Re: My Research on Minot, ND

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@bit-net.com>]

  Laurence Glavin wrote:
>  I looked up Minot on 100,000watts.com
>after determing it's in Ward County.  Here are the outlets and owners of the
>commercial stations there:
>
>KCJB-AM 910:  Clear Channel
>KHRT-AM 1320, a "religious" broadcaster
>KRRZ-AM 1390, Clear Channel
>KIZZ-FM 93.7, Clear Channel
>KYYX-FM 97.1, Clear Channel
>KMXA-FM* 99.9, Clear Channel
>KZPR-FM 105.3, Clear Channel
>KHRT-FM 106.9, Clear Channel.
>
>The poor, poor people of Minot!  How did this happen?


Maybe a better question to ask is why so many stations licensed to Minot in 
the first place?  I can't imagine a market that small being able to support 
that many signals.  N. Dakota is neither a particularly prosperous nor 
populous state (I think it was the only state to show a population loss in 
the 2000 census).




>  We who check the FCC's
>Daily Digest have seen those entries that the agency was looking into the
>possibility of media concentration when some sale applications are
>made.  When CCU bought the last commercial, non-"religious" station,
>why wasn't it flagged?  I know it's not a Boston issue, but if media
>concentration regulations are lessened further, some more outlets
>around here (WXRV?, WPLM?) could be on the block to some conglomerate.
>This was brought to mind by the "Now" show on PBS to which I referred
>earler.
>* There's a KMXA-AM a long distance away in Colorado...I've seen this in
>major media  markets, but not out in the sticks.
>
>
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