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Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio and Country Radio Seminar have announced the selection of 95.7 WKML Fayetteville NC Program Director and morning show co-host Sarah Weaver as inaugural MIW in Country Radio Mentee. Weaver began her career at KMV Anchorage AK before joining WKML in 2016 as midday host. She moved to mornings and […] […]

License Cancellations
Langer Broadcast Group’s 1410 WZBR Dedham/Boston and translator 98.1 W251CR Medford MA were cancelled as both were silent or operating with unauthorized facilities for more than a year. WZBR went silent on March 5, 2023 following the death of owner Alex Langer. The station filed a resumption of operation with the FCC noting that it was operating with 10 watts from a different location and then filed an STA to operate with those facilities a week later. WZBR then filed to go silent again on April 2.

Southern Oregon University’s 1490 KSYC Yreka CA was cancelled after failing to respond to an FCC inquiry into its operational status. The commission noted that KSYC has been silent since at least July 19, 2022.

The FCC has cancelled American Asset Management’s 1390 KHOB Hobbs NM with the station recorded as silent since June 28, 2022. The licensee failed to respond to the FCC’d operational inquiry in February.

Silent Notifications

Iroquois County Broadcasting Company’s 1360 WIBK Watseka IL (Isolation circuitry issues in directional array)
JAM Media Solutions’ 104.1 WCXL Kill Devil Hills NC (Loss of tower site)
Sound of Life’s 89.7 WSSK Saratoga NY (Tower dismantled after truck crashed into guy wire)
Horizon Christian Fellowship’s 91.1 WXEV Bradford RI (Copper theft/recurring vandalism)
El Sembrador Ministries’ 1520 KYND Cypress TX (Lightning/Flood damage)
S Content Marketing’s 94.1 KJAZ Point Comfort TX (Loss of tower site)

FCC Actions
The FCC is opening a comment period for Hispanic Target Media’s proposal to modify the FM Table of Allotments.

Hispanic Target Media’s Regional Mexican “Radio Amigo” 106.1 KPQP Panhandle TX applied last September to move to 94.9 to a site closer to Amarillo with 25kW/99.8m. To make that move possible, the vacant Class C1 on 94.9 in Canadian TX would be moved to 104.9 pending a counter-proposal.

AM Changes
Lotus Communications proposes triplexing “ESPN 1100/100.9” KWWN Las Vegas to […]

Cumulus Media Savannah GA Operations Manager Gary ‘DJ Rax’ Sheton passed away on Wednesday, May 1 from unknown causes at the age of 49. Shelton joined Cumulus Savannah as Program Director of Adult R&B “Magic 103.9” WTYB and PD/afternoon host of Hip Hop “E93” WEAS-FM in 2018 and rose to cluster Operations Manager in January […] […]

Nielsen continues its release of the March 2024 diary surveys today. Today’s markets include monthly ratings for Monthly ratings for Akron, Charleston SC, Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz, and Syracuse. Eastlan Ratings also released its March monthlies for Anchorage AK, Bend OR, Billings MT, Charleston WV, Elkhart IN, Florence/Muscle Shoals AL, Hot Springs AR, Johnson City/Kingsport/Bristol, Kalispell MT, […] […]

As it proceeds through its Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation and sale of its properties to Davis Media, JAM Media Solutions has had to take two of its four properties in the Outer Banks silent while moving one of the brands to a new location. Hot AC “Beach 104” WCXL Kill Devil Hills is currently heard […] […]

The recent return of jingles to WLS-FM Chicago marked a turning point for both fans of radio jingles and TM Studios. After a decade, a station with one of the most famous musical signatures in radio history was embracing its iconic sound, rather than trying to prove its 2024 relevance without them. Within days, says […] […]