1260 - was (no subject)

[Jeff Lehmann]

Seems like in the end, it has ended up as a package deal, since Salem has picked up quite a few of the former Disney stations at this point.

Maybe totally a guess here, but I'd say they wouldn't have given it to anyone else for that price.

Jeff Lehmann

> On Jun 6, 2015, at 9:08 PM, Jibguy@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Yes, would have looked into that rather seriously.  Boston needs a  rock 'n 
> roll oldies station 1954-1972, doesn't it?
> ----BB
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/6/2015 1:18:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> kvahey@gmail.com writes:
> 
> 1150 was  doomed as a Top 40 station in the early 60's because the
> signal was  non-existent at night on the North Shore.
> 
> My understanding is John  Shepard was content with 1260's signal as his
> WEAN (790) Providence filled  in some holes south of Boston and WAAB
> Worcester did the same west of the  city. Donna can shed some light on
> thi
> After WWII, General Tire was  blindsided by the Herald-Traveler greatly
> improving the 850 signal on then  WHDH and lost both baseball teams to
> 850. WNAC would get the Braves back in  1950 but the 1260 signal was so
> bad that General Tire looked for options  and finally bought WLAW (680)
> but it was too late as the Braves moved in  1953.
> 
> Still in the mid 1960's WEZE was a major player in Boston radio  and at
> times flirted with being #1 in the city. It all came crashing  down
> when WJIB came along at 96.9.
> 
> Bob - if you had been offered  1260 at $500K would you have considered it?
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Jun 6,  2015 at 11:20 AM,  <Jibguy@aol.com> wrote:
>> When I talked to  them over 6 months ago, I was told "a couple million" 
> or "a
>> few  million" or something like that, for 1260.   Looks like there were  
> no
>> takers for that!
>> ----BB
>> 
>> 
>> In a  message dated 6/5/2015 5:57:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org writes:
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Don"  <Donald_Astelle@Yahoo.com>
>> To: "Kevin Vahey"  <kvahey@gmail.com>, "Bob Nelson" 
> <raccoonradio@gmail.com>
>> Cc: "\(newsgroup\) Boston-Radio-Interest"
>> <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
>> Subject: Re: Salem  buying WMKI 1260
>> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 17:10:47  -0400
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: "Kevin Vahey"  <kvahey@gmail.com>
>> 
>> 
>>> $500K for 1260?  I  am curious if Bob Bittner had a chance to kick the
>>> tires
>>> for that price.
>> 
>> I remember Gr. Media paid  $2.5 Million for 1150AM back in 1985(?), and 
> 1260
>> was always thought  to have the better signal between the two of them.
>> 
>> 1150AM is  one of the crapiest signals licensed to Boston proper.
>> 
>> There  were a lot of people who I would have guessed would be interested 
> in a
>> AM Boston full-time property at that price.  Bob Bittner is one....I  
> would
>> have thought Charles Clemons would have expressed an  interest...but I 
> think
>> he is only interested in what he can get for  free.
>> 
>