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Dean Freeman’s JDD Radio LLC has completed its move of Adult R&B “104.5 The Flame” WFLM White City FL to 104.7 Palm Beach Shores/West Palm Beach. Keeping its prior branding and format, the new “104.7 The Flame” debuted today under Program Director Reggie Dee. Dee previously spent fifteen years across town at Hubbard Adult R&B […] […]

The FCC has issued its quarterly station count list showing continued drops in the number of AM, commercial FM, and LPFM totals, while total radio licenses is up due to the growth of non-commercial FMs.

40 AM licenses were turned in over the course of 2023 with 175 lost in the last five years. Ahead of the recent filing window, the number of LPFMs dropped by 48 last year down to 1967 current licenses down from its peak of 2172 in December 2018.

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Two LPFM licensees were issued Notices of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for failing to timely file license renewals proposing $1500 fines. Cascade Community Radio’s 101.1 KVRN-LP Portland OR and Spokane Translator Association’s 100.3 KVFS-LP Spokane WA were both granted one year license renewals in 2022 due to prolonged periods of silence during their previous terms and were required to file their next license renewal by October 1, 2023. Neither station did so until November 16, 2023.

Pirate Actions
Matovu Realty LLC was issued a Notice of Pirate Radio Broadcasting for an unlicensed signal on 99.3 in Bronx NY.

Silent Notifications

Good Guys Broadcasting’s 700 WARB Dothan AL (Transmitter issues)
Atlantic Coast Radio’s 1440 WRED Westbrook ME (Loss of power to transmitter site)
Townsquare Media’s 1470 WFNT Flint MI (Economic conditions)
Townsquare Media’s 97.5 WTBD-FM Delhi NY (Economic conditions)
Townsquare Media’s 100.3 WDHI Delhi (Economic conditions)
Townsquare Media’s 94.7 WIYN Deposit NY (Economic conditions)
Phoenix Radio’s 1480 WRCK Remsen NY (Loss of programming)
Common Frequency’s 88.1 KQCF Chiloquin OR (Inadvertent non-compliance)
Holdsworth Educational Media’s 91.7 KPIT Pittsburg TX (Technical issues)
Ivan James’ 105.7 KJVI Robert Lee TX (Severe interference from unlicensed station)
Tri Cities Divestiture Trust’s 97.5 KOLW Basin City WA (Economic conditions)
Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting’s 92.7 KIQZ Rawlins WY (Financial limitations / Seeking a buyer)
Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting’s 1240 KRAL Rawlins WY (Financial limitations / Seeking a buyer)

AM Changes

Since losing its tower site in 2020 and operating under various STAs, Metro Radio Inc’s Regional Mexican “La Ley 97.7/106.3” 1460 WKDV Manassas VA proposes […]

After a round of layoffs at the end of November that saw Cumulus Media Sports 680 KNBR/104.5 KNBR-FM San Francisco end its evening local talkshow, the station has reversed course and will debut “Sportsphone KNBR” in the 6-9pm timeslot on Tuesday, January 16. A host is to-be-determined as the show returns to a variation of […] […]

Nielsen continues its releases of the December 2023 and Fall 2023 diary surveys today. Today’s markets include December monthly ratings for Dayton, Fort Myers, Grand Rapids, Metro Fairfield County, Tucson and Tulsa. Fall ratings for Danbury, Fort Smith, Kalamazoo, Lima/Van Wert, McAllen/Brownsville/Harlingen, Muskegon, New Haven, and Sarasota. Coming next week: On Tuesday, January 16: December […] […]

Alpha Media has appointed Tim Richards through his Tim Richards Media consultancy as Content Director of Country “98.7 The Bull” KUPL Portland. Richards launched his consultancy along with the late Steve Smith in 2020. He previously has a long run in Phoenix with stints from 2011 to 2020 with stints as Show Director for the […] […]

I didn’t know what the song on KBSO (Retro 94.7) Corpus Christi, Texas, was. It was stumping Shazam and SoundHound. It sounded like one of the many unlikely “Euro” hits that made their way to Texas radio in that 1989-91 moment when Depeche Mode and New Order became core CHR artists. WHBC-FM (Mix 94.1) Canton, […] […]