Month: April 2023

ASIA

Qatar leads Asian winners at New York Festivals Radio Awards 2022

April 23, 2023 radionewsfeeds Comments Off on Qatar leads Asian winners at New York Festivals Radio Awards 2022

New York Festivals announced the 2023 competition’s award-winning entries at the 2023 Storytellers Gala virtual event on April 18.  The virtual event featured global audio highlights, award winners’ acceptance speeches from around the world, and up-close and personal spotlights featuring some of radio’s most respected storytellers.From Asia, entries from Al Jazeera network, Qatar, led with two Gold, two Silver, one Bronze and five Finalist certificates.From India, MnM Talkies and Spotify India won a Gold, Bhopuwala Creative Solutions Private Limited won two Silvers, Radio City won a Bronze, and there were five Finalist certificates, of which four went to Radio City and one to Club FM.Energy Radio Saudi Arabia took home one Bronze and one Finalist CertificateSeoul Media Foundation from South Korea won a Bronze, Mediacorp Singapore’s Love 972 won a Finalist nomination and Radio Taiwan International won two Finalist nominations.The BBC was honoured with the 2023 Broadcaster of the Year Award. Compelling award-winning entries were honoured with both the prestigious Grand Award and 7 Gold trophies including “Burn Wild,” “Gangster: The Story of Curtis Warren (S2)” and “You, Me and the Big C: Putting the Can in Cancer.”HarperCollins Publishers UK was honoured with the 2023 Radio Production Company of the Year Award. This is the second year in a row that HarperCollins Publishers were recognized for their outstanding audiobooks.View the 2023 Radio Awards winners’ showcase here.New York Festivals Storyteller’s Gala honoured “The Kalb Report” with the 13th annual New York Festivals® Lifetime Achievement Award. For nearly 30 years the Kalb Report, moderated by eminent journalist Marvin Kalb, has provided a forum for prominent newsmakers and journalists to discuss the news media’s impact on American democracy.“Start Here” by ABC News in the News Podcast category earned the inaugural National Press Club Award. The new award launched in 2023, in partnership with the National Press Club, goes to the highest scoring entry in the following news program categories: Best Coverage of Breaking News Story, Best Coverage of Ongoing News Story, Best Nonfiction Series, and News Podcast.All Entries in the 2023 competition were screened online by NYF’s Radio Awards international Grand Jury of 200+ producers, directors, writers, and other creative media professionals from around the globe and judged on the following set of criteria: production values, creativity, content presentation, direction, writing, achievement of purpose and audience suitability.Visit the 2023 NYF Radio Awards winners gallery, visit here. […]

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AU & NZ

Entries are now open for the 2023 Radio Today Podcast Awards

April 23, 2023 radionewsfeeds Comments Off on Entries are now open for the 2023 Radio Today Podcast Awards

THIS IS IT!!!We’ve had huge interest in these awards this year and have added some new categories. We now have a SIGNIFICANT OTHERS category. This is for podcasters whose podcast doesn’t quite fit into any of the other categories for Best of the Year.We have also added a PODCAST INNOVATION AWARD for podcast publishers that… Read More
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US

FCC Report 4/23: Translator Transfer Nixed For Lack Of Common Ownership With AM Parent

April 22, 2023 radionewsfeeds Comments Off on FCC Report 4/23: Translator Transfer Nixed For Lack Of Common Ownership With AM Parent

The FCC has rejected the transfer of 95.3 W237FK Opp AL from Paul Reynolds’ Brantley Broadcast Associates to Christopher Johnson and deleted the license of the translator with prejudice as well as associated STA applications filed by Brantley.

On August 1, 2017, Johnson filed to sell WAMI to Brantley for an LMA prepayment up to $16,000 and ten years of rent free use of one tower and five years of rent free use at another. The same day Brantley applied for a new translator in the then ongoing AM translator filing window for use with WAMI. The CP was granted in January 2018, with the following condition, “Grant of this authorization is conditioned on the common ownership, in perpetuity, of this facility and the specified AM primary station. Any violation of this condition shall result in the rescission of the grant of this authorization and the dismissal, with prejudice of the associated application and, if applicable, cancellation of the associated construction permit.”

The assignment of WAMI was granted two months later requiring closing of the sale within 90 days. The sale was never consummated and in December 2022, Brantley filed to transfer W237FK to Johnson instead for $138. In an objection, Marble City Media argued that Brantley failed to comply with the terms of its license authorization by not having the translator be co-owned with the parent WAMI signal. The FCC agreed stating, “In order to comply with this condition, Brantley or Johnson was to submit to the Commission by May 29, 2018, a notification of the completed consummation of the WAMI assignment in letter form showing the date the acts necessary to effect the transaction were completed.”

CSN International, Inc. has entered into a Consent Decree and agreed to a $10,000 civil penalty for failing to disclose that it had not reported some members of its governing board on various applications as required by the application instructions and contrary to CSN’s certifications that the applications were complete and satisfied the relevant criteria.

The FCC has amended the FM Table of Allotments to add a 102.3 Class A in Dennison OH following a request by Western Radio Group and a pair of petitions against due to the potential future displacement of secondary LPFM WDNP-LP Dover.

The commission has also restored the previously unbid allocation for 105.9 Hardwick VT after a late filed request by Shire and Shore Communications promising to bid on it in the next available auction.

Deletions
Good Karma Brands’ former Sports “KNR2” 1540 WWGK Cleveland OH was cancelled after being silent since December 2021. The FCC sent Good Karma a letter requesting information on the station’s operating status this week despite the company sending a cancellation letter for the license last August.

Providence Educational Foundation’s 90.7 KPEF White Castle LA has been deleted after being silent since May 2021.

Silent Notifications

WGUL-FM Inc.’s 104.3 WXZC Inglis FL (Transmitter failure)
Community Broadcasting’s 89.7 KWJP Paola KS (Relocate station back to licensed site)
Louisiana Tech University’s 89.1 KLPI Ruston LA (Transmitter replacement)
N Content Marketing’s 99.3 WLLS Beulah MI (Financial distress)
Mitten News’ 1210 WJNL Kingsley MI (Financial constraints/attempts to sell)
Mitten News’ 94.5 WYPV Mackinaw City MI (Financial constraints/attempts to sell)
N Content Marketing’s 750 WOUF Petoskey MI (Financial distress)
Mitten News’ 960 WHAK Rogers City MI (Financial constraints/attempts to sell)
Mitten News’ 106.3 WWMN Thompsonville MI (Financial constraints/attempts to sell)
N Content Marketing’s 101.9 WLDR-FM Traverse City MI (Financial distress)
Northway Broadcasting’s 102.5 KNVR Fallon NV (Loss of tower site lease)
Northway Broadcasting’s 94.1 KDJJ Fernley NV (Loss of internet feed)
Grupo Radio Centro’s 750 KAMA El Paso TX (Studio building unstable/sinking)
KYAH LLC’s 540 KNAK Delta UT (Tower collapse)
Civic Media’s 1520 WVXN New Holstein WI (Equipment issues)

FM CP Withdrawals

Saga Communications has withdrawn its CP to relocate Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX Suffolk VA to move to the tower of co-owned Rock “FM 99” 98.7 WNOR while downgrading from a Class C to B with 47kW/155m.

FM Changes […]