Entercom announces what it plans to keep

[Sean Smyth]

And I doubt CBS would approve 1030 keeping those calls if it was bought by
a group that already has an active (TV) newsroom in town. How much is 1030
worth without those call letters? A helluva lot less, IMO, even with the
massive signal.

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 4:54 PM Scott Fybush <scott@fybush.com> wrote:

> The rights to the base call stay with the owner that's had them the
> longest. CBS keeps "WBZ" and the others.  There's a contractual provision
> giving Entercom a license to keep using WBZ on radio and (with approval
> from CBS) to transfer that license to a new owner.
>
> On Oct 13, 2017 1:58 AM, "A Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com> wrote:
>
> > For some years now, it has been possible for separately-owned stations in
> > different services to have the same base call letters. It was once noted
> in
> > this forum that there is a WKLB (AM) somewhere, under different ownership
> > than the local WKLB-FM.  I think the station which had the call first has
> > to give consent.  So I imagine that WBZ (AM) can control whether anyone
> > else gets to be WBZ-xx. Any necessary consents may be part of the terms
> of
> > the sale.   I suspect if WBZ-FM is sold separately from the AM, it may be
> > required to change the callsign.
> >
> >
> > On 10/12/2017 2:43 AM, Sean Smyth wrote:
> >
> >> I'm curious about the WBZ calls -- especially if Cox buys, as Scott and
> >> Lance floated on their podcast. (Wasn't Cox considering unloading 25
> about
> >> 10 minutes ago? I don't see a 25/1030 marriage going smoothly.)
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 2:35 AM Doug Drown <ashboy1951@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> "You can be sure if it's Westinghouse."   Uhh . . . Not any more.
> >>>
> >>> Rob is right.  Westinghouse put WBZ on the air in 1921, bought CBS in
> >>> 1995,
> >>> and *became *CBS two years later, the tail having wagged the dog.
> >>>
> >>> I haven't been attentive as to what will be happening with KDKA and
> KYW,
> >>> which are in similar circumstances.
> >>>
> >>> Robert Wright, the former CEO of NBC, once made the remark that getting
> >>> the
> >>> network out of radio was the worst mistake he made during his time at
> the
> >>> helm.  A legacy disappeared.  The same thing happened with ABC's
> historic
> >>> O&Os.  Sadly, I expect it will here, too.
> >>>
> >>> In addition, what will become of WBZ's close working relationship with
> >>> Channel 4?
> >>>
> >>>
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