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FCC Report 3/6: First Non-Commercial Filing Window MX Group Resolved

The FCC has resolved the first mutually-exclusive applications from the November 2021 non-commercial filing window. Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana’s application for 90.7 Little Browning MT has been named the winner of MX Group 131 over Holy Spirit Radio’s application for 90.7 Conrad MT via the Tribal Priority for Native American Tribes.

Ed Stolz’ Silver State Broadcasting’s 790 KBET Winchester NV has been issued a Notice of Violation after the FCC Enforcement Bureau noted the tower fence gate was unlocked.

Amy Meredith’s Mega Moo Radio Company has been issued a $1500 penalty for failing to timely file its post-auction longform application for its CP won in FCC Auction 109 last summer. Mega Moo won the 100.3 Clayton OK allocation in the auction and was due to file its longform application by September 13, 2021, but did not until the next day requesting a waiver of the rules. The FCC granted the waiver, but found the penalty warranted for failing to follow the rules and not establishing good cause for the violation.

The FCC has entered into Consent Decrees with the following licensees to resolve issues pertaining to the maintenance of their online public files:

Blue Mountain Players licensee of 107.5 KCYF-FM Sutter Creek CA
Iglesia Shekina licensee of 90.5 KZTU-FM Tucumcari NM
KRML Radio, LLC licensee of 1410 KRML Carmel CA
Salt of the Earth Broadcasting, Inc. licensee of 1330 KGLD Tyler TX
Second Samoan Congregational Church of Long Beach licensee of 90.5 KPPO Mapusaga AS
Tu Voz, Inc. licensee of 91.9 KBWE Burley ID

The following stations have been issued warnings that their licenses will be cancelled on April 1 as they have failed to file renewal applications:

Nievezquez Productions’ 1120 WPRX Bristol CT
Connecticut River Educational Radio’s 97.1 WWBW-LP Higganum CT
Calvary Chapel of Southeastern Connecticut’s 100.1 WCSE-LP Ledyard CT
New Haven Educational Radio Corp’s 107.3 WNLN-LP Niantic CT
Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation’s 89.9 WWEB Wallingford CT
Calvary Fellowship of Willimantic’s 101.7 WCFV-LP Willimantic CT
Horizon Christian Fellowship’s 90.1 WJXP Fitchburg MA
Holliston High School’s 99.9 WHHB Holliston MA
Radio Redentor’s 104.9 WREA-LP Holyoke MA
M&M Community Development Inc’s 105.5 WYOB-LP Oak Bluffs MA
Salem State College Board of Trustees’ 91.7 WMWM Salem MA
Sudbury Valley Broadcasting Foundation’s 97.7 WYAJ Sudbury MA

Deletions
Genesee Community College has requested the deletion of their 90.7 WGCC-FM Batavia NY.

Multi-Cultural Diversity Radio’s 98.1 WOTO Grand Portage MN’s pending license to cover application was dismissed upon request.

FM Changes
Golden Isles Broadcasting Classic Hits “92.7 SSI” WSSI Darien and QBS Broadcasting’s Conservative Talk/Oldies 93.7 WBQO St. Simons Island GA have filed contingent applications […]

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Alpha & EMF Swap Portland & San Antonio Area Facilities

Alpha Media and Educational Media Foundation are swapping licenses in the Portland and San Antonio markets. Alpha Media will receive 102.9 K275CH Gresham OR from EMF. Alpha has been operating the translator (originally on 102.7) since 2014. It has been Hip Hop “We 102.9” fed via 101.9 KINK-HD2 Portland since September 2019. EMF will receive […] […]

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Chris Malone Joins KJLH As Program Director

Adult R&B 102.3 KJLH Compton/Los Angeles has announced the appointment of Chris Malone as Program Director. Malone succeeds the late Jamillah Muhammad at the station owned by Stevie Wonder’s Taxi Productions. He joins the station from MusicMaster, where he served as a music scheduling consultant. Malone has previously programmed Adult R&B 97.7 WKAF Boston, Classic […] […]

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Coast Country 103.9/106.3 Debuts In Delmarva

Draper Media has completed its format restructuring in Salisbury/Ocean City following the purchase of CHR “OC104” 103.9 WOCQ Berlin and Oldies “Kool Oldies 104.3/105.1” W282AW Salisbury/W286BB Ocean Pines MD from Adams Radio Group. The company launched “Coast Country 103.9/106.3” at noon today. WOCQ, which had been redirecting listeners to new sister Hot AC 102.5 WBOC-FM, […] […]

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Audacy Promotes Chris Ebbott To Los Angeles VP/Programming & Operations

Audacy has announced it has promoted Chris Ebbott to Vice President of Programming and Operations for its Los Angeles stations. Ebbott has been with the Los Angeles cluster since 2014, most recently as corporate Classic Hits Vice President and Brand Manager of Classic Hits “K-Earth 101.1” KRTH and “Sunny 98.1” KXSN San Diego. He previously […] […]

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Edwin 'EeE' Guevara Departs WPST

Edwin ‘EeE’ Guevara has departed Townsquare Media CHR 94.5 WPST Trenton NJ after six years with the station. Guevara joined WPST as evening host in December 2015 and rose to Promotions Director and afternoon host in August 2018. He later added Music Director duties and tracked afternoons for many of Townsquare Media’s other CHRs. Prior […] […]