WRCR Haverstraw is now carrying WABC radio

[Mediafrog+]

My European car radio tunes the X-band in 9kHz steps, up to 1711kHz. No, I've got no idea why, either.

Does the radio tune the rest of the AM band in 9 kHz steps or just the X-band?

On the 9 kHz band plan used outside of the Americas the X-band frequencies are 1620, 1629, 1638, 1647, 1656, 1665, 1674, 1683, 1692, and 1701. Europe doesn’t have anything on those frequencies, but Australia has stations on all of them. Japan has traffic and parking information stations on 1620 and 1629.

 

[Seltzer]

Was really hoping he'd grab 98.7 for WABC. And maybe do a hybrid talk/ music format ala NJ 101.5. Play music on the weekends.Perhaps 60s 70s tunes.

 

[radiodx10]

Was really hoping he'd grab 98.7 for WABC. And maybe do a hybrid talk/ music format ala NJ 101.5. Play music on the weekends.Perhaps 60s 70s tunes.

To be honest, the format that NJ 1015 does seems very hard to copy, and all the more credit to the folks who figured that format out. Big Joe Henry is so well-known and yet only air two days out of the week. That's talent!

The most important thing, though, is truly how Jersey-centric the format is. I think a talk/music hybrid could work, but it'd have to be thoroughly researched and planned out. For what it's worth, WABC 770 kind of is doing that talk/music hybrid, though their weekends do still have some talk shows, I think on Sundays. It wouldn't be a bad idea to give it a shot of the whole weekend doing music, but since they're an AM, I see why they limit their music.

Oh, it also helps that WKXW has an absolute blow-torch of a signal. I can hear it from Queens NY to Harve De Grace Maryland, from the Pocono Mtns to Wildwood, NJ. Just an insane reach and they're not even that high powered of a station! I guess it's a combo of the height of their tower and the fact that 101.5 isn't a crowded frequency. All I can think of that's on it is WBAL's translator in Baltimore, WNYZ-LD's translator in Queens/Brooklyn and WCFA-LP in Cape May.

 

[K.M. Richards]

Was really hoping he'd grab 98.7 for WABC. And maybe do a hybrid talk/ music format ala NJ 101.5. Play music on the weekends.Perhaps 60s 70s tunes.

I think even Cat knows Emmis is asking more for 98.7 than it's worth these days.

 

[TheBigA]

I think even Cat knows Emmis is asking more for 98.7 than it's worth these days.

The bargains now are the AM stations. That's what we saw in Buffalo. That's what we see here. There are a lot of examples. If you're just looking for a signal to build something around, you might as well grab a bargain AM. Maybe then do what Good Karma is doing with a strong digital strategy to reuse and resell content. But if all you want is a signal, and you're not picky about it, there are lots of bargains. There are several in the NY area now.

 

[Radi0411]

Oh, it also helps that WKXW has an absolute blow-torch of a signal. I can hear it from Queens NY to Harve De Grace Maryland, from the Pocono Mtns to Wildwood, NJ. Just an insane reach and they're not even that high powered of a station! I guess it's a combo of the height of their tower and the fact that 101.5 isn't a crowded frequency. All I can think of that's on it is WBAL's translator in Baltimore, WNYZ-LD's translator in Queens/Brooklyn and WCFA-LP in Cape May.

You forgot sister-station WPDH Poughkeepsie. That too is a blow-torch of a Hudson Valley signal and erodes much of 1015's signal in northern New Jersey, especially where the topography is plenty mountainous, funneling that signal in like a local in many areas. While WKXW may be one of the strongest signals in the state, it still has its share of issues too. The coverage maps aren't as "realistic" as many seem to think. And as you said, WCFA in Wildwood negates any usable signal in Central and Southern Cape May county.

 

[Barry]

Per WRCR's website: "Not been sold at this point... There are plans to expand to local, Rockland-specific programming on WRCR."
Also, still no recent filings with the F.C.C.
The plot thickens.

From WRCR's Past (and Continuing?) Owner

 

[RadioGuy1864]

Per WRCR's website: "Not been sold at this point... There are plans to expand to local, Rockland-specific programming on WRCR."
Also, still no recent filings with the F.C.C.
The plot thickens.

