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Shredder

I heard a weird bit of info this morning.. was curious if anyone heard any rumblings. We work in an electricians office with people all over the area. One of my co workers knows i listen to WPLJ, and told me that apparently someone doing work on a new facility claims that Cumulus is moving WPLJ from NY to a Cumulus facility in upstate New York. Not that this news wouldn't be odd enough, but if most of their audience is in NJ, why move further away? :)

just something odd to throw out there ;)
 
Even if they were just moving the studios upstate, why would they do such a thing? Doesn't make sense.
 
How far upstate?

Maybe just over the Westchester line.

Somebody may be sick of New York City taxes.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
 
Dr. Chuck said:
Even if they were just moving the studios upstate, why would they do such a thing? Doesn't make sense.
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agreed, keep in mind this is second hand information, but thought it was a unique enough oddity. So far the folks i know at the station havn't heard anything about a move, but instead claim more people from other Cloud stations are moving in to their location instead...:)
 
I can understand the tax angle but, but IMHO it would be hard for any company with "local" sales operating for a distance from NYC. How many ad agencies are in NYC? Occasionally someone has to physically call on or take a customer "out to lunch". A 50 or more mile trip into town would make that difficult.
 
secondchoice said:
I can understand the tax angle but, but IMHO it would be hard for any company with "local" sales operating for a distance from NYC. How many ad agencies are in NYC? Occasionally someone has to physically call on or take a customer "out to lunch". A 50 or more mile trip into town would make that difficult.
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A lot of companies moved out of New York for those reasons along with the rent and Room to grow. Not everybody at a New York radio or TV station needs to be in the City.

I laughed, years ago, when Channel 9 was sent across the River to the New Jersey Penal Colony of Secaucus for the actions of parent General Tire.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
 
Maybe they're going to run it out of the WFAS facility on Secor Road in Hartsdale?
I'd be surprised if that was the case, but you never know these days!
 
I was under the impression that the studio location either had to be located within a certain signal contour of the station or possibly city of license. If this isn't the case maybe they'll file for some sort of waiver.
 
WPLJ and WABC MIGHT have to move out of where they are - Arent they in ABC's building? being ABC has little if any ownership in WAPL and WABC, they may have to move out soon. Just a guess???
 
Bill DeFelice said:
I was under the impression that the studio location either had to be located within a certain signal contour of the station or possibly city of license. If this isn't the case maybe they'll file for some sort of waiver.
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The Hartsdale location should work fine without a waiver. It's within the primary signal contour of a NYC licensed station (WPLJ included)...but, again, that move would surprise me.
 
It would certainly be cheaper to run it out of Hartsdale, or any other office park in Weschester or NJ.

I always wondered why CC moved everything in to high rent in Manhattan instead of Jersey City. Yeah, I know the "prestige" of being in the city but it makes it more expensive for your company. And also more expensive for your employees that have to commute to NYC, pay to park and pay the stupid NYC tax for the privilege to work there.
 
again, keep in mind this is second hand info from someone working at cumulus center in up state new york. I will try and see if i can determine the source and location of this info..but so far the folks i've talked to at the station that have gotten back to me have not heard anything about it yet.
 
Marckd said:
WPLJ and WABC MIGHT have to move out of where they are - Arent they in ABC's building? being ABC has little if any ownership in WAPL and WABC, they may have to move out soon. Just a guess???
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[should be WPLJ, I assume.]

WABC (Cumulus), WPLJ (Cumulus), WEPN-AM + FM (Disney) along with WQEW (Disney) all have office addresses at 2 Penn Plaza, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10121.

Aside: this is in the same complex as the current New York Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden.
The future home of NY Penn Station will be across 8th Avenue at the James A. Farley U.S. Post Office site, which will become Moynihan Station (named after Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator from NY and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.).

I'm fairly certain that the small building that houses WFAS-AM + FM on Secor Rd. in Hartsdale would not be able to accommodate any further tenants. Of course, WFAS-AM + FM could be on the move, especially if/when the FM moves its tower location to the Bronx location currently used by WVIP + WFUV. Perhaps Cumulus would want to consolidate its stations (WFME/WABC/WPLJ/WFAS-AM + FM) in one location, whether it be NYC or Westchester County.

Taken from David E's response on the NYRMB as to WFME's possible main studio location + community of license:
(http://www.musicradio77.com/wwwboard/messages/401043.html)

No studio in COL is required... here is the pertinent part of the rules.

73.1125 Station main studio location.

(a) Except for those stations described in paragraph (b) of this section, each AM, FM, and TV broadcast station shall maintain a main studio at one of the following locations:

(1) Within the station’s community of license;

(2) At any location within the principal community contour of any AM, FM, or TV broadcast station licensed to the station’s community of license; or

(3) Within twenty-five miles from the reference coordinates of the center of its community of license as described in § 73.208(a)(1).
 
Further proof would be WFME, itself. Licensed to Newark, their studios and transmitter are in West Orange. They are closer to Livingston, then they are to Newark.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
 
the source claims the new hometown would be west chester. so far no one official has heard anything about it...so still in the weird rumor category!
 
Westchester is a county, not a town. There's no West Chester town around here. There is a West Chester, PA -- outside of Philadelphia.
 
whoops, you're right. sorry, wrote that after a long day of cleaning the shore house and a long three hour office dinner afterwards ;o)

I'm going to see if my guy can get a picture of these supposed new offices...along with a street address....
 
Shredder said:
whoops, you're right. sorry, wrote that after a long day of cleaning the shore house and a long three hour office dinner afterwards ;o)

I'm going to see if my guy can get a picture of these supposed new offices...along with a street address....
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This is off-topic, but I would be remiss if I did not ask you where your "shore house" is?

Your email is hidden, otherwise, I would have pm-ed.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
 
the only reason you'd k now the name is because we where lucky enough to be ground zero ;o). Ortley beach NJ. 3 feet off the ground and still got a foot of water. Although all we have to worry about is removing insulation, all new stuff on the first floor, and ripping up the first floor, and some wall removal. others had it far worse, so we lucked out!
 
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