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Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio, Inc. will present the 2024 MIW Airblazer Award to Premiere Networks’ syndicated evening host Delilah at Morning Show Boot Camp on Friday, August 9. The MIW Airblazer Award has been given out annually at Morning Show Boot Camp since 2015. The recipient is chosen by the previous year’s recipient […] […]

Vanessa ‘V Hale’ has exited middays at Audacy Hot AC “Alice @ 97.3” KLLC San Francisco after three and a half years. Hale joined KLLC in November 2020 and began tracking the same daypart at Hot AC “The New 96.5” WTDY-FM Philadelphia in May 2023. She previously spent seven years at “Amp Radio 103.3” WODS […] […]

With Norsan Media beginning to operate the remainder of the signals it intends to acquire from Genuine Austin Radio on Saturday, June 1, the company has launched three new brands in the market under Program Director Ramon Loo. 98.5 K253AN Sunset Valley/KTXX-HD2 has flipped to Regional Mexican Oldies “Leyendas 98.5“. Core artists are listed as […] […]

FCC Actions
The FCC has rejected Reno Media Group’s application for review seeking a waiver request to increase power on 96.9 K245DC Carson City NV from 40 watts to 250 watts.

K245DC, which rebroadcasts 1270 KBZZ Sparks, currently operates as Classic Rock “The Hog” along with 92.5 K223AL Reno/106.9 KRNO-HD2. The company filed its application in January 2021 to allow the translator “to better serve its core market” claiming that due to the shape and size of the Reno market as defined by Nielsen and intervening terrain there is low conductivity and diminished reception for KBZZ in Carson City. The FCC dismissed the application stating that neither were unusual circumstances that warranted deviation from the FM Translator Siting Rule authorizing a translator rebroadcasting an AM to be within the greater of 25 miles or within the AM’s daytime 2 mV/m contour. The application sought to place the translator’s contour 42 miles from KBZZ’s translator site and beyond its 2 mV/m contour.

In dismissing the application for review, the commission finds the waiver request in direct conflict with the FCC rules and it was properly denied as there was no reference to a Nielsen market or to suggest that translators could be placed to provide service throughout a market as defined by Nielsen.

GeoBroadcast Solutions is promoting that after the FCC permitting FM Boosters to originate a limited amount of programming, a number of operators have applied to utilize their ZoneCasting technology.

Among the groups seeking to add boosters are:

Roberts Broadcasting Hip Hop 97.7 WRBJ-FM Brandon/Jackson MS, which has held CPs for boosters in Jackson, North Jackson, and Flowood MS since January 2023.
Ashley Communications’ “Eagle Country 105.5” KLCY Vernal UT, which intends to target portions of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation with four booster applications in Fort Duchesne (1, 2, 3, 4).
Radio Activo Broadcasting’s Regional Mexican “La Mejor 93.5” KADD Logandale NV was granted three CPs for boosters in Henderson, Las Vegas, and North Las Vegas.
Evans Broadcast Group’s “99.1 FM Talk” KKFT Gardnerville-Minden/Reno applied for a new booster in Stateline to target Minden and to modify its existing one covering Lake Tahoe, while co-owned AC “Fun 101” 100.9 KRFN Sparks applies for three covering different parts of Carson City (1, 2, 3).

Roberts Broadcasting owner Steve Roberts stated in a release, “ZoneCasting has already proven successful for WRBJ-FM during our testing phase, significantly enhancing our ability to serve the Jackson community with localized content. With full FCC approval now in place, we are eager to roll out this innovative technology on a larger scale. It will allow us to provide more targeted and relevant programming, while also creating new advertising opportunities for local businesses. This is a pivotal moment for our station and for the future of broadcasting.”

Silent Notifications

Volunteer Broadcasting’s 89.7 WJHO Alexander City AL (Complete license transfer to RadioAlabama Foundation)
GBI Communications’ 97.5 WBBA-FM Pittsfield IL (Loss of programming source)
Nicholls State University’s 91.5 KNSU Thibodaux LA (No staff until school resumes in August)
Penfold Communications’ 89.9 KMWC Bethany MO (Feed station issue)
Carolina Catholic Radio Networks’ 1270 WCGC Belmont NC (Financial issues, seeking sale)
University of Texas at Tyler’s 99.7 KVUT Cuney TX (Financial reasons)

FM Changes
Salem Media Group Christian AC “95.5 The Fish” WFHM-FM Cleveland seeks to relocate […]

Flinn Broadcasting has found a new LMA partner for 1240 WMSO Southaven MS/104.1 W281BR Memphis TN as Regional Mexican “El Gallo” flipped to a mix of Southern Soul, Blues and R&B as “Power 104.1 The Source“. The new brand is being operated by local event promoter Lamonte Cunningham’s ER Entertainment. It is planning to emphasize […] […]

Townsquare Media has moved its Oldies “Beach Radio” format to 101.5 WKXW-HD2 Trenton. WKXW-HD2 will also carry all 40 home games of the MLB Draft League’s Trenton Thunder. The Thunder move to 101.5 HD2 from sister “920 ESPN” WNJE, which went silent at the end of 2023. The “Beach Radio” brand launched in January 2017 […] […]