Month: April 2022

Deletions
After closing on its $25,000 purchase at the beginning of January, Paul Izard Communications has surrendered the license of 105.9 WGWE Little Valley NY. WGWE has been operating as Dance “Energy Radio Buffalo” assuming the programming from his webcaster, which also appears defunct.

Gerald Hunt surrenders the license of 105.5 WXOQ Selmer TN. A Silent STA request in February states that the roof of the transmitter building was missing and transmission equipment then removed to prevent further damage.

The Estate of Robert Cummings Toole has turned in the license of “1400 The Buck” KBCK Deer Lodge MT. The station had been off the air since sustaining damage from a storm in August 2021.

The license of Stop the Violence / Save the Children, Inc’s 88.3 KPCP New Roads LA after an FCC inquiry as to why it had been silent since February 2020 was never responded to.

The license of Call Communications’ 89.3 WAZQ Duck Key FL was cancelled after being silent for over a year.

FCC Actions
The FCC has entered consent decrees with the following licensees over their failure to maintain their online political files:

Coyote Communications, Inc. licensee of KSQQ Morgan Hill CA
KWRL, LLC licensee of KWRl La Grande OR
Mutual Broadcasting System, LLC licensee of KTRW Opportunity WA
Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Licensee, LLC licensee of KSJX San Jose CA
Premier Broadcasters, Inc. licensee of KITI Centralia-Chehalis and KITI-FM Winlock WA
Taxi License Corporation licensee of KJLH Compton CA
WBIN Media Co., Inc. licensee of WJYY Concord NH

The FCC has also reached a consent decree with Evans Broadcasting, Inc.’s KIFX Naples UT for failing to maintain its online public file.

AM Changes […]

Former “Kix 106” WGKX Memphis morning hosts Duane Shannon and Abby Summers are joining Saga Communications’ 100.3 WIXY Champaign IL. The husband/wife duo will host mornings on WIXY with Shannon doubling as Program Director of WIXY and Classic Country “WYXY Classic 99.1” WYXY. They succeed J.R. Gonzalez, who departed earlier this year, while his former […] […]

North American Broadcasting Company flipped Variety Hits “103.9 Jack-FM” WJKR Worthington/Columbus OH to “Country 103.9” at noon today. The brand is being overseen by NABCO Operations Manager Johnboy Crenshaw. Crenshaw joined the company at the start of the year after previously spending two decades at market leading Country 92.3 WCOL including seven as cluster Director […] […]

iHeartMedia Florida Division President Linda Byrd will retire from her role and move into an advisory role on July 15. Byrd has served as Market President in Orlando since 1999. She was promoted to Division President in 2018 and was one of three people put in charge of the Metro Division of “markets that are […] […]