WFNX being sold to Clear Channel

[N1WVQ]

Then how much longer before stations on the same frequency are duplicating programming. Say, all on 92.3 play Top 40? Maybe not all but enough to make it seem that way. One format, one frequency, coast-to-coast.

 

[aerie]

Then how much longer before stations on the same frequency are duplicating programming. Say, all on 92.3 play Top 40? Maybe not all but enough to make it seem that way. One format, one frequency, coast-to-coast.

That's kind of the way it is in the United Kingdom now. All BBC Radio 1 transmitters operate 98-100 mHz, all Radio 2 on 88-90 mHz, all Radio 3 on 90-92 mHz, and all Radio 4 on 92-96 mHz.

 

[raccoonradio]

Satellite radio, too (coast to coast on same "channel") . Stephen King even gives a plug to "the magic radio", as the main character of his novel 11-22-63 tunes his satellite radio to the sounds of XM/Sirius' Sixties on 6.

 

[MR. JAROME_CALVIN]

will you all listen when they change to see what they changed to?
I will
I'm waiting

 

[mgpt6]

Mia 1430 will get on FM. Either 101.7FM or 107.9 FM HD-2 ,if Talk 1200AM goes to 101.7 simulcast.
Would CC put on HD Radio on 101.7 FM?

 

[Eli Polonsky]

Would CC put on HD Radio on 101.7 FM?

HD radio on 101.7 wouldn't cover very well with its signal strength and the greatly reduced percentage of the analog power that HD must run.

It would work for the most part in Boston proper and the immediate surrounding metro communities within a few miles in direct view of the Boston skyline, but I doubt it would decode HD even in most suburbs within Route 128, even though the analog still comes in fairly well there.

 

[raccoonradio]

Indeed and some might even have trouble picking up the main signal let alone HD at reduced power

At work in N. Reading: WEEI-FM of course very strong and I've picked up at least the HD2 they have
WBZ-FM --main signal comes in, a bit shaky
WFNX-FM --Even weaker (main signal)

 

[HD_Ready]

will you all listen when they change to see what they changed to?
I will
I'm waiting

Will you all listen to them if they changed to spanish?

 

[raccoonradio]

sólo si puedo aprender a hablar español

 

[HD_Ready]

same here

 

[blackgold]

I'll tell ya what's gonna happen to it: Urban A.C. during the day and hip hop from 6 until 2 a.m, followed by gospel music all night and all day Sundays.
And from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., Tom Joyner will be back on the air.
"Oh! Oh! Oh!
It's The Tom Joyner Morning Show!"
Again!

Tom Joyner is a radio One property. More likely Boston will finally get the Michael Baesden show.

Well, I'm sure that Clear Channel can let Mr. Joyner run his business on 101.7 here in Boston. Otherwise, it's a change to Mia 1430.

 

[JustinT]

But I am probably indulging in wishful thinking, and we'll be hearing Spanish-language voice tracks from L.A. or Miami.

I'm pretty sure Rumba 1200 had local AM and PM drive… Mia is all "Premium Choice", but I would imagine that local programming would be a part of a Spanish intiative on 101.7 FM.

 

[beantownradio25]

I would be pretty surprised if a Spanish format was put on 101.7. I'm expecting Clear Channel to begin simulcasting Talk 1200 onto 101.7 fm. As others have said, Clear Channel has invested alot into the format with little return. An FM counterpart could pose as a real threat to 96.9 and WRKO.

 

[CTListener]

I would be pretty surprised if a Spanish format was put on 101.7. I'm expecting Clear Channel to begin simulcasting Talk 1200 onto 101.7 fm. As others have said, Clear Channel has invested alot into the format with little return. An FM counterpart could pose as a real threat to 96.9 and WRKO.

OK, Clear Channel wants to get sports on Hartford FM so it moves dinky-signal WPKX Enfield into Hartford, bumps country off 97.9 and turns the station into WUCS, which serves Hartford proper and northern suburbs just fine but disappears quickly once you go west, south or east. Now it wants to get its talk lineup on Boston FM so it makes Mindich a golden-parachute offer for his Lynn powerhouse, kicks out the modern/alt rock and puts talk on a signal that serves Boston proper and northern suburbs just fine but disappears quickly west and south. (You'll have to ask the fish about the signal to the east.) If you're going to commit to FM with sports and talk, shouldn't you put them on a competitive signal?

 

[raccoonradio]

Agreed but this may be just the best they could get under the circumstances.

