Backyard sells their properties

[jo-nathan]

Jack will be left alone.  Why fix something that isn't broken?

I would like to see JNT simulcasted on RXW but I bet that doesn't happen.  Either it will be left alone (very, very, very unlikely) or they will go with something that we never imagined.  As someone else mentioned, some kind of free form hip hop would be a good format to try.

[Jeff Steele]

Jack will be left alone.  Why fix something that isn't broken?

I'm sure Jack FM will be unchanged.

I would like to see JNT simulcasted on RXW but I bet that doesn't happen.  Either it will be left alone (very, very, very unlikely) or they will go with something that we never imagined.  As someone else mentioned, some kind of free form hip hop would be a good format to try.

I'm guessing WRXW will soon(?) become WJNT-FM.

[jwilliams22]

All of Backyard's Wisconsin, Iowa, and South Dakota properties are on the block. 

Could Backyard be facing bankruptcy?

According to this, Backyard has properties only in North Dakota, Mississippi (a state Backyard will exit soon), Indiana, Pennsylvania and New York.  Apparently, all its Iowa and Wisconsin properties have already been sold.

Sorry to interrupt all the speculation, but, just to clarify, BYB has never operated facilities in North Dakota, Iowa or Wisconsin.

[Fran]

One other question that should be asked: how does Inner City get to own seven radio stations in Jackson? When this is all said and done, 18 stations in this town will be owned by three companies (Inner City's seven, Clear Channel's six and New South's five).

They can't, that's why WKXI-AM was sold.  WKXI-AM will be looking for sales people, soon. 

[tzbarber]

The level of market knowledge and awareness of our industry that is available on this forum never ceases to amaze me.

[flytrap]

WKXI was sold?  Bring back Fun 14 WJQS!

[bobrall]

93.9 to remain Active Rock..new and improved technically.   105.9 to JNT FM (?)
1400 AM gone.
They paid 750 for 93.9 and got 400 for 1400 so looks to me they paid 350 net for 93.9 and got rid of a
essentially worthless AM.  93.9 cannot city grade west of the Pearl River.
Anybody know what Holiday paid for 94.7. 
Backyard kept tower site.
Did they have an option to get the WTYX heritage calls back?.

[menotti1]

Way you go Inner City,that's what you call "Bust A Move".Nothing on the FCC site pertaining to the Jack application yet,but with backyard keeping the tower site i would think Holiday worked a pretty good deal(for him).they know how to wheel and deal,just like dean pearce.

[prt]

Bob, for those of us radio technologically challenged, what do you mean when you say city grade west of the Pearl River?

by the way, I am pleased 93.3 will remain active rock.

Now, for a dumb question.  why did fm's go to silly nomenclature such as Q-whatever, K-whatever, Miss-whatever....and so on?  Why not use the call letters?

I have listened to all John Meeks air checks at his site posted on this site and it dawned on me how refreshing it was  listening to Harry Nelson's 2008 air check at WCBS New York and he and their jingles and so on, calling it WCBS.   I don't know why but I miss stations being known by their call letters.  Some marketing whiz at some point decided calls weren't good enough.

[DeadElvis]

Bob, for those of us radio technologically challenged, what do you mean when you say city grade west of the Pearl River?

Bob is referring the the signal strength of the station itself.

"City Grade" is a term the FCC uses to refer to the area that the station can deliver a 70 dBu (or 3.16 mV/m) signal.  I 'll save you the discussion of what those numbers actually mean (way beyond the scope of this board), but suffice it to say, that's the signal that the FCC considers sufficient for a station to cover its home city ("City of License") with a local-quality signal.  Within the City Grade, the signal should penetrate buildings well, and flutter little on a moving vehicle's radio.

The City Grade signal's reach from the transmitter is a function of two things:  1) Effective Radiated Power, and 2) Antenna Height.

Now, in the case of 93.9, the City Grade does not reach the City of Jackson, as the transmitter for WRXW is well east of the City.  The City Grade does not go west of the Pearl River, and just barely covers Pearl, the station's City of License (covering "most" of one's City of License with a City Grade is a requirement).

WRXW does cover Jackson with a secondary signal, 60 dBu, or 1 mV/m.  In many cases, that does well.  But, in urban environments, the 60 dBu gets a bit rough, especially in spots as far south as Jackson, where the influence of the Gulf often allows distant signals to interfere with a local station's signal (sometimes, such interference can even be problematic in the City Grade.  When I was PD of then-WMJW, a station in Ruston, LA would eat us up some mornings; I could hear the interference in my headphones).

So, in short, Bob is saying that WRXW will have some problems with its signal in the City.  That can be a problem.  Too bad 93.5 in Clinton limits how far west WRXW can move.

DE