I wonder how they plan to make money with it on a non-commercial frequency?
Ask the group that ran Radio Campesina in Phoenix on a non-commercial frequency for nearly two decades with "underwriting" announcements that were virtually indistinguishable from the ads on the commercial band.
Not hearing anything on 91.5 in Cy-Fair except for an extremely weak KHML. Is La Nueva still on the 102.5 translator in Conroe? It was still on 94.5 HD-2 last time I checked.
I wonder how they plan to make money with it on a non-commercial frequency?
It doesn’t matter any more, apparently, as you have EMF buying up commercial frequencies for their non commercial stuff. Turn about is fair play
EMF typically buys distressed stations, whether commercial or non-commercial.
There have been non-commercial stations on commercial frequencies forever, including WBAI New York and KPFA in San Francisco. Given that they're in markets #1 and #4, I'd be willing to bet they blanket more listeners with those two signals than all EMF stations on commercial frequencies combined. KPFA has been what it is since 1949, WBAI since 1960.
Not any more. The recent San Diego and LA stations were bought in a competitive buyer situation. And neither was particularly troubled.
I'd say being forced to divest a station to satisfy antitrust concerns qualifies the sale as distressed. I don't believe Entercom has released any info that would indicate how they arrived at EMF as the party they were going to sell KSWD to. It's entirely possible that the financial concerns weren't the only concerns with that sale.
The former owner of the San Diego signal posted a video on Facebook indicating that the station was not profitable and that he had been trying to sell it for some time with little success.
A "distress" sale is generally accepted to be a case where the owner is in bankruptcy or otherwise can't keep operating the station (death of a principal, pending legal or license review actions, etc.).
KSWD could just as easily have been put into a blind trust or sold to one of several other suitors who wanted the station. Obviously, it's always nice to sell to someone who takes a station out of direct competition, but that does not create a situation of "distress" but, simply, one of convenience.
KSWD was not sold, in any case, to "satisfy antitrust concerns". It was sold because Entercom had to divest one station in the LA market to stay within the 5-of-any-kind FCC ownership limit. The Entercom cluster does not appear to be within any of the areas of antitrust concern, such as total share of market revenue, total share of audience or audience share within a defined or perceived niche.
IIRC, the owner was using a variety of excuses to move and upgrade the station. There were several companies looking at the facility when it sold, but they obviously did not want to pay as much.
When the video appeared, the then-KPRI was attempting to get the station moved out of North County (Oceanside) by reaching an agreement with the Tijuana non-com on 102.9 and was getting quite skilled at making its case.
Not any more. The recent San Diego and LA stations were bought in a competitive buyer situation. And neither was particularly troubled.
I am hearing them also on 95.3 FM.
Ask the group that ran Radio Campesina in Phoenix on a non-commercial frequency for nearly two decades with "underwriting" announcements that were virtually indistinguishable from the ads on the commercial band.
How were they able to get away with this for two decades?
Also, were they finally shut down by the FCC or did they fold on their own?
Are you joking or being serious? Considering how many labor unions at one point were run by the mob and how many of them use shady recruiting/expansion tactics, I can't tell if this is a joke or not?
Nobody wanted to attract the militant wrath of the UFW.