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WFAS-FM BRONXVILLE NY Sold

My curiosity is all water under the dam now, stiil ; there are questions.
1. How long was the embedded Westchester book in existence? From what I recall, it's been a vertical version of Nassau-Suffolk, with their population's bulk near the 5 Boroughs and suitably different society of sorts at the farther edge.
2. Were ratings for that book taken only within the county? Such as Trenton's and maybe Reading PA's?
c. How well did stations such as WLNA 1420, WVIP 1310, WRKL 910, WRNW 107.1, WFAS-AM, WVOX 1460, WBRW/WPUT 1510 Brewster, 105.5 Paterson and WVWA 900 Pound Ridge :) perform there?
4. I do recall a respectbale figure or two from WVNJ 1160 NJ , as just about all their signal went that way in the first place.
 
Barry said:
I wonder why WFAS FM has such low ratings. Is the programming/signal that bad?
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WFAS-FM is the seventh or eighth best signal airing issues-oriented talk station in the boroughs, after 770 WABC, 710 WOR, 99.5 WBAI, WNYC AM/FM, 91.5 WNYE and 970 The Answer.

Additionally, WFAS has no heritage in the format, since the station ran a music format when Cumulus ran WABC.

Even more, the Westwood One talk shows are, in general, also rans to the Premiere Networks shows that mostly air on WOR.
 
Barry said:
I wonder why WFAS FM has such low ratings. Is the programming/signal that bad?
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People have discussed why ratings are low now, but they have been low historically. 103.9 was previously R&B trying to peel away shares from WBLS, which was ill-advised due to its impaired signal.

And prior to that it, was an AC station targeting Westchester County. It probably should’ve stayed that way, but someone at Cumulus believed that somehow moving a limited signal into NYC to directly compete with a station with full market coverage and rich heritage with their intended demos was a good idea.
 
Steve Green NEPA said:
My curiosity is all water under the dam now, stiil ; there are questions.
1. How long was the embedded Westchester book in existence? From what I recall, it's been a vertical version of Nassau-Suffolk, with their population's bulk near the 5 Boroughs and suitably different society of sorts at the farther edge.
2. Were ratings for that book taken only within the county? Such as Trenton's and maybe Reading PA's?
c. How well did stations such as WLNA 1420, WVIP 1310, WRKL 910, WRNW 107.1, WFAS-AM, WVOX 1460, WBRW/WPUT 1510 Brewster, 105.5 Paterson and WVWA 900 Pound Ridge :) perform there?
4. I do recall a respectbale figure or two from WVNJ 1160 NJ , as just about all their signal went that way in the first place.
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It’s been a while, but the only non-NYC stations I recall putting up any sort of meaningful (I use that term loosely in the context of the Westchester book) numbers were WHUD and WFAS-FM. The rest of the stations you referenced were either bottom feeders, no shows, or very demographically undesirable/temporary sideshows (WVNJ/1160). If I recall, Y-107 had some OK showings during its country phase, but nothing earth shattering.

WHUD seemed to be pretty steady, while I think WFAS-FM had some book to book fluctuations which I remember someone attributing to possible geographic differences in diary distribution.
 
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Nathan Obral said:
As if we needed any more validation to the whole “Radio-Locator should not in any way be used as a trusted source” …
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They don't update stations very well. Also the listings of stations receivable in places aren't very reliable if anything one can receive more than what's listed clearly.
 
MVB13 said:
They don't update stations very well. Also the listings of stations receivable in places aren't very reliable if anything one can receive more than what's listed clearly.
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The problem with the RL maps is they appear to be just rough math calculations (power, height). The red and purple circles can give you a decent ROUGH estimate of what you might expect in terms of reception. Once you get past that, adjacant/co-channel signals as well as other factors, like terrain, can make real world results differ materially from what you would see on their maps. It’s OK for what it is, as long as you understand what you are seeing.
 
MVB13 said:
They don't update stations very well. Also the listings of stations receivable in places aren't very reliable if anything one can receive more than what's listed clearly.
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FCCData.org actively aggregates content from the FCC’s databases. Would not surprise me if Radio-Locator is updated manually via 1999-era technology.

In any case, the fact that site fell for a prank clearly engineered by people obsessed with a filler format programmed entirely from Chicago on a lame-duck NYC station creditors ordered to be sold ASAP, just about says it all.
 
A different Christmas this year. Instead of Cumulus showing employees the door, they are shown the door out of New York. Good riddance!
 
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