Patrick Martin wrote: > Bill, > > I have an idea some stations would not take the money as they want their > coverage. If I have a station, I would want the coverage...
This is an extreme over-simplification of what can be a very complicated decision for some stations. Take WYSL, for instance. Yes, Bob Savage prides himself on the service he provides from the station. But he also makes no secret of the fact that he's been putting in 60-hour weeks (or longer) for 22 years now, getting the station built, then implementing two power increases and a frequency change...and that he's put pretty much every penny he's made back into the place, all with an eye toward eventually selling the station. He's spoken publicly about seeing the station assets as being his retirement fund. It would be no surprise at all, regardless of the outcome of the fight with WBZ, if Bob sells WYSL within the next few years - and maybe I'm just being cynical here, but I have a hard time imagining that most buyers will try as hard as Bob has to run the place as a "real radio station" with live people and all the associated costs. If Bob's ready to cash out, and if a sale would probably mean that his signal becomes nothing more than a satellite repeater of ESPN or Family Life Radio or Radio Disney, why should he turn down an equally lucrative offer (if not more so) to sell CBS his nighttime interference protection? Bob loves radio as much as any of us - but in the end, it's still a business. s _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
