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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 […] […]

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 […]

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 […] […]

Hours after Townsquare Media flipped Classic Hits 104.9 KIIK-FM DeWitt IA to Country “US 104.9“, iHeartMedia has moved to fill the vacated Classic Hits position. Classic Rock “Q106.5” KCQQ Davenport flipped to Classic Hits as “Big 106.5” at 1pm today, just three hours after KIIK-fM made its move. The station is listing core artists as […] […]

Univision will flip 93.3 KQBU-FM Port Arthur/Houston TX from a simulcast of Spanish CHR “Latino Mix 104.9” KAMA-fM Deer Park to Spanish Sports “TUDN 93.3/1010” simulcasting 1010 KLAT Houston on Monday, September 27. The station will run Univision’s TUDN Deportes Radio network programming along with a local show “Encanchados” from 10am-12pm hosted by Cesar Procel […] […]

I first heard Don Geronimo on Washington, D.C., radio in summer 1980, doing nights on WPGC, then in the middle of a Top 40 battle with WRQX (Q107). In the intervening years, Geronimo and co-host Mike O’Meara would become Top 40 WAVA’s morning superstars, later moving to afternoons at hot talk WJFK and syndication. Geronimo […] […]