on to them...
WLYN/WAZN are very much alive, thank you very much. Our physical plant work is largely done, transmitter sites upgraded, our clients happy, and the airtime schedule is growing all of the time. Our audience is being served.
Instead of perpetuating unsubstantiated rumors, [EDIT]
Jeff Kline
General Manager WLYN/WAZN
[EDIT=ad hominem attack]
Just because somebody posts a file does not make it true. Regardless, this is a mute point. WLYN/WAZN are not for sale. Certain individuals who are engaging in practices that are, at best, unethical, at worst, illegal, are spreading this rumor. The FCC has been notified as to their behavior. If I were in their position, I would watch my back - carefully... We are on to them...
WLYN/WAZN are very much alive, thank you very much. Our physical plant work is largely done, transmitter sites upgraded, our clients happy, and the airtime schedule is growing all of the time. Our audience is being served.
Instead of perpetuating unsubstantiated rumors, [EDIT]
Jeff Kline
General Manager WLYN/WAZN
[EDIT=ad hominem attack]
Encarta95 wrote:
Even if WAZN/WLYN are for sale, who would buy them? Even if the stations were simulcast, they would do an exceptionally poor job at covering the entire market, especially to the west and south. Such a simulcast would make WKOXKS look like WBZ. It would seem almost certain that a new owner would keep the duo brokered anyhow... which brings to mind Davidson and Beasley, but who knows.
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Daytime coverage of the market to the west (well, actually to the northwest) is excellent! Despite its low (1.4 kW) daytime power, WAZN puts out a signal equivalent to approximately 10 kW ND at an azimuth of 323 degrees from its site on the Lexington-Belmont line. This is not the equivalent of WKOX's 10 kW ND-D from a tower that is electrically 214 degrees at a transmitter site IN Framingham, but it is nevertheless nothing to sneeze at. Were WAZN in a simulcast with WXKS (AM), the result would be OK coverage of essentially the entire market day and night. Moreover, for those who still have analog-tuned radios, the two stations are immediately adjacent on the dial. If CCU pulls the progressive talk format off of WKOX (but leaves it on WXKS), WAZN could be the best available signal to give the format more-or-less full-market coverage. The night coverage of the core market would be dramatically better than that provided by WKOX's 1 kW night signal from Framingham. Unfortunately, as long as Mr Liu owns WAZN, I see no chance of an LMA with Air America. Only if WAZN were sold (and it probably would have to be to some well-heeled Liberal), would such a deal be possible.
Even if WAZN/WLYN are for sale, who would buy them? Even if the stations were simulcast, they would do an exceptionally poor job at covering the entire market, especially to the west and south. Such a simulcast would make WKOXKS look like WBZ. It would seem almost certain that a new owner would keep the duo brokered anyhow... which brings to mind Davidson and Beasley, but who knows.
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Daytime coverage of the market to the west (well, actually to the northwest) is excellent! Despite its low (1.4 kW) daytime power, WAZN puts out a signal equivalent to approximately 10 kW ND at an azimuth of 323 degrees from its site on the Lexington-Belmont line. This is not the equivalent of WKOX's 10 kW ND-D from a tower that is electrically 214 degrees at a transmitter site IN Framingham, but it is nevertheless nothing to sneeze at. Were WAZN in a simulcast with WXKS (AM), the result would be OK coverage of essentially the entire market day and night. Moreover, for those who still have analog-tuned radios, the two stations are immediately adjacent on the dial. If CCU pulls the progressive talk format off of WKOX (but leaves it on WXKS), WAZN could be the best available signal to give the format more-or-less full-market coverage. The night coverage of the core market would be dramatically better than that provided by WKOX's 1 kW night signal from Framingham. Unfortunately, as long as Mr Liu owns WAZN, I see no chance of an LMA with Air America. Only if WAZN were sold (and it probably would have to be to some well-heeled Liberal), would such a deal be possible.
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