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Re: WABC Radio Sold for $12.5 Million
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2019, 1732 UTC »

Wasn't that Cousin Brucie's salary there in 1974?  ;)

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Re: WABC Radio Sold for $12.5 Million
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2019, 1951 UTC »
 A little known fact about John Catsimatidis, that name is an alias. He's really the late Jay Smilkstein's Uncle Shleckstein. You can't deny the family resemblance. Catsimatidis bought both the A&P groceries in the greater NYC area and Jay's favorite AM station to honor his nephew, Jay. Will Jay Smilkstein's legacy ever end?

I understand longtime WABC fixture John Batchelor is in bad shape. I hope they let him continue on until he's ready to hang it up. In a MW band full of shows hosted by reactionary shouters, Batchelor was the voice of reason on that side of the aisle. When he and Larry Kudlow were co-hosting in late evening hours, it was always informative and funny. Batchelor once said he suspected the management at WABC thought he and Larry were, "Dope fiends in suits. They left us alone.".

Larry and his lil' ponytail, lol! I've noticed he's cut it off since he's gone to Washington to keep DJT out of trouble.

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Re: WABC Radio Sold for $12.5 Million
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2019, 2130 UTC »
Not keeping track, but there must be more right wing talk radio hosts that turned into Republican polititans than DJT could count using his fingers and toes.

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Re: WABC Radio Sold for $12.5 Million
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2019, 2202 UTC »
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Re: WABC Radio Sold for $12.5 Million
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2019, 0225 UTC »
I was there about a year ago  main tower guys need attention lots of lack of maintenance over the years.  Main is DX50 if you consider the property value alone they gave it away at 12 million  Would make a real nice pirate station

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Re: WABC Radio Sold for $12.5 Million
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2019, 0626 UTC »
From some comments on another radio forum, $12.5 million is pretty low for market #1.

Maybe the new owner can make some money with the station and keep it on the air. Legacy station and all, you know.

It would be sad to see a station like that disappear.
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Re: WABC Radio Sold for $12.5 Million
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2019, 1823 UTC »
Let's keep things mostly radio related. Thanks.

Yeah but what do you think a rep owner is going to do to an ostensibly liberal station?
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Re: WABC Radio Sold for $12.5 Million
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2019, 0509 UTC »
Let's keep things mostly radio related. Thanks.

Yeah but what do you think a rep owner is going to do to an ostensibly liberal station?

Simple...rebrand it as "Super Tejano 770!"

They got a DX-50 which was one of the most solid AM rigs Harris made...much better than is successor the 3DX-50.  I never have seen of of those run at full power for long.

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Re: WABC Radio Sold for $12.5 Million
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2019, 0532 UTC »
That's what happened to Dale Gribble's FM station. His pal Octavio bought it and played a licensed Tejano station into the mic via a boombox. IMO, Dale was the model for Alex Jones, nothing but wild conspiracies and "All Gribble, All The Time."

Dale could hit McMaynerberry when the wind was blowing right. His like won't be seen again.

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Re: WABC Radio Sold for $12.5 Million
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2019, 0859 UTC »
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Re: WABC Radio Sold for $12.5 Million
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2019, 1821 UTC »
Bill Dauterive : How'd you know about the stealth helicopters?

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Re: WABC Radio Sold for $12.5 Million
« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2019, 2129 UTC »
WABC liberal? You can't get any more corporate!

A NYC station should have NYC talent, like this guy: (standard disclaimer)

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Re: WABC Radio Sold for $12.5 Million
« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2019, 2250 UTC »
I used to love the "King of The Hill" episodes when Dale and Cotton were in cahoots. The tale of Hank's real birthplace combined Cotton and his crew trying to kill Castro in 1959 and the theft of Santa Ana's leg rolled into one episode was a masterpiece.

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Re: WABC Radio Sold for $12.5 Million
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2019, 2205 UTC »



WABC morning hosts Sid Rosenberg and Bernie McGuirk interviewing John Catsimatidis about his plans (or lack thereof) for WABC:

https://musicradio77.com/other/John%20Catsimatidis%20Interview%20-%20WABC%20-%207-1-19.mp3
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