Cumulus & Pamal & Pensacola?

[poledo]

You may be able to buy the biggest radio station in Mexico Beach for $135k but I doubt you'll find a nice house there for under $250k.

Let me think... the last house I bought, and kept, cost $14k... in 1999.  Today the tax assessor says it's worth more.  What happened to depreciation man?

[cceng]

now that it is public record....it is Port St Joe....not Mexico Beach....it is 93.5 not 99.3....it's 14kw not 50kw.....

cceng

[poledo]

Well, kinda same difference.  I just looked both stations up on radio-locator and I had the coverage areas of 93.5 and 99.3 reversed.  So the signal I was thinking about was the one sold after all.  With the sale price of $135k it got me to thinking... what would a 6000 watt class A from Port St Joe, covering Apalachicola to Mexico Beach, be worth?  Thinking along the lines of a similar population density to Mark Carter's Seabreeze in the 30A/South Walton market, I would think a Class A from the same site would be worth very close to the same amount.  Possibly more because it would be cheaper to operate?  How far off am I?

Assuming it was Hale that bought this station, CC may have missed out on a great opportunity to get rid of the 94.5 FWB translator in the sales contract.  Or maybe it is in the contract that Hale will move 94.5 to another frequency?  CC has a history of dealing with Hale, they did trade him 98.1 in FWB for that little 92.? station in Ocean Springs.  If they've just sold him another station there must be a professional working relationship, and Hale would be the person that wants The Patriot 94.5 on the best frequency... not Rob or even necessarily cceng.

Assuming 93.5 was purchased by Hale it could be safe to assume that it will become "The Ticket Panama City."  Seeing as College Football is the biggest sport in the area, what team could he possibly get the rights to?  FSU and the FL Gators must have strong affiliates in PCB.  I assume Bama and Auburn do too.  I know that many Georgia residents have second homes down in that area, could it be that the best bet for College Football on an imaginary "The Ticket Panama City" would be the Georgia Bulldogs?

And the last assumption I'll make tonight while I'm making an ass out of myself is.... wouldn't it be safe to bet that Clear Channel will dump urban and put Classic Rock on 99.3, unless the format was sold with 93.5?

Who's holding the note on 93.5?

[Rob-42]

cceng might want to know, Hale's been airing dead air on 94.5/1.400 all weekend thus far. If that's an FCC violation, he doesn't deserve to have those two stations.

No ID's no nothing.

The Ticket in PCB would do well. He just needs to put the Ticket back on FM for Pensacola. He lost a lot of listeners when he moved the ticket from 98 to 100.3

-Rob