[BC] Nominations For Best sounding AM

Paul Smith W4KNX paul at amtower.com
Tue Feb 23 15:46:25 CST 2010


Several years ago, WSM was supposed to flip to sports talk under a new owner
and if I recall it never happened because of the outpouring of support for
WSM.  What some of those rich country stars need to do is buy WSM from
Gaylord and then Nashville will have a 50KW TIS station.  It can be used to
promote country music and Nashville.

Paul Smith
Sarasota, FL

From: patrick roberts

 "WSM-AM has held on to the Grand Ole Opry, and it will never in our
lifetime leave WSM-AM. The country music artist are making sure
Gaylord keeps it that way."

>From what I understand WSM-AM is hemorrhaging money, and has been for
years.  WLS-AM isn't.  I think their management at LS might have a
pretty decent idea of how to still make money with their AM, unlike
WSM-AM.  Although I would LOVE to have WLS-AM go back to music at



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