I lived on Culp Street between 2000 and 2004 as a kid. I use to rode my bike on all the hills back in the farm and admire the towers! WMMR is the rebel, not using the antenna farm. Now, they have the access road blocked off at Culp St and Wigard Ave.Land? Possibly. I believe they own the KYW-AM tower site. Not sure about the WPHT tower site. All the FMs are on the Tower farm in Roxborough, which I don't believe they own any of the land there?
As for the stations themselves? Probably not. Philly is their "home market" so they'd want to keep it looking pretty. WPHT at some point when it's not making them enough money might be sold off to a godcaster. KYW compliments the areas that 103.9 doesn't reach well, so I don't see them dumping that anytime soon.
They're not really a "Rebel" I forget the real technical explanation of how 93.3 is a harmonic or something of 103.9, so they can't be at the tower farm.I lived on Culp Street between 2000 and 2004 as a kid. I use to rode my bike on all the hills back in the farm and admire the towers! WMMR is the rebel, not using the antenna farm. Now, they have the access road blocked off at Culp St and Wigard Ave.
I'm impressed Julius was able to ask a question about WPHT without mentioning 1210 or WPHT.Would audacy sell assets of any of it's Philadelphia cluster stations, especially the 2 am's if the land value where the transmitters sits on is worth more than the radio stations, given the financial situation the company is in?
Works out good actually. WMMR has better coverage into south Jersey and the beaches, and reaches almost as far north. Their signal holds its own despite not being as high.They're not really a "Rebel" I forget the real technical explanation of how 93.3 is a harmonic or something of 103.9, so they can't be at the tower farm.
Also don't forget, 97.5 and 106.1 share the tower on Mermaid Lane in Wyndmoor, Montco.
I believe they own the KYW-AM tower site. Not sure about the WPHT tower site.
They're not really a "Rebel" I forget the real technical explanation of how 93.3 is a harmonic or something of 103.9, so they can't be at the tower farm.
Also don't forget, 97.5 and 106.1 share the tower on Mermaid Lane in Wyndmoor, Montco.
The current 1210 site in Moorestown was built in 1940, one of the many moves that clear channel stations made as FCC rules began to allow them to put their transmitters closer to the center of their markets.I'm pretty sure they own both. The WPHT site goes back a long way. It's one of the oldest stations in Philadelphia. That station was also one of the earliest CBS stations. Bill Paley was a Philadelphia boy. When he started CBS in 1926, he began with 16 radio stations. WCAU was part of that original group. At the time it was owned by Leon Levy, Paley's brother in law. CBS bought it in 1957. I'm not sure exactly when that antenna site was built, but the transmitter building appears to date to the 1930s. KYW is a bit more complicated.
The current 1210 site in Moorestown was built in 1940, one of the many moves that clear channel stations made as FCC rules began to allow them to put their transmitters closer to the center of their markets.
Before that, WCAU was out in Newtown Square, where its Blaw-Knox diamond tower was one of the first of its kind back in 1931.
I'm not sure what makes KYW more complicated. Its site in Whitemarsh Township was built in 1934 when it moved from Chicago (the current towers are from 1949), and it's remained under the same ownership as the station - Westinghouse to NBC back to Westinghouse. When Westinghouse bought and became CBS, the site came along for the ride, and it was sold to Entercom along with the stations.
I'm not sure what makes KYW more complicated.
And, for a while the calls were in Cleveland, a smaller market transfer as the owners squabbled.The part where it moved from Chicago.
And, for a while the calls were in Cleveland, a smaller market transfer as the owners squabbled.
For those unfamiliar with diplexing, it's when two separate stations employ the same towers or group of towers.You can't diplex it on the closest DA, the Salem 560/990 site just down the road, because 990 and 1060 are too close in frequency.
It's a fairly large piece of land in a desirable area, but the nature of the 1060 DA means it would be hard to move it anywhere else and maintain the current signal.