From WRCR's Past (and Continuing?) Owner

This is like the plot of a low-budget horror film. We're talking about an X band AM that maybe on a good day has about 50 people listening to it.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

This is like the plot of a low-budget horror film. We're talking about an X band AM that maybe on a good day has about 50 people listening to it.

AS i like to say when someone brings up the low rent hard right Salem AM's in Cleveland... like with WHKW/WHK, i think more people are talking about WRCR here than listen.

 

[davideduardo]

AS i like to say when someone brings up the low rent hard right Salem AM's in Cleveland... like with WHKW/WHK, i think more people are talking about WRCR here than listen.

But WHKW is a 50 kw station on 1220, formerly the old WGAR. And WHK, 1420 was originaloy part of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and later Metromedia's "Color Radio" and #1 in the market.

No comparison to an X-Band station in a far suburban part of New York City's radio market. WRCR was never a market leader...those two Cleveland stations were very much "big stations" at some point or points in their history.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

But WHKW is a 50 kw station on 1220, formerly the old WGAR. And WHK, 1420 was originaloy part of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and later Metromedia's "Color Radio" and #1 in the market.

No comparison to an X-Band station in a far suburban part of New York City's radio market. WRCR was never a market leader...those two Cleveland stations were very much "big stations" at some point or points in their history.

I meant now, given their programming

 

[Ex-RadioTV]

It’s official.
Assignment of License for WRCR filing

 

[kevtronics]

It's hard to tell if Cats was trying to sign his name, or cross it out.

 

[davideduardo]

It's hard to tell if Cats was trying to sign his name, or cross it out.View attachment 9208

Signatures like that are very common outside the United States... they are almost a "brand" and not a script representation of a person's name.

 

[Rollo-Smokes]

Six hundred thousand dollars is most definitely a lowball price for an inferior facility. And we know Catsimatidis buys at near bargain-basement prices. But we're still what the purpose of this move is.

For those with experience in brokering a station sale: As far as the requirements Red Apple put on the doctor, why should the doc been responsible for making all of those improvements to the physical plant–and on his dime–if Red Apple is buying? That task should fall on the incoming owners.

 

[Rusty Muck]

Per WRCR's website: "Not been sold at this point... There are plans to expand to local, Rockland-specific programming on WRCR."
Also, still no recent filings with the F.C.C.
The plot thickens.

From WRCR's Past (and Continuing?) Owner

Turns out that blog post was just a bunch of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

 

[fybush]

Six hundred thousand dollars is most definitely a lowball price for an inferior facility. And we know Catsimatidis buys at near bargain-basement prices. But we're still what the purpose of this move is.

For those with experience in brokering a station sale: As far as the requirements Red Apple put on the doctor, why should the doc been responsible for making all of those improvements to the physical plant–and on his dime–if Red Apple is buying? That task should fall on the incoming owners.

You do what you have to do in order to get to a deal.

It's no different from selling a house - if you're selling in an area with high demand and you have lots of potential buyers competing for limited inventory, you might be able to get a buyer to make an "as-is" offer that waives an inspection. If demand is lower, you may have to make concessions to get the deal done.

There clearly hasn't been big demand for a top-of-the-dial AM in a relatively sparsely populated suburban area. I think Medakovich got a very good price for what he's selling, and if he had to make some of those concessions to get it done, that's how it works sometimes.

 

[luperm]

So much for it being "fake news"

 

[MarkW]

I'd say the seller got a perfectly decent price given the crappy dial position, flimsy signal, and the fact it is unlikely more than 10,000 people cume that station.

 

[PTBoardOp93]

For those with experience in brokering a station sale: As far as the requirements Red Apple put on the doctor, why should the doc been responsible for making all of those improvements to the physical plant–and on his dime–if Red Apple is buying? That task should fall on the incoming owners.

Most, if not all of the items Red Apple required, are also regulatory requirements.
This is the equivalent of the seller being required to fix the fire escape before consummating the sale of a Brooklyn brownstone, so that the buyer can truthfully say that they never had any citations from the building authority.