 

[HHH]

I would be pretty surprised if a Spanish format was put on 101.7. I'm expecting Clear Channel to begin simulcasting Talk 1200 onto 101.7 fm. As others have said, Clear Channel has invested alot into the format with little return. An FM counterpart could pose as a real threat to 96.9 and WRKO.

OK, Clear Channel wants to get sports on Hartford FM so it moves dinky-signal WPKX Enfield into Hartford, bumps country off 97.9 and turns the station into WUCS, which serves Hartford proper and northern suburbs just fine but disappears quickly once you go west, south or east. Now it wants to get its talk lineup on Boston FM so it makes Mindich a golden-parachute offer for his Lynn powerhouse, kicks out the modern/alt rock and puts talk on a signal that serves Boston proper and northern suburbs just fine but disappears quickly west and south. (You'll have to ask the fish about the signal to the east.) If you're going to commit to FM with sports and talk, shouldn't you put them on a competitive signal?

It is not impossible that CC will actually put the Jammin' format on 101.7, and use the great big 94.5 for an all-talk format.

Yes, I know Jammin has big numbers. But CC might be willing to take the hit in exchange for the potential of a prime suburban signal for Rush, etc, (94.5) while retaining an urban and semi-urban close-in suburban coverage for the Jammin' format (101.7).

 

[whdh1920]

It is not impossible that CC will actually put the Jammin' format on 101.7, and use the great big 94.5 for an all-talk format.

Yes, I know Jammin has big numbers. But CC might be willing to take the hit in exchange for the potential of a prime suburban signal for Rush, etc, (94.5) while retaining an urban and semi-urban close-in suburban coverage for the Jammin' format (101.7).
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I think its either country or talk 1200, i do like the idea of having whatever it is bumped over to 94.5 and have 101.7 be jammin since kiss and jammin are pretty much the same, or how bout a lite station like in New York???? either way it will be nice to see what happens exactly

 

[reelyreal]

I would be pretty surprised if a Spanish format was put on 101.7. I'm expecting Clear Channel to begin simulcasting Talk 1200 onto 101.7 fm. As others have said, Clear Channel has invested alot into the format with little return. An FM counterpart could pose as a real threat to 96.9 and WRKO.

OK, Clear Channel wants to get sports on Hartford FM so it moves dinky-signal WPKX Enfield into Hartford, bumps country off 97.9 and turns the station into WUCS, which serves Hartford proper and northern suburbs just fine but disappears quickly once you go west, south or east. Now it wants to get its talk lineup on Boston FM so it makes Mindich a golden-parachute offer for his Lynn powerhouse, kicks out the modern/alt rock and puts talk on a signal that serves Boston proper and northern suburbs just fine but disappears quickly west and south. (You'll have to ask the fish about the signal to the east.) If you're going to commit to FM with sports and talk, shouldn't you put them on a competitive signal?

It is not impossible that CC will actually put the Jammin' format on 101.7, and use the great big 94.5 for an all-talk format.

Yes, I know Jammin has big numbers. But CC might be willing to take the hit in exchange for the potential of a prime suburban signal for Rush, etc, (94.5) while retaining an urban and semi-urban close-in suburban coverage for the Jammin' format (101.7).

Yeah, but Jamn' is killer in the suburbs. I'm not black and living in Boston, but I'm white and living in the MA suburbs and I know that the station speaks to me... so that kind of leads me to believe that it may not be speaking to the urban crowd. It's been said for the better part of a decade that WJMN targets the 'burbs.

I think in Boston as well as the situation in Hartford, it came down to the best available signals. You don't mess with profitable heritage to take a chance on a new concept. Boston's always been a weird market for CC with only 2 FM's and a couple deficient AM's. You can't kill Kiss, you can't kill Jamn'.

In Hartford, you can't kill Kiss 95.7, it's a powerhouse money-maker, same thing with country WWYZ. WHCN was the only possibility down there, and that's a money maker that's cheap to run and keeps some money away from WTIC-FM for Clear Channel. In the case of both, they're strong clusters with the ability to add on something extra.

 

[atlantaboy]

I feel like Boston already has more FM News/Talk/Sports stations than any other market in the country (I think) - 3 FM talk stations and 2 FM sports stations

I can't believe Clear Channel would choose to add a 6th FM-talk station to the market - I would think their best bet would be either Country to compete with WKLB or AC to compete with WMJX

 

[wickedwritah]

Country, on that stick, makes no sense.

In reality, the current format is a pretty good fit for the demo that can hear the signal.

Left-wing talk would be another.