Shocker: WABB 97.5 sold to EMF

[Nate Wesley]

http://blog.al.com/live/2012/02/wabb-fm_announces_sale_to_educ.html

http://www.wabb.com/goodbyewabb.aspx

Most of the discussion is going on at the Alabama board.  But there's definitely folks in Northwest Florida familiar with the station, so I figured this thread isn't so out of place.  Plus, the future of CHR on the Alabama/Florida Gulf Coast may involve a station (or two!?) licensed to Pensacola.  A few questions:

Are Cumulus execs cheering or kicking the walls right about now?

Does Clear Channel merely stand pat with 'Hit Music Now' at 107.3 WRGV?   Given the weird Mobile/Pensacola split amongst several Class C signals, are there at least discussions about swapping frequencies with say, 96.1? (WRKH does have an app to use 95kW instead of the 73kW its currently approved for--and it blankets the Mobile/Baldwin area better than WRGV.)

What does this mean for WKFP 95.7?  IIRC, they aren't actually owned by the K-LOVE folks (unless 550AM Inc. is a shell).   

[trock]

Well I guess there are no more excuses for 1073 now.

[Zach]

Well I guess there are no more excuses for 1073 now.

It's still an inferior signal in Mobile.  They're only 50 kW and it shows once you get west of downtown. 

[vadar]

Flipping to Christian in March?

[Rob-42]

Bleh, goodbye ABB, you will be missed!

[Zach]

Bleh, goodbye ABB, you will be missed!

You guys still have Z-96.

[ABM]

I think it would be wise to swap frequencies 107.3 and 96.1. I hope CC considers this option.
107.3 will go mainstream CHR and Cumulus will launch a Hot AC station. And all will be set. At least that's how I see. But the question is: WHAT station, owned by Cumulus will take the initiative: 94.1 or 104.1? My guess will be one of those two.

[ABM]

Bleh, goodbye ABB, you will be missed!

You guys still have Z-96.

Not if you live in Mobile or The Eastern Shore, silly.

[Zach]

Why does 94.1 keep getting brought up… did Cumulus buy them when everyone wasn't looking?  Both my site and Wikerpedia say it's owned by Pamal still.

And people on Eastern Shore and Mobile will have 107.3.  People in Pensacola and FWB will have that and Z 96.5 and to a lesser extent the "new" Q 92. 

The only ones really losing out, it seems are people in coastal Mississippi.

On another note, if anyone needs reminding that people still do listen and love individual stations and take them to heart… the amount of anger and disappointment expressed over this change and the Q 92 change in FWB on each station's Facebook page has been surprising.  I'd include the flip of i100 to Journey but Cumulus kept deleting all the negative press.  Which is why they're dicks.

[ABM]

Looks like 107.3 already jumped on as the mainstream CHR bandwagon.
And so it begins, folks...
Cumulus? It's time to start thinking and planning!