from Tom Taylor's newsletter:
>>South-of-Boston WXBR Brockton (1460) sells for $165,000, not quite three years after Jhonson Napoleon’s Florida-based Azure Media paid $250,000 for it. If the call letters seem familiar, Azure bought WXBR from Business TalkRadio Network. Jhonson Napoleon’s plan was to target the local Haitian community, but now the 5,000 watt-daytime/1,000-watt nighttime signal will go to a longtime local owner. That’s Ed Perry of Marshfield Broadcasting, who runs “95.9 WATD, the South Shore’s Radio Station.” It’s a community-involved AC station licensed to Marshfield.
And:
http://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20150505/NEWS/150508225/0/breaking_ajax
>>Ed Perry, owner of 95.9 WATD-FM, said Tuesday that he has signed a purchase and sale agreement with the company that owns WXBR 1460 AM. He said he made a deposit with Azure Media, and last week submitted an application to the Federal Communications Commission.
“We’re excited about this,” Perry said. “I think it can be a good resource for the community and can be a good business for us.”
Perry said a lot remains up in the air, but that he hopes to have a dedicated Brockton version of Marshfield-based WATD, perhaps called WATD-AM, operating in time to broadcast Brockton High School football games this fall.
>>South-of-Boston WXBR Brockton (1460) sells for $165,000, not quite three years after Jhonson Napoleon’s Florida-based Azure Media paid $250,000 for it. If the call letters seem familiar, Azure bought WXBR from Business TalkRadio Network. Jhonson Napoleon’s plan was to target the local Haitian community, but now the 5,000 watt-daytime/1,000-watt nighttime signal will go to a longtime local owner. That’s Ed Perry of Marshfield Broadcasting, who runs “95.9 WATD, the South Shore’s Radio Station.” It’s a community-involved AC station licensed to Marshfield.
And:
http://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20150505/NEWS/150508225/0/breaking_ajax
>>Ed Perry, owner of 95.9 WATD-FM, said Tuesday that he has signed a purchase and sale agreement with the company that owns WXBR 1460 AM. He said he made a deposit with Azure Media, and last week submitted an application to the Federal Communications Commission.
“We’re excited about this,” Perry said. “I think it can be a good resource for the community and can be a good business for us.”
Perry said a lot remains up in the air, but that he hopes to have a dedicated Brockton version of Marshfield-based WATD, perhaps called WATD-AM, operating in time to broadcast Brockton High School football games this fall.
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