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Carzo for Breakfast on Triple M Esperance

Listeners across the Esperance region are now waking up to Carzo for Breakfast as Triple M 747 Esperance announced Carwyn Church as its new Breakfast announcer.Carwyn is no stranger to radio, having discovered his love behind the microphone 20 years ago after previously occupying on-air roles for SCA in Esperance, Kalgoorlie, and Perth.Now stepping into the Breakfast announcer role permanently, Carwyn will broadcast… Read More
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US

FCC Report 4/10: Fines Proposed Against Pair Of California Translators For Late License Renewals

RFEngineers, Inc’s 106.5 K293CF Moreno Valley CA and Death Valley Natural History Association’s 88.7 K204BW Death Valley CA have both been issued Notices of Apparent Liability For Forfeiture proposing $1500 fines for failing to timely file their license renewal applications. Both translators were to be filed by August 2, 2021 ahead of their expirations on December 1, however neither licensee did so until November 29.

The following licensees have entered consent decrees over failing to maintain their Political Files:

Bicoastal Media Licenses, LLC licensee of KNTI and KXBX-FM Lakeport and KQPM and KUKI-FM Ukiah CA
Eagle Communications, Inc. licensee of twenty three stations in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska
Hightower Radio, Inc. licensee of KMOO-FM Mineola TX
Horizon Broadcasting Group, LLC licensee of KQAK Bend OR
KCMB, LLC licensee of KCMB Baker OR
KJDY, LLC licensee of KHKO Prairie City OR

The following licensees have entered consent decrees over failing to maintain their Online Public Files:

B & H, Broadcasting System, Inc. licensee of KZRB New Boston TX
Beeville Investments, LLC licensee of KTKO Beeville TX
Wiseman Media licensee of WZYX Cowan TN

The FCC has selected sixteen more provisional winners mutually-exclusive allocations from last fall’s non-comm filing window.

Eufaula Christian Radio’s 91.9 Cuthbert GA was selected over Faith Broadcasting’s application for 91.9 Eufaula AL on the claim it is eligible for a fair distribution preference based on first NCE service population totals.
National Association for the Prevention of Starvation’s application for 90.5 Elkmont AL is the selection over Madison Street Baptist Church’s 90.5 Athens, Truth Media Inc’s 90.5 Hillsboro, and Community Information and Education Radio’s 90.5 Moulton on the eligibility claim for a fair distribution preference based on second NCE service population totals.
Full Potential Ministry’s 88.7 Dover AR is selected over Radio by Grace’s 88.7 Hot Springs, His Will’s 88.7 Norman, and Calvary Chapel Pearl Harbor’s 88.7 Russellville claiming eligibility for a first NCE service fair distribution preference.
Cheyenne Broadcasting Foundation’s application for 91.9 Wilhoit AZ is selected over Hispanic American Christian Network’s 91.9 Aguila, Bradshaw Mountain Broadcasting’s 91.9 Crown King, Advance Ministries’ 91.9 Prescott, and Desert Soul Media’s 91.9 Wickenburg as the only applicant eligible for a fair distribution preference based on first NCE service population totals.
Ondas de Vida’s application for 88.1 Dewey-Humboldt AZ is selected over Cedar Cove Broadcasting’s 88.1 Groom Creek, Cosanti Foundation’s 88.1 Mayer, Advance Ministries’ 88.1 Prescott and International Scripture Ministries’ 88.1 Prescott as the only applicant to claim eligibility for a fair distribution preference.
Ondas de Vida’s application for 90.3 Silver Lakes CA is selected over Cedar Broadcasting’s 90.1 Baker CA, Teleamerica Communications West Palm Beach’s 90.5 Barstow CA, Las Vegas Public Radio’s 90.1 Indian Springs NV, and Remante Broadcasting Network’s 90.1 Indian Springs NV on the eligiblity for a fair distribution preference.
Modesto Independent Media’s application for 89.5 Los Banos CA is selected over Remante Broadcasting Network’s 89.5 Firebaugh, Teleamerica Communications West Palm Beach’s 89.5 Los Banos, Association for Community Education’s 89.7 Los Banos, and Radio Vision’s 89.5 Three Rocks as it would rovide a first NCE service to at least 5,000 more people than both RBN and ACE.
La Nueva Broadcasting’s application for 89.5 Joshua Tree CA is selected over Remante Broadcasting Network’s 89.1 Twenty Nine Palms, Advance Ministries’ 89.7 Joshua Tree, and Calvary Chapel Pearl Harbor’s 89.7 Twenty Nine Palms as it would provide a combined first or second NCE service to at least 5,000 more people than RBN.
Ethree Group’s application for 90.5 Cypress Quarters FL is selected over Northeast Gospel Broadcasting’s 90.5 Fort Pierce, World Federation of Pastors and Ministers of the Full Gospel’s 90.5 Okeechobee, Indian River State College’s 90.5 Okeechobee, and Montgomery Broadcasting’s 90.5 Okeechobee as it would provide a first NCE service to at least 5,000 more people than IRSC and Montgomery.
Legacy Broadcasting’s application for 89.9 Blairsville GA is selected over Community Public Radio’s 89.9 Commerce, Restored Together Radio’s 89.9 Homer, World Federation of Pastors and Ministers of the Full Gospel’s 89.9 Lula and Blue Mantle Educational Association’s 89.9 Maysville as the only applicant claiming eligibility for a fair distribution preference based on its first NCE service population total.
Fairmont Area Catholic Radio’s 90.1 Fairmont MN is selected over St. Gabriel Communications’ 89.9 Spencer IA, VCY America’s 90.1 Sherburn MN, and We Have this Hope Christian Radio’s 90.1 Windom MN on the claim for a fair distribution preference based on first NCE service population totals.
Full Potential Ministry’s application for 88.3 Coahoma MS is selected over Community Service Broadcasting Foundation’s 88.3 Clarksdale, Open Sky Radio Corp’s 88.1 Clarksdale, and Elijah Radio’s 88.3 Coffeeville as its proposed second NCE service exceeds Open Sky’s by more than 5,000 people.
Pathway Christian Academy’s 88.3 Rockingham NC is chosen over Church Planters of America’s 88.3 Hoffman and La Ft. L Aumon’s 88.3 Lumberton as it would provide a first NCE service to 51,764 people.
Saint Francis Xavier Church’s 88.3 Carrier OK is selected over Community Broadcasting, West Hemlock Street Church of God, Victory Bible Church and Great Plains Christian Radio, who all sought 88.3 in Enid as the only one eligible for a fair distribution preference based on second NCE service population totals.
Brazos TV’s application for 88.5 Hamlin TX is chosen over San Antonio Christian Church’s 88.9 Abilene, Iglesia Biblica de Abilene’s 88.9 Abilene, Radio Inc’s 88.9 Ballinger, and Centro Familiar de Restauracion y Vida’s 88.9 Clyde TX as the only applicant claiming eligibility for a fair distribution preference and first NCE service preference.
Araiza Revival Ministries’s 91.1 Glenville WV is selected over Art26201’s 91.1 Buckhannon, West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority’s 91.1 Elkins, Ritchie Progress Alliance’s 91.1 Harrisville, and Light of Life Community’s 91.1 Weston as it would would provide a new second NCE service to at least 5,000 more people than Ritchie Progress Alliance.

