what is missing from Indy radio

[Timewarp]

A loophole in the rules made it so that the first station to request Class B1 status was the only one who could request the upgrade to B1. This was the interpretation of the Bush FCC. Yes, i understand Paul Dean Ford might feel he got screwed.

 

[ChiefEngineer]

I am not familiar with the CFR loophole you reference. I doubt Paul felt that way. Upgrading to a B form an A does gain a preference in the allocation pictur but both are requesting the same upgrade.

Staff at the fed have long since discovered the city changing chess game is not new service to Lawrence. They are already well served being within Indianapolis.

The fact that Cumulus spent all the money to move the only FM from Seymour to make this happen should be reflected in this move around.

 

[MikeStandardsFromIndiana]

I thought part of the Move for WRWM started back when Susquehanna still owned the station. Because Susquehanna bought WQKC to start the dominos. and the Move into fishers was pre Cumulus as well.

 

[mouseman]

I thought part of the Move for WRWM started back when Susquehanna still owned the station. Because Susquehanna bought WQKC to start the dominos. and the Move into fishers was pre Cumulus as well.
MikeStandardsFromIndiana,
You are correct. This was actually Susquehanna's deal. There was an AM too, which Susquehanna attempted to stretch into Louisville as a Classic Country station. The FM was supposed to be sold off after it was moved to make room for WRWM, but I see that Cumulus still owns it [see Louisville ratings tabbed above] and airs a FM Sports station. I don't see the AM in the latest ratings listings, so don't know if that's still theirs as well or not.

 

[ChiefEngineer]

I thought part of the Move for WRWM started back when Susquehanna still owned the station. Because Susquehanna bought WQKC to start the dominos. and the Move into fishers was pre Cumulus as well.
MikeStandardsFromIndiana,
You are correct. This was actually Susquehanna's deal. There was an AM too, which Susquehanna attempted to stretch into Louisville as a Classic Country station. The FM was supposed to be sold off after it was moved to make room for WRWM, but I see that Cumulus still owns it [see Louisville ratings tabbed above] and airs a FM Sports station. I don't see the AM in the latest ratings listings, so don't know if that's still theirs as well or not.

The Am was never a mover. Still at 1390 in Seymour. It was the FM that was moved to Louisville, not the AM.

 

[MikeStandardsFromIndiana]

the fm Switched to the sports format to 1450 AM about a year later and now airs a classic hits format on the louisville 93.9.

 

[mouseman]

didn't say Susquehanna "moved" the AM to Louisville - I said after they bought this duopoly, they kept and operated the AM, and tried to stretch the AM to serve Louisville by playing Classic Country. The FM was supposed to be re-sold to locals after Susquehanna moved it out of the way of 93.9FM up here. Guess they never sold either, since Cumulus has them both.

 

[Mid West Clubber]

I have no clue how this thread I started has survived 7 pages,,,, that and went so far out of (TRACK) no pun intended...

 

[mouseman]

Good point Mid West Clubber! ;D

Let's take it all the way back on TRACK - full circle so to speak - Cumulus has two formats in Louisville from the Susquehanna days, an FM Sports station, and an AM Classic Country station.

How 'bout either of those formats on the TRACK?

 

[cspotrun]

Good point Mid West Clubber! ;D

Let's take it all the way back on TRACK - full circle so to speak - Cumulus has two formats in Louisville from the Susquehanna days, an FM Sports station, and an AM Classic Country station.

How 'bout either of those formats on the TRACK?

for sports, if they don't have the colts and the pacers, they would have NOTHING, and isn't Indy saturated with Country already?

 

[MikeStandardsFromIndiana]

mouseman the cumulus stations in louisville flipped formats in last 2008, the AM took over the FM's Sports Format and the FM went Classic Hits. and by the time the Seymour FM got to Louisville i believe the move which susquehanna started Cumulus finished the move in.

 

[mouseman]

Thanks for the update Mike. I lost track of these Seymour properties a number of years ago.
However, I was really just trying to bring the chat full circle, back to the TRACK, and prompt more discussion [as if eight pages wasn't enough already! ]

 

[ChiefEngineer]

You are correct. This was actually Susquehanna's deal. There was an AM too, which Susquehanna attempted to stretch into Louisville as a Classic Country station.

The AM is in Seymour. You are lucky to hear it 20 miles. Louisville is at least an hour drive. Moving it to Louisville or stretching it into Louisville are equally impossible. Think you may have confused this with WAVG which was also part of the group.

WAVG had Louisville numbers in the 70's.