WILD SOLD?...ACCORDING TO LOCAL SUNDAY TALK SHOW HOST, YES!

[CTListener]

I heard an ILLEGAL ID at the TOH. "WILD 1090 AM Boston". As far as I know, it's still not legal to say the frequency between the call letters and city.

Has the FCC ever fined a station for this "gotcha!" offense, or is it only tacked on to more serious charges so the FCC can collect a bigger fine?

 

[Eli Polonsky]

I don't know about the wattage/power being low, but the programming modulation is extremely weak/poor (and has been since before at least 6:30am).

Modulation was fair when I first listened about a half-hour ago, but it's now at a practically inaudible level. Something may be intermittent?

 

[Schuyler]

..... Entercom should buy them. .....

Well, somebody should buy them and do something in the spirit of the old WILD, I agree. But that company certainly is not Entercom! Did you forget how they swooped in and bought WILD's former FM sister, to use as a repeater for WAAF (Where African Americans are F----d), changing the call letters to WKAF (We Kill Afro Funk)?

Would WILD be a good fit in the same corporate portfolio as WRKO? Ask Reese Hopkins. I'm not slamming you, but it should be one of those "Liberal" companies which supposedly "control the media," as nearly every other AM station insists.

.....I heard an ILLEGAL ID at the TOH. "WILD 1090 AM Boston". As far as I know, it's still not legal to say the frequency between the call letters and city......

(Not THIS again!) There are two things you're allowed to stick between the City Of License and the call letters: the frequency OR the name of the company to which the station is licensed. "WILD RadioOne Boston" would also be OK.

 

[raccoonradio]

Driving here in Beverly, tried out 1090 for awhile--levels went up and down. A "report" and some music were half decently high, but when the newscasters/host (one male, one female) came on, it was very low.

 

[Laurence Glavin]

I wonder if the audience for Ballentine and Sharpton would consider switching to WWZN-AM 1510? That might add a PPM or two to their audience.

 

[Wbzfm2010]

maybe 96.9 could add these shows instead of the junk they have given us as of late!!

 

[MR. JAROME_CALVIN]

I think 96.9 Boston Talks will be successfull for a long time.
Yes, I also agree with "WBZfm2010" Yeah, 96.9 should consider (some) changes. There are a lot of great Talk Programs out there.
One option might be, maybe do like "New Jersey 101.5" Which is have Talk show on weekdays weeknights, and Music on the weekend (4 Minute News Update at the Top of the hour). They can try like that?
These are just ideas.
All in all, I have a good feeling they will be successfull!!

 

[johndavis]

China Radio International. At least, that's who has Music Safari.

My guess is that the government of mainland China is leasing the time from the outfit that will buy WILD from Radio One, once the FCC approves the purchase. Until the sale goes through, that means that the Chinese are sub-leasing the signal from the primary lessee. The Chinese government is very well off financially. Sounds as if Radio One finally landed someone who was willing to pay the outrageous price R1 demanded for WILD.

Foreigners or foreign governments can't buy US radio/TV stations, but there's nothing in the rules saying they can't lease them out. CRI or someone representing CRI been doing this on an AM in Galveston, TX for about a year and a half and another suburban Houston AM for a little less.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6802570.html

You cash the check, plug in the Barix box, and wait for the next check to come in. The only difference between this and any other brokered ethnic program on a crappy AM station is who's writing the check.

 

[Wbzfm2010]

well this is interesting from the Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/1090WILDAM talking about a new fm station and that's when tom Joyner etc will come home,anyone think they will lma with 96.9???

 

[johndavis]

I heard an ILLEGAL ID at the TOH. "WILD 1090 AM Boston". As far as I know, it's still not legal to say the frequency between the call letters and city. Then, I heard an English-language but Chinese produced newscast, and there seems to be a English-language but Chinese produced talk show on now.

The frequency is one of the few things you are allowed to insert between the call letters and city of license.

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2009/octqtr/47cfr73.1201.htm

Content. (1) Official station identification shall consist of
the station's call letters immediately followed by the community or
communities specified in its license as the station's location;
Provided, That the name of the licensee, the station's frequency, the
station's channel number, as stated on the station's license, and/or the
station's network affiliation may be inserted between the call letters
and station location.

That ID you heard was totally legal.

 

[johndavis]

well this is interesting from the Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/1090WILDAM talking about a new fm station and that's when tom Joyner etc will come home,anyone think they will lma with 96.9???

That post sounded more like wishful thinking than anything else.

 

[anatharadiorefugee]

Radio One will officially be removed from my list of black radio companies. I can't believe they killed WILD! That is a sad state of affairs. I know Mr. Nash is turning over in his grave. As a former WILD Programmer, I am truly saddened. What has my beloved craft become? Cathy Hughes, shame on you!! What's next? Are they gonna kill WOL in Washington, DC? She was supposed to keep the heritage alive no matter the cost! OH! My bad. I forgot they sold out to Wall Street years ago. Truly not a Black company. Hang in there Inner City! You're one of the few truly Black Broadcast Companies left. Thank God you didn't bow to Radio One.Again, Shame on you Cathy Hughes! (Not that she would bother to read this board.)

