Steven J Sobol wrote:
Which one? They only own one Akron AM and one Cleveland AM.

I suppose the Akron one... (which one do they own?)

IIRC WTAM-1100 is their Cleveland AM - I'm sure they'll want to keep
that - but nothing in Akron comes anywhere near the proposed Stow
signal, IMHO they'd be glad to trade it to Family Stations if that gets
them approval for the 1170 move.
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On 30 Mar 2004 15:06:16 GMT, Doug Smith W9WI
wrote:

Steven J Sobol wrote:
Which one? They only own one Akron AM and one Cleveland AM.

I suppose the Akron one... (which one do they own?)

IIRC WTAM-1100 is their Cleveland AM - I'm sure they'll want to keep
that - but nothing in Akron comes anywhere near the proposed Stow
signal, IMHO they'd be glad to trade it to Family Stations if that gets
them approval for the 1170 move.

Clear Channel actually owns two AMs in this market (Akron). In
addition to WTOU "Fox Sports 1350" (the historic country WSLR), which
they picked up in the Barnstable deal with WKDD/96.5, they recently
bought WHLO/640 from Salem. WHLO was flipped to a news/talk format
shortly after the purchase.

My gut tells me that they won't give up either 640 or 1350 to Family
Radio...and that somehow they'll move or pay FR to shutter 1150 to get
the move accomplished.

Of course, since the Barnstable purchase, 96.5 - still licensed to
Akron - became Cleveland market "96.5 Kiss FM", and the WKDD
programming moved to 98.1 Canton...the former WHK-FM, once owned by
Salem.

Doug Smith W9WI wrote:

Or WCSJ-1550 (Morris, Illinois) to Amado, Arizona on 670...

Am I reading this right? Somebody wants to move a station across 6 states?

Checking FCC site. Yeah, that's what they want to do.

This is completely assinine. Why not just apply for a new station?

"CA was in NJ"
SHOT_ON_SIGHT wrote in
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Am I reading this right? Somebody wants to move a station across 6
states?

Checking FCC site. Yeah, that's what they want to do.

This is completely assinine. Why not just apply for a new station?


Because of all the noise on the AM band, the FCC will not authorize a new AM
station.

geoff

Geoff Brozny wrote:

Because of all the noise on the AM band, the FCC will not authorize a new AM
station.

What I want to know is what CCU hopes to add. Most of the AM stations in
Cleveland are crap.

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Geoff Brozny wrote:
Because of all the noise on the AM band, the FCC will not authorize a new AM
station.

That must be news to the 893 people who filed applications for new
stations earlier this year, in cities as large as Philadelphia...

(I have heard some speculation that the ultra-long-distance moves like
Mississippi=Arizona are typos.)
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"Geoff Brozny" wrote in message
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"CA was in NJ"
SHOT_ON_SIGHT wrote in
message ...

Am I reading this right? Somebody wants to move a station across 6
states?

Checking FCC site. Yeah, that's what they want to do.

This is completely assinine. Why not just apply for a new station?


Because of all the noise on the AM band, the FCC will not authorize a new
AM
station.

A large number of the January window applications are for new stations.

The FCC should put the AM band ON HOLD. Then open a DAB band, coordinated with or
without the Canadians, I don't care. Open a window for applications to this new band
with preferential treatment for existing AM owners, then those with AM and FM
operations, and finally FM only licensees FOR THE COL only. License those, with a
drop dead date for the existing AM operation of 1 year after a station's CP is
completed, and close the AM band , regardless, in 4 years.

It would be ideal for community broadcasters....RDS, heck, just about anything which
doesn't need to be co-ordinated. Those who didn't get a license could rent their
towers out for cell phones.
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"Geoff Brozny" wrote in message
...

"CA was in NJ"
SHOT_ON_SIGHT wrote in
message ...

Am I reading this right? Somebody wants to move a station across 6
states?

Checking FCC site. Yeah, that's what they want to do.

This is completely assinine. Why not just apply for a new station?


Because of all the noise on the AM band, the FCC will not authorize a new AM
station.

geoff

Geoff Brozny wrote:

Because of all the noise on the AM band, the FCC will not authorize a new AM
station.

That's going to be a real disappointment to the thousands of applicants who
applied for new stations.

On 28 Mar 2004 22:20:19 GMT, Doug Smith W9WI
wrote:

On the other hand, I'm sure the engineering study for WWVA wasn't cheap
- and Clear Channel isn't known for wasting money filing impossible
technical changes. Obviously they've found *some* way they expect to
get this change through.

I wonder if anyone knows *how*?

The presumption, by many of us following this move, is that CC has
made a deal with Family Radio to either shutter or move WCUE/1150
Cuyahoga Falls.

You're right, there's no way to plop 1170 on the dial licensed to Stow
(even if the tower is out past Strongsville) if 1150 is on in the
Falls.

Unfortunately, the WWVA move application has no attached PDF files, so
it's hard to tell how they're justifying the move technically
WCUE's presence. But I'd bet the farm that WCUE is either going to be
paid to go dark, or move frequency. A friend suggested that 1140
might work, since two stations in the region that used to be on the
frequency are no longer on the air...but I don't know if that
third-adjacent would be enough.

I'm also unsure why a WCUE application hasn't ended up online yet, but
this could all be already "covered", just not online at the FCC site
yet.

I'd actually shed a tear for a dark WCUE, as it's the first radio
station sort of in my resume, and a long-time Top 40 outlet locally
back in the day.