The Hawk broken up! Maybe a new 'EEI simulcast?

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

If they run a talk format, they will STILL have to pay music licensing fees.

Trust me, I know from expierience.

Paul



On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 9:20 PM, David Tomm <nostaticatall@charter.net>wrote:

>
> Since this came down very quickly, it sounds like Vox simply plugged in an
> Ipod or PC with the songs along with a continuously looping CD that gives
> the calls once an hour over whatever is playing.  It's crude, but it works
> until they can figure out what to do with the station.
>
> I would not be surprised to see 102.3 eventually go with some sort of
> automation friendly talk format.  This way they could avoid having to pay
> ASCAP and BMI fees from a music format while not having to hire much of a
> staff.   That is, if they have any interest in owning the station at all.
>  If not, I wouldn't be surprised to see Entercom swoop in and buy it
> outright just to put WEEI on it.
>
> -Dave Tomm
> "Mike Thomas"
>
> On Aug 23, 2008, at 2:35 PM, Paul Hopfgarten wrote:
>
> OK, maybe they (Vox) should LMA to Entercom then....
>>
>> -Paul Hopfgarten
>> -Derry NH
>>
>> On Sat, 8/23/08, Paul Hopfgarten <paul@derrynh.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> WWHK/WWHQ (102.3 Concord NH/101.5 Merideth NH) have split.
>>>>
>>>> WWHQ 101.5 retains the "Hawk" name and liners and
>>>> jocks
>>>>
>>>> WWHK 102.3 is playing different songs (still Rock) with no
>>>> DJs, no Liners and the TOH Id was actually over the middle
>>>> of a song. There's a 2-3 second dead air break between
>>>> each song.
>>>>
>>>> Clearly 102.3 is changing formats. Although Nassua's
>>>> original deal w/ Entercom last winter fell through, I have
>>>> to believe that perhaps a separate deal was made with just
>>>> the 102.3 Concord signal.
>>>>
>>>> No inside scoop, except for Mr. Fybush's take on the FCC stepping in:
>>> http://www.fybush.com/nerw.html#nh.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>


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