Re: WCLV-FM Cleveland Makes Frequency Switch and Courageously Accepts Criticism

["Dan Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>]

Radio Seaway, the company that owns WCLV in Lorain and 1420 in Cleveland
(what _are_ 1420's calls now?) is not a large group owner. I think Seaway
may own one more Class A FM signal somewhare in northeast Ohio, but that's
it.

If I recall correctly, when the giant northeast Ohio format and ownership
flip was first announced, Seaway said that it would simulcast the classical
format on 1420. If you overlook the fact that even fewer people are willing
to listen to classical on AM than are willing to listen to virtually any
other music format on AM (and in the US, aside from non-English-speaking
people, hardly anyone listens to _any_ music format on AM anymore), the
1420/104.9 combo made sense from a coverage standpoint. 1420 can't do much
in the Lorain area--especially at night.

However, I think Seaway made the initial announcement before Salem announced
what it was going to do with its two newly acquired 50 kW AMs in Cleveland.
One didn't need an especially good crystal ball to figure out that the old
format would be gone from at least one of the two Salem AMs (850 and 1220),
but Seaway was spouting some nonsense about how IBOC DAB on 1420 would give
Cleveland a good high-fidelity digital-stereo classical signal. All that's
necessary for that to happen now is for the laws of information theory to be
repealed, for President George III to push through at least four more tax
cuts like the current one, and for the citizens of NE Ohio (or at least the
classical music lovers among them) to commit to spending all five of those
tax rebates on IBC DAB receivers--just as soon as the receivers become
available ;-).And oh yeah, while Ohioans wait, Seaway has to carefully
husband the hoard of cash it got for 95.5 so that its survival doesn't
necessitate unloading its newly acquired 1420 AM.

If your friends think that blue looks particularly becoming on you as a skin
color, you could try holding your breath.

--
Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net
617-558-4205, eFax 707-215-6367


----- Original Message -----
From: A. Joseph Ross <lawyer@attorneyross.com>
To: <inorm99@earthlink.net>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 12:25 AM
Subject: Re: WCLV-FM Cleveland Makes Frequency Switch and Courageously
Accepts Criticism


> Is WCLV owned by a large company that owns a lot of other stations?