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WCNW 1560 Goes Dark. Forever.

keys2 said:
I didn’t see this coming but have to admit, every time I dialed up 1560 they seemed to be tracking CDs. You’d hear the 4-5 seconds of silence in between tracks. Only occasionally would an announcer pipe in and it was always the same guy. Virtually no commercials and a notable lack of preaching programs In recent years. Not sure how the station was sustaining itself.

Sad to see the continued demise of AM. But when the land the towers and facilities sits on is more valuable than the station itself, as seems to increasingly be the case all over, I guess it only makes good financial sense.
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Im sure the sale of WNLT to EMF helped.

And the commercial AM news talk they own helped
 
CTListener said:
Imagine if atheists or agnostics started buying up stations and using slogans like that erroneous one! I can see an agnostic group going down to Ecuador, reviving the legendary HCJB, but changing its slogan from "Heralding Christ Jesus' Blessings" to "How Could Jesus Be?"
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And this could be [or one time was] another thread...what call letters could stand for.: WBBM=World's Biggest Bowel Movement. WMMS=Weed Makes Me Smile.
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
Im sure the sale of WNLT to EMF helped.

And the commercial AM news talk they own helped
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Of course, but apparently not enough. WCNW with its five tower array, separate studio building, and little income became too much of a drain even for WMOH to support. Or the income generated from the 104.3 sale.
 
It seems like WCNW had a better signal, but a lot more people used to listen to WMOH. I remember WMOH actually having a few listeners in northern Kentucky around the late '70s/early '80s despite the weak signal there. I remember when they had Bob Leonard's ridiculous countdown each Sunday.
 
keys2 said:
Of course, but apparently not enough. WCNW with its five tower array, separate studio building, and little income became too much of a drain even for WMOH to support. Or the income generated from the 104.3 sale.
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I suppose WCNW could diplex off 1450 with limited power but it might not be worth it. I can remember WMOH being one of the first Satellite Music Network affiliates in the 80s..
 
gr8oldies said:
I suppose WCNW could diplex off 1450 with limited power but it might not be worth it. I can remember WMOH being one of the first Satellite Music Network affiliates in the 80s..
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I remember that too. And we all moaned that it would be the end of local radio and development of future air talent via small market radio. 😄

Through the ‘70s WMOH was actually a pretty good sounding Top 40 station and spawned a couple of jocks that went on to WKRQ down the road in Cincinnati.
 
Anyone familiar with this concept? Basically, using a cell tower for an AM broadcast signal?
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Something to know about AM Skirt Wires

More and more AM stations are selling their Towers and leasing space on nearby Cell Towers. The AM Skirt Antenna is the most prominent choice broadcasters use when they make that move.
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gr8oldies said:
Cousin Vern is deceased, and she cashed out the 3 FMs she was LMAing to EMF by selling to them. She was probably more than happy to take the money for the tower site for WCNW.
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Take what money? The property is still for sale. They also missed an opportunity to get FM translators for both WMOH and WCNW. They didn't even bother to apply for them.
 
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