[BC] Another public station bites the dust

[gRAdy Moates]

    Scott's right.  It does occasionally happen the other way. . .

    UMass Boston's WBPR, Worcester, MA repeater (actually
in Spencer, MA) was originally a CP held by a religious
broadcaster.  When they failed to get it through local zoning,
they offered it to UMass and we bought and built it.

Grady


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Fybush" <scott at fybush.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Another public station bites the dust


> Jeff Johnson wrote:
>> Here is a link to an article about KTBP, of Kilgore College, Texas, being 
>> sold to a religious satellator.
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/26/arts/music/26radio.html?hp&ex=1151380800&en=c0e1d0444178be5a&ei=5094&partner=homepage 
>> Beethoven gets Bible thumped. It never goes the other way.
>
> Not so! I know of at least one public broadcaster that's negotiating to 
> buy what's now a religious station. And there are certainly plenty of 
> stations that have gone from religious to secular commercial operation, 
> including Family Radio's former San Francisco flagship on 106.9 and even 
> what's now the Fox TV affiliate in Boston.
>
> That said, the trend is certainly in the other direction...
>
> s
>
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