Clear Channel Vermont

[Chris Munson]

Garrett Wollman wrote:
> <<On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:53:42 -0500, "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@gmail.com> said:
>
>   
>> I guess they own WEAV 960 & WXZO 96.7 (talk and sports talk); WCPV 101.3
>> (classic rock), and WEZF 92.9 (AC). Maybe WVPS 107.9 does well enough that
>> VPR wouldn't need them, but who knows (they did add a translator at 95.3
>> in Middlebury)
>>     
>
> VPR is running three services these days, only one of which is on a
> signal that reaches large parts of the Champlain Valley.  I can't see
> them getting 92.9, but 96.7 and 101.3 both cover a useful area that
> doesn't currently receive VPR Classical.
>
> What of the other players in the market?
>
> Paul Goldman (620/95.5)
> Hall (1230/98.9/99.9/105.1/106.7)
> Dennis Jackson (102.5)
> Nassau (104.3 once they finish moving it)
> Steve Silberberg (93.7/103.3/104.7/...)
>
> Goldman has been in the market for a long time (if you count his
> father, since 1960), and could have had any of the minor signals that
> Clear Channel is spinning before Clear Channel bought them, had he
> been sufficiently interested.
>
> Hall is capped out for FMs.
>
> DJ puts new facilities on the air; I suspect he would find the market
> for one of the existing signals a bit rich, never mind a whole
> cluster.  (But he does have roots in the market, having been one of
> the original -- rejected -- applicants for 95.3A South Burlington,
> which is now 95.5C2.)
>
> Nassau currently has the 104.3 on the market, and hasn't built out
> that move in any case, but they could easily go the other way, and
> already have a strong presence in other markets in the state.
>
> -GAWollman
>
>   
Steve Silberberg(Northeast Broadcasting) also has:

WSKI 1240, WCAT 1390, WRSA 1420, WFAD 1490(All ESPN Radio affiliates), 
The Point, and 102.3 WLFE.