This is only the beginning what Entercom is divesting to close the CBS Radio merger. David Field did mention that their divestitures may be swapped with other companies, so don't expect all their divestitures to be straight sales to non-commercial operators such as EMF.
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The Sound to be Born Again as a EMF-owned Station
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This is only the beginning what Entercom is divesting to close the CBS Radio merger. David Field did mention that their divestitures may be swapped with other companies, so don't expect all their divestitures to be straight sales to non-commercial operators such as EMF.
Did Hear all djs will be let go
around middle of november right before thanksgiving holidays
around middle of november right before thanksgiving holidays
Not exactly. They were given notice this week. That the jobs would end in 45 days. They were shown the sever ance packages and given permission to us e work hours to job seek.
Would you not think that things like this would be worked out before signing a $57 million contract?
Does K-Love usually go all-Christmas?
No, they typically only mix in some Christmas favorites within the normal playlist.
I would rather see one of Entercom's newly-acquired stations going all-Christmas, if they decide to flip one of them post-merger.
Unless the merger isn't approved until after Christmas. Or even after Thanksgiving, since stations typically don the gay apparel mid November.
Inside Radio says,
"Educational Media Foundation has confirmed it will brand its new L.A. property KSWD (100.3) as “K-Love,” the same moniker Univision has long employed for KLVE (107.5). The two companies are in talks about ways to reduce potential listener confusion."
Full story at: http://www.insideradio.com/free/can...cle_6e2e1b5e-a4e8-11e7-b2da-43dcc6d31e62.html
As I said, it could have been concluded that discussions began long ago.
Point taken. If the merger does close by November, then I would expect some of the stations flip to Christmas.
That will be based on local market conditions. We already know that KOST will be jingling bells. Based on last year's positive results, we might also see KKGO deck the halls. Is there room for three? Maybe not.
This sort of reminds me of KIEV-870 (now KRLA) back in 1991-92. Newscaster George Putnam had a talk show called "Talkback" at noon. Right after his show ended, religious broadcaster Bob Larson's "Talkback With Bob Larson" ran. Of course Larson did a lot of fundraising on his show, which bothered Putnam to no end. Eventually Putnam started ending his show: "This is the one and only *original* Talkback, where we don't ask for money!"
Eventually Larson left KIEV and broadcast elsewhere....
The people who listen to EMF seem to believe that giving money to a ministry is a good thing. And they seem to do it with enthusiasm.
keep hearing a promo of twitte zone could this be start of the change
Not likely. The stuff I've seen says there will not be an LMA, so EMF won't be taking over early.
yeah too soon...they posted a it on fb page 100.3 the sound going silent soon
im hearing rumors tuesday is the day
Link to LAIST article posted by The Sound to their own Facebook page: http://laist.com/2017/09/28/1003_the_sound.php
Sound Program Director Dave Beasing says that since they'll have at least 30 days (and up to 45 days maximum) to say goodbye (as David E posted earlier),
special programming could be in the offing, such as A to Z, Roll The Dice, guest DJ appearances (such as Mark Thompson, for example).
Since the transaction's announcement was made on Tue. Sept. 26, that would make for
The Sound's sign-off date being somewhere between Thu. Oct. 26 and Fri. Nov. 10, 2017.
Sound Program Director Dave Beasing says that since they'll have at least 30 days (and up to 45 days maximum) to say goodbye (as David E posted earlier),
special programming could be in the offing, such as A to Z, Roll The Dice, guest DJ appearances (such as Mark Thompson, for example).
Since the transaction's announcement was made on Tue. Sept. 26, that would make for
The Sound's sign-off date being somewhere between Thu. Oct. 26 and Fri. Nov. 10, 2017.
And what will KKGO flip to after the holidays?
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