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What were the radio stations up for auction in Auction 109?

sdwulfdawg

sdwulfdawg

What are the call letters of the four Pittsburgh radio stations (I guess on the AM band) which were up for a FCC license auction and didn't have any bidders?
 
The auction was for construction permits for new signals, so none of the "stations" have calls yet. There were no frequencies in Pittsburgh (or indeed anywhere in Pennsylvania) in this auction. Maybe you're thinking of the four AMs in the St. Louis area that were deleted and had their facilities available in the auction?
 
fybush said:
The auction was for construction permits for new signals, so none of the "stations" have calls yet. There were no frequencies in Pittsburgh (or indeed anywhere in Pennsylvania) in this auction. Maybe you're thinking of the four AMs in the St. Louis area that were deleted and had their facilities available in the auction?
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Hey, I'm the one who linked Lance's site! How many bonus points does that earn? A free calendar?
 
I read some online articles about the stations. Very interesting past history on those properties including being a megaphone for a super right-wing racist misognynistic talk show host who was convicted of bank fraud who was actually, technically, disallowed by the FCC to own a radio station.
 
sdwulfdawg said:
For some reason on my Google search (which I can't replicate) it came up as Pittsburgh....
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Remember that radio MSAs are not the same as the Government / Census MSAs.

Nielsen: Metro Survey Area
Census: Metropolitan Statistical Area

They are defined differently, and the Nielsen definition is based principally on radio listening, not commerce.
 
sdwulfdawg said:
I read some online articles about the stations. Very interesting past history on those properties including being a megaphone for a super right-wing racist misognynistic talk show host who was convicted of bank fraud who was actually, technically, disallowed by the FCC to own a radio station.
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The more things change in some respects, the more they stay the same.
 
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