It isn't a new station in the eyes of the FCC, just an upgrade/change. Going from 5KW Day/72W on 1470 to 22KW Day/8000W Critical/9W night on 1200... a frequency change and associated work is alot easier to do and cheaper then building a whole new station
Plus, lower frequency, more power equals more coverage which makes the whole place more valuable all the way around. On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:46 PM, David Faulkner <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey All: > > I was running a quick bandscan this afternoon & came across a very good > signal on 1200, playing MOYL and ID'ing as, "WNBL, Your better life > station." 1300 TOH ID as "WNBL, Huntington, West Virginia, your better life > station" Sounds like at least 5 kw and maybe more as it's the best signal I > get out of Huntington/Ashland/Ironton. Maybe somebody who can afford > 100000watts.com can tell us more. > > Let's see, that gives that economically depressed area (in patrticularly > Ashland and Ironton are in real trouble) with 12 AM stations and at least > that many FMs. AMs are 800, 930, 1040, (Canonsburg, KY) 1080, 1200, 1230, > 1340, 1370, (Grayson, KY) 1420, 1470, 1520 (Greenup, KY) and 1600 (Milton, > WV). It already has two sets of twins, 800//1600 and 1230//1420. I can't > imagine that more than half of these stations were breaking even before this > new s/on. What's keeping so many stations on the air? Hope? Big > corporations willing to lost money on some of their properties? > > Or again,, consider Marietta/Parkersburg: 6 AMs, 630 (St. Mary's), 910, > 1050, 1230, 1450, 1490; and at least 11 commercial and four non-commercial > FMs. The economy in that part of the valley is better thanks to the > chemical iindustry, but still population is down from its post-war highs. > How much does it cost to keep a satelite-fed station on the air? And how > much does one make? True, only one of those 6 AMs (WMOA, Marietta) does > much local origination, and WMOA has two ESPN affiliates (630, WJAW and > 100.9, Mc Connellsville) and two of the FMs (95.1 and 99.1--the two most > powerful) have local DJs, but still.. > > Scott, Paul, can you explain all this? Anyone else? Give me a primer in > present-day radio economics. I recall an article in the early '70s in DXM > saying over a third of the AMs in Colorado were losing money. How do things > stand now? > > 73 > David > David Faulkner, Albany, Ohio (SE Ohio, Athens County) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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] > > _______________________________________________ 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]
