WTTS said what???

[indyradioguy]

Today on TTS they said "your local and independent radio station..."

Local? ??? a Bloomington station pretending to be in Indy

Independent? ??? Aren't they are owned by a company that has other radio stations

Someone buy them a dictionary and quick!

 

[spark gap]

At least they don't lie to their listeners and advertisers like the other independent does about only playing four spots an hour.

Hionradio do you want to come out and play?

 

[Stephen-novice]

Oh come on!!

Give it a rest already.

Unless it was in jest; then a wink to you.

 

[radioho]

Does KLU actually say ON THE AIR that they only play four spots per hour?

I've never heard that.

Oh yeah, and Bush lied about WMD - except for the 500 wmds that were reported this week, but we don't count those.

Give it a break!

 

[BSURadioGeek]

I'll get my in and let it be. It's time to drink my klu-aide.

 

[PTBoardOp94]

1) Sarkes Tarzian isn't exactly a large conglomerate....they own maybe two dozen stations nationwide.
2) They found WMD? I need to locate that story somewhere <loads up Google>

 

[Steve]

They're not exactly a medium conglomerate either....try um....six stations. Two tv, four radio.

 

[KeithE4]

They're not exactly a medium conglomerate either....try um....six stations. Two tv, four radio.

Yep. Two radio stations in Bloomington (WTTS 92.3 & WGCL 1370), two more in Ft. Wayne (WAJI 95.1 & WLDE 101.7), plus TV stations in Reno (KTVN Ch. 2) and Chattanooga (WRCB-TV Ch. 3).

Not exactly a company that'll make Clear Channel shake in its corporate boots. ;D

 

[MACK184]

And don't forget that they used to own what is now WSYW-AM (810).

 

[gr8oldies]

"Independently owned" doesn't have to mean "the only one they own".

 

[MACK184]

"Independently owned" doesn't have to mean "the only one they own".

Absolutely right!!!

 

[radioho]

"Independently owned" doesn't have to mean "the only one they own".

Absolutely right!!!

Then at what number of stations are they no longer "independently owned?"

"Independent" in this day and age of radio should mean only ONE station. And independent, lone standing radio station owned by a company with NO OTHER STATIONS is truly "Independent."

Otherwise, you could say Clear Channel is an "independent" company that happens to own multiple stations.

 

[Kent]

Then at what number of stations are they no longer "independently owned?"

"Independent" in this day and age of radio should mean only ONE station. And independent, lone standing radio station owned by a company with NO OTHER STATIONS is truly "Independent."

When I hear "independently owned," I don't necessarily think of a standalone, though most, if not all, standalones would probably be independently owned. What I think of when I hear the term "independently owned" is a closely held company that makes decisions according to what's best for it, its employees, and its community rather than what's best for outsiders who have no interest in the company other than as an investment. The actual way it operates, rather than the number of stations, makes it "independently owned." For example, I worked for the Premier Radio Group in central Missouri a few years ago. It owned seven stations, all licensed to communities in Boone and Cole Counties, and all five owners lived in Boone County and attempted to better their lives and the lives of their employees with their business operation. They also did a lot of good for the communities they served with charity drives, a weather radar they purchased, and other activities that made life better for central Missourians. They did not have to answer to investment firms, mutual funds, speculators, etc. They answered to their own consciences. To me, that's independently owned. I don't know if Sarkes-Tarzian would be independently owned under my thinking, but having a couple of stations in Ft. Wayne and a few TV's wouldn't disqualify it.

 

[davideduardo]

They're not exactly a medium conglomerate either....try um....six stations. Two tv, four radio.

And Mr. Tarzian was a very early, pioneer, FM and UHF broadcasters. In fact, he developed some of the early technologies.

Wikipedia says this about Sarkes Tarzian:

He founded the manufacturing company Sarkes Tarzian Enterprises in 1944, and was involved in early experiments in VHF audio broadcasting in 1946. In May of that year, he began operating a 200-watt experimental AM station, W9XHZ, on 87.75 MHz in Bloomington. He used the station to provide programming to the local community, including Indiana University and Bloomington High School Football games, special events, and live band music from local high schools. Because standard AM radios could not tune to his station's high frequency, Tarzian modified a small number of sets himself and distributed them throughout the community.[4] The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had recently established the FM radio band on 88.1-107.9 MHz, but FM receivers were expensive purchases. After two years of successful operation of what he referred to as his "HIFAM" station,[5] in 1948 Tarzian proposed that the FCC allocate a small high-frequency HIFAM broadcast band, saying that an affordable $5.95 converter could be added to existing AM radios to make them capable of receiving the HIFAM stations.[6] (This idea was essentially a revival of the "Apex band", which had been discontinued in 1941.) Tarzian continued to operate his experimental station, which eventually became KS2XAP, until 1950, although by then its transmitting hours were greatly restricted, as the FCC required the station to remain off the air whenever nearby WFBM-TV in Indianapolis was broadcasting, because the TV station's audio transmitter used the same frequency as Tarzian's station.[7] Moreover, after the station's final license expired on June 1, 1950, the FCC denied Tarzian any further renewals,[8]

Sarkes Tarzian - Wikipedia

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