[BC] New PSRA/PSSA nightmare!!
Rich Wood
richwood
Fri Mar 2 10:26:43 CST 2007
------ At 10:23 AM 3/2/2007, Robert Meuser wrote: -------
>You are in fact almost correct. The buyer is Radio Disney. Remember
>the ABC stations were recently sold. The application is dated Jan
>29th 2007 and is not yet granted. I still don't see Radio Disney
>signing off on interference for nothing is return. It compromises
>their pattern in all directions and sets a precedent. Slowly as
>other stations take advantage of that precedent, the RSS just creeps
>up and up and up.
The original LMA gave Disney the right to buy WQEW at, I believe, $85
million. I doubt Citadel can void it. With the ABC/Citadel agreement
in dispute I don't think this would be a good time to introduce this.
Their lawyers are dealing with much bigger fish. Letting ABC alter
the LMA by allowing interference could prompt Disney to want to
reopen their agreement citing a reduction in value due to increased
interference. I'm not sure if Citadel would see the addition of WQEW
as a good or bad thing. After all, it is a 50Kw signal in market #1.
Not the best, but not as bad as some of the new 50's being authorized
elsewhere.
I used to work for ABC, too, and remember the 11 floors of attorneys
at headquarters.
Rich
Rich Wood
Rich Wood Multimedia
Phone: 413-454-3258
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