Re: Re: USA Radio Network

[dan.strassberg@att.net]

Salem owns WROL 950 in addition to WEZE 590. (The WEZE calls used to be on 
1260, which Salem sold to ABC-Disney's stalking horse for Radio Disney 
affiliates, Hibernia Communications. ABC eventually acquired Hibernia, along 
with all of the Disney affiliates that Hibernia had acquired, among them, the 
former WEZE 1260, now WMKI.)

Since SRN carries the Salem name, people EXPECT its news to be biased--but, in 
my opinion, it isn't biased to nearly the same extent as is USA Network News, 
which I imagine is heard on more secular stations than Christian stations. USA 
is available strictly for barter, which is why its affiliate list is so large 
and is growing so fast. I don't know whether SRN is available strictly for 
barter or whether stations have to pay for the service. Salem always picks the 
option that maximizes its profits, and if it can make more money with fewer 
affiliates that pay than it could with a big affiliate list that pays only with 
time, then you KNOW which strategy Salem is following.

Anyhow, if SRN is available to secular stations on a straight barter basis, I 
don't understand why it doesn't appear to be growing nearly as fast as USA 
seems to be.
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dan.strassberg@att.net
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> 
> On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 18:03:16 -0500 (EST) Sven Franklyn Weil
> <sven@gordsven.com> writes:
> > On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Dave Faneuf wrote:
> > > Forgive me, but who is SRN?  
> > 
> > Salem Radio Network news.
> > 
> > Does Salem still own a radio station in Boston?  I think it used to 
> > be 
> > WEZE....
> > 
> > --
> > Sven
> 
> Thanks, 
> I believe Salem does still own WEZE but if I'm wrong someone will correct
> me ;-)
> df
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