[BC] Mom & Pop Stations endangered?

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Scott:

It's cool. I pretty much agree with you anyways:)

Paul


On 2/14/06, Bailey, Scott <SBailey at nespower.com> wrote:
>
> Paul,
>   No dis-respect here, but the situation in Shamrock is one where
> everybody involved is wrong, including Mr. Rushing and Mr. Hammond. Mr.
> Rushing organization had quite of bit of money tied up in a loan to
> former owners (Jersey Boy Media), and those guys were so ignorant of the
> law, they filed the wrong form to get the license transferred to them.
> There was a big lean on the real property, and that had to be satisfied.
> Mr. Hammond didn't have the funds to do so.  The license transfer
> between Turbo Radio Partners and Mr. Hammond was legal.
>   Once the license was transferred, Mr. Hammond should have taken the
> station silent and moved it outside of Shamrock, to the state line in
> OK. There should have been no arguments between Rushing and Hammond.
> Rushing's organization should have auction off the real property and got
> some return on the loan that was made to Jersey Boy Media. That's my 2
> cents worth.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
> [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Paul B. Walker,
> Jr.
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 12:10 PM
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> Subject: Re: [BC] Mom & Pop Stations endangered?
>
> It's sad to hear of situations like Larry's where people come up to him
> and
> stuff in Shamrock. Good people don't deserve sh*t like this
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
> On 2/14/06, Barry Mishkind <barry at oldradio.com> wrote:
> >
> > At 08:26 AM 2/14/2006, Larry Fuss wrote
> > > > Those loyal locals must have used the service but not supported it
> > with
> > >advertising.
> > >
> > >The last few times I've been back to Cleveland, Mississippi, people
> come
> > up
> > >to me on the street and say "we sure wish you had the radio stations
> > back,
> > >they are terrible now."  Indeed they are, but I was never ever to
> > generate
> > >enough advertising revenue to pay all the bills, despite having the
> best
> > >small-market stations in the state.  The local morning shows are gone
> > now,
> > >the local news is gone,
> >
> >         ... in many cases, so is the entire station.
> >
> >         In 1980, I was part of group that bought a little station
> >         in southern Arizona. Once we took over and discovered
> >         it was clear that the businesses in the town were more
> >         interested in using the station (we gave the station over
> >         to the local "service groups" several times, for example,
> >         so they could raise money) than supporting it in any way.
> >
> >         It wasn't as bad as Shamrock, TX, but it nearly
> >         destroyed us.  In the end, the station went dark,
> >         and eventually was deleted. The only way we
> >         survived as long as we did was to move into
> >         the station and live there, with virtually no
> >         staff.
> >
> >         After it was all over, the business owners all
> >         complained that with the FM station coopted to
> >         a city 35 miles away, they had no local station.
> >
> >         One of the oldest stations in the state was
> >         reduced to mere memories.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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