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Whats happening at CD 101.9 FM?

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FreestylePete

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Hey whats the latest information concerning CD 101.9 FM? Is it staying owned by Emmis? Will it flip to another format? If so, will it by a dance/CHR radio station?
 
The sale rumors have died down some, but who knows for sure. The $200 million price was stupid. The talk is that Smulyan is hanging onto 101.9 at least until his next attempt to go private, which probably won't be for a while considering the financial shape his entire company is in. No dance/CHR format, no Joel Salkowitz, none of the things fanatical posters are whining for are in the cards either. Emmis (now known as "A-mess") isn't going to do anything that means investing money in the station, cuz they are that strapped for $$. Millions are being diverted to KMVN/LA for a TV campaign which caused that station to go up a whole two-tenths of a point and finally crack a one share in the newest trend. July 11 is the A-mess shareholders meeting, maybe there'll be some juicy news then, like investors lighting bonfires and demanding Smulyan's head on the end of a long pointed stick. Big troubles with 98.7 Kiss too, don't forget them in all this. The A-Mess stations in Chicago are lame, and then there's LA with the Movin abortion. All that weakness in the nations top 3 markets. Trying to go private didn't work last year and financially A-mess was in a little better shape then.
 
A format flip is not necessarily a money absorber.
 
i think its fair to say that while cd101.9 is doing better, a 16 million dollar station is a disappointment to the entire corporation. Both of the other NY stations are down considerably and Jeff needs to realize that the management in NY is blowing smoke up his tush and he needs to take the reins over from Rick Cummings and get the beachfront property back into the top in ratings and revenue. With his top 3 markets underperforming, there is no story that Pat or Jeff can spin to the shareholders. Sometimes you make bad choices, clearly..they have made a few over the last few years...

[size=10pt][size=10pt]Come on jeff....step up![/size][/size]
 
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