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WIBN off air
- Thread starter gr8oldies
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cold_coffee said:
Insurance companies only pay 100 percent if you rebuy and rebuild everything. You get 50 percent until then.
The article say Earl Park is a city. Any other corrections?
Timewarp said:
Didn't Sid also operate the station from his home in West Lafayette as well?
Sid had some great ideas but WIBN had no signal in Lafayette. Yes he thought he could fix it. Frank Hertel sold it to him and it was in Earl Park with an OLD FM transmitter.
Frank may have helped him build the site even. The thing just doesn't have a signal to sell in Lafayette and the 25000 people it does cover lsiten to Lafayette radio. Great signal where it has a signal. Maybe programming to those folks would be good. Moving it a mile closer would help. It is a LONG drive North of the ratty old studios in Otterbein.
Frank may have helped him build the site even. The thing just doesn't have a signal to sell in Lafayette and the 25000 people it does cover lsiten to Lafayette radio. Great signal where it has a signal. Maybe programming to those folks would be good. Moving it a mile closer would help. It is a LONG drive North of the ratty old studios in Otterbein.
WIBN's current studios are in Oxford on the town square.
People have mentioned that the WIBN studios are in Otterbein. Were they there in the past? If so, where?
Also, where were their original studios in Earl Park?
People have mentioned that the WIBN studios are in Otterbein. Were they there in the past? If so, where?
Also, where were their original studios in Earl Park?
Oxford is correct. Otterbein is in the area. The only good thing about the studios was it was next door to a pizza place.
Re: WIBN makes Arbitron while off air
This indicates some kind of reliability problem for said ratings service.
There have been other dark stations that have had good books as well.
This was one of this station's best periods.
This indicates some kind of reliability problem for said ratings service.
There have been other dark stations that have had good books as well.
This was one of this station's best periods.
dwiener said:How the heck did WIBN have any Arbitron shares in the last book......considering WIBN 98.1FM was off the air the entire book? WIBNmark must have some real connections.
In the diary world, if a listener writes down "oldies station" on their diary, it gets half a share to each oldies station in the market.
A radio station can't have any listeners when it's off the air. These
numbers in the Lafayette spring book indicate a credibility problem
for the ratings service. As in, they are full of XXXX.
numbers in the Lafayette spring book indicate a credibility problem
for the ratings service. As in, they are full of XXXX.
Do any old airchecks exist online for The Wizard? I heard it was an interesting alternative station for the short time it was on.
What I find interesting is that only 70% of the ratings are accounted for in the recent survey. I suppose the remaining 30% are listening to either WBAA-AM & FM, K-Love, Jeff 92, the other miscellaneous religious stations, or their iPods.
What I find interesting is that only 70% of the ratings are accounted for in the recent survey. I suppose the remaining 30% are listening to either WBAA-AM & FM, K-Love, Jeff 92, the other miscellaneous religious stations, or their iPods.
Arbitron ratings rarely add up to anything close to 100%. I can assure you that, WBAA-AM/FM, WJEF, and K-Love are not getting 7.5 shares each
The current Indy book had 72 shares in the public release, for example. I bet WKLU got a 4 and WFYI got a 5. That's still a lot of shares missing.
The current Indy book had 72 shares in the public release, for example. I bet WKLU got a 4 and WFYI got a 5. That's still a lot of shares missing.
I know WBAA & WBAA-FM do very well in the Lafayette market. When WBAA (920) aired Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Marketplace exclusively, they were getting around an 8 share 12+ in the Maxim$er data I saw way back when. WBAA-FM was hovering around a 2 or 3 share, duking it out with Jeff 92, until the aforementioned programs began simulcasting on the AM & FM.
Though I don't have any numbers to back it up, I would assume that WKHL does okay considering how quickly they're able to achieve their goals during K-Love's fundraisers.
Though I don't have any numbers to back it up, I would assume that WKHL does okay considering how quickly they're able to achieve their goals during K-Love's fundraisers.
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