In from the cold, they say
The apparent revival of The Spy has generated a fair amount of chatter around town, and the old logo still has the 105.3 frequency, which suggests that ESPN Deportes isn’t working at the little 900-watt Kingfisher station.
Nobody seems to have mentioned the minor detail that Citadel doesn’t own the station anymore: when Citadel absorbed the ABC/Disney radio group in 2007, KINB was spun off to a temporary trust company. (KKWD was also similarly spun off, but Citadel was subsequently allowed to reacquire it.)
Possible scenarios:
- Citadel has been allowed to take back KINB and will reinstate The Spy on 105.3.
- The 105.3 reference is an oversight/red herring, and Citadel plans to put The Spy on an HD subchannel on some other station.
- The trust itself will reinstate The Spy on 105.3, presumably pending a sale (though FCC’s FM Query presently shows no applications to buy).
I suppose we’ll know more a week from today.
CGHill »
19 November 2009 · 10:32 pm
George Lang, who generally does his homework, says that Ferris O’Brien himself is acquiring the station, which is as good a sign as can be imagined under these circumstances.
CGHill »
19 November 2009 · 10:50 pm
And while we’re at it, Ferris himself says:
The Edge, of course, is the legendary Dallas/Fort Worth alt-outlet KDGE (once 94.5, now 102.1).