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WECK Buffalo Owner Buddy Shula Acquires WHLD Niagara Falls, N.Y.
He turned a one-lung AM station at 1230 AM into a successful oldies outlet in the market. What are his plans now that he has his hands on AM 1270, currently a conservative talk format? So far, this Buddy isn't sparing a dime about what he'll do with his newest acquisition, which is easier to get in the GTA than WECK or any of its FM rebroadcasters.
But not always by much.
"WHLD uses a five-tower array for 5kw during daylight hours and 1kw at night, using a directional two-pattern signal. This puts a signal over Niagara Falls and Buffalo in addition to St. Catharines, Ont., and much of the Greater Toronto Area."
Shula has turned dross into gold before. It will be fun to see what he does with HLD. By the way, the price of buying a station ain't what it used to be. Shula's cost for 1270? Just $150,000.
Buddy Shula Gets A Second AM In Buffalo
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Re: WECK Buffalo Owner Buddy Shula Acquires WHLD Niagara Falls, N.Y.
$150K usd. A steal.
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It will be interesting to see if he flips formats or not. WHLD's site is southwest of Buffalo, so the coverage to the east, including downtown Buffalo, is quite constrained because of the protection to WHTK 1280 Rochester. WECK, despite its 1 kw power, is non-directional and is actually a lot stronger in the core of Buffalo. WHLD is aimed boresight at Niagara Falls, so a lot stronger there.
The construction permit for 5 kW day, 143 watts night dates back to 1999. They got a subsequent increase to 1 kW night.
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Skywave wrote:
It will be interesting to see if he flips formats or not. WHLD's site is southwest of Buffalo, so the coverage to the east, including downtown Buffalo, is quite constrained because of the protection to WHTK 1280 Rochester. WECK, despite its 1 kw power, is non-directional and is actually a lot stronger in the core of Buffalo. WHLD is aimed boresight at Niagara Falls, so a lot stronger there.
The construction permit for 5 kW day, 143 watts night dates back to 1999. They got a subsequent increase to 1 kW night.
Given all that, he’s probably just going to simulcast WECK on it.
Regardless, it definitely will be flipped from syndicated conservative talk.
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I'm not sure exactly what the rules are on this, but doesn't WHLD also have to be careful not to interfere with CJTM, the Metropolitan Toronto University (i.e. the former-Ryerson) radio station at 1280 AM? It's all of 99 watts, so you can barely get it out of the downtown core, but I suppose another stronger signal on 1270, even if it's a weak one from a distance might possibly be a problem.
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Re: WECK Buffalo Owner Buddy Shula Acquires WHLD Niagara Falls, N.Y.
The last station in accepts interference from pre-existing stations. CJTM at 99 watts is below the 100 watt minimum for AM protected status in any event.
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I unfortunately picked up MET Radio one afternoon a few months back here in Burlington. None other than Desmond Cole elucidating his deep thoughts on Jewish people.