FCC Actions
Following the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking about giving prioritized processing review of certain applications filed by stations that provide locally originated programming, a comment period has been opened until March 11 with replies due by April 8.
A $1500 fine has been proposed against Mendocino Environmental Center’s 105.1 KMEC-LP Ukiah CA for failing to timely file its license renewal application. The station’s application was due to be filed by August 1, 2021 ahead of its December 1 expiration, but was not filed until November 22.
Pirate Actions
Nerva and Edith Jean Philippe were issued a Notice of Illegal Pirate Broadcasting for operating on 97.1 in Providence RI.
License Cancellations
The FCC cancelled the licenses of multiple facilities that have been silent for well over one calendar year and never responded to inquiries of their operating statuses:
- Rhett Snellgrove’s 1350 WELB Elba AL
- Augusta Radio Fellowship’s 95.1 W236AB Douglas GA
- Phoenix Radio Inc’s 94.1 W231DZ Remsen NY
- High Plains Radio Network’s 92.5 KKRE Hollis OK
- The Power Foundation’s 1280 WANS Anderson SC
- Nikkos Consulting’s 92.7 W224DH Hilton Head Island SC
Silent Notifications
- James Earley’s 1240 WJLX Jasper AL (Supposed tower theft)
AM Changes
As John Garabedian’s RCRQ Inc. prepares to acquire Bob Bittner Broadcasting’s Oldies 740 WJIB Cambridge/Boston MA, the station has applied to change frequencies
