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AM station has been sold SOLD! Community not pleased!
By William Murrell
August 2006
This story reminds us that Boston's WILD 1090 AM radio station has been sold.
Excerpt: Copyright (Boston Banner Newspaper)
"It wasn’t a good day for Jimmy Myers. For the last six months, he has labored over a microphone, trying to establish WILD-AM as Boston’s only black talk show. Folks were calling, ratings were going up, and for once, black folks had a community on air."
“I kept telling them, whatever you do, don’t cancel the show after three or four months,” Myers said. “It needs to build and grow.”
"Quite naturally, the owners of WILD weren’t listening. In a deal reportedly valued at $30 million in cash and announced on Monday, Radio One Inc. sold its WILD 97.7 FM station to Entercom, the nation’s fourth largest radio broadcaster. Entercom also owns WEEI, Boston’s leading sports talk station....."
link - http://bostonbanner.com/archives/stories/2006/08/082406-01.htm
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