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« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2006, 07:55:15 AM » |
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Amen to that. Kurt,whatever you do,DO NOT negotiate with KVTT to swap freq. For a Christian station, they can can not be trusted. What's this supposed to mean? |
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« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2006, 09:56:44 AM » |
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Ron Evans. He's in charge of KVTT. He is questionable and if WRR negotiates with KVTT,they will NOT get a fair deal. Look into the split between KVTT and "Power Fm" deeply. WRR needs t osatay as it is. It appearently has been working for the better half of a century.
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« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2006, 03:41:53 PM » |
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Sounds like the swap would be a good deal. City of Dallas gets a comparable signal and big bucks. As I understand, the average top 10 market non-commercial classical station outbills WRR's billings as a commercial station.
You could question whether a city should own a radio station, but if it's going to own one it makes more sense for it to be non-commercial and for the city to have around 50 mil in it's bank account. Some of that money would be used to help out the station during the transitional period, and the rest would be used to support the arts in Dallas.
What do they bill a year? Most stations with WRR's ratings can generate enough billing that makes a 50 million dollar swap sound uninteresting. Wouldnt a swap decrease emphasis on ratings and quality if there is less emphasis on revenue? |
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« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2006, 05:28:34 PM » |
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Some of that money would be used to help out the station during the transitional period, and the rest would be used to support the arts in Dallas.
Call me a skeptic, but I'll bet that very little of the money would actually go to WRR or the arts. If Dallas is running at a deficit like it used to, I'll bet the money just goes to its creditors or to fund some other project that may or may not be in the public interest. |
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« Reply #14 on: August 19, 2006, 03:55:34 PM » |
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It seems that it's the folks who don't know the proposal who are the first to line up and say "don't change WRR!"
KVTT's signal is comparable...City woulod get tens of millions for an Arts Endowment Fund....and the "new" WRR can operate as a non-commercial station...and truly become the Dallas Station of the Arts...doesn't even have to ask for listener contributions, etc.,....can exists on less that half the interest generated by the Endowment.
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« Reply #15 on: August 19, 2006, 03:57:18 PM » |
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and yes, full disclosure, I'm a retired broadcaster who is the business advisor to Salem Broadcasting who is proposing this swap with the City.
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« Reply #16 on: August 19, 2006, 04:45:25 PM » |
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WRR bills only about 4 million a year.
The average billing for NON-Commercial stations in the top 20 markets is 6.3 million.
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« Reply #17 on: August 19, 2006, 08:04:04 PM » |
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Again Ron and KVTT can not be trusted. Salem likewise. Anderson there is comparable to Ron at KVTT. Seek another trade with someone else if you insist,but 91.7 ain't it.
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« Reply #18 on: August 19, 2006, 08:58:55 PM » |
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It seems that it's the folks who don't know the proposal who are the first to line up and say "don't change WRR!"
KVTT's signal is comparable...City woulod get tens of millions for an Arts Endowment Fund....and the "new" WRR can operate as a non-commercial station...and truly become the Dallas Station of the Arts...doesn't even have to ask for listener contributions, etc.,....can exists on less that half the interest generated by the Endowment.
Mr. Greenberg is absolutely correct with his brief synopsis of why this should be a "no-brainer" for the City of Dallas. He is also too modest in indentifying himself simply as a "retired broadcaster". He is very highly regarded at the highest levels of the broadcasting community for both his integrity and his insight into DFW and other major markets. |
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« Reply #19 on: August 20, 2006, 10:29:16 AM » |
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In other words a "consultant". We have seen what Consultants have done to local listenership in many markets. Common Sense should pass on this.
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