Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa Christian Preaching “KWave 107.9” KWVE-FM San Clemente CA is now heard throughout the Los Angeles market as it has closed on its $5 million purchase of 1110 KRDC/99.1 K256CX Pasadena from the Walt Disney Company. KRDC has been simulcasting formerly co-owned Sports “710 ESPN” KSPN Los Angeles since the company […] […]
Sophie Little, a presenter with BBC Radio Norfolk, has voiced her personal opinion on the changes across the network saying they are ageist and ableist. Speaking on her final Treasure Quest show on the station over the weekend, Sophie explained how the statement she read out went against all of the training she’s had and […] […]
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Silent Notifications
The bankruptcy trustee of Ed Stolz’s Silver State Broadcasting’s has filed Silent STA’s for 790 KBET Winchester/103.1 K276GX Las Vegas and 104.3 KFRH North Las Vegas NV noting that Stolz has not complied with legal obligations under bankruptcy law and to the bankruptcy court to identify and turn over assets and information regarding the bankruptcy estate in general, nor the stations in particular, and has been largely uncooperative, if not obstructionist, to the process. The third-party contracted to operate the stations were required to go to the stations and get them in operating condition, but as of the end of August had failed to do so, so a third party was schedule to do a field inspection on August 29 and 30 and noted that KBET/K276GX were off the air and KFRH was not transmitting programming (but may be transmitting a carrier wave) but due to the cases were unsure how long the stations have not been operating properly.
The filings also not that all of the transmission equipment for KBET and its translator were either missing or heavily vandalized leaving little to no working equipment and electrical service was cut off at some point prior to the trustee taking over in June. The site was also stripped of all of its copper and had a bullet hole that destroyed its generator. For KFRH, the filing notes it appears the station lost its use of its licensed site on Mount Potosi back in July 2022 due to nonpayment, but Crown Castle indicated to the trustee that the station could return upon “satisfactory arrangements being made with an acceptable buyer for use to resume.” The station has an auxiliary facility on Arden Peak that it wishes to resume operations from via STA (which was not filed for a previous use after July 2022 until the termination of the dead carrier) with 1.7kW/1126m once it can begin operating.
United Houma Nation’s 88.9 KUHN Golden Meadow LA (Station “enountered a massive disaster causing most of the equipment to be destroyed”)
Shaw Local Radio Company’s 1250 WSPL Streator IL (Evaluate the plans for the station)
Norsan Media’s 970 WNNR Jacksonville FL (Transmitter failure)
Townsquare Media’s 1460 KUTI Yakima WA (Economic reasons)
McVey Entertainment Group’s 1350 KRLC Lewiston ID (Search for new site)
License Cancellations
Burbach of DE has surrendered the license of “News Talk 1340” WXKX Clarksburg WV stating, “Expenses of operation as well as repairs and maintenance are no longer economically feasible”.
FCC Actions
L.D.F. Business Development Corp., owned by the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians has proposed the addition of a Class A allotment on 92.9 in Lac du Flambeau WI to be added to FM Table of Allotments with a Tribal Priority. Should the allotment be granted, the FCC will open a Threshold Qualifications Window allowing any qualifying party to apply for it. L.D.F. Business Development Corp. states that the 92.9 allocation would serve 98.9% of the tribal population and 96.3% of the reservation area within the 70 dBu contour.
