From Tom Taylor's newsletter:
Salem sells Miami’s WKAT/1360 for $3.5 million - the same station for which it paid $10 million a dozen years ago. Salem’s currently programming a Spanish Christian “Radio Luz” format on WKAT North Miami and its translator. That will change as local broadcaster Nelson Voltaire brings Haitian programming to the signals under an LMA. (He’s known as “Piman Bouk” – and he’s been an activist in the local Haitian community.) WKAT currently runs 5,000 watts daytime/1,000 watts at night, and holds a 2014 construction permit to upgrade to 9,300 watts days/400 watts at night. The translator may be more likely to be upgraded. It’s currently at 101.3 and licensed to Sebring with 10 watts. But Salem’s got a CP modification to move it to Miami at 102.3, this time at 250 watts. Salem retains the “WKAT” call letters, and 1360 will change calls to WHIM – currently used on another Salem property in South Florida, the Christian teaching 1080 licensed to Coral Gables. Broker is Doyle Hadden, whose 5% fee of $175,000 will be paid jointly by Salem ($35,000) and the buyer ($140,000).
So why do you think Salem wants to keep the WKAT call letters? Considering they tend to program religious stations, WHIM might have been more appropriate.
Salem sells Miami’s WKAT/1360 for $3.5 million - the same station for which it paid $10 million a dozen years ago. Salem’s currently programming a Spanish Christian “Radio Luz” format on WKAT North Miami and its translator. That will change as local broadcaster Nelson Voltaire brings Haitian programming to the signals under an LMA. (He’s known as “Piman Bouk” – and he’s been an activist in the local Haitian community.) WKAT currently runs 5,000 watts daytime/1,000 watts at night, and holds a 2014 construction permit to upgrade to 9,300 watts days/400 watts at night. The translator may be more likely to be upgraded. It’s currently at 101.3 and licensed to Sebring with 10 watts. But Salem’s got a CP modification to move it to Miami at 102.3, this time at 250 watts. Salem retains the “WKAT” call letters, and 1360 will change calls to WHIM – currently used on another Salem property in South Florida, the Christian teaching 1080 licensed to Coral Gables. Broker is Doyle Hadden, whose 5% fee of $175,000 will be paid jointly by Salem ($35,000) and the buyer ($140,000).
So why do you think Salem wants to keep the WKAT call letters? Considering they tend to program religious stations, WHIM might have been more appropriate.