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Southwest Media Group has appointed veteran programmer Joel Burke as Market Manager of their stations in the Texas Panhandle. Burke will oversee Country 106.7 KQTY Borger, Oldies 800 KDDD Dumas/103.5 K278DB Borger, Classic Country 95.3 KDDD-FM Dumas/96.5 K243CE Amarillo, AC 1230 KGRO Pampa/99.9 K260DU Stinnett, Country 100.3 KOMX Pampa, and Classic Rock “103.3 The Arrow” […] […]

Magnum Media has flipped Classic Hits 1470 WIBD/101.3 W267CL West Bend WI to Classic Rock. Now operating as “We Rock You” under new WRYU call letters, the station has also added a second translator with 93.9 W230DJ Cedarburg (which previously operated on 104.5 rebroadcasting sister “Buzz Country 92.5” WMBZ). The two signals cover Milwaukee’s northern […] […]

FCC Actions
Following the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking about giving prioritized processing review of certain applications filed by stations that provide locally originated programming, a comment period has been opened until March 11 with replies due by April 8.

A $1500 fine has been proposed against Mendocino Environmental Center’s 105.1 KMEC-LP Ukiah CA for failing to timely file its license renewal application. The station’s application was due to be filed by August 1, 2021 ahead of its December 1 expiration, but was not filed until November 22.

Pirate Actions
Nerva and Edith Jean Philippe were issued a Notice of Illegal Pirate Broadcasting for operating on 97.1 in Providence RI.

License Cancellations
The FCC cancelled the licenses of multiple facilities that have been silent for well over one calendar year and never responded to inquiries of their operating statuses:

Rhett Snellgrove’s 1350 WELB Elba AL
Augusta Radio Fellowship’s 95.1 W236AB Douglas GA
Phoenix Radio Inc’s 94.1 W231DZ Remsen NY
High Plains Radio Network’s 92.5 KKRE Hollis OK
The Power Foundation’s 1280 WANS Anderson SC
Nikkos Consulting’s 92.7 W224DH Hilton Head Island SC

Silent Notifications

James Earley’s 1240 WJLX Jasper AL (Supposed tower theft)

AM Changes
As John Garabedean’s RHRQ Inc. prepares to acquire Bob Bittner Broadcasting’s Oldies 740 WJIB Cambridge/Boston MA, the station has applied to change frequencies […]

Broadway Media Classic Country “101.5 Hank-FM” KNAH Oakley/Salt Lake City UT is making a change in mornings as Aaron ‘Randy Bubba Black’ Goodwin will move from middays replacing Rick Dunn and Carly Cash’s self-syndicated morning show. Black joined Broadway Media in September 2022 as midday host on what was then “101.5 The Eagle” KEGA and […] […]

Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM has announced the addition of Meghan Lamontagne as its new midday host. Lamontagne previously worked in the market as iHeartMedia CHR “G105” WDCG as morning co-host and later midday host from July 2022 until exiting late last year. She is in-arena host for the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes and NWSL’s […] […]

A round of cuts have been made at Meruelo Media Los Angeles with Classic Hip Hop 93.5 KDAY Santa Monica/93.5 KDEY-FM Ontario midday host PJ Butta among those departing the company. Butta has been with KDAY since 2012 with time in afternoons and middays after a long run hosting nights at “92.3 The Beat” turned […] […]