http://radioinsight.com/boards/ RadioInsight Discussion Boards en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:31:29 +0000 http://radioinsight.com/boards/topic/18207#post-73790 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:57:10 +0000 raccoonradio 73790@http://radioinsight.com/boards/ <p><a href="http://bostonherald.com/jobfind/news/media/view/20090925cape_cod_broadcasting_files_for_bankruptcy/srvc=home&amp;position=also" rel="nofollow">http://bostonherald.com/jobfind/news/media/view/20090925cape_cod_broadcasting_files_for_bankruptcy/srvc=home&amp;position=also</a></p> <p>A bit more from the Herald which says that there are no plans to sell the stations and they will keep running but they<br /> need a half million dollars to re-structure; the debt of $10 million or so is partially due to the &quot;debt service&quot; including<br /> the original purchase of two stations from Charles River Broadcasting. Add the declining ad market to that, according to<br /> Michael Harrison, and you have a good idea of &quot;the plight&quot; local radio can face. </p> http://radioinsight.com/boards/topic/18207#post-73788 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:40:11 +0000 raccoonradio 73788@http://radioinsight.com/boards/ <p>Acc. to the Boston Business Journal, Sandab/Cape Cod Broadcasting owed $6.5 million to M&amp;T bank, based in Baltimore, and $3.5 million to Charles River Broadcasting --who sold WFCC and WKPE to Sandab 2 years ago.</p> <p><a href="http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/09/21/daily55.html" rel="nofollow">http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/09/21/daily55.html</a></p> <p>Bob Bittner has also mentioned &quot;Cape Cod is over-radio-ed&quot;</p> <p>You mention WGBH poss. buying WFCC; but what about buying WQRC which covers southeast of Boston well? (I think L. Glavin mentioned that). Plus it would be right next to CRB on the dial--when you&#39;re heading to the Cape and CRB fades, tune a bit to the right. (The AC format could migrate to 107.5).</p> <p>we&#39;ll see </p> http://radioinsight.com/boards/topic/18207#post-73785 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:17:54 +0000 Joseph_Gallant 73785@http://radioinsight.com/boards/ <p>A major problem might be the Cape Cod market itself.</p> <p>As recently as 1970, there were only five stations on the entire Cape (WOCB-1240 and WOCB-94.9 in West Yarmouth; now WBUR and WXTK at 95.1 respectively, WCOD-106.1, WQRC-99.9 and WCIB-101.9; the latter having signed-on that August).</p> <p>While the population of the Cape has grown since 1970, I don&#39;t think it&#39;s grown enough to support (including WMVY-92.7 on Martha&#39;s Vineyard) ten commercial radio stations.</p> <p>And the big-signal Boston stations, especially on the western portion of the Cape (from Hyannis west towards Falmouth and the Canal) probably attract a lot of Cape listeners.</p> <p>I could see WGBH making a cheap bid for WFCC-107.5 to use it to simulcast WCRB-99.5 (which it will soon own) on Cape Cod and extreme Southeastern Massachusetts.</p> <p>But who would buy the others??</p> <p>My guess: Whoever does may turn those stations into 24/7 birdfeed, or, if such owner has stations in Boston, to a 24/7 simulcast of their Boston stations. &lt;img src=&quot;http://radioinsight.com/boards/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_cry.gif&quot; title=&quot;:cry:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> <p>(And WQRC had the best local radio news on the Cape, and that will likely go away) </p> http://radioinsight.com/boards/topic/18207#post-73784 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:11:05 +0000 raccoonradio 73784@http://radioinsight.com/boards/ <p><a href="http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1199771&amp;srvc=next_article" rel="nofollow">http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1199771&amp;srvc=next_article</a></p> <p>Cape Cod Broadcasting, owners of the following stations, has filed for Ch 11</p> <p>WQRC 99.9 AC<br /> WFCC 107.5 classical<br /> WOCN 104.7 soft hits<br /> WKPE 103.9 country </p> http://radioinsight.com/boards/topic/17221#post-72286 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:53:24 +0000 KB1HWH 72286@http://radioinsight.com/boards/ The switch occured last Wednesday @ 2pm after a great 2 hour retrospective produced by Steve McVee. http://radioinsight.com/boards/topic/17221#post-71088 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:09:10 +0000 Joseph_Gallant 71088@http://radioinsight.com/boards/ <table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText"><b>Raccoonradio commented:</b></td></tr><tr><td class="quote"><br />Currently Red Sox and Celtics broadcasts (on Cape Cod) are on W. Yarmouth's WXTK 95.1<br /></td></tr></table>Which is under the same ownership as WRZE-96.3 (Qantum Communications).<br /> <br /> I wonder if Entercom is pressuring (or will soon start to put pressure on) stations outside of Boston that if they want to carry the Red Sox or the Celtics, they'll have to carry the full 24/7 schedule of the WEEI Sports Radio Network. http://radioinsight.com/boards/topic/17221#post-71084 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:06:44 +0000 raccoonradio 71084@http://radioinsight.com/boards/ The format switch should happen on or around April 1. They say that they will be able to reach 13 of 17 Arbitron-rated New<br /> England markets with this move.<br /> <br /> The powerful signal will reach all of Cape Cod and the Islands plus Plymouth County. Currently Red Sox and Celtics broadcasts<br /> are on W. Yarmouth's WXTK 95.1 http://radioinsight.com/boards/topic/17221#post-71074 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:28:44 +0000 raccoonradio 71074@http://radioinsight.com/boards/ A post on boston-radio-interest by Scott Fybush mentions that today WRZE 96.3 issued a press<br /> release saying they will simulcast WEEI starting in April, as WEII.<br /> They're licensed to Dennis and here is their signal range (approx.)<br /> <a href="http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WRZE&service=FM&status=L&hours=U" target="_blank"> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WRZE&amp;service=F"><a href="http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?ca" rel="nofollow">http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?ca</a> ... &amp;service=F</a><!-- m --> M&status=L&hours=U</a><br /> <br /> The current site for WRZE, as CHR. For now. <a href="http://www.therose.net/" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.therose.net/">http://www.therose.net/</a><!-- m --></a><br /> <br /> Scott's post<br /> <a href="http://lists.bostonradio.org/pipermail/boston-radio-interest/2009-February/019839.html" target="_blank"> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://lists.bostonradio.org/pipermail/boston-radio-interest"><a href="http://lists.bostonradio.org/pipermail/" rel="nofollow">http://lists.bostonradio.org/pipermail/</a> ... o-interest</a><!-- m --> /2009-February/019839.html</a> http://radioinsight.com/boards/topic/16682#post-69362 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:07:48 +0000 raccoonradio 69362@http://radioinsight.com/boards/ I do remember at least one station trying country. One person told me WCIB 101.9 was country for awhile, and someone else said the<br /> 93.5/101.1 combo was country for six months or so<br /> <br /> I was just down there; the competition, 98.1, has a good signal<br /> even on the Cape but 103.9 is urging listeners to try them out so<br /> they won't have to listen to "a faraway station" http://radioinsight.com/boards/topic/16682#post-69326 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:47:01 +0000 Joseph_Gallant 69326@http://radioinsight.com/boards/ Doesn't this make WKPE-103.9 Cape Cod's first-ever country-music radio station??