AM Changes
After losing its licensed site in 2019 and operating from STA sites since then, DuPage Radio’s 1530 WCKG Elmhurst IL […]
Salem Media Group has sold 910 WTWD Plant City/Tampa and translator 102.1 W271CY Lakeland FL to Solmart Media for $700,000. WTWD/W271CY currently makes up part of the Christian Preaching “Faith Talk” trimulcast along with 570 WTBN Pinellas Park and 760 WLCC Brandon FL and their respective translators. The buyers own Regional Mexican “La Zeta 105.3” […] […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released its recommendations on “Issues Related to FM Radio Broadcasting”.It has recommended that private FM radio operators should be allowed to broadcast independent news and current affairs programmes, limited to 10 minutes in each clock hour. The program code of conduct as applicable to All India Radio for news content may also be applied to private FM radio channels.Recommendations were sought by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in May 2022 on the removal of linkage to Non-Refundable One Time Entry Fee (NOTEF) in the formula for annual fee as prescribed in the FM Ph-Ill policy guidelines and on extending the existing FM license period of 15 years by 3 years.In August 2022, representatives of Association of Radio Operators for India (AROI) also raised issues for consideration of the Authority, including permitting private FM Radio channels to broadcast independent news bulletins and availability of FM Radio Receivers in mobile handsets.At present, private FM players are only allowed to broadcast All India Radio’s news bulletins without any alterations.“By extending the scope of news and current affairs programming on private FM radio, the Authority aims to facilitate a comprehensive flow of information and promote the democratisation of media access. It recognises the potential of FM radio to bridge the information gap, particularly in rural areas,” TRAI said.The recommendations also state that the annual license fee of a FM radio channel should be de-linked from non-refundable one-time entry fee and the license fee should be calculated as 4 percent of the Gross Revenue (GR) of the FM radio channel during the respective financial year.Operators are currently required to pay an annual licence fee at 4 percent of the gross revenue of its FM radio channel for the financial year or 2.5 percent of NOTEF for the concerned city, whichever is higher.Functions or features pertaining to FM radio should remain enabled and activated on all mobile handsets having the necessary hardware. Built-in FM radio receiver in mobile handset must not be subjected to any form of disablement or deactivation.A Standing Committee, headed by a senior officer of Joint Secretary or above level, to oversee and monitor the compliance by mobile phone manufacturers (or importers) may be established by the ministry of electronics and information technology.Further, the government may take appropriate measures to provide relief to the FM radio operators to address challenges posed due to the covid-19 pandemic. […]
“Our radio audiences have never been stronger,” Commercial Radio Australia’s Chief Commercial Officer Jo Dick told the Radiodays Asia conference in Malaysia.“Digital audio is not just about Spotify, not just about Radio, it’s about Audio and its never-ending evolution,” she said.One of the huge achievements of Australian radio in the evolution of audio has been the development of the hybrid ‘Radio 360’ ratings system, which has brought a new level of confidence to agencies and advertisers about advertising on radio and podcasts, according to Jo Dick.CRA partnered with GfK in the landmark evolution of the ratings system from paper diaries to what is now a robust digital system that combines server side raw data feeds that show listening patterns from apps and live streaming with validation by electronic diaries and watch meters.GfK’s Deb Hishon (pictured below) joined Jo Dick in the presentation to explain how the system works.“The industry came to us and said ‘we need to evolve audience measurement,’ they wanted to maintain the integrity of what we do, but to evolve it further, so we took the best from all the tools available and created a hybrid system which has been live since June this year.”The Radio 360 system is made up of a combination of three measurement tools:
50,000 diary respondents, 80% of them using an online e-Diary and 20% still using a paper diary to reach those who cannot be reached online.
This is added to data from 200 station server logs, balanced by using census data.
And a national panel of 2000 people wearing a watch meter to validate the rest of the data.
What do we know now that didn’t know before?There has been “a significant enhancement to the old system” bringing more consistency in trends, and radio companies now know a lot more about what audiences are doing.
About one third of younger audiences are consuming commercial radio via streaming.
The shape of the day is different for those who listen to radio via live linear broadcast platforms and those who listen via streaming. Streaming listening peaks later and stays higher throughout the day.
Streaming is popular across all station types. Talk station listeners are streaming for longer, 6 hours and 38 mins.
12% of talk listeners and 14% of music listeners are streaming.
There are slightly different profiles between broadcast radio listeners and streaming radio listeners, so there is an opportunity for advertisers to create different streaming and broadcast campaigns and compare them side by side to see how effectively they can reach each audience.The industry can now use the data to show audio consumption at a moment in time. Hishon used the example of the Queens death, showing how radio listening increased as people heard the news and wanted to find out what happened. The new system can also track summer listening, showing that the total amount of listening is similar during summer holidays as during working year, but the pattern of listening is a bit different.The new Radio 360 ratings system is built for any market and can be adapted and scaled to any size.Jo Dick said the new system has given Australian radio and audio “a competitive advantage, by being able to show the digital audience to agencies. Agencies are telling us they are pleased we are keeping pace with what advertisers demand.” […]
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