The floods that left 54 people stranded a hospital roof in Erwin, TN also completely swept away the studios and tower of Jet Broadcasting’s News “Livewire 103.9” WXIS and “Sports Radio 1420” WEMB Erwin. […]
Five years before 96.9FM became the home of Nova Sydney, the licence was up for grabs … and Hitz FM was one of the frontrunners.The legendary youth community station had already transformed Melbourne’s radio landscape. Now, it wanted to do the same in Sydney. But it had some competition on its hands, with FBi and… Read More
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FCC Actions
The FCC has approved a 2019 petition filed by Xperi, NPR, and the NAB to allow FM stations to operate their HD Radio sidebands at different power levels without experimental authorization, although stations on 107.1 to 107.9 are currently exempted due to concerns raised by users of the adjacent Aeronautical Radio Navigation Spectrum (108.0 – 117.95 MHz) until further testing is completed.
In the petition it was said that with asymmetric sidebands a digital FM station can limit the power of one digital sideband to protect the adjacent analog FM station on that side while concurrently increasing the power of the other sideband in order to expand its overall digital coverage and improve its building penetration. They say that many more digital FM stations could increase power on at least one sideband above the current limit of -14 dBc with 6,120 of 10,875 digital FM stations studied able to increase power on both sidebands to -10 dBc under the current rules with an additional 3,496 stations could increase one sideband to -10 dBc if asymmetric sidebands were allowed.
As part of the grant, stations will need to notify the FCC of asymmetric operation indicating the digital ERP of of the upper and lower digital sidebands as well as the total digital ERP.
An Order to Pay or Show Cause has been issued to World Harvest Communications Inc. Gospel “Tap On Radio” 1070 WKMB Stirling NJ for not paying FCC regulatory fees since 2010. WKMB current owes $32,367.36 plus additional accruing interest.
The commission has dismissed the applications of Community Service Broadcasting Foundation’s 90.9 KKBX Caliente NV to relocate to Dammeron Valley UT and SSR Communications’ application to modify the COL on its CP for 100.7 KCAY Dammeron Valley to Ivins UT. An Order To Show Cause has also been issued to KCAY as to why its authorization should not be modified to specify operation as a Class A on 107.7 in Caliente as opposed to a C3 on 100.7 in Dammeron Valley.
An FCC engineering analysis rejects the proposed changes as the COL change from Dammeron Valley to Ivins for KCAY is an intra-urbanized area move that does not provide a preferential arrangement of assignments as it does not provide service improvement. The commission then states that SSR’s chain of modification applications and amendments since winning the original allocation of 107.7 Caliente in Auction 109 circumvented the Commission’s reallotment procedures and the amendment to change COL to Dammeron Valley was granted by staff error.
“SSR’s January 3, 2022, community of license modification to Channel 299A at Dammeron Valley violated the requirements of section 73.3573(g)(2) because the move to Dammeron Valley on Channel 299A was not mutually exclusive with the original auction allotment on Channel 264A at Caliente. SSR’s December 14, 2021, application to change its assigned channel from 264A to 299A in Caliente was a permissible channel substitution consistent with our rules. We find however that the immediately ensuing January 3, 2022, application to change the KCAY community of license from Channel 299A at Caliente to the same channel at Dammeron Valley was a major change subject to dismissal pursuant to the A109 Public Notice because the proposal was not mutually exclusive with the original auction allotment on Channel 264A at Caliente. We find also that the June 6, 2022, amendment specifying Channel 264A in lieu of Channel 299A at Dammeron Valley was not in compliance with 73.3573(g)(1), because the proposal would only be allowed under the conditions set forth in the 2006 Community of License Order as clarified in Rural Radio, specifically the need to demonstrate that the community of license change represent a preferential arrangement of assignments under section 73.3573(g)(1). Thus, the combination of the two granted applications specifying KCAY’s community of license change to Channel 264A, Dammeron Valley, and the subsequent upgrade to 264C3 at Dammeron Valley violated the requirements of our Rural Radio policy. Based on the foregoing, we dismiss the SSR Application.”
The KKBX application would result in a net population gain of 479 persons that is considered well-served by at least 21 reception services while the loss area is considered well-served by at least 6 reception services and 20 persons would lose a potential second NCE service making it also a non-preferential arrangement of allotments pursuant to section 73.3573(g)(1) of the FCC rules.
License Cancellations
Jimmy Dale Media has turned in the licenses of “Sports Radio 1340” WFMH and simulcaster 1460 WMCJ Cullman AL. No explanation was given.
