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WPFM Panama City sold to EMF

Tibbs4 said:
I still am thinking it time for a road trip to what's left on PCB. How do you throw the ashes of a radio station into the Gulf?
Translation: this is just NOT right. C'mon EMF - have a heart.
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You can always hold out hope that they pull a Mobile and swap the station to another party in exchange for a different facility, but I don't think Powell had the same compunction against selling out to corporate suits that Dittman did with WABB.

Perhaps to mourn the loss of the station to God, you can buy a cheap Coby radio at Walmart and on the hour they flip to religious, throw it off the pier while it's playing. :)
 
Powell keeps the studio equipment.....EMF gets the transmitter plant, which recently moved to the Channel 13 tower at a much higher height.....much better coverage than 103.5
 
tomservo said:
You can always hold out hope that they pull a Mobile and swap the station to another party in exchange for a different facility, but I don't think Powell had the same compunction against selling out to corporate suits that Dittman did with WABB.

Perhaps to mourn the loss of the station to God, you can buy a cheap Coby radio at Walmart and on the hour they flip to religious, throw it off the pier while it's playing. :)
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I love that idea!!
 
I believe a local PCB engineer speculated that the WPFM transmitter/antenna was patched together with spare parts, coat hangers, and a half roll of tin foil when it was moved to the WMBB tower. Will EMF hire him to rebuild it correctly?

Where was EMF last year when Powell needed money to fix the 97X transmitter?
 
Tibbs4 said:
I still am thinking it time for a road trip to what's left on PCB. How do you throw the ashes of a radio station into the Gulf?
Translation: this is just NOT right. C'mon EMF - have a heart.
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This is a fitting end to The Great 108. Let it drift off into non-commercial Christian AC Beulahland. No one else will be able to butcher the Great 108's history.
Pour out a sip for our dead homie.

I always wished Clear Channel had purchased or traded for WPFM. I think they could have saved it as Top-40 or Classic Hits. Maybe that could still happen? 107.9 for 94.5 plus 590 or a little sumthin' sumthin'?
 
uh......seedless......97x belongs to Magic, not Powell.....I don't think Powell would have footed the bill for Magic's problem
 
Oops. It's really hard to keep track with all the radio stations down there and no massive 20 station Cumulus cluster to monopolize things.

Who are these Magic and Powell folks? Radio people that wanted to retire to the beach?
 
cceng said:
uh......seedless......97x belongs to Magic, not Powell.....I don't think Powell would have footed the bill for Magic's problem
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Or, is this sale the first of several, including WILN and WYYX to Powell, as Don McCoy desperately tries to unload his stations that have been bleeding cash for years?
 
Never Did Like EMF I To Will Miss 107.9 WPFM Pop Maybe That Format Will Land On 103.5
 
FairBol said:
So yet ANOTHER "K-Love" station is taking the place of a heritage music station? "EMF" must stand for "Evil Mother..." ...well, you know. I get what they're trying to do, but do they have to buy up every good music station in existence? GIVE IT A REST!! :(
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They are in the business of Christianity, and the end product is "saved" souls. They'll buy up every station they can that can't make a go of it any other way and use the constitutional protection of religion -- even bloated, corporate religion -- to accomplish their goal.
 
When did WPFM first go to some kind of Contemporary Music format.

FM 100 in Memphis has been either CHR, AOR or very Hot AC since February 1967. I believe WEBN in Cincinnati and KSHE in St. Louis have been AOR continuously since 1967.

Was WPFM trying to compete with WDLP and WGNE on AM in the 1960s?
 
briancraig said:
When did WPFM first go to some kind of Contemporary Music format.

FM 100 in Memphis has been either CHR, AOR or very Hot AC since February 1967. I believe WEBN in Cincinnati and KSHE in St. Louis have been AOR continuously since 1967.

Was WPFM trying to compete with WDLP and WGNE on AM in the 1960s?
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Brian - I need to look that up, but I seem to recall it was 1967-1968.
 
tomservo said:
Well, y'all did say the market was over-radio'd. Not anymore. :eek:
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I'm not sure there will be any reduction in the station count: the licenses will likely be sold, cheap, to someone who will rebuild the facilities.
 
I don't disagree. But, you and BigA are smart business guys. Why in the heck would anyone try? The market revenue is bound to be more than 60% down for a while. All the areas hit hard were exactly where the small, local businesses are/were located.
 
Tibbs4 said:
I don't disagree. But, you and BigA are smart business guys. Why in the heck would anyone try? The market revenue is bound to be more than 60% down for a while. All the areas hit hard were exactly where the small, local businesses are/were located.
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That's what I'm thinking. If the market was as depressed as everyone says before the storm, it's going to be toxic going forward for months, if not years.

There are only so many deep-pocketed members of the God Squad willing and able to buy what's basically a license only, since the equipment is likely to be in poor shape and the studios are not usable. Going to non-profits is about all they can hope for, and with the Big Dog (K-Love) snapping up 107.9, everything else is going to be even harder to sell, I bet.
 
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