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WVOX lives on (for now)

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RadioGuy1864

Jeff Chang has filed with the FCC for an extension of his original Silent STA for the station. I'm sure it will be granted, but if the Station does not return to the air in some fashion by it's first anniversary of the original STA it will have it's license deleted by operation of law.
 
In the filing with the F.C.C. for the extension, the new licensee of WVOX asserted that he had tried to reach an agreement with the owner of the former tower site, to permit him to resume broadcasting from it. Instead, the tower was dismantled.
It seems a reasonable guess the owners intend to sell the real estate, rather than keep a radio tower on the land, diminishing its value.
 
Barry said:
In the filing with the F.C.C. for the extension, the new licensee of WVOX asserted that he had tried to reach an agreement with the owner of the former tower site, to permit him to resume broadcasting from it. Instead, the tower was dismantled.
It seems a reasonable guess the owners intend to sell the real estate, rather than keep a radio tower on the land, diminishing its value.
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If I recall, the sale documents specifically excluded access to the existing transmitter site. Not sure why this was a surprise to the new owner.
 
Barry said:
In the filing with the F.C.C. for the extension, the new licensee of WVOX asserted that he had tried to reach an agreement with the owner of the former tower site, to permit him to resume broadcasting from it. Instead, the tower was dismantled.
It seems a reasonable guess the owners intend to sell the real estate, rather than keep a radio tower on the land, diminishing its value.
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The land is worth a lot more as a development site than as tower land.
 
Given the value of land in lower Westchester County, it may be quite a challenge for the new owner of WVOX to find an affordable site. And I don't think there are many if any existing towers that could reach COL with an adequate signal, given the relatively low power the station is licensed to use.
Maybe there will need to be an application to change the COL.
 
It wouldn't be surprising if Cumulus shuts down WFAS in the near future and also dismantles their tower.
The land it's occupies is no doubt worth a lot more than WFAS, which virtually no one listens to.
There's also WRVP, 1310 AM in Mt; Kisco, NY. But that's even further from COL, New Rochelle.
 
Mr. Chang would do better to make a Xerox of the license and frame it before turning in the original to the FCC. Then having a fire sale (not to be confused with a bonfire) for whatever he can net for the remaining equipment and office furniture.
 
Fybush question: could any of these "challenged" AM stations get authorization to locate to a building roof using one of the short AM antenna options such as High Efficiency Antenna System ?
 
DavidEduardo said:
Fybush question: could any of these "challenged" AM stations get authorization to locate to a building roof using one of the short AM antenna options such as High Efficiency Antenna System ?
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WGCH 1490 AM , in nearby Greenwich CT has been temporarily broadcasting for several years from such an antenna, after they lost their tower site. They have been able to renew several times an STA to permit this arrangement, while they search for a permanent site. But their 300 watt signal from the antenna barely reaches outside the immediate Greenwich area.

WGCH Recent STA Request
 
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