dxAce wrote:

David Eduardo wrote:

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David Eduardo wrote:

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However, according to the news release, the AM is NOT going away,
merely
changing to ESPN format.

Of course... they still own it, and putting something on it is
appropriate.

But you of course didn't indicate that to begin with! You made it seem
as
though
the station was going completely off AM. Figures!

WIBC, as a station, is going completely off AM. It will be replaced, at
its
dial position, by a different station with different call letters and a
different format... and less listening potential.

Same difference, retard! A station will remain, retard!

But, and the point in Inside radio, RBR, Tom Taylor Report, etc., is that
WIBC is moving. When a station moves its name or calls, intellectual
property, talent, etc. elsewhere... whether to a better channel on the same
band or to another or even to the internet... the station has moved from the
old channel. whatever takes its place on the prior frequency is a new
station... to the industry, the owner, to advertisers and to the ratings.

In this case, the ratings will track WIBC, with historical data from the
past AM listening and ongoing data from the new FM channel.

The analogy is moving from one house to another. If you move, your residence
is the new location; the new residents at the old house do not take on your
name and identity. Some folks might keep the old house and rent it out, but
the new residents are not their family.

1070 ceases to be WIBC in January. WIBC will be moved, to a new location.
The old location will become a different station.

Re-read the article! Third paragraph!

http://www.wibc.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=76552

It's so simple even a high school graduate should be able to understand it.

Oh... that's right!

Sorry.

David Eduardo wrote:

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Radio Station WIBC is going off AM and moving to FM. A totally new
station
will take its place.

Not what the article says!

Yes, it does. The article says "WIBC to Make Switch to FM " and describes,
vaguely as it will not come until January, a new sports talk format for the
AM channel. WIBC, with its news talk format will be on FM only.

Here is what Tom Taylor said today: (note the comments on "AM becoming less
a draw")

"Another 50-kw AM shares its format with a sister FM, then goes sports -
WIBC, Indianapolis.
Those solid-sounding rumors are borne out, as Emmis announces #1, a "93 days
of Christmas" stunt for the FM that's been CHR WNOU (93.1). And #2, the
impending birth of news/talk WIBC-FM on January 7, 2008. Where does that
leave 50-kw WIBC at 1070? Doing sports full-time, building on its current
agreements to carry Peyton Manning and the NFL Indianapolis Colts, plus the
NBA Indiana Pacers, Indiana University football, plus various racing
franchises like the IRL and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Yep, sounds like it will be WIBC-AM!

(Some of that
will continue to be shared with sister "Hank FM.") The strategy mirrors what
Bonneville did in Phoenix with KTAR - it lifted the news/talk programming
(and the KTAR image) from 620 over to the FM dial. Then it created "Sports
620" on the original KTAR frequency. Operators are busy looking for unique
local content for their FMs and this is one answer - though long-term, there's
the prospect of the AM dial becoming less of a draw. And perhaps worth less
as an asset when the lenders get out their pencils. Is anybody thinking
about that? Emmis will keep the WNOU CHR format going on HD-2 and on the
Internet"

David Eduardo wrote:

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David Eduardo wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
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1070 ceases to be WIBC in January. WIBC will be moved, to a new
location.
The old location will become a different station.

Re-read the article! Third paragraph!

http://www.wibc.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=76552


WIBC is moving to FM. A different station will be on 1070. Different
format,
different talent, different content. Brand new.

The headline says, "WIBC to Make Switch to FM " which means there will be
no
WIBC on AM. There will be a new station.

Sounds to me like WIBC-AM and WIBC-FM!

You don't know that, and neither do I.

Well, for sure you don't know jack, 'tard boy!

On Oct 9, 10:30 pm, RHF wrote:
On Oct 8, 10:28 am, IBOCcrock wrote:





"BROADCAST RADIO: continuing to suck wind"

Well, yet another Top 40 station near me officially bit the dust
almost exactly an hour ago. At noon Eastern time, the local
Indianapolis pop/hip hop station, WNOU "Radio Now" 93.1, switched to a
temporary format of all-Christmas-music-all-the-time through the end
of the year, at which point it'll be replaced by an FM-dial version of
local WIBC's news/talk format.

The local owner of the station, Emmis Communications, has been on the
financial ropes due to mismanagement and an overly-aggressive
expansion strategy for quite some time now, as it struggled (and
failed) to try to keep up with the radio-industry behemoth, Clear
Channel Communications. But even Clear Channel has seen more than its
fair share of financial woes lately, and what was once the 800-lb.
gorilla in the radio universe is now on the cusp of having to be taken
private just in order to be able to stay afloat.

Emmis can spin-doctor its "choice" to switch from a music to a talk
format all it wants, but anyone who's paying the slightest bit of
attention in the radio industry knows damn well what is really going
on here. The funding for the Clear Channel private equity deal dried
up at about the same time that the RIAA released its latest batch of
truly dismal numbers regarding the state of purchased recorded music
in the country. Quite simply, no one cares about playlisted radio any
more. Since it's becoming easier (not to mention cheaper) to put
together one's own personalized playlists online through the myriad of
streaming options available out there, even so-called "HD radio",
which broadcasts in the digital frequencies between the regular analog
ones, hasn't taken off the way industry peeps expected it to. And that
means advertisers, the lifeblood of any "free" music station, have
been deserting in droves for other avenues.

Just about the only viable option LEFT on the FM dial any more is news/
talk, just as it was in the late seventies when listeners deserted AM
en masse for greener pastures. And on-air yakkers are a lot cheaper to
find, by the dozen, than their relatively more diva-esque DJ
counterparts, who get paid just as much but are on the air something
like 80% less.

This is it, people. You read it here first. Music is officially dead.
It's the end of the world. Society is on the brink of utter collapse.
Get in your bomb shelters now, we're all gonna die. XD

http://ozy-y2k.livejournal.com/338426.html

Ha! Ha! Eduardo!

Tech Survey III : "HD" Radio Findings - Jacobs Mediahttp://www.jacobsmedia.com/articles/tech3_hdradio.asp
-by- Fred Jacobs -Dated- 14 Mayo 2007

The Good News : Awareness and Knowledge are much Improved.

The Bad News : Major Barriers to Purchase an HD Radio remain.

"Jacobs Media's Third Annual Technology Web Poll,
conducted among more than 25,000 Rock Radio
Listeners around the U.S., paints a mixed picture
for the future of HD Radio."

Key Findings :
Graphic - HD Radio Familiarity
Graphic - Strength of Knowledge About HD Radio
Graphic - Likelihood of Buying an HD Radio
Graphic - HD Radio Most Important Feature
Graphic - Barriers to Puchasing an HD Radio
Graphic - Desirable Features - Next Car

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"HD Radio vs. Internet Radio - Which is Radio's Future?"

"Of those who were "Very or Somewhat Interested" in owning HD radio,
3% were "very interested". However, with these respondents, we
followed up with the question "Would you buy an HD radio in the next
two months?" only 1.0% responded "yes". Asked if they ever visited a
retail store to look at or try an HD radio receiver, 30 members of our
sample of 3179 said they had. That is less than 1%."

http://www.bridgeratings.com/press_0...vsInternet.htm

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