FCC Actions
The FCC has proposed an amendment to the Table of FM Allotments to adjust two vacant allocations in Matador TX.
The proposal would replace the vacant Class C2 on 96.7 allocation with one on 103.1. The vacant Class C3 on 103.1 would be moved to 98.3. The moves would resolve the conflict between 96.7 and Mekaddesh Group Corporation’s 96.7 KYLB Turkey TX, which it was short-spaced to.
The FCC has entered into a Consent Decree with Marion Williams’ 105.5 W288DU Canton MS and a $1500 civil penalty for failing to timely file a license renewal application. W288DU was required to file its renewal application by February 3, 2020 ahead of its June 1 license expiration. It did not do so until April 4, 2024 multiple years after the fact. A $6500 penalty has originally been proposed last July with a base forfeiture is $3000 for failing to file a required form and $10,000 for extended periods of unauthorized operation then cut in half for being a secondary service as a translator.
Silent Notifications
Cumulus Media filed Silent STAs for all of the stations it took silent last week:
- 1440 WLWI Montgomery AL
- 1560 WLZR/107.9 W300DL Melbourne FL
- 93.7 WJBC-FM Pontiac IL
- 1340 KRMD Shreveport LA
- 1490 WLAW/99.1 W256DM Whitehall MI
- 97.5 WLAW-FM Whitehall MI
- 1240 KLIK/103.5 K278CT Jefferson City MO
- 97.5 KJMO Linn MO
- 1260 WRIE Erie PA
- 1440 KPUR Amarillo TX
- 94.9 KOLI Electra TX
Other stations filing silent STAs this week include:
- Heftel Broadcasting Company’s 94.9 KHRQ Baker CA (Alleged interference with cellular operator)
- Heftel Broadcasting Company’s 101.5 KIXF Baker CA (Alleged interference with cellular operator)
- Heftel Broadcasting Company’s 98.9 KHWY Essex CA (Alleged interference with cellular operator)
- Activist San Diego’s 89.1 KNSJ Descanso CA (Antenna damage)
- West Contra Costa Unified School District’s 88.1 KECG El Cerrito/97.7 K249DJ San Pablo CA (School stopped paying staff to manage station)
- Dockins Broadcast Group’s 1140 KPWB Piedmont MO (Tornado damage)
- Northwestern Media’s 98.7 K254DS Grand Rapids MN (Loss of path to feed primary signal)
- Jewell Schaeffer Broadcasting’s 101.3 WAGX Manchester OH (Went silent on May 20, 2024 after station manager unable to continue work due to Alzheimers)
- TBLC Media’s 880 WMDB Nashville TN (Loss of transmitter site)
- Cobra Broadcasting’s 95.9 KBRA Freer TX (Antenna damage)
FM Changes
Camellia City Communications proposes to move Country 101.7 WTHO-FM Thomson GA
