The FCC is opening up a comment period for a proposed rulemaking amending the FM Table of Allotments in Mattoon IL.
The rulemaking proposes to downgrade the vacant allotment on 96.9 in Mattoon from a Class B to B1 as the commission’s analysis found the allotment short-spaced to Champaign Multimedia Group’s 97.5 WHMS-FM Champaign by ten kilometers. Their engineering analysis will keep the allotment consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction 7.6 miles southeast of the city. The allotment was made available by the cancellation of Mattoon Broadcasting Company’s WLBH-FM in April 2018.
License Cancellations
Saga Communications has requested the cancellation of 930 KBAI Bellingham WA as it moves its programming to an HD subchannel.
The Estate of Mark Aulabaugh turns in the licenses of Silent 1230 KSEY/105.7 K289CP and 94.3 KSEY-FM Seymour TX. The stations went silent last Spring after Aulabaugh’s death and the station’s engineer shut down the stations and removed their equipment.
Silence Notifications
- Athabascan Fiddlers Association’s 93.9 KRLL-FM Circle AK (Flood damage in October 2023)
- Central Michigan University’s 91.7 WCML-FM Alpena MI (Transmitter building fire)
- Cap III Media’s 1520 WINW Canton OH (Transmitter malfunction)
FM Changes
As iHeartMedia attempts to complete its multiple-market frequency shuffle, “104.1 The Spot” KVDU Houma LA files to modify a change for its move to Gonzalez in the Baton Rouge market