Will WMEX go silent forever?

[Rob Landry]

Alex Langer's WSRO operates from the old WKOX/WVBF site on Mt. Wayte 
Avenue in Framingham; he also owns WZBR 1410, which is programmed by a 
third party in Roxbury with an urban format. The WZBR transmitter is on 
Sprague Street in Hyde Park near the Dedham line.


Rob

On Tue, 4 Jul 2017, Sean Smyth wrote:

> Are there any sites inside 495 that'd be suitable for 1510? I feel like we
> have this discussion every few years or so, but come up empty. 
> 
> Where do Langer's stations transmit from, Framingham? He's one guy I can
> think of who takes shots on these types of AMs. 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 9:26 AM Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote:
> 
>
>       On Sun, 2 Jul 2017, Bob Nelson wrote:
>
>       > On Friday June 30 at 6 pm, WMEX 1510 fell silent.The
>       transmitter lease
>       > was apparently not renewed and it sounds like Daly LLC is
>       exiting the
>       > Boston airwaves.There was said to be a new owner waiting but
>       so far no
>       > official word.No word yet of a temporary silent
>       authorization.Will the
>       > FCC delete the frequency and calls eventually? Or will someone
>       step
>       > forward and buy a station with no current transmitter site or
>       > agreement...AM radio with a signal that goes out to sea? Will
>       Salem step
>       > up, or maybe iHeart..or who?
>
>       My guess is that 1510 will go the way of 990 in Providence. The
>       call
>       letters may show up elsewhere on the dial.
>
>       As I understand it, 1510 has not made a dime in profit since it
>       moved to
>       Waltham. It's been an albatross arouund the neck of successive
>       owners, and
>       the only ones making money from it have been the Duffy brothers,
>       who are
>       1510's landlords.
>
>       Unless it can be moved elsewhere, 1510 is probably history.
> 
>
>       Rob
> 
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> 
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