FCC Report 7/9: Climate Change Shut Down Leads To Oxnard Upgrade

FCC Actions

The FCC is opening comment periods on petitions by Matthew Wesolowski’s SSR Communications to add three Hawaiian signals to the FM Table of Allotments. SSR seeks to have a new Class A allocations added on 102.3 in Koloa, 104.7 Puhi, and 106.3 Lihue.

License Cancellations

Centro Cristiano Vida Abundante has surrendered the license of 980 KDBV Salinas CA. KDBV had been silent since last August due to “repeated technical failure”.

Silent Notifications

  • Framingham State University’s 91.3 WDJM-FM Framingham MA (Lack of interest from students)
  • University of Northwestern-St. Paul’s 103.5 KCKZ Huntsville MO (Transmitter failure)
  • Nevada Public Radio’s 88.7 KWPR Lund NV (Snowstorm damaged satellite dish in March)
  • Americom’s 1270 KBZZ Sparks NV (Transmitter site vandalized and damaged, Classic Rock “92.5 The Hog” programming remains on 92.5 K223AL Reno now fed by 1230 KZTQ Reno while Alternative “96.1 The Zone” K241AK Reno is fed by 97.3 KOLC-HD2 Carson City).

FM Changes

Made possible by the surrender of 89.5 KCBX Santa Barbara at the end of last year “due to climate change”, Southern California Public Radio’s “LAist” 89.5 KJAI Ojai/Oxnard CA seeks to upgrade…