KNBQ is in fact on the air. And yes, it is K-Love...I just checked 104.5 last night and no mention of KNBQ on that station's legal. KNBQ itself was off the air.
Another commercial station crushed? Huh?
. No, EMF is non commercial. They can have as many stations as they like, in every burg in America. They can take over every frequency and there isn't a thing we can do to stop them! The only limiting factor is having enough money to afford it and stations willingness to sell.I believe what they meant was that you decided to sell the frequency to a jesuscaster rather than putting it on the air with a conventional format. And all-Christmas is not "conventional".
. No, EMF is non commercial. They can have as many stations as they like, in every burg in America. They can take over every frequency and there isn't a thing we can do to stop them! The only limiting factor is having enough money to afford it and stations willingness to sell.
Another commercial station crushed? Huh?
Could someone explain the term "holier-than-thou". I'm not trying to pick a fight, but every radio market I'm at all familiar with has too many radio stations, so what's the problem if some are Christian or Hindu, spoken word, classical rock, classical music, or whatever? Last I checked, nobody is forced to listen to any of them. As far as commercial stations being "crushed", the bottom line is the bottom line. You generate enough revenues to pay the bills either by asking for contributions from loyal listeners, or by selling advertising. Since this thread started with the K-Love entry into the South Sound market on KNBQ, let it be known that anyone could have stepped up to the plate and offered to buy it. You snooze you lose.Like WCCC-FM Hartford, from a classic rocker with low ratings to a holier-than-thou music spigot with no ratings.
Like WCCC-FM Hartford, from a classic rocker with low ratings to a holier-than-thou music spigot with no ratings.
I noticed that EMF now subscribes to the ratings in Portland and Seattle. It's probably just about everywhere else too but I haven't looked.
In most markets, EMF does not subscribe to the ratings. They are actually 12th in the market, where there are 44 total stations "home" to the MSA.
EMF has two very well executed formats.
Could someone explain the term "holier-than-thou". I'm not trying to pick a fight, but every radio market I'm at all familiar with has too many radio stations, so what's the problem if some are Christian or Hindu, spoken word, classical rock, classical music, or whatever? Last I checked, nobody is forced to listen to any of them. As far as commercial stations being "crushed", the bottom line is the bottom line. You generate enough revenues to pay the bills either by asking for contributions from loyal listeners, or by selling advertising. Since this thread started with the K-Love entry into the South Sound market on KNBQ, let it be known that anyone could have stepped up to the plate and offered to buy it. You snooze you lose.
The asking price? What EMF might want to pay is much higher than the options that a local owner might be willing to buy it for...just curious...
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. It should also be better than 104.5 in downtown Seattle once they move.Eventually the answer to my question was answered...
98.5 was sold for $1 million.
That's an impressive wad of cash for a brand-new move in and what it can do on paper...in reality, it is probably very complimentary to places in the South Sound with reception issues on 104.5.
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