FCC Actions

Nanette Valdez-Schwartz has been issued a $1000 fine for failing to timely file her longform application after winning 101.1 Medicine Bow WY in FCC’s Auction 109 last summer. Valdez-Schwartz was required to submit the application by September 13, 2021 but did not do so until the 27th and failed to request a waiver for the late filing. The FCC has dropped the fine from the originally proposed $3000 as she proactively reached out to Bureau staff during the auction process, as well as her filing the Application on the same day that she paid the balance of her winning auction bid, which the FCC notes support Valdez-Schwartz’s assertion that her late application filing was wholly inadvertent.

The FCC has selected another nineteen provisional winners of mutually-exclusive applications from last fall’s non-commercial filing window.

• Arizona Western College’s application for 90.1 Quartzsite AZ is selected over Remante Broadcasting Network’s 89.9 La Paz Valley AZ and Association for Community Education’s 90.1 Desert Center CA as it would provide service to at least 5,000 more people than Remante.
• Good News Broadcasting Network’s application for 89.3 Pinon AZ is selected over Indian Country Grassroots Support’s 89.3 Newcomb NM and Crownpoint Baptist Church’s 89.3 Standing Rock NM as it will provide new first NCE service to at least 5,000 more people than ICGS.
• Radio Bilingue’s application for 90.7 San Miguel CA is selected over Ondas de Vida and Poder de Dios Centro Familiar’s applications for 90.9 Paso Robles as it claims eligibility for a fair distribution preference based on providing a second NCE service to 2,367 people while the others do not.
• Friends of Black Rock High Rock’s application of 90.9 Doyle CA is selected over Nevada City Community Broadcast Group’s 90.9 East Quincy CA and Sonrise Church Dba Calvary Chapel Of Northwest Reno’s 90.9 Spanish Springs NV as it would would provide new first NCE service to 3,045 people.
• San Tan Educational Media’s application for 89.5 Alma CO is selected over The Open Mind Project and Specialized Educational Broadcasting’s applications for 89.7 Aspen as it claims fair distribution preference.
• Revival Christian Ministries’s application for 90.9 Bolton CT is selected over New River Community Church and Connecticut Public Broadcasting’s applications for 90.9 Manchester as it is eligible for a fair distribution preference based on second NCE service population totals.
• Centro Familiar de Restauracion y Vida’s application for 89.5 Eastpoint FL is selected over Ethree Group’s 89.3 Carrabelle and Calvary Chapel Pearl Harbor’s 89.5 Port St. Joe for providing a first NCE service to 13,644 people.
• Living Springs Retreat’s application for 91.5 Bowdon GA is selected over B. Jordan Communications Corporation and Life Radio Ministries applications for 91.5 Franklin GA as it would serve at least 5,000 more people.
• Faith Lutheran Church’s application for 88.7 Odebolt IA is selected over St. Gabriel Communications application for 88.7 Carroll and Minn-Iowa Christian Broadcasting’s for 88.7 Eagle Grove as it would provide a first NCE service to at least 5,000 more people than St. Gabriel’s.
• KRH Educational Foundation’s application for 91.9 Liberal KS is selected over Libertad en Cristo Ministries’ 91.5 Liberal and Radio Vida Kansas’ 91.7 Sublette KS on the claim it is eligible for a fair distribution preference based on second NCE service population totals.
• Crossroads Worship Center’s application for 88.1 Hayti MO is selected over Pure Word Communications’ 88.1 Sikeston MO and Violet FM’s 88.1 Henning TN as it would provide a first or second NCE service to at least 5,000 more people than Pure Word’s next best application.
• Delta State University’s application for 89.5 Shelby MS is selected over Community Service Broadcasting Foundation’s 89.7 Cleveland MS and Ivory Enterprise Foundation’s 89.5 Memphis TN for being eligible for a fair distribution preference based solely on second NCE service population totals.
• Centro Familiar de Restauracion Y Vida’s application for 89.1 Caddo Ok is selected over St. William Parish’s 89.1 Durant OK on fair distribution preference eligibility.
• Western Oklahoma Catholic Faith Foundation’s application for 88.7 Elk City OK is selected over Western Oklahoma Catholic Faith Foundation’s 88.7 Altus and Top O’ Texas Educational Broadcasting Foundation’s 88.7 Sayre as it claims eligibility for a fair distribution preference.
• Growing Christian Foundation’s application for 90.5 Centerville WA is selected over Iglesia Casa de Milagros’s 90.9 The Dalles OR and First Baptist Church of Riverview’s 90.5 The Dalles on being eligible for a fair distribution preference.
• Growing Christian Foundation’s application for 89.3 Wishram WA is selected over
  Cascade Educational Broadcast Service’s 89.3 Hood River OR and Radio Tierra’s 89.3 Bingen WA for fair distribution preference eligibility.
• Solid Foundation Broadcasting Corporation’s application for 91.9 Halifax VA is selected over La Ft L Aumon NP and Pathway Christian Academy’s 91.9 Danville VA for being entitled to a first NCE service preference.
• Farmville Seventh Day Adventist Church’s application for 89.5 Farmville VA is selected over The Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia’s 89.5 Appomattox and Calvary Chapel Pearl Harbor’s 89.5 Flood for being entitled to a first NCE service preference.
• Christian Ministries’ application for 89.3 Derby Center VT is selected over North Country Community Radio’s 89.3 Concord and Vermont Public Co.’s 89.3 St. Johnsbury for being entitled to a first NCE service preference.

FM Changes

After its 2000 foot tower was destroyed by Hurricane Ida last August, iHeartMedia Variety Hits “104.1 The Spot” KVDU Houma LA makes its first move towards establishing a new permanent location.