Only station that fits all the criteria is FLOW.

That coverage would be WAY exaggerated, and that station doesn't have its own app. Also that would be incredibly over-priced. If it's real, I'd maintain that it's FLOW and just under the wrong heading.

I think that Sauga 960 is the one. The 2 mV contour encloses about 4.7 million. Incidentally, the 2 mV/m contour is an American reference only, and specifically for AM. Here we use 25, 15, 5, and 0.5
While they don't appear to have a downloadable app, there is a player function embedded in their web site.
It is rather bizarre though that it would be offered on an American site, unless they're trying to appeal to someone with dual citizenship or family connections to a Canadian citizen.
 

Last edited by Skywave (May 17, 2024 9:48 am)

There are quite a few wealthy Canadian media people living in the US and somebody could be interesting in owning or running a station that covers the GTA.  Since it looks like it has been on the market for a while with no nibbles at $5 million I think it may be Sauga 960.  Or an outside chance of CKDO in Oshawa, but they don't exactly have great dial position at 1580.  And they have the FM rebroadcaster.

Maybe Bell wants to unload CKTB St. Catharines?

 

Last edited by paterson1 (May 17, 2024 11:02 am)

Binson Echorec wrote:

paterson1 wrote:

Maybe Bell wants to unload CKTB St. Catharines?

Haven't they already?
 

OOPS, you are correct..thanks.

I'm hard pressed to think of any other AM place it could be except Sauga 960, with the possible remote exception of CJYE, the station at 1250 AM in Oakville. Everything else that's not owned by one of the Big 3 are ethnic and the ad specifies it's an English-speaking format. 

If you accept it's on the AM band, that really doesn't leave a lot of other possibilities.

100% it's 960.

RadioActive wrote:

And then the question has to be asked: Is Sauga960 really worth $3 million U.S.?

Not even close.

I guess it depends on how you define the term "stand alone." AM740 is owned by Moses Znaimer, who also runs Classical FM and a few other TV broadcast properties. Can AM 740 be a stand alone if there are other radio stations involved? I would say no, but it depends on how you look at it. 

RadioAaron wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

And then the question has to be asked: Is Sauga960 really worth $3 million U.S.?

Not even close.

I'm having a hard enough time trying to understand how the original 5.5 million price tag came about, let alone this current 3 million figure...U.S. at that!




 

RadioActive wrote:

I guess it depends on how you define the term "stand alone." AM740 is owned by Moses Znaimer, who also runs Classical FM and a few other TV broadcast properties. Can AM 740 be a stand alone if there are other radio stations involved? I would say no, but it depends on how you look at it. 

Depends on whether stand-alone defines its current status or its status once separated for its cluster after being sold.

Last edited by RadioAaron (May 18, 2024 10:36 am)

According to the CRTC filings, Bell retains ownership of the sites and can unilaterally have them vacated upon six months notice. And the decomissioning costs rest with the purchaser.  Ouch!

Skywave wrote:

According to the CRTC filings, Bell retains ownership of the sites and can unilaterally have them vacated upon six months notice. And the decomissioning costs rest with the purchaser.  Ouch!

Oh my. Between that and the state of FLOW, it's going to be a wild couple years for the CINA radio group.

Leslieville Bill wrote:

The key here is has it's own app.

And if that claim is true, and the tech specs point to AM, then TT may be right,