Previously, WILD had run shows like Rev. Al Sharpton. They have a YouTube page with a highlight video of Screwy Louie Farrakhan talking about Lebron James and "...the Jewish controlled media". A Facebook page for WILD gave a link to a Cleveland station (WERE AM 1490) so their listeners can enjoy Warren Ballantine, Sharpton, etc. and urged them to try and get other stations to pick up the shows.
On the Boston radio dial, the station--daytime only-- is between Catholics on WQOM 1060 and conservative talk on WXKS 1200 :)
The guy who wrote this tweeted to me, “Get used to this; am told it’s a long term lease.” Boston’s black population will prob not be happy, though they do have a _pirate station_
at 106.1, “Touch FM”. (Another pirate, “Datz Hits 99.7”, was recently shut off by the FCC due to interference with a classical station, WCRB 99.5—and possibly interference to
aviation radio at Logan Airport).
Sunny Joe White rolls over in his grave...WILD had been
running: Tom Joyner, Warren Ballantine, Rev. Al Sharpton,
and soul classics after 4 pm. Some soul and gospel on
weekends. The station has to sign off at sunset due to
FCC regulations; at that point, Baltimore’s WBAL AM 1090
(Orioles, etc.) comes in instead.
This has been happening to a lot of “black” radio stations. Arbitron changed the method they use for calculating radio ratings. Instead of having participants log their listening patterns in a book, they give them an electronic device that automatically records the station and amount of time it was listened to.
The net result of this change is that they learned a whole lot of people who were putting in their diaries that they listened often to “black” radio were lying. (interestingly they learned the audience for conservative talk radio was much higher than was previously being reported).
This has sent ad rates for those stations spiraling downward and many went up for sale. The long time “black” stations here in Pittsburgh were sold to a Catholic religious group two years ago.
Let the howls of RAAAAAACISM commence...
Does CRI stream on the net?
We should know what our enemies are saying and thinking. Years ago I used to tune in radio Havana every so often, it was strange to say the least.
Not any more. Lately, they've been transmitting an unmodulated carrier on top of WBAL late at night. However, the FCC still lists them as daytime and critical hours
only. Maybe I should complain.