Comments on: XFM News http://www.mattdeegan.com/2008/04/11/xfm-news/ Matt Deegan's home on the web Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:32:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: A trawl around the web, April 13th to April 14th - blog - James Cridland http://www.mattdeegan.com/2008/04/11/xfm-news/comment-page-1/#comment-75311 A trawl around the web, April 13th to April 14th - blog - James Cridland Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:49:19 +0000 http://www.mattdeegan.com/2008/04/11/xfm-news/#comment-75311 [...] XFM news [Matt Deegan]Matt breaks the news that XFM is no longer for sale (at least, in two areas), and makes a few valid observations. Very peculiar, all that. [...] [...] XFM news [Matt Deegan]Matt breaks the news that XFM is no longer for sale (at least, in two areas), and makes a few valid observations. Very peculiar, all that. [...]

]]> By: Ian Devlin http://www.mattdeegan.com/2008/04/11/xfm-news/comment-page-1/#comment-75197 Ian Devlin Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:29:21 +0000 http://www.mattdeegan.com/2008/04/11/xfm-news/#comment-75197 Surprised that South Wales is the one to be sold, the station has only been running for 5 months and has GLC members on drive who are pretty good. There's also a decent size market for X in Wales though IMHO Kerrang would have suited the market better. It just makes a mockery of the OFCOM licensing process if a station is awarded a 12 year license and their parent company decide to sell it less than 6 months after launch. Surprised that South Wales is the one to be sold, the station has only been running for 5 months and has GLC members on drive who are pretty good. There’s also a decent size market for X in Wales though IMHO Kerrang would have suited the market better.

It just makes a mockery of the OFCOM licensing process if a station is awarded a 12 year license and their parent company decide to sell it less than 6 months after launch.

]]> By: Craig W http://www.mattdeegan.com/2008/04/11/xfm-news/comment-page-1/#comment-75144 Craig W Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:24:58 +0000 http://www.mattdeegan.com/2008/04/11/xfm-news/#comment-75144 I think it's a barmy decision to sell South Wales given that, at the moment, it's the strongest sounding station of the network. Add this to the fact that there is a real appetite for it here and you've got to wonder why they would offload it - as you say, there's probably a decent set of offers on the table for it and thus they wish to cash it in. Such a shame. I think it’s a barmy decision to sell South Wales given that, at the moment, it’s the strongest sounding station of the network. Add this to the fact that there is a real appetite for it here and you’ve got to wonder why they would offload it – as you say, there’s probably a decent set of offers on the table for it and thus they wish to cash it in.

Such a shame.

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