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Will WABC's Owner Purchase Another Local Station?

luperm said:
Right. But I don't think they can run it like this in perpetuity. At some point they'll either need to build a suitable facility, change the parameters of their license, or sell it to a buyer who is willing to invest in it.
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Given the decline of AM, spending a lot of capital to build new facilities is a fools errand. When it comes to business, you build for the future. When it comes to AM stations, the end is drawing closer every calendar day.
 
I have a reference showing 1560 as a Cuban clear channel. In practice, the U.S. could put high powered directional stations north of the Mason Dixon line or west of the Mississippi and provide adequate protection, which would be to the Cuban border. Cuba did not subscribe to the NARBA agreement allocating 1560 thusly, so the protections to them were not honored.
 
PTBoardOp94 said:
Without a sales department, the market price of these stations, two Class D AM facilities, is $0.
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That is true, given that virtually all station sales are based on multiples of cash flow. That's something a lot of those who wish for "someone to put the Oldies format back on the air" never take into consideration. None of the major players are going to devalue their properties to do so, smaller operators are even more reliant on ad sales than the big companies, and very few have the deep pockets to sustain station operation without ad revenue.
 
ajaynejr said:
I have a reference showing 1560 as a Cuban clear channel. In practice, the U.S. could put high powered directional stations north of the Mason Dixon line or west of the Mississippi and provide adequate protection, which would be to the Cuban border. Cuba did not subscribe to the NARBA agreement allocating 1560 thusly, so the protections to them were not honored.
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Stations in the United States do in fact protect Cuba. Cuba is a signatory to NARBA, although the Castro government didn't adhere to it once they came to power.

WQXR/WFME's Queens facility, however, predated Castro.
 
Kelly A said:
Rather than pissing that money into the air, literally, he should just send it to me. I'll put his money to better use.
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I dont think Bob is wealthy, but has well managed money over the years.. and listeners obviously like the station, is their contributions that keep it on
 
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