WPTR/WDCD

[Scott Fybush]

On 6/16/2012 8:21 AM, Mark Watson wrote:

> I was in Albany last weekend and WDCD was off the air. IIRC didn't they
> file a notice with the FCC to temporarily go silent while they try to
> find a new format? Agreed it's sad to see a 50,000 watt blowtorch go
> dark but apparently WDCD's owners (Crawford I believe) must be losing
> money with 1540 if they made the decision to take it dark.

They did indeed file a silent STA, and they were very much off the air 
when I was last through Albany a week ago.

Crawford killed off a low-rated oldies format on WDCD's sister station, 
96.7 (which had been using the WPTR calls) and moved the paid religion 
and WDCD calls from 1540 to 96.7. It may or may not have been losing 
money on 1540, but it's certainly losing much less money (or making more 
money, as the case may be) on 96.7, where there's not a four-figure 
monthly power bill to deal with.

s