Month: August 2021

US

FCC Report 8/1: Hope Christian Church Surrenders One South Jersey FM To Upgrade Another

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FCC Actions
Twenty years after being forced by the U.S. Court of Appeals to suspend collection of annual gather workforce composition data from broadcasters until issues regarding confidentiality of the employment data were resolved, the FCC is opening a comment period to refresh the record regarding the collection of broadcaster workforce composition data and obtain further input on the legal, logistical, and technical issues surrounding FCC Form 395-B.

The FCC continues to reach consent decrees with operators over missing documents from their online political files. Each of the groups have agreed to admission of liability and compliance plans:

Brandy Communications licensee of KOFO Ottawa KS
Carter Broadcast Group, Inc. licensee of KPRS Kansas City MO
Flood Communications of Beatrice, LLC licensee of KWBE Beatrice and KUTT Fairbury NE
Flood Communications West, LLC licensee of KSID and KSID-FM Sidney NE
Legacy Communications, LLC licensee of KMTY Gibbon and KRGI and KRGI-FM Grand Island NE
McGrath Publishing Company licensee of KVSV and KVSV-FM Beloit KS
Reyes Media Group, Inc. licensee of KCZZ Mission and KDTD Kansas City KS
WJAG, Inc. licensee of KQKX and WJAG Norfolk NE and KEXL Pierce NE

The FCC has also entered into a consent decree with Donze Communications, Inc.’s 93.1 KBDZ Perryville MO for failure to maintain its online public file.

Dismissals
The FCC has dismissed Roy Henderson’s S Content Marketing’s June 2020 application to increase Country 98.3 KULM-FM Columbus TX from a Class A to C1 with a move to 98.7 due to failure to comply with spacing requirements and the involuntary channel substitution proposed for 98.7 KTXN-FM Victoria to 98.3.

Deletions
Confirming to the FCC that 1450 WMVA Martinsville VA has been silent since January 2019, Martinsville Media has surrendered that station’s license.

Hope Christian Church of Marlton’s has turned in the license of Christian “Hope-FM 90.5 WLOM Somers Point NJ. Hope Christian Church acquired then WXGN in 2020 for $100,000. The surrender of WLOM allows the church to upgrade one of its other stations (see below).

FM Changes
With the surrender of WLOM, Hope Christian Church of Marlton applies […]

ASIA

Rapper BlaaZé to host breakfast show on Radio One Chennai

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Lakshmi Narasimha Vijaya Rajagopala Sheshadri Sharma Rajesh Raman aka “BlaaZé” is the new breakfast host of “Good Morning Chennai” at Radio One International in Chennai, India.
The show will air weekday mornings from 7 am to 12 pm.
BlaaZé, the pioneer of Independent Rap music In India was born in Chennai & grew up in Zambia, before moving to the US, UK and finally back to Chennai over 15 years ago .
BlaaZé and Double Oscar and Grammy winner A R Rahman, have collaborated and delivered several blockbuster hits, including two songs as a lyricist/rapper on Slumdog Millionaire, and Vince Vaughn’s Couple’s Retreat, in the international space
At home BlaaZé has worked on over 100 India film songs, including writing of the official UN Anthem For Poverty, ‘Pray For Me, Brother’ with A R Rahman.
In Hollywood, he was a lyricist for Michael Bolton, wrote for Nicole Scherzinger and also collaborated as a Rapper/Lyricist with Coco Lee on the single, ‘No Doubt,’ which went straight to number 1 on the pop charts in 7 countries.
BlaaZé’s love for Radio began at the tender age of 7, by dedicating songs to his friends, and then hosted his show on Zambian Radio, besides a couple of other radio stations in India and abroad.
Ramesh Menon, CEO – Radio and Entertainment, HT Media Ltd and Next Mediaworks Ltd said: ” Blaaze is a brand in itself, with him joining Radio One we further establish ourselves as a brand to reckon with when it comes to international music and a global audience and further amplify our brand presence in Chennai.” […]