Re: [IRCA] WARM-590 gone?

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

A 5kw solid state transmitter costs at least 3x that $10,000 figure..
plus Im sure there's other work that needs to be done there,
engineering wise.

Paul Walker

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It seems kind of odd to shut the station down because of a transmitter
> failure.  Maybe the station has been losing a lot of money and this was
> perhaps a good excuse to pull the plug?  I would think the license and
> facilities are worth a couple hundred thousand, even in Scranton in a downer
> economy, and a replacement transmitter would cost - what - $10,000?  It
> seems like a prudent expenditure to protect their investment.
> WARM is or was a 5kw station at the bottom of the dial, so it should be
> worth something to a potential buyer, even if the owners need to unload it
> at a fire sale price.
>
> Bruce
>
> Tom Dimeo wrote:
>>
>> It certainly would be a shame if WARM 590 is gone.  It was such a great
>> station in previous years when owned by Susquehanna.  Is it now owned by
>> Cumulus?
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> ** Craig Healy Wrote: **
>>
>>>
>>> I've read that WARM-590 in Scranton, PA is silent due to economic
>>> conditions and a transmitter failure.  Supposedly it won't be back on the
>>> air. Has anyone noticed this?
>>>
>
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Paul B. Walker, Jr.
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