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WHSS/Hamilton Sold to Sacred Heart Radio For $156K The school district of Hamilton, OH, has agreed to sell WHSS-FM (89.5)/Hamilton, OH, for $156,000 to Sacred Heart Radio which operates WNOP-AM in the Cincinnati area. The 190w outlet reaches Cincinnati at the edge of its coverage. The agreement was reached on More

Wharton Responds to Radio-Capable Cell Critics NAB Executive VP/Communications Dennis Wharton (pictured) has issued what he calls a "fact-based response to the critics of radio-capable cell phones." Wharton notes that radio's audience is growing as the most recent report from Arbitron shows that radio reac More

FCC Fines Nassau's WWEG/Hagerstown Over Contest The FCC has slapped a $4000 fine on Nassau Broadcasting's Classic Hits WWEG-FM/Hagerstown, MD, for failing to conduct a contest as announced or advertised. The Commission received a complaint on June 16, 2008, alleging that the station failed to conduct a "Fat More

FCC Extends Deadline for Sirius XM Leasing Options The FCC's Media Bureau has granted an extension until November 21 for Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio Holdings to implement their voluntary commitment to provide long-term leases to qualified entities that includes up to four percent of fulltime audio channels. In July, 2008, the Commission approved the transfer of XM More

Citadel Sells KKAT-FM/Salt Lake for $5.75 Million Citadel Broadcasting agreed to sell KKAT-FM (Country Legends 107.5)/Salt Lake City, a class C (43kw) to EMF Broadcasting in March. At the time, terms were not disclosed. But the filing with the FCC reveals that EMF, a Christian radio broadcaster, is paying $5.75 million. EMF is operating KKAT under a Local Marketing Agreement (L More

MMTC Comments on FCC Data Collection Practices The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) has filed comments with FCC in response to the Commission's three concurrent Public Notices released June 29 by the Media, Wireline Competition, and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureaus. In the comments, MMTC said Commission policy should be driven and supported by rele More

Bustos Closes on Sale of KKHI/Denver to WAY-FM Bustos Media has closed on it sale of Smooth Jazz KKHI-FM (K-High 101.9)/Denver to Christian radio broadcaster WAY-FM. The deal was filed at the FCC this past May and WAY-FM has been operating the station under a Time Brokerage Agreement (TBA) since then. Under the TBA, the station simulcast WAY-FM's Contemporary Christian KXWA- More

FCC Releases Q1 2010 Report on Consumer Inquiries The FCC has released its report on inquiries and complaints processed by the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) during the first quarter. The total number of inquiries for all four reported categories increased more than 7%, from 24,496 in Q4 2009 to 26,240 in the Q1 2010. Notably, the number of Radio and Televisio More

Cumulus Adds FM Translator in Kansas City Market Horizon Christian Fellowship of San Diego has agreed to sell an FM construction permit along with two translators to Calvary Chapel of Kansas City for a reported $150,000. Following the closing of that deal comes a sale of one of the translators to Cumulus Media Partners (102.5 in Bonner Springs, KS), on which the company tells More

FCC, Univision Enter Into $1 Million Consent Decree The FCC's Enforcement Bureau has released a Consent Decree with Univision Radio to resolve allegations that the Spanish-language broadcaster or its employees secretly accepted payment from a record label in exchange for more frequent airplay, without making the disclosures to listeners. In a companion criminal action, a federal More

FCC Defends Authority to Modify Ownership Rules The FCC has filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit that defends the Commission's authority to modify media ownership rules. The FCC's 2008 loosening the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership ban in large markets is the basis for the challenge, even though the modifications no longer the views of the FCC More

Court Throws Out FCC's Fleeting Expletives Rules An appeals court threw out the FCC's "fleeting expletives" indecency rules on Tuesday. The three-member panel for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Commission's policy on fleeting expletives were actionably indecent was "unconstitutionally vague, creating a chilling effect that goes far beyond the fleeting exple More

NAB Calls for Modest Ownership Reform in FCC Rules In comments filed with the FCC on Monday, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) expressed its support for modest reform of media ownership rules, including elimination of the cross-ownership ban. Broadcasters "must have the flexibility to form competitively viable ownership structures," the filing read. NAB is opp More

Survey Shows FCC 'Most Improved' Federal Agency The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is named "most improved" agency across the entire federal government according to the 2010 OPM Viewpoint Employee Satisfaction Survey released Monday by the Office of Management and Budget. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said in a statement, "I am delighted that the FCC has been More

Clear Channel to Donate Four AM Stations to MMTC Clear Channel is donating four AM outlets to the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC). Included are WYNF-AM/Augusta, KYHN-AM/Fort Smith, WHJA-AM/Laurel, MS and KMFX-AM/Wabasha, MN. However, the Fort Smith station would require a waiver, as it's an expanded band station (1650) that operates side-by-side with co-ow More

Regent Trust Closes Deal with Townsquare Media The Regent Trust, overseen by trustee Jay Meyers (who also serves as Broadcast Management and Technology), has transferred all but two of its broadcast licenses to Townsquare Media following FCC approval of the transaction, effective July 1. The Regent Trust had been in a time brokerage deal for all of its radio outlets with Tow More

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