???Are they flipping the station to Spanish format? ???
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WAGI flipping???
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ghattaway
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your clue is: look who's buying it.
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MaskMan
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What is the dial position of WAGI? Just curious...
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ghattaway
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MM...105.3, licensed to Gaffney, SC
This may be old news (I am often a little slow), but I just read in the Radio Journal (formerly M Street Journal) that WAGI plans to change COL to Bessemer City. That will leave Gaffney with--I think--only an AM daytimer, WAGI's current sister. I know that about a year ago that residents and local officials in Gaffney and Cherokee County made their displeasure know to the FCC, according to the local Gaffney newspaper. At that time, I'm sure the FCC considered the complaints moot since the station appeared to be keeping its Gaffney COL. Does this now give any more credibility to such complaints since "Gaffney" looks to be totally out of the picture now?
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Art Sutton
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eacalhoun1 said:
Bessemer City has no radio station licensed to it. Gaffney actually has three. Two Ams and a non com FM owned by Bible Broadcasting.
The public can fuss all they want but the FCC rules which the staff must go by gives preference to moving to a city with no service.
The rules also allow the studios of a station to be located either inside the city grade 70 (dbu) contour or within 25 miles of the city of license.
They are moving their transmitter to the same site as WBAV in unicorporated Gaston County. You can see the sitr from Bessemer City. The Bessemer City col actually makes a lot of sense. Who is buying WAGI? I did a search and found nothing. Tropicana, why are you so hell bent about getting a spanish format on the air?
Jim said:
Great question!
I can never figure that one out either. There are many other format holes in Charlotte. Miami went for years without a Spanish FM even with their very large and stable Cuban population.
The Cuban people came here looking for freedom. Many people from Mexico come here to make their fortune and then go back to Mexico to buy land and settle down. I know I'm speaking in general terms here. What I am saying is how stable is the Spanish speaking population here? This is just a question and not a slam at anyone.
Jim said:
8)Actually I don't live in the area but I am a former resident of Charlotte. If the info that I am getting is correct you won't find anything about a transaction, because there's none. I heard that they will be TBA'ing.
Below is an excerpt from a story in The Gaffney Ledger from January 2006. In the deceased owner's will, it states that the terms of sale are contingent on the station not moving out of Gaffney--I guess if the PRESENT owners keep it(Mr Bright's estate) then they can move it wherever. And, how binding are wills in these situations? Like other legal documents, I guess they're open to wide and varied interpretation. Here's the excerpt:
M Street Journal, in referring to the apparent pending relocation and WAGI’s history, states that Parker’s late husband, Raymond, was for decades “content with WAGI’s big Class C signal located atop Cherry Mountain north of Forest City, N.C. — even though the option was open to build a tall tower between Charlotte, NC and Greenville, SC.”
It remains unclear how a clause in Raymond Parker’s will, in which he outlines his desire for the broadcasting business to remain in Gaffney, might affect the relocation.
The will reads, in part, “Upon the death of my said wife, BRIGHT G. PARKER, I direct that my Trustees then acting shall sell the capital stock of Gaffney Broadcasting, Inc., or sell the radio station business then owed by the said corporation, at the best reasonably available price. It is not my intent that the value of the business be sacrificed in order to make an immediate sale, but rather that my Trustees commence an orderly and effective effort to sell the same at a price commensurate with its true value within a reasonable period of time. I also direct that the terms of any sale shall be such that the broadcasting business shall not be moved from the Gaffney, South Carolina area, unless due to change in circumstances it is then no longer the sole or dominant local radio station in the Gaffney community.”
Raymond Parker established the AM station here in 1962 and bought the FM station from Tri City Broadcasting in Forest City, N.C., in 1973.
M Street Journal, in referring to the apparent pending relocation and WAGI’s history, states that Parker’s late husband, Raymond, was for decades “content with WAGI’s big Class C signal located atop Cherry Mountain north of Forest City, N.C. — even though the option was open to build a tall tower between Charlotte, NC and Greenville, SC.”
It remains unclear how a clause in Raymond Parker’s will, in which he outlines his desire for the broadcasting business to remain in Gaffney, might affect the relocation.
The will reads, in part, “Upon the death of my said wife, BRIGHT G. PARKER, I direct that my Trustees then acting shall sell the capital stock of Gaffney Broadcasting, Inc., or sell the radio station business then owed by the said corporation, at the best reasonably available price. It is not my intent that the value of the business be sacrificed in order to make an immediate sale, but rather that my Trustees commence an orderly and effective effort to sell the same at a price commensurate with its true value within a reasonable period of time. I also direct that the terms of any sale shall be such that the broadcasting business shall not be moved from the Gaffney, South Carolina area, unless due to change in circumstances it is then no longer the sole or dominant local radio station in the Gaffney community.”
Raymond Parker established the AM station here in 1962 and bought the FM station from Tri City Broadcasting in Forest City, N.C., in 1973.
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MaskMan
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Don't think CC is in an acquisition mode.
8)CC already went that route months ago, and they didn't agree on priceMaskMan said:
So if they change, what happens to that preacher who's always on at 11 weeknights?
Duh......
Sometimes I don't know why we care about any of this. It's a bit like Star Trek all radio stations will be assimilated by the big corporate Borg.
On thing is certain. If you live in a small town with a 100KW FM, there is a very good chance the station will not stay there for long. The FCC should only allow low powered stations in small markets. Maybe the Borg wouldn't notice them.
On thing is certain. If you live in a small town with a 100KW FM, there is a very good chance the station will not stay there for long. The FCC should only allow low powered stations in small markets. Maybe the Borg wouldn't notice them.
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Mike Sheridan said:
I would add...if you live in a small town with an FM station, there is a very good chance the station will not stay there for long.
I'm still sore (and always will be) about 3,000 watt, 100.9 WABZ-FM, being taken away from my hometown of Albemarle. I don't think the small towns should lose their FM station just to benefit a large city or the bank account of big boy radio.
From the Spartanburg Hearld-Journal:
JANET S. SPENCER
GAFFNEY -- After a year, the fate of Gaffney radio station, WAGI-FM, with its down home programming, is unclear.
And an application filed on Feb. 1 to have the station licensed elsewhere has prompted a crop of concern among dedicated listeners.
Fred Gossett, town administrator in Cowpens, said he opposes a move by the popular radio station with a country and gospel format.
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http://www.goupstate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070210/NEWS/702100323/-1/LIFE
JANET S. SPENCER
GAFFNEY -- After a year, the fate of Gaffney radio station, WAGI-FM, with its down home programming, is unclear.
And an application filed on Feb. 1 to have the station licensed elsewhere has prompted a crop of concern among dedicated listeners.
Fred Gossett, town administrator in Cowpens, said he opposes a move by the popular radio station with a country and gospel format.
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http://www.goupstate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070210/NEWS/702100323/-1/LIFE
Johnny Caudle said:
That is an interesting case. The Borg found that one and deemed it worthy of assimilation. As they say: Money talks!
The question is just how many stations does Charlottte need? The available listeners are getting sliced a little thin.
When I came here some years ago there was just WFAE, WROQ, WPEG, WZXI, WSOC, WEZC, and WBCY. Everything else was out of town. Then came the move-ins. Was this a good thing or bad? You make the call.
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