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Reported recently on All Access the CEO of Salem states the company is talking over selling off underperforming stations. There were no specifics.

Could this mean WORL-660AM and it's sister stations WTLN-950-AM & WHIM 1580-AM are going to be sold?

Does anyone know how well WORL is doing dollarwise?
 
The answer is not too well, I know first hand that 660 has struggled money wise for a few years now...varying degrees ofcourse, but that station has never been much of a player in this market. It's really a shame because when you look at the area that it covers Seminole County, even at night, happens to be a very affluent part of Central Florida. They did ok for a while by brokering the station but apparently it didn't last.
In general, I beleive besides DBO in todays world AM in Orlando, FL is struggling if not dieing. Furthermore, I beleive the dollars for FM radio stations are brutal I can't imagine AM's especially stand alone AM's. The local market is/has that "town" mentallity and with the number of outlet's increasing it would be diffilcult to support an operation like a 12/24-hour AM station with a full staff making a sustainable profit. It's a tough business...

If they are selling it? It will be interesting to see how much they can get for it...I know 810 has been on the market for a while now. They(810) threw on that oldies format and sounded good but I think they are asking for a tremendous amount of money in the 5 million rage last I heard...
 
If they are selling it? It will be interesting to see how much they can get for it...I know 810 has been on the market for a while now. They(810) threw on that oldies format and sounded good but I think they are asking for a tremendous amount of money in the 5 million rage last I heard...

When do these owners break down and realize that they want too much money for their pigs? When these prices finally come down so that someone with ideas can cover the nut, that is when the revival of radio begins... if there's going to be one.
 
WORL was purchased through a trade for a Salem AM in Dallas. The value was $6 million. The religious stations do fine, its the news talk station that is for sale. Not a very good signal. The GM has not done anything with the news talk station. He has been looking to go Spanish with it or 1590.
 
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