• My Account
  • Your Profile
  • Member Archives
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Cart / $0.00

No products in the cart.

Fybush.com
  • Home
  • Archives
  • Subscribe
  • My Account
  • Store
    • Cart
    • Checkout
  • About/Contact
    • Scott Fybush
    • Copyright Information
    • Privacy Policy
  • Fybush Media
  • Links
No Result
View All Result
Fybush.com
  • Home
  • Archives
  • Subscribe
  • My Account
  • Store
    • Cart
    • Checkout
  • About/Contact
    • Scott Fybush
    • Copyright Information
    • Privacy Policy
  • Fybush Media
  • Links

No products in the cart.

No Result
View All Result
Fybush.com
No Result
View All Result

NorthEast Radio Watch 8/21/2023: A Big Beasley Sale

Scott Fybush by Scott Fybush
August 22, 2023
in Free Content, Northeast Radio Watch
1

In this week’s issue… Beasley sells near Philly – WMGK picks DeBella successor – Remembering the voice of the Sabres – Evanov to shutter “Proud” – Corus cutbacks – New tower rises in Ontario, towers come down in Southern Tier – Translators file for changes ahead of LPFM window

By SCOTT FYBUSH

Jump to: ME – NH – VT – MA – RI – CT – NY – NJ – PA – Canada

WE’VE LOWERED THE PRICE!

It’s officially summer. Have you still not ordered your Tower Site Calendar?

Good news! You can now purchase it for just $8. You also still have the option of getting it signed for $13, or buying a storage bag for $1.

Get yours today. And be sure to look at the rest of the store!

(Programming note: We had a lot of news this past week and some time to put an issue together, so here’s a NERW that’s slightly out of our summertime bi-weekly schedule. Depending on the news over the next week or two, we may or may not have issues on Aug. 28 or Sept. 4, but we will be back for certain on Sept. 11. Thanks again for your patience and continued support.) 

*If you’ve ever sought out the highest point in every state, you may have ended up on Ebright Road at the very northern tip of DELAWARE, just 448 feet above sea level and just a few feet south of the Pennsylvania state line. And if you’re a radio aficionado standing at that point, it’s hard to miss the nearby tower of WJBR (99.5 Wilmington), with its big class B signal that reaches much of the Philadelphia market along with Wilmington and most of Delaware.

For years, WJBR has been a one-off in the Beasley Media Group portfolio, the company’s only station in the Wilmington market, operated mostly on its own but with some services shared with its nearby – and much larger – cluster in Philadelphia proper. After paying $42 million for WJBR in 2007, Beasley is now selling WJBR for just $5 million, a sign of how swiftly the value of standalone stations has declined in this decade.

The buyer? It’s VCY America, the Wisconsin-based Christian broadcaster that’s making an aggressive play for expansion into big cities. Just last year, VCY paid $7.25 million for the former WFAS-FM (103.9) in the New York market. Like WJBR into Philadelphia, 103.9 (now WVCN) serves some, but far from all, of the New York market – but for a religious broadcaster that’s driven by donations instead of ratings, what matters is simply the number of people covered, not how well that coverage matches the Nielsen market boundaries.

When the deal closes, WJBR’s “Mix 99.5” AC format will go away, leaving Forever’s WSTW (93.7) hot AC/top-40 format as the closest thing remaining in the Wilmington market, where it will be the only full-market commercial class B signal.

We expect the WJBR calls to go away (ending a legacy that goes back to the late 1950s, when John B. Reynolds, Sr. and Jr., put the station on the air), and we’ll be watching closely to see whether this is the only sale Beasley makes, or whether that company’s financial issues might prompt more selloffs.

Log In


Join Now | Lost Password?

Share this:

  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Pocket
  • Email
  • Print
  • More
  • Facebook
Previous Post

NorthEast Radio Watch 8/14/2023: A Rare iHeart Buy

Next Post

NorthEast Radio Watch 9/11/2023: End of an Era

Scott Fybush

Scott Fybush

Editor/Publisher, NorthEast Radio Watch and Tower Site of the Week

Related Posts

NorthEast Radio Watch 9/25/2023: Anyone Want a NYC FM?
Free Content

NorthEast Radio Watch 9/25/2023: Anyone Want a NYC FM?

In this week’s issue… Good Karma rejects Emmis FM - ATSC 3 comes to NYC - Pamal adds new simulcast - Rochester vet retires - Launch, at last, for new Canadian AM - Remembering Burt Sherwood

by Scott Fybush
September 25, 2023
NorthEast Radio Watch 9/18/2023: Windsor Honors CKLW, Rosalie
Free Content

NorthEast Radio Watch 9/18/2023: Windsor Honors CKLW, Rosalie

In this week’s issue… Rochester's 95.1 shuffles schedule - CKLW legacy remembered - Kaplan back to iHeart - PA simulcast splits - NEPM realigns signals

by Scott Fybush
September 20, 2023
NorthEast Radio Watch EXTRA: Remembering Bill O’Shaughnessy
Free Content

NorthEast Radio Watch 9/11/2023: End of an Era

In this week’s issue… O'Shaughnessy family exits Westchester - New Ontario signals launch - Applicants position ahead of LPFM window - Remembering Sommers, Skibenes

by Scott Fybush
September 11, 2023
NERW 3/5/18: The iHeart Waiting Game
Free Content

NorthEast Radio Watch 8/14/2023: A Rare iHeart Buy

In this week’s issue… Equity sells in Atlantic City - Evanov shuts down Canadian AM - NYSBA Hall of Famers named - Remembering Maine's Snyder, BZ's Coop - Tower down in Philly

by Scott Fybush
August 14, 2023
Next Post
NorthEast Radio Watch EXTRA: Remembering Bill O’Shaughnessy

NorthEast Radio Watch 9/11/2023: End of an Era

Please login to join discussion

Log In


Join Now | Lost Password?

Get Fybush.com Updates

Get Fybush.com updates emailed directly to your inbox!

Fybush.com Twitter List

My Tweets

© 2023 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Archives
  • Subscribe
  • My Account
  • Store
    • Cart
    • Checkout
  • About/Contact
    • Scott Fybush
    • Copyright Information
    • Privacy Policy
  • Fybush Media
  • Links

© 2023 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.

 

Loading Comments...
 

You must be logged in to post a comment.