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WBXY 99.5 sale has been approved by FCC

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I wonder how long it will take for the switch in programming to Gold 99? They are still doing the Party simulcast. I guess they still have to do the closing and legal stuff.
 
I'm a little perplexed the buyer did not enter into a modified LMA arrangement with Asterisk pending the license transfer approval. I'm sure JVC, Asterisk and buyer could have come to an agreement to make it happen since there is already an Asset Purchase Agreement in place between the respective parties.
 
jmtillery said:
I'm a little perplexed the buyer did not enter into a modified LMA arrangement with Asterisk pending the license transfer approval. I'm sure JVC, Asterisk and buyer could have come to an agreement to make it happen since there is already an Asset Purchase Agreement in place between the respective parties.
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We did it that way to perplex you - really no other reason. We should have it flipped to Gold 99 FM very soon.
 
nkd said:
Is it even legal for stations with nearly identical coverage to simulcast each other?
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Perfectly legal, but usually not a very good business practice.

In this case, it's part of a transition phase from one station (99.5) to another (100.9). After closing, 99.5 will, presumably, switch to the format of Ocala area sister 99.7 at which point they will have coverage of the two main population centers in the market. Since the two stations are first adjacent to each other, they actually interfere with each other so that the signal from one city cannot be easily heard in the other. Neither station would do very well by themselves, but combined, they are a pretty seemless operation from the listener's perspective. Now, we'll just have to see how the format fares.
 
Kmagrill said:
Perfectly legal, but usually not a very good business practice.

In this case, it's part of a transition phase from one station (99.5) to another (100.9). After closing, 99.5 will, presumably, switch to the format of Ocala area sister 99.7 at which point they will have coverage of the two main population centers in the market. Since the two stations are first adjacent to each other, they actually interfere with each other so that the signal from one city cannot be easily heard in the other. Neither station would do very well by themselves, but combined, they are a pretty seemless operation from the listener's perspective. Now, we'll just have to see how the format fares.
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I think they will do well with both signals combined.
 
I recently was in Gainesville and I met someone who still had their preset for Party set to 99.5. I told him to change it to 100.9!
 
They are off the air this evening. I don't know it is for the switch or due to the nasty thunderstorms we had this afternoon.
 
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