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Nearly one year to the day after joining Audacy’s “98 Rock” KRXQ Sacramento, the Bailey Show has departed the station. Host Jason Bailey, co-host NickyD and producer Josh Nelson joined KRXQ as afternoon hosts in March 2023 and then moved to mornings in July following the departure of Rob, Anybody & Dawn from the station. […] […]

Maxwell Schaeffer and Amy Sweet have exited mornings at iHeartMedia News/Talk 1040 WHO Des Moines. The duo had hosted mornings at the station since January 2021 following the retirement of Van Harden after 35 years in mornings. Schaeffer joined iHeartMedia Des Moines in 2018 as Director of Promotions and Marketing and hosting a Saturday morning […] […]

iHeartMedia Alternative “Alt 104.5” WRFF Philadelphia is revamping its on-air lineup. Assistant Program Director Amber Miller will move from nights back to her former midday timeslot hosting a split show from 10am to 12pm and 1-3pm. In between, the station will debut “Post-Modern Radio, 104.5” hosted by Jaxon from 12-1pm. The show will focus on […] […]

FCC Actions
The FM Table of Allotments has been amended to added six allocations in Hawaii following a trio of petitions for rulemaking.

SSR Communications proposed the addition of a Class A on 104.7 in Puhi on east side of the island of Kauai. A counter-proposal by Pacific Radio Group sought the frequency to be granted to a Class C3 in Kekaha on the opposite side of the island. Following FCC engineering analysis, the commission reallocated the Puhi proposal to 103.9 and Kekaha to 107.5.

SSR also proposed the allotment of a Class A on 106.3 in Lihue on the eastern side of Kauai. Pacific Radio Group filed a counterproposal for the allocation to be placed as a C3 in Princeville on the northern part of the island. The FCC’s analysis found replacement channels to allow the grant of both with the Lihue proposal moved to 107.1 and Princeville to 95.1.

In the third set of proposals, SSR sought the addition of a Class A on 102.3 in Koloa on the southeast part of Kauai. Pacific Radio Group countered with the placement of the allocation as a C3 in Waimea in the southwest. Like the other two, the FCC has granted alternate channels with Koloa getting 100.7 and Waimea 92.7.

The six channels will be made available in a future auction.

The FCC has rescinded its proposed $1500 fine against Cascade Community Radio’s 101.1 KVRN-LP Portland OR after providing tax records showing its inability to pay. The fine was proposed against KVRN-LP failing to timely file its license renewal after being granted a one year renewal term in 2022 due to prolonged periods of silence.

Pirate Actions
Notices of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting were issued to property owners Somerset Maplewood LLC for a pirate signal operating on 91.7 in Maplewood NJ and Charles Wyatt for operations on 87.9 in Greenville SC.

License Cancellations
Shaw Local Radio Co. surrenders the license of 1250 WSPL Streator IL. Its Oldies format will continue on its former translator 98.5 W253BX Streator now fed by 106.1 WYYS-HD2.

Jeff Chang turns in the license for 98.3 W252CS White Plains NY. Chang took W252CS and parent 1460 WVOX New Rochelle silent in October following the closing of his acquisition of the station from the estate of William O’Shaughnessey via MMTC Broadcasting as the stations’ tower site was not included in the deal.

Silent Notifications

Sonora Sierra Heritage Foundation’s 107.5 KJCN Sutter Creek CA (Loss of tower site)
First Assembly King’s Cathedral and Chapels’s 1570 KUAU Haiku HI (Tower site lease negotiations)
JMK Communications’ 1540 KREA Honolulu HI (Loss of transmitter site)
William Gleich’s 92.5 WFDX Atlanta MI (Financial hardship)
Five Towns College’s 1570 WFTU Riverhead NY (Went silent in August 2023 after tower site loss)
Barry Wood’s 1550 KMRI West Valley City UT (Temporary longwire not viable for commercial operation)
Dickinson County Broadcasting’s 92.1 WDIC-FM Clinchco VA (Operations not financially viable)

FM Changes
Adams Radio Group Country “US 93.3” WBTU Kendallville/Fort Wayne IN applies to raise its antenna height […]

After the termination of its LMA of 1580 WWCD/92.9 W225BS Columbus and 1550 WQCD/92.9 W225CM Delaware OH to Randy Malloy’s WWCD Ltd. to operate “CD 92.9” on February 1, ICS Communications and Delmar Media relaunched the stations as “93X” WXGT with their own Alternative format. That format last a mere five weeks as the stations […] […]

Adams Radio Group relaunched Oldies “104.5 Kool-FM” 570 KWML/104.5 K283CG Las Cruces NM as Rhythmic AC “Kool 104.5“. “The Rhythm of Cruces” debuted at 3:00pm today with the new format developed by Operations Manager Joey Hernandez and “Hot 103.1” KHQT Program Director Jackie Marquez-Wilkinson. The first hour of the new Kool 104.5 featured: Whitney Houston […] […]