Re: WSRO

[Jibguy <Jibguy@aol.com>]

In a message dated 98-04-22 01:17:08 EDT, steveord@xtdl.com writes:

<< 
 Even on crappy stations that no one listens to like WSRO, time usually goes
 for $100-200/hr.  >>

Stations "rent" for much less than $100-$200 per hour when the station is
rented 24/7 or 24/6.  An owner may choose to rent to this Boston Chat Group
for about $6,000. per month, which comes out to be about $20 per hour, not
100-200.   This $20 or so per hour is likely more than what the owner could
get if he ran it doing "regular radio"AND the time to approach any new owner
is NOT when he first buys the station, but 9 months later after he realizes
everything's failing.   If it costs him $15 per hour to run, then a group
offering 20 looks quite decent.   $6000 per month(maximum what WSRO would be
worth) could be raised by a dozen or so people in this group).....   The
biggest problem is personality clashes... too many chiefs, etc.  But the RARE
right group could make it fly, otherwise Steve is correct in saying its pie in
the sky.

On WJIB, Steve mentioned that WJIB was not too local, and months ago he said
all was being run was 1950's music tapes.    It's apparent Steve has not
listened to 740 in the past year.   Over half of the music aired on WJIB was
made in the 90's, and it's the only commercial station that  
  a) - exposes new artists no one's ever heard of on a regular basis
  b) - is completely locally programmed (excepting 7 min daily of features)
                (perhaps excepting WCRB and maybe one other I can't think of
now)
  c) - doesn't place testing, trends, corporate policy above the quality of
music
  d) - would refuse any advertising that is harmful to the public (credit
cards,  lottery, casinos, all these new drugs that make "I Can See Clearly
Now).  -  Not that they're knocking at JIB's door anyway.
 e) - has a variety of music ranging from "beautiful music" (only 1-or-2  in
5) to light jazz,  new age,  classical,  folk,  90's piano music & some
vocals.
 f) - dares to mention other call letters on LTAR!  :)

BTW, Starting May 2 1998 on 730-WJTO, each Saturday 7-8 PM, local musicians
from Maine get to air their music, whatever kind of music it is.   An
experiment at this time.  We'll see what happens.   A very local-yokel show,
but should prove to be interesting.  It will last until end of August (or
Sept) I forget which.

- ---jibguy

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