WCRB / WGBH Sale

[Dan.Strassberg]

I thought the northern New England stations were NOT simulcasting
WCRB. Is that not true?

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Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@myfairpoint.net>
To: "Scott Fybush" <scott@fybush.com>; "Gary's Ice Cream"
<gary@garysicecream.com>
Cc: "Boston radio e-mail list" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: WCRB / WGBH Sale


> Any hint as to what will happen to Nassau's W-BACH classical network
> in Maine?   The loss of that would be a big blow to a lot of us
> living up Nawth.   -Doug
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Scott Fybush" <scott@fybush.com>
> To: "Gary's Ice Cream" <gary@garysicecream.com>
> Cc: "Boston radio e-mail list"
> <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 6:12 PM
> Subject: Re: WCRB / WGBH Sale
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>> Gary's Ice Cream wrote:
>>> Will WGBH have to operate WCRB as a non-commercial station?  Or
>>> can they use
>>> it to make money for the foundation?
>>
>> Will they have to? No. But they're going to, for much the same
>> reason
>> that WNYC plans to operate its version of WQXR non-commercially. If
>> you're funding the station purchase with a capital campaign, it's a
>> selling point for donors to offer 24-hour commercial-free classical
>> music.
>>
>> I am not a tax expert, nor an attorney of any stripe, so I can't
>> speak
>> with authority to the tax/legal aspects of a nonprofit organization
>> operating a commercial radio station. I know it can be done -
>> commercial
>> classical WFMT in Chicago is owned by Chicago's public TV station,
>> WTTW
>> - but I suspect it creates some complex administrative and
>> regulatory
>> hurdles keeping everything straight.
>>
>> And, honestly, given what's now allowed in underwriting
>> announcements,
>> and given the weak ad market, it's hard for me to imagine that
>> they'd
>> take in that much more in commercial ad revenue than they'll get
>> anyway
>> in underwriting. It's not as though the current WCRB sponsors will
>> have
>> a lot of other places to go to reach that audience.
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