Silent Notifications
MARC Radio’s Hip Hop “Magic 101.3” WTMG Williston FL (Tower collapsed from Hurricane Helene)
North Face Broadcasting’s 1450 KNOC Natchitoches LA (Transmitter failure)
AM Changes
As it prepares to add sister Sports “1230 The Game” KLAV to its tower site along with a move to 1240, […]
“There’s three world class stations all fighting for a share of the same Melbourne audience,” said Wade Kingsley, founder of The Creative Coach and co creator of the podcast Game Changers Radio, speaking at RadioDays Asia 24. Kingsley says we can learn strategic lessons from this breakfast battle by analysing the decisions made by the main three market players, stations KIIS 101.1 (ARN), 101.9 THE FOX (SCA) and NOVA 100 Entertainment.First some background about the audience in the larger Australian markets in Melbourne and Sydney. The Australian market size (10+) is similar in both markets, over 4.8 million. The audience segment 25-54 years, with a slight female skew is 49% of total listeners in Melbourne and Sydney.The first move was made in late November ’23 when ARN signed breakfast team Kyle and Jackie O with a new $200m contract for 10 years. Next Jase and Lauren were let go from ARN to make way for Kyle and Jackie O to be networked into Melbourne. Jase and Lauren were then signed by NOVA and have a 7 week start in a ratings period. At FOX Fifi, Fev and Nick start the battle in first place.Kingsley said the ratings so far show that KIIS breakfast hasn’t improved since the arrival of Kyle and Jackie O. Jase and Lauren have taken most of their audience across to Nova.The following are five lessons your station can learn from the Melbourne Radio Wars, said Kingsley.1. Remove long term personalities from your teams at your peril. You may have a view on the future potential of your talent that may not line up with what your audience think. The problem is they might not tell you until they’re gone. You need to go deeper than surface level research.2. Marketing doesn’t solve every problem you have. They spent $3 million marketing a product that’s more sexualised and over the top, asking the audience to make up their own mind about Kyle and Jackie O. It’s tempting to think you are heading in the right direction because you’re spending a lot. The marketing needs to have a clear “job to be done that aligns with your most important strategic challenge” approach.3. Manage expectations internally and externally. Better to play the safe game and be quietly confident rather than noisily incorrect. This especially applies for marketing efforts for your brand. Your Sales team are the best indicator of how others feel about the change.4. When fighting over the same audience, there may not be enough to go around so someone will go hungry. Consider how you can find a niche/ angle that you can build from. Possibly Kyle and Jackie could have focused more on the male audience.5. Friends who are funny still wins on breakfast radio. Think about who your audience would prefer to spend time with. The closer you have those people on the air, the closer you are to success.The team from the podcast Game Changers Radio have proposed a battle plan from the perspective of: A. Market Leader, B. Existing show new market, C. Same show new home. With the next ratings due out this week, all eyes and ears will be on Melbourne to see what survey 6 results bring for all the three warring stations.Listen to the Game Changers: Melbourne Radio Wars podcast here […]
Fair City’s Sorcha Furlong is to host a new early evening show on Freedom FM as the station returns to FM.
The actress, writer, and producer will host AfterDrive, an early evening music programme each Wednesday from 6pm to 9pm.
She is set to join a presenter roster which includes TV personality Glenda Gilson, and TV and radio host, and podcast producer Aidan Power.
Freedom FM is a digital radio station playing music from the 90s and noughties. However, each year the station is licensed by Coimisiún na Méan to broadcast across Ireland on eight FM frequencies.
Targeting Generation Y, people born between 1981, and 1997, the station plays music from 1990 straight through to 2009, along with the Nighties and Noughties News Now, hourly news headlines from the day you are listening but from a random year in the 1990s or 2000s.
Sean Power, station manager at Freedom FM said “We are delighted to welcome Sorcha on to Freedom FM for our FM broadcasts across Ireland this October.
“Sorcha is a star in front of and behind the screen, but with Freedom FM, she’ll be entertaining our listeners from behind the microphone for the first time.
“She’s the newest recruit to a family of extremely talented and passionate radio presenters who together create a fantastic mix of humour, nostalgia for two wonderful decades, and a passion for the songs our listeners love.”
Sorcha said: “I can’t wait to get started with Freedom FM. The music from the 90s and noughties is the music from my youth, and I’m looking forward to sharing that passion with those who also grew up during those two decades.
“So join me every Wednesday evening between 6pm and 9pm for AfterDrive, where, as the station slogan says, I’ll be reliving the 90s and noughties.”
The station will also boast a new 24-hour schedule, with Enda W. Caldwell being the first voice on Freedom FM starting each weekday at 5am with The Red Eye.
Glenda Gilson returns to presenting Weekday Brunch each Wednesday between 10am to 12 midday, and national radio and TV presenter Stephen Daly joins Freedom FM to present Drive Time every Monday and Tuesday from 3pm, whilst Northern Ireland radio host Neal McClelland kicks off the wee hours of Friday night with Dance Anthems.
Freedom FM switches on its eight transmitters on Monday 30th September and will broadcast until 29th October to listeners in Dublin City and County, Galway, Limerick and Cork cities, as well as to counties Wexford, Wicklow, Kildare and north County Cork.
Cork City 106.7 FMLimerick City 105.5 FMDublin City 105.2 FMGalway City 87.9FMKildare County 88.1 FMWicklow County 99.5 FMNorth Cork County 87.7 FMWexford/South East 103.8 FM […]
Ahead of the start of the Fall book starting earlier this month, Nielsen released their biannual revision of market rankings. […]
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