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Griffin Media will pull the plug on Sports “1170 The Blitz” KTSB Tulsa next week. The flip will end the Sports format that had launched in August 2021 as the station applied earlier this month to change call letters to KOTV to match its co-owned television station in Tulsa. The station’s local hosts have announced […] […]

The Museum of Broadcast Communications’ Radio Hall of Fame has announced its 2024 induction class to be awarded on Thursday, September 19, 2024, at the Omni Nashville Hotel in Nashville TN. The induction class features: Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase (hosts of the syndicated Crook & Chase countdown) Lee Harris (Former Anchor at WINS New […] […]

Liberty Media and SiriusXM have agreed to amend the merger agreement announced last December to combine Liberty’s tracking stock with the company itself. Liberty Media owns approximately 80% of SiriusXM through its LSXM tracking stock and originally the deal would’ve seen both existing companies receiving one share of the new combined company for each share […] […]

FCC Actions
Following a federal appeals court victory by the NAB and others in 2022, the FCC has revamped the Foreign Sponsorship Rules it had adopted in 2021.

The new order gives licensees to options for compliance. The first option has both the licensee and the lessee completing a written certification. The second has the lessee providing screenshots searching for their own name on two federal government databases. The order also clarifies the types of sponsorships that the identification requirements will apply to as ads for commercial products or services are exempt as are political candidate advertisements. However issue advertisements, paid PSAs, and religious programming are not exempt. Non-commercial stations remain exempt from the order

The full order can be read here.

Best Country Broadcasting’s Country 920 WBOX Bogalusa and 92.9 WBOX-FM Varnado LA has entered a Consent Decree with the FCC for failing to timely file its license renewal application in 2020 or upload documents to its Online Public File prior to May 2024.

Silent Notifications

Beasley Media Spanish Tropical “Playa” 860 WAEC Atlanta has gone silent as Beasley Family Towers Inc. has sold its 17.2 acre tower site to housing developer Toll Brothers to construct 105 townhouses. Terms of the sale are not publicly available.

One Ministries’ 88.7 KORB Hopland CA (Electrical panel repairs; transmitter move)
Maquoketa Broadcasting’s 1320 KMAQ Maquoketa IA (Transmitter breakdown)
KYAH LLC’s 540 KNAK Delta UT (Transmitter issues)

AM Changes

Lotus Broadcasting’s Sports “1230 The Game” KLAV Las Vegas applies to move to 1240, while relocating […]

Desert Valley Media Group Hip Hop/R&B “Power 98.3” KKFR Mayer/Phoenix AZ is adding Premiere Networks’ Big Boy’s Neighborhood for mornings starting Monday, June 17. Led by Kurt ‘Big Boy’ Alexander and featuring Natalia Perez, Louie G, Ani, and DJ Kwest, the addition at KKFR marks the show’s second largest market following flagship “Real 92.3” KRRL […] […]

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