AU & NZ

Excellent humans: Ty Frost on the tight-knit group that makes Smooth so special

Ty Frost always assumed a career in radio would mean a life on the move.That’s likely because he spent the first eight years of his life celebrating his birthday in a different town.As the Smooth FM Mornings host tells Radio Today “My father was also a radio announcer, with a remarkable knack for either getting… Read More
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US

FCC Report 8/3: FCC Waives Biennial Ownership Requirements For 18 Months

FCC Actions

The FCC is waiving the requirement for broadcast licensees to file biennial ownership reports for 18 months. The next filing window for the the reports was set to take place between October 2 and December 1, but the commission notes that there “is good cause to waive the biennial ownership report filing requirement for a period of 18 months and set a new filing deadline of June 1, 2027 or until further notice, whichever comes first.” The biennial filing is one of the requirements that the FCC is considering removing as it “is a costly and burdensome requirement without a sufficient offsetting public benefit.”

Full-power licensees will still be required to file an ownership report after the granting of an application for an original construction permit, with an application for a station license, and after the consummation of authorized assignments or transfers of permits and licenses.

License Cancellations

West Virginia Wesleyan College surrenders the license for 92.1 WVWC Buckhannon WV.

Silent Notifications

KWTF Radio’s 88.1 KWTF Bodega Bay CA (Loss of tower site)
High Plains Radio Network’s 1090 KVOP Plainview TX (Towers destroyed by storms)
Monticello Media’s 1260 WCHV Charlottesville VA (Prepare site for diplexing of 1400 WKAV)

AM Changes

After losing its former tower in the deadly helicopter crash last October, Pueblo de Galilea’s Black Talk 1230 KCOH applies to move […]

AU & NZ

The Fox’s Tim Lee voted Australia’s #1 music announcer in radio’s Magnificent Seven

Tim Lee has been voted the best music announcer currently on Australian radio in the Game Changers Radio podcast’s The Magnificent Seven.Up against six other contenders, the high-energy host and Assistant Content Director at Melbourne’s 101.9 The Fox took the crown just ahead of Triple M’s ‘Dangerous’ Dave Williams.Also on the list were Nic Kelly… Read More
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