AU & NZ
2CA ‘rebrands’ to 2JAB to encourage vaccinations
All staff at 2CA have also made the commitment to get vaccinated.
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US
KBTK Adds New Prescott Frequency
Stone Canyon Media has completed the upgrade and move of 97.1 K246AA Prescott AZ to 107.9 K300DZ. The translator will continue to rebroadcast Conservative Talk “97.1 The Big Talker” KBTK Kachina Village/Flagstaff. On the new 107.9 frequency, K300DZ will operate with 45w/188m from Badger Mountain. The translator and 104.1 K281BE Flagstaff, which rebroadcasts Stone Canyon […] […]
US
FCC Report 9/26: Rhode Island Translator Fined For Operating Nearly Three Years With Expired License
FCC Actions
Diponti Communications LLC has been issued a Notice of Apparent Liability For Forfeiture proposing a $7000 fine.
DiPonti acquired the former 93.5 W228AU North Bennington VT from Brian Dodge’s Harvest Broadcasting in November 2016 just after Dodge had entered into a Consent Decree of his own giving it and other signals a one year conditional license renewal that was due to have a renewal application filed by July 1, 2017.
DiPonti did not file the license renewal for what was moved during the 250 mile waiver period to become 103.1 W276DF Westerly RI rebroadcasting 1230 WBLQ Westerly until September 11, 2020 and filed an STA to continue operations five days later which would’ve been nearly three years after the translator’s license expired. The FCC’s fine is $3000 for failing to timely file a license renewal, while dropping the base $10,000 penalty for operating without a license down to an additional $4000 as Diponti stated it was an inadvertent oversight being unaware of the short-term license renewal as part of its acquisition of the translator.
Martins & Associates, Inc.’s 1000 WKVG Jenkins KY entered into a Consent Decree over multiple violations in its license renewal. WKVG failed to timely file its license renewal applications, failed to submit an EEO Program Report and upload its issues and programs lists to its online public file. As part of the Consent Decree, WKVG has agreed to pay a $4500 civil penalty.
Guillermo Garza’s 1490 KWMC Del Rio TX has been issued a Notice of Apparent Liability For Forfeiture for $3000 for failing to timely file its license renewal application. KWMC’s was due to file its application by April 1, 2021 but did not until May 7.
Nelson Rodriguez’s 100.9 WJES Maysville GA and Radio Vida Incorporado’s 1400 WIDA Carolina PR entered into Consent Decrees over compliance with their public files.
AM Changes
Blount MassCom Christian 1090 WILD Boston seeks to relocate to the site of Real Media Group’s 1300 WJDA Quincy MA with 2.7kW day and 1.8kW critical hours. WILD had been co-located at the site of Delmarva Educational Association’s 1430 WKOX Everett, but that station is in the process of relocating to the site of Salem’s 950 WROL as the current tower is being redeveloped.
New FM CPs
Only one new filing from FCC Auction 109 was made this week […]
ASIA
RTP’s Nicolau Santos to give opening keynote at Radiodays Europe
Nicolau Santos, President of the Portuguese Public Media Service RTP, is the keynote speaker in the opening session at Radiodays Europe (RDE) 2021, which will take place in Lisbon from October 9 to 11.Santos is a former journalist with an experience of over 40 years, specialising in Economics. He is also the co-founder of two newspapers , the weekly ‘Semanário Económico’ and the daily ‘Diário Económico’. Nicolau worked for almost two decades at the major Portuguese Weekly Newsaper, ‘Expresso’, where he served as Deputy Director. He co-hosted the weekly TV Show ‘Expresso da Meia Noite’ at SIC Notícias.During his career, Santos was also Director of the daily ‘Público‘ newspaper, working with the ANOP News Agency and several other newspapers, magazines and radio stations such as TSF and RTP Antena 1.
In 2018 was named Chairman and CEO of Lusa – the Portuguese News Agency. Since June 1, 2021, he has been the President of RTP.RDE 2021 will be a live in-person event, but it will also be available virtually, on-line.If you registered for the event in 2020 your ticket is still valid for the event in 2021. It is your choice whether to travel and attend in person or to attend the event virtually.Register here. […]
ASIA
Radio Promotions That Didn’t Go According to Plan – Part 7
Content from BPRRadio stations are famous (well some infamous) for their April Fools Day stunts.
And so it was for Radio Windy (now The Breeze) based in the capital of New Zealand, Wellington.The promotions department at Radio Windy came up with what they thought would be an hilarious April Fools Day promotion.The idea was that the Inter Island Ferry linking the country’s North Island to the South Island would be running free joy rides on April 1.Now the catch was that these joy rides weren’t starting from the ferry terminal but from the large international dock where the cruise ships departed.This was a big event (if it were actually going to happen).The promotions team and a few of the presenters were there at the international dock ready to greet the gullible listeners with some free giveaways and a big April Fools day joke sign.It was a great laugh……. until a bus turned up full of disabled children who had travelled over two hours to be there.Of course the local paper, television stations and radio competitors had a field day.The promotions manager kept his job……well “a” job…. he was quickly dispatched back to the copy department.David Kidd […]
US
Major Keystone Acquires Four Pennsylvania Stations From Cumulus
Andrea and Patrick ‘DJ Grooves’ Cerullo’s Major Keystone LLC has announced the purchase of four stations from Cumulus Media. Major Keystone will pay $179,500 for 590 WARM Scranton, 1240 WIOV/98.5 W253CK Reading, 1320 WTKZ Allentown, and 1440 WGLD/107.1 W296EA Manchester Township/York PA. All four stations currently air Sports programming with WARM, WGLD and WIOV running […] […]