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WPAZ

I remember when they called themselves "Lite 1370 WPAZ, the station everyone can agree on" and was a soft AC type format. This was I'd say the early 1990s. I found it kind of amusing to hear this tiny AM station try to make itself sound like a big city FM station, but they did their best. It was a nice little station and I'm sure they had their loyal listeners, but probably wasn't making money anymore. So what happens to the station? Does it permanently go dark, or could someone else buy the license and revive it?
 
They have a year from the date that they notify the FCC that they have gobe silent to return it to the air. I believe the one year clock restarts if it is sold. I'm sure theres someone out there who knows how to sell local radio who could make a liveable wage off of the place.
 
No more Frankie Roberts Ranch - the last of the truly old-school country music shows where the DJ buys his time, sells his local spots, and plays his own songs mixed in with the classic country artists.

I would guess someone would want WPAZ but probably to run brokered/religious programming into the greater Reading/422 corridor or clear some syndicated format. Rt. 422 is a heavily traveled area that should be able to support an AM station appealing to commuters.
 
Country Classics would be the perfect format for that stations location and coverage area....heck they are listenable in South Philly at certain times...and when I was in Reading a few weeks ago they were listenable in that city also..
 
It will probably be bought up by a religious organization just like Doylestown and Coatsville and years ago in Norristown. I have nothing against that happening but the general communities that the small AM's loose a valuable service.
 
Yeah, that kind of shut down was really uncalled for. Everyone who worked for that station had to be a senior citizen, so were they really going to go nuts cursing on-air when they got the news? WPAZ and their crew were far classier than that, which is why shutting down this way really was a low blow. I feel bad for the old timers who've listened to their home-town WPAZ for all these years. Some are probably still wondering what happened. I'm sure even Joe Timmer up at WGPA in Bethlehem would have had more class. I can see no logical reason why the shut down had to be so abrasive. This is not Clear Channel. This is a family company and you'd expect more from a mom and pop company.
 
Sam,

I was a big fan of your dad's and I was the saturday morning DJ on WPAZ. I loved monitor and have a great appreciation for the history of radio.
 
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