I totally agree with your analysis of why Disney is getting out, how they paid too much for the stations and in the end, many of them will become brokered facilities.
They paid $40 million for WQEW. It was an LMA which lasted for eight years. They won't get that today. Larry Stoler -----Original Message----- From: IRCA [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Gibson Sent: Sunday, October 5, 2014 7:32 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney I think Disney wants to get out of the network business. Networks are a headache. Programming KDIS alone will be far easier and much less expensive than a network. It paid way too much for some of the stations. A lot of money was spent on broadbanding to make HD easier to configure and maintain. The high power facilities are expensive to maintain. Not having to pay for HD licenses each year will save a lot of money. I think Spanish, religious (especially Catholic) and other ethnic group owners will be interested in the stations. They have money to spend. Cumulus and iHeart Media are both heavily leveraged and losing a lot of money. Several Catholic groups are aggressively buying stations. Disney would probably accept reasonable offers. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 4, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Mike Sanburn <mikesanb...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I was wondering with the new situation and almost all of the Radio Disney stations being sold off, IF a new owner wanted to keep the R. Disney format going on the station could he (or she) be allowed to do so???? Mike > >> From: mwd...@webtv.net >> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com >> Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 14:44:21 -0700 >> Subject: [IRCA] Radio Disney >> >> In checking today (10/4), I see Radio Disney is still being run on both 1250 Seattle and 1640 Portland. >> >> Patrick >> >> Patrick Martin >> Seaside OR >> KGED QSL Manager >> _______________________________________________ >> IRCA mailing list >> IRCA@hard-core-dx.com >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca >> >> Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the >> original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of >> the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers >> >> For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org >> >> To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of > the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com