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After a little over five years as Chief Operating Officer at Seven Mountains Media, Jim Loftus is exiting the company to join Times-Shamrock Communications as Chief Executive Officer. Loftus will succeed Jim Lewandowski, who will step down from the position on December 31. Loftus previously served as Chief Operating Officer for Times-Shamrock from 1997 until […] […]

Cumulus Media has announced the promotion of Bridget England to Program Director of “96 Rock” WFTK Lebanon/Cincinnati OH. England has spent her entire career with the Cumulus and previously Susquehanna cluster starting as an intern. She would join “96 Rock” when it launched in 2007 and co-hosted mornings as ‘Mistress Bridget’ with Michael ‘Fin’ Walter […] […]

Broadcast Hippo Digital Media Rhythmic Hot AC “Party 103.3” W277BI Toledo/WTOD-HD2 Delta OH has ceased operations after fifteen months. The station’s morning show hosted by station operator ‘Andrew Z’ Zepeda and Demetrius Nicodemus will join Patton Advertising’s Country “107.7 The Wolf” WPFX-FM Luckey/Toledo on Tuesday, December 5. Prior to launching “Party 103.3“, Zepeda hosted mornings […] […]

Paramount’s CBS Audio Network and Skyview Networks announced today the multi-year renewal of their distribution and network audio sales partnership. Since initially partnering in 2018 and following a successful renewal in 2020, the award-winning network and the industry-leading audio solutions company will continue leveraging their expertise to drive revenue results for CBS’s news and music […] […]

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FCC Actions
The FCC has issued a Notice of Violation to SDK Franco’s 92.5 K223CW Houston for multiple violations.

Following an inspection in May following a complaint, FCC agents noted the following violations: 1) Receiving their parent signal by method other than over the air as it was retransmitting Gow Media’s 97.5 KFNC-HD2 Mont Belvieu (which is not believed to exist) via an internet stream. 2) Operating with a directional pattern not licensed as the translator was licensed to operate with a log-periodic antenna radiating at an azimuth of 220°, but was instead utilizing a yagi antenna radiating at an azimuth of approximately 310°. 3) The translator was operating with a transmitter output power of 100 watts when licensed to broadcast with an ERP of 28 watts horizontal and output power of 7 watts.

K223CW operates as “ESPN 92.5” mostly simulcasting Gow’s “ESPN 97.5” KFNC breaking away from the main content feed for some events, which was supposed the be fed from a separate programming feed on KFNC-HD2.

Pirate Actions

Nine Boston area property holders have been issued Notices of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting due to they or tenants of theirs engaging in unauthorized broadcasts. The FCC notes that the otices formally notify landowners of the illegal broadcasting activity occurring on their property; inform landowners of their potential liability for permitting such activity to occur on their property; demand proof that the illegal broadcasting has ceased on the property; and request identification of the individual(s) engaged in the illegal broadcasting.

The warnings were issued to:

Jean Chery and Marie Chery for operating on 89.3 Boston MA
Marie Pierre for operating on on 96.5 Brockton MA
Pierre Napoleon for operating on 100.1 Brockton MA
Andre Jeanty and Racimene Jeanty Reme for operating on 105.3 Brockton MA
New Fellowship Baptist Church, Inc. for operating on 87.7 in Dorchester MA
New Fellowship Baptist Church, Inc. for operating on 88.5 Dorchester MA
Pierre Forges for operating on 100.1 Mattapan MA
Robert Perello for operating on 107.5 Mattapan MA
Hugues St. Fleur and Clauda St. Fleur for operating on 105.3 in Randolph MA

Silent Notifications

Copper Mountain Broadcasting Company’s 92.1 KKCM Thermal CA (Loss of tower lease)
Zoe Communications’ 1450 WELY Ely MN (FM programming source off the air)
Zoe Communications’ 94.5 WELY-FM Ely MN (Antenna Damage)
Hyde County Board of Education’s 89.5 WHYC Swan Quarter NC (Transmitter failure)
Agape Educational Media’s 89.1 KAGP Greenwood TX (Loss of tower lease)
S Content Marketing’s 94.1 KJAZ Point Comfort TX (Loss of tower lease)

AM Changes
Latino Media Network’s “TUDN 1010” KLAT Houston […]