[BC] New PSRA/PSSA nightmare!!

[Bailey, Scott]

Yea, and all the promises ABC told me as an employee!  They lied to me!
That is the reason why my little station became a Westwood One affiliate
instead of an ABC affiliate.  I have a BIG grip with ABC!

-----Original Message-----
From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Rich Wood
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 10:26 AM
To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [BC] New PSRA/PSSA nightmare!!

------ 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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