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WFLO-AM will shut down on December 31st
- Thread starter Y2kTheNewOldies
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Not even an FM translator could save this small-town AM.
According to fcc.today website EMF's request for an extension on the sale consumation was DENIED today, both for the AM and FM.
FM:
enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov
AM:
enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov
What does this mean? Administrative error or something more serious? (Look at the Status entry).
FM:
Draft Copy « Licensing and Management System « FCC
Licensing and Management System
AM:
Draft Copy « Licensing and Management System « FCC
Licensing and Management System
What does this mean? Administrative error or something more serious? (Look at the Status entry).
So a couple points on this issue:
The sale did not include the studios. They subdivided the land and sold EMF about half of it. When I was there last, the only thing at the tower was the FM transmitter (directly fed from the studios) in an incredibly small shed. 1940’s vintage AM transmitter was located in the studio building.
Consummation has already been delayed as a tower inspection showed some issues that needed to be addressed. Colonial Broadcasting apparently addressed those. In addition, assuming EMF even bothers to do anything with 870 (daytime only), it will need to have the transmitter physically moved several hundred feet at a minimum. The FM had some bizarre harmonics all over the band that probably need to be addressed as well.
My guess is someone assumed this would be a “turnkey” transaction. EMF will have to do a bit more than a lot of their buys to bring it up to something acceptable
The sale did not include the studios. They subdivided the land and sold EMF about half of it. When I was there last, the only thing at the tower was the FM transmitter (directly fed from the studios) in an incredibly small shed. 1940’s vintage AM transmitter was located in the studio building.
Consummation has already been delayed as a tower inspection showed some issues that needed to be addressed. Colonial Broadcasting apparently addressed those. In addition, assuming EMF even bothers to do anything with 870 (daytime only), it will need to have the transmitter physically moved several hundred feet at a minimum. The FM had some bizarre harmonics all over the band that probably need to be addressed as well.
My guess is someone assumed this would be a “turnkey” transaction. EMF will have to do a bit more than a lot of their buys to bring it up to something acceptable
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