Just heard from my Nassau contact that Lou is delaying the sale due to his Princeton NJ stations being without power for a week since Sandy. No new sale date yet.
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Re: 99.1 Frank-FM returns to Concord
99.1 Frank FM is returning to Concord.
Here's the link
http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/79576/frank-to-return-to-concord/
I wonder what other format changes he will make.
99.1 Frank FM is returning to Concord.
Here's the link
http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/79576/frank-to-return-to-concord/
I wonder what other format changes he will make.
Gadon said:
interesting, wnnh.com still redirects to the hawk's website
WBIN Media Co. registered a site for Frank FM, it is just 99.1 Frank Fm's logo and a login.
Here's the site
http://991frankfm.com/
Here's the site
http://991frankfm.com/
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Jimc
Guest
Lame.
Why use FRANK when they could've come up with something different. Format-wise there's just so much you can dredge up.
Classic Hits,however,means very little to the average listener (like Soft Rock,listeners don't refer to the music they like as soft anything). And it's mainly like Diet Rock,Classic Rock sugar-free. Way too much Eagles.
Why use FRANK when they could've come up with something different. Format-wise there's just so much you can dredge up.
Classic Hits,however,means very little to the average listener (like Soft Rock,listeners don't refer to the music they like as soft anything). And it's mainly like Diet Rock,Classic Rock sugar-free. Way too much Eagles.
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Jimc
Guest
101.5 wtill W-ZZZZZZZZ Kids Classical hour.
BUT...FRANKFM just went nuts during an Eagles song...strange computer sounds.....!
Having a human on board wouldn't be bad.
BUT...FRANKFM just went nuts during an Eagles song...strange computer sounds.....!
Having a human on board wouldn't be bad.
Jimc said:
They could have changed WNNH's call sign to WBIN-FM, and changed the stations format to All News, Concord doesn't have any FM news station's, but it's just my opinion.
A true all news format would be very expensive to produce, and the chances of financial success would be pretty much impossible in a smaller market.
There are already 2 forms of commercial news talk programming on the air in Concord, with live and local talk shows on 107.7 The Pulse and the local signal of WKXL 1450. Plus Manchester's WGIR-AM 610, and WRKO and WBZ from Boston are very listenable in the metropolis of Concordia.
The classic rock leaning classic hits of 99.1 sounds good so far and should do well here (again), probably leaving no real reason for listeners to find 96.5 The Mill north of the mighty toolbooth.
There are already 2 forms of commercial news talk programming on the air in Concord, with live and local talk shows on 107.7 The Pulse and the local signal of WKXL 1450. Plus Manchester's WGIR-AM 610, and WRKO and WBZ from Boston are very listenable in the metropolis of Concordia.
The classic rock leaning classic hits of 99.1 sounds good so far and should do well here (again), probably leaving no real reason for listeners to find 96.5 The Mill north of the mighty toolbooth.
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Jimc
Guest
News..not news talk might be interesting.
It would be expensive,but "expensive" isn't a word bantered around by Bill Binnie.
But first he'd have to create a news department at his TV Station. Election Night they were running gems in rerun like THAT 70s SHOW.
It would be expensive,but "expensive" isn't a word bantered around by Bill Binnie.
But first he'd have to create a news department at his TV Station. Election Night they were running gems in rerun like THAT 70s SHOW.
I see where you're going, Jim...but look at the other side. WMUR and the Boston TVs had the election well covered with CNN, Fox, MSNBC etc covering the national race.
Why would anyone at Ch 50 try to reinvent the wheel? No way do they have the resources of Hearst-Argyle/Fox/CBS et al so nothing they'd try would measure up anyway. Hence, why bother? They'd spend a bunch of cash and get no return. Not everyone wanted to watch the election results. What's wrong with being the alternative?
As Warren Bailey used to say "You can't get hurt by what you don't play."
Why would anyone at Ch 50 try to reinvent the wheel? No way do they have the resources of Hearst-Argyle/Fox/CBS et al so nothing they'd try would measure up anyway. Hence, why bother? They'd spend a bunch of cash and get no return. Not everyone wanted to watch the election results. What's wrong with being the alternative?
As Warren Bailey used to say "You can't get hurt by what you don't play."
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Jimc
Guest
Good point.
How bout something relatable? Record some voter on the street things,drop them in with some news source minute updates during an airing of Mr Smith Goes To Washington.
How bout something relatable? Record some voter on the street things,drop them in with some news source minute updates during an airing of Mr Smith Goes To Washington.
TV doesn't usually need relatable IMHO as Radio does. I'd like to think people watching Ch. 50 last Tuesday didn't even want to hear the word "election." If they wanted they could flip to CNN/WMUR etc. during the stopset. Remember back in the day before CATV? When the President was on the only stations not carrying it were the UHF indies 38 and 56. I don't remember them catching flak for not being relatable. Of course I was MUCH younger but glad something else was on.
Busy Bill Binnie buying property for his Concord stations...
http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/2823988-95/binnie-concord-auction-building
http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/2823988-95/binnie-concord-auction-building
Grats to Binnie on acquiring the prpoerty. Now begins the long slow process of setting up and moving his concord based stations to Concord.
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OldPort
Guest
Looks like Mr. Binnie is on a wild buying spree! Would he move the Portland stations out of downtown as well? After all they have the highly-visible street-level studios in the "World Famous" Time and Temperature building! Could he be making a play to take struggling neighbor WMTW off of Hearst's hands as well to add to his TV "empire"? And given his political interests, would he ever try to beat WGAN at its own game in news-talk?
Cheers,
OldPort Wino
Cheers,
OldPort Wino
Fybush has a lot of details at http://www.fybush.com/nerw.html (by subscription). See his column for full details but
--Great Eastern expected to control the Nassau stations it got by Dec 1. Big addition WHDQ 106.1
--WTSV 1230 to drop sports and simulcast Pulse
--WWOD 104.3 sold off to Electromagnetic Co. which also gets WEXP 101,5 Rutland
and WWOD will be going silent; eventual move to Keeseville NY
--WMXR 93.9 from classic rock to classic hits as Kool 93.9 and 96.3 (latter had been // WWOD)
other changes too see Fybush for details
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http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=WWOD&x=11&y=1
Note the CP for WWOD
This station may also be operating under the following Construction Permit:
Status Construction Permit for a Class C3 FM Station
New City Keeseville, New York
Area of Coverage View Coverage Map
Effective Radiated Power 25,000 Watts
(though it said the CP expired in '11? old info I guess)
--Great Eastern expected to control the Nassau stations it got by Dec 1. Big addition WHDQ 106.1
--WTSV 1230 to drop sports and simulcast Pulse
--WWOD 104.3 sold off to Electromagnetic Co. which also gets WEXP 101,5 Rutland
and WWOD will be going silent; eventual move to Keeseville NY
--WMXR 93.9 from classic rock to classic hits as Kool 93.9 and 96.3 (latter had been // WWOD)
other changes too see Fybush for details
--
http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=WWOD&x=11&y=1
Note the CP for WWOD
This station may also be operating under the following Construction Permit:
Status Construction Permit for a Class C3 FM Station
New City Keeseville, New York
Area of Coverage View Coverage Map
Effective Radiated Power 25,000 Watts
(though it said the CP expired in '11? old info I guess)
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