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They are only on letter "T".....This could take a few days!
Hey, we get to hear Take The Skinheads Bowling! Can't remember when I heard that last anywhere.
It is probably the same Z to A they played a few weeks ago, in which case, I think that one ended Wednesday night. About three days long. They're missing a lot of songs that are/were part of the playlist, while they're throwing in songs here and there that are oddball choices. WFNX is probably just keeping something on the air until the papers are signed and the plug is pulled.
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The demise of WFNX (as we knew it) is truly a sign of the times. Only the large corporations or those with deep pockets are still able to turn around a good profit, in an industry that is struggling to maintain relevance.
These days, the format you hear on the air in one market, is likely being rebroadcast in hundreds of other radio markets around the country. Localization and Diversity are a thing of the past. A safe playlist, small budget and good profit seem to be all that matters now. But, it is a business.
These days, the format you hear on the air in one market, is likely being rebroadcast in hundreds of other radio markets around the country. Localization and Diversity are a thing of the past. A safe playlist, small budget and good profit seem to be all that matters now. But, it is a business.
beantownradio25 said:
I really don't blame Mindich for cashing out even if he denies that was the reason
from WBUR 2 months ago
http://www.wbur.org/2012/05/18/wfnx-sale
He tried to squeeze Entercom into buying 101.7 and finally they decided it was cheaper to kill Mike-FM than pay what Mindich wanted.
CC thinks it will add to their bottom line - shrug
>>He tried to squeeze Entercom into buying 101.7 and finally they decided it was cheaper to kill Mike-FM than pay what Mindich wanted.
Interesting--again the Weekly Dig, a Phoenix rival, floated a rumor/hoax that Ent was buying FNX and putting Mike there so that WEEI could // on 93.7. Now it looks like Ent. might have considered that...or at least buying FNX
Note that in the Phoenix (both print and web versions) it said that while selling to CC was pretty much the opposite of the philosophy those folks have (about independence from big corps etc.), they had to do it as "WFNX was losing tens of millions of dollars"
Interesting--again the Weekly Dig, a Phoenix rival, floated a rumor/hoax that Ent was buying FNX and putting Mike there so that WEEI could // on 93.7. Now it looks like Ent. might have considered that...or at least buying FNX
Note that in the Phoenix (both print and web versions) it said that while selling to CC was pretty much the opposite of the philosophy those folks have (about independence from big corps etc.), they had to do it as "WFNX was losing tens of millions of dollars"
And that, folks is the REAL "Green" philosophy! ;D
raccoonradio said:
Mindich in that WBUR article bragged he wasn't a seller but an acquirer but he seems to forget that 8 years ago he sold WWRX to Entercom for $14.5m. Strangely enough he had bought WWRX from Clear Channel. 103.7 has an amazing signal and Entercom made a good deal.
Entercom most likely would have moved Mike-FM to 101.7 to clear the way for WEEI to move to FM.
When the Weekly Dig's rumor came out I thought hmm that has possibilities. Phoenix and Ent. both denied it and no other media source confirmed it so we knew it was fake (they later admitted to it but again, they tried to sell to Ent. it was said) but I thought despite the signal problems of 101.7, it would at least keep Mike on in some way and pave the way for WEEI on FM at 93.7. Good point about WWRX.
Latest edition of http://www.bostonradiowatch.com/ Boston Radio Watch mentions the upcoming shift at 101.7; it says it will probably be just like the old mike 93.7 (no DJs, we play everything--yeah right, not REALLy everything...) and he says, and this is interesting, that CC got it in part to keep Entercom from getting it!
(Though someone said elsewhere Ent. was not biting at FNX's offer to sell to them)
Ent. paid about $14 mil for 103.7 and got a station with a great reach. CC is paying the same roughly for a station with a more limited reach--but close to highly populated Boston
(Though someone said elsewhere Ent. was not biting at FNX's offer to sell to them)
Ent. paid about $14 mil for 103.7 and got a station with a great reach. CC is paying the same roughly for a station with a more limited reach--but close to highly populated Boston
raccoonradio said:
And a chance to get into a lot of offices and other places of business with familiar, favorably testing, demographically perfect, uninterrupted music all summer before the first commercial airs. WFNX fans may not like it, people with adventurous musical tastes may not like it, people who are "burned out" on the hits (largely radio people and serious fans of a particular genre, not average listeners) may not like it. It may not be the most exciting new station in Boston radio history. But the more I think about it, the more I get the feeling this is going to work out more than OK for Clear Channel.
TRF said:
Which brings up another dumb question --How does being "online only" effect the cost of their music royalties?
VoiceofWayne said:
They're now going to have to pay the artists. The broadcast ASCAP/BMI license fees only applied to the composers. Of course, for most modern rock acts composer and artist are one and the same, so they may be paying the same to SoundExchange as they were to ASCAP and BMI.
Check out Dee Tension's post about WFNX Radio on Facebook today. Wow.
promixcuous said:
Here is Dee Tension's Facebook post:
Dee Tension
"I have stayed silent about WFNX and RadioBoston.com because I don't like to burn bridges and I am not currently affiliated with WFNX and Radio BDC hasn't hired me and they may or may not in the future.
"However today, WFNX, which has been a ****** of a corporation for quite some time has been slamming 101.7 The Harbor and RadioBDC on Facebook and Twitter.
"I mean, look at this obnoxious post from WFNX Radio:
""It is shocking how many people think that WFNX has something to do with a) the awful nonsense that now resides on 101.7 FM, or b) that New York-owned corporate newspaper's knockoff station that hasn't launched yet. People: there is only one WFNX and it is streaming right now at WFNX.com."
"Really FNX? It's shocking? Is it?
"What's shocking is that you WFNX suddenly lay off every employee one day and then slam them when they get new jobs. Forgive the public for associating DJ's who worked there and are clearly associated with WFNX, if they think RadioBDC has something to do with you. It's only your morning news man, mid morning host who happens to be a radio legend, your program director and your afternoon drive guy who people still associate with WBCN. Don't be shocked at "how many people" put two and two together. It's condescending bullshit for you to pretend to be shocked about that.
"I'll tell you what's shocking. What's shocking is that you abandoned your commitment to the alternative format and your employees and sold your station to the biggest radio conglomerate in the world and then you have the nerve to call their programming "awful nonsense". That awful non sense is YOUR FAULT. You sold it, you morons. Did you think they would keep it the way it was. You cannot possibly be that stupid so please don't pretend, in a ****ing tweet, that you are that stupid.
"Oooooh how very shocking.
"I have seen you, WFNX, abuse your employees and run your own station, newspapers and magazines into the ground. Now you want to pretened that your shocked that life goes on without you? Please. Don't flatter yourself. You have no DJ's , your vans are for sale, you sold your gear and you fired everyone. Now you're pretending that you are going to exist as a revolutionary on line radio station? You didn't even want to be an on line station until a better newspaper with a better web site decided to take your fired DJ's and make a better product. Now you're back in the game? You ****ing clowns, you classless twits, you small minded assholes. Go **** yourself.
"I'd go on but I have to go to work. Just die already. No one is falling for your bullshit."
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