Bernard has thrown in the towel:
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/w...xt=25&appn=101598575&formid=910&fac_num=74164
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/w...xt=25&appn=101598575&formid=910&fac_num=74164
They didn't throw in the towel they have asked for an extension to remain silent. It looks like there was an error when Bernard attempted to file the extension through the electronic database.
Skip's translator application was granted earlier this week so he can begin to build the translator and fix the WGFT site for operations. I'm guessing he was waiting for the translator application to be granted a Construction Permit before fixing WGFT. However he is going to be getting into bad weather soon and there could be delays unless some of the outdoor work has been done at the WGFT site.
It looks like they called the FCC when they couldn't files via the electronic system and the FCC guided them to filing a different way. It looks like it is an extension to stay silent but filed a different way.
I also heard the the new owner of WHTX and WYCL kicked the tires around on buying the stations. They can't be surprised by the low offers the stations are not worth that much. I wouldn't mind offering them ten grand and finding a frequency to put a translator on. Do you know what is wrong with both sites? And how much it would cost to fix them? I heard that the WASN site was in better shape than the WGFT site?
There is, to a degree, a Cleveland version of WJIB already in existence... Kensington High School's WKHR/91.5.Too bad there isn't a local "radio geek" who could cheaply buy the station, bring it back on the air, and perhaps provide something truly different (i.e., a Cleveland version of Boston's Bob Bittner, who has owned little WJIB-740 for almost 20 years).
There is, to a degree, a Cleveland version of WJIB already in existence... Kensington High School's WKHR/91.5.
They have commercials for Lakewood businesses because their studios are in Lakewood. Calling Lakewood "fringe" is a stretch. You'd need a very sensitive and selective radio to pull in 830 in Lakewood.I was recently listening to WKTX (830) while traveling though the area, and it reminded me of the descriptions I've heard of WJIB.
Unlike WJIB, they did have some commercials, and they also have some ethnic programming, but the station gave me the sense that it is on the air because its operators want to run a radio station, rather than trying to make a big profit, which would not be possible for a 1,000 watt TRUE daytimer situated where they are.
Also noted that they had local commercials for businesses in Lakewood, where their signal is a fringe signal.