Deletions
New Hampshire Public Radio surrendered the license of silent 91.5 WSPS Bow NH. The 91.5 facility (formerly WCNH) became redundant after St. Pauls School donated 90.5 WSPS (now WCNH) Concord to NHPR in December 2020.

Faith Baptist Church’s 88.3 KPGB Pryor MT has requested cancellation of its license as former pastor Ronnie Henderson retires from their leadership. He wrote that the church “decided due to the lack of knowledge of the radio operations and the amount of time it consumes that they would not be able to continue serving the community”.

Nievezquez Productions’ 1120 WPRX Bristol CT and Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation’s 89.9 WWEB Wallingford CT have been deleted for failing to file their license renewal applications.

Epic Light Network’s 90.1 WJXP Fitchburg and Sudbury Valley Broadcasting Foundation’s 97.7 WYAJ Sudbury MA were cancelled for being silent for over one year.

AM Changes
Tim Cutforth’s 780 KJME Fountain/Colorado Springs CO applies […]

US

1090 The Patriot Launches In Seattle; KJR Moves Exclusively To 93.3

iHeartMedia completed its realignment of its Seattle cluster this morning with the launch of Conservative Talk “1090 The Patriot” KRPT. The station will feature a lineup of Premiere Networks programming including Glenn Beck from 6-9am, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton from 9am-12pm, Sean Hannity from 12-3pm, and Jesse Kelly from 3-6pm. Hannity moves from an […] […]

ASIA

Did Streaming Kill The New Music Star?

