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Wanna Buy a Station?

that part about .004 kw at night has me lunging for the phone! ::)
 
FreddyE1977 said:
that part about .004 kw at night has me lunging for the phone! ::)
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When it's running 0.004kW, is it using one transistor or two?
 
I can get the 4 watts at night if I really, really try.

But I have never been able to hear 1510's ONE watt at night!

C.
 
From today's McKeesport Daily News (subscribers only online) business page ...

In a Wednesday posting, RadioTVDeals.com said it is asking $225,000 for WLFP-AM, which Business TalkRadio Network used as its Lifestyle network flagship.
BTRN bought the former WURP-1550 from Inner City in March 2007.
“We believe in the community. We don’t just bring our programming in,” network CEO Michael L. Metter said at that time.
WLFP never took off. Its few local programs included Woodland Hills sports from a school-run network also seen on a cable channel.
“It’s a very tough market to make a business,” Metter said Wednesday. “The community hasn’t rallied to the support of the station.”
Metter referred other inquiries to the New Mexico-based RadioTVDeals.com.
According to the broker’s website, BTRN wants “cash only” and will not lease the 1,000-watt daytime, 4-watt nighttime AM 1550 with a tower near the Forest Hills shopping district.
That tower has a long-term tenant included in the transaction, a reference to Martz Communications’ WPYT-660, the AM side of the new “WAMO 100.”

The WLFP nighttime signal is limited by CBE-1550 in Windsor, Ontario.
Under international law, that limit continues even if that AM 1550 goes off, as it may do in September. Canadian Broadcasting Corp. is moving its programs to an FM but gets interference with adjacent Detroit FMs.
 
so what's the over/under on how much less than $225K they're likely to get?
 
KeyTimes950 said:
From today's McKeesport Daily News (subscribers only online) business page ...

In a Wednesday posting, RadioTVDeals.com said it is asking $225,000 for WLFP-AM, which Business TalkRadio Network used as its Lifestyle network flagship.
BTRN bought the former WURP-1550 from Inner City in March 2007.
“We believe in the community. We don’t just bring our programming in,” network CEO Michael L. Metter said at that time.
WLFP never took off. Its few local programs included Woodland Hills sports from a school-run network also seen on a cable channel.
“It’s a very tough market to make a business,” Metter said Wednesday. “The community hasn’t rallied to the support of the station.”
Metter referred other inquiries to the New Mexico-based RadioTVDeals.com.
According to the broker’s website, BTRN wants “cash only” and will not lease the 1,000-watt daytime, 4-watt nighttime AM 1550 with a tower near the Forest Hills shopping district.
That tower has a long-term tenant included in the transaction, a reference to Martz Communications’ WPYT-660, the AM side of the new “WAMO 100.”

The WLFP nighttime signal is limited by CBE-1550 in Windsor, Ontario.
Under international law, that limit continues even if that AM 1550 goes off, as it may do in September. Canadian Broadcasting Corp. is moving its programs to an FM but gets interference with adjacent Detroit FMs.
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You've gotta be kidding. I got $10 in my wallet. That's about all I'd ever offer for that.
 
In 1984 How Was WARD 1540 [ Now WITK] with 1kw Day Only Pittston Pa. Able to Get a CP to move to 1550 with 5kw Day 500 Watts Night, Then 2 Years Later up to 10kw Day? And Just a few Years ago WLFP had a CP to Move to WAMO'S Tower with 2Kw Day 32 Watts Night. It Has Expired But Can it Be reapplied For?
 
Interesting, considering they would lease it two months ago. The article isn't a very good sales pitch, coming from the owner.
 
They will never get 225K for this property. Only radio day-dreamers believe they can make a go of a top-of-the-band AM station. Sadly, most day-dreamers are short of cash.

The owner should temper his comments and try to lease it. I wish him well!!!
 
I suspect the reason they don't want to lease it is because they want OUT. Note that they insist on a
cash-only deal.

1550 has never been much of anything through a myriad of formats and call letter changes. Even back
in the WLOA days, I suspect most people were listening to the FM.

There probably is a niche for that station, but it would require some investment, a signal upgrade and a
realization of the limitations. It will never have nighttime coverage.

C.
 
It did OK for a while as WCKG when Benns Communications bought it and it was co-located with Y97 in Braddock. Mike Payne from WAMO was the PD at the time. (Where are the studios now?)

Inner City, a major urban operator, bought it and tried to put a legit competitor to WAMO on. It lasted maybe 6 months.

The "Lifestyle Radio Network" featured some of the lamest programming I've ever heard. Not sure why this was the "flagship station" of the network when all of the programming originated from, and was targeted at the NY burbs in Connecticut.

By the same token, the only difference between this and 660 is an FM translator and better programming.
 
I enjoyed WCKG, and Mike Payne was quite an entertainer ("Mike makes a mark on the mercury!") but it
never got any ratings.

To me, the difference between 1550 and 660 is (a) the FM translator - obviously, (b) a better signal on
660, not that I think many people will listen to the AM side, and (c) the station is musically much closer
to Kiss than the old WAMO.

C.
 
Is that the same Mike Payne that worked at WABQ in Cleveland...if so great air talent. I listened to him often when I was a kid.
 
I worked at WLOA when it was a classical music station back in the fifties. They were able to make a go of it then. That was before they constructed their 68KW FM using a combination of a Federal and a Westinghouse transmitter. Those were the days!
 
Jim Trefney said:
Is that the same Mike Payne that worked at WABQ in Cleveland...if so great air talent. I listened to him often when I was a kid.
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I don't know, Jim, but it wouldn't surprise me.

True story: On the last day of WCKG, I heard Mike Payne mention it on my car radio. I was on my way to work
at 96KX but took a detour to downtown Braddock to pay my regards. Got there just after sign-off. There was
a little crowd in the studio and Mike seemed genuinely touched that I had taken time to stop by. 1550 became
a simulcast of 96.9 the next day.

C.
 
By the way, to answer my own question, according to Radio-Locator the studios are in Homewood. I'm guessing Inner City must have done that.
 
In the long run, it probably makes better sense to just turn over the license to the FCC anyway. Wonder if they'll take "Monopoly Money" for the station?
 
hypwr said:
I worked at WLOA when it was a classical music station back in the fifties. They were able to make a go of it then. That was before they constructed their 68KW FM using a combination of a Federal and a Westinghouse transmitter. Those were the days!
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Did You Know George Pappard? He Got his Start at WLOA.
 
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