 

[NHRadio]

Why are you playing the race card like it's some sort of insult to Blacks everywhere? This is a BUSINESS decision. The only color that matters is green.

Radio One will officially be removed from my list of black radio companies. I can't believe they killed WILD! That is a sad state of affairs. I know Mr. Nash is turning over in his grave. As a former WILD Programmer, I am truly saddened. What has my beloved craft become? Cathy Hughes, shame on you!! What's next? Are they gonna kill WOL in Washington, DC? She was supposed to keep the heritage alive no matter the cost! OH! My bad. I forgot they sold out to Wall Street years ago. Truly not a Black company. Hang in there Inner City! You're one of the few truly Black Broadcast Companies left. Thank God you didn't bow to Radio One.Again, Shame on you Cathy Hughes! (Not that she would bother to read this board.)

 

[WNTIRadio]

Just start another pirate radio station in Boston like everyone else. Who cares about the law anymore. If you're an ex-WILD programmer I'm sure "Hot 97 but we're really on 87" would take you.

 

[trock]

I understand everybody's cynicism. I really do. But I don't think you understand how much that station meant to African Americans in Boston. It was our only true outlet for a LONG time. It wasn't until radio one killed it. That you are now having this pirate radio explosion that's happened. Yeah radio one made a cold business decision doesn't mean we have to like it.

 

[johnster]

I understand every body's cynicism. I really do. But I don't think you understand how much that station meant to African Americans in Boston. It was our only true outlet for a LONG time. It wasn't until radio one killed it. That you are now having this pirate radio explosion that's happened. Yeah radio one made a cold business decision doesn't mean we have to like it.

The really sad thing is that Radio One is the only majority black owned radio corporation. I do understand the dire financial straights all the major owners are in including them with many of them not just owing millions but some billions. But it's still sad when the Nash family thought if they sold their family treasure to a black corporation that they weren't really selling out and yet they were... Again all radio corporations are in massive trouble and I don't mean for one minute Radio One wanted to sell out a heritage station in Boston because I'm sure they didn't want to. Why would they bother to buy it in the first place. They just probably got an offer they couldn't refuse in this troubled financial situation radio is living in today. I'm white but i am really going to miss WILD becase beyond playing very cool music I knew what it meant to my black friends! The pirates don't even come close to filling the void.

 

[carmen]

pirates don't even come close to filling the void.

what void..a lack of good soul music on the radio?

 

[DanStrassberg]

That ID you heard was totally legal.

I know that the 1090 part of "AM 1090" is legal, but the question remains as to whether the letters AM are legal in this context. A frequency is entirely numeric except for the units (usually kHz or MHz for broadcast stations). However, AM consists of letters, not numbers. When you refer to a broadcast frequency as 1090, the kHz is, or can be, implied. Moreover, a broadcast frequency that lacks a decimal point implies AM. Nit picking, you say. For sure! But this rule, like many FCC rules, is all about nit picking and very little else. The FCC should rewrite its rule to say specifically that, if they immediately precede or follow the frequency, the letters AM or FM are acceptable in a legal ID.

 

[CTListener]

That ID you heard was totally legal.

I know that the 1090 part of "AM 1090" is legal, but the question remains as to whether the letters AM are legal in this context. A frequency is entirely numeric except for the units (usually kHz or MHz for broadcast stations). However, AM consists of letters, not numbers. When you refer to a broadcast frequency as 1090, the kHz is, or can be, implied. Moreover, a broadcast frequency that lacks a decimal point implies AM. Nit picking, you say. For sure! But this rule, like many FCC rules, is all about nit picking and very little else. The FCC should rewrite its rule to say specifically that, if they immediately precede or follow the frequency, the letters AM or FM are acceptable in a legal ID.

So what if the ID had been "WILD, 1090 kilohertz, Boston"? "Kilohertz" isn't a number either.
Again, is the FCC really fining stations for this sort of thing?

 

[4CX1000A]

I know that the 1090 part of "AM 1090" is legal, but the question remains as to whether the letters AM are legal in this context. A frequency is entirely numeric except for the units (usually kHz or MHz for broadcast stations). However, AM consists of letters, not numbers. When you refer to a broadcast frequency as 1090, the kHz is, or can be, implied. Moreover, a broadcast frequency that lacks a decimal point implies AM. Nit picking, you say. For sure! But this rule, like many FCC rules, is all about nit picking and very little else. The FCC should rewrite its rule to say specifically that, if they immediately precede or follow the frequency, the letters AM or FM are acceptable in a legal ID.

I can't imagine the FCC having a problem with "AM". Thirty years ago when CBS owned 590 AM, its top-of-hour ID was "WEEI, CBS in Boston, Newsradio 59". The FCC never took issue with that, even though "in" was neither part of CBS's name nor Boston's.