Content from BPRWhen it comes to music streaming it’s a case of “In With the Old, and Out With the New”. A new study of streaming music habits by MRC Data* contains bad news for CHR stations.70% of listening across streaming services are now older songs, while in 2021 the top 200 new songs make up just 5% of all music streaming.This is down from 11% just three years ago, highlighting that we are seeing a rise of the re-current, in the current listening environment.Source: MRC DataThese results highlight that streaming continues to be a weak platform for new music discovery. Where users have control of their own listening it seems they are defaulting to listening to established, older hits they already have a relationship with, rather than trialing music and artists that are unknown or that they’ve only heard a few times.These results also highlight that radio remains the best medium for breaking new songs and artists, with listeners much more willing to sample new music on radio than they are anywhere else. The ‘curated playlist’ nature of radio still has substantial strength, radio is still the medium where new talent can and does emerge.So, what does this mean for radio formats?For CHR stations these results are a concern, highlighting that the new music environment is deteriorating further and there will be a more limited supply of new music that listeners are familiar with.This comes at a concerning time for CHR formats, as fewer younger listeners are invested in radio (as highlighted in BPR’s recent All Audio Study). Stations have to weigh up relying on re-current songs, that have that instant recognition with listeners but potentially undo some of the “New Music” credentials of a station, or attempt to launch new songs and artists, that risk alienating an audience who are already more marginal radio listeners.These results should be a boom for classic hits and classic rock formats, where we could see more listeners switching to stations that offer their old favourites. However, there are also dangers, with more stations reliant on re-currents, along with listeners streaming these songs, it’s likely we’ll see song burn out rising faster than it once did.The traditional life cycle for an older hit is likely to be upended over the coming years.With the top hits being overplayed, expanding the base is a good strategy for these stations to essentially re-break older hits and keep listeners engaged and not reliant on the same old songs that listeners listen to on their streaming services.It also highlights the importance of ongoing music research, not just for CHR stations, but classic hits and classic rock formats as well. Listening more to older hits can result in the listeners opinions on the songs changing more rapidly than before.At BPR we can deliver music research for all formats using a range of platforms – you can contact us at [email protected]Data sourced from MRC Data. Copy of their report available here.By Sam Williams, BPR […]

ASIA

Liverpool FC Radio is coming to Asia-Pacific and Middle East

Asia Radio Concepts (ARC) has announced a working agreement with Liverpool Football Club (LFC) to establish LFC-branded radio stations throughout the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. The multi-year agreement will see the creation of the world’s first football-branded and content-driven “LFC Radio” stations.LFC Radio stations will also carry LFC content, including LFC match reports, LFC news updates, plus player and coach interviews.The introduction of LFC Radio will enhance the sight and sound offering for both football fans and corporate partners around the world.ARC director, Guy Dobson said: “The broadcast industry is highly competitive, and radio networks are always looking for that winning formula and a point of difference, and that’s where ARC and LFC Radio fits the brief perfectly”.“ARC will work closely with interested radio groups to re-programme existing radio stations in terms of both music format and content offering, to maximize audience reach in that respective market, and relaunch those stations as “LFC Radio”.“These stations will not only benefit from the content and sales expertise of the radio executives at ARC but will be associated with one of the most respected and strongest brands in the world, Liverpool Football Club,” concluded Dobson. […]

ASIA

StreamGuys unifies management of stream and content access controls

Streaming and podcast solutions provider StreamGuys has announced SGcontrol, a powerful new managed service that makes it easier for media enterprises to control how audiences access their content. Providing flexible, centralized management of stream access mechanisms including geo-targeting, geo-restriction, and tokenized authorization in a single, unified service, SGcontrol enables broadcasters and content providers to improve their market-based monetization initiatives and ensure compliance with rights restrictions.StreamGuys will showcase SGcontrol alongside other innovations at the upcoming 2022 NAB Show (April 24-27 in Las Vegas), where they will co-exhibit with technology partner ENCO. The event will also be covered by Radioinfo Asia.“In today’s complex media distribution and licensing landscape, enterprise customers increasingly need more than just a single access control mechanism,” said Robert Minnix, product manager, StreamGuys. “SGcontrol lets them flexibly combine multiple control models to ensure their business requirements are fully met and that the right audience members get the right content. Plus, as a managed service backed by StreamGuys’ renowned operational support, SGcontrol frees customers from the time-consuming effort, implementation complexity, and steep learning curve they would face if managing these access control capabilities themselves.”SGcontrol’s geography-based features can improve accuracy beyond IP address lookups with player-provided latitude and longitude. They flexibly support decision models including country, state, city, DMA, zip code, or radius distance from specified coordinates. The latter is ideal for distance-based content licensing arrangements commonly seen with sports that may not align with traditional broadcast boundaries. SGcontrol’s geo-targeting uses audience location to deliver appropriate regionalized stream variants or in- and out-of-market advertising, while geo-restriction blocks audience members outside the defined region from accessing the content for licensing compliance or audience pruning.Leveraging the latest advances in StreamGuys’ SGpasskey technology, SGcontrol’s tokenization controls lock content behind incredibly flexible protections baked into a simple token delivered alongside the stream. Tokenization is the industry-standard way that pay-per-view and subscription-based streaming is offered to consumers, requiring content to first be authenticated before it is allowed to be delivered to the consumer. Ideal for premium content enablement and secure third-party distribution, SGcontrol supports token validation rules including long- or short-term timed expiry, username lists, valid referrers, and IP lockdown.“Due to licensing, we only stream our stations in specific countries. StreamGuys’ geo-restriction capabilities keep us from getting into any legal issues with the royalty companies by preventing our streams from being accessed in unauthorized regions,” said John Whiteside, Technical Director at Houston-based RFC Media. “StreamGuys’ geo-restriction service has given us and our clients peace of mind that our streams will only be accessible in the countries where we have legal rights to allow access. And as a managed service, it is easy for us to set up geo-restriction for new stations and StreamGuys always implements our requests in a timely fashion.” […]