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Goodbye KFJE, we never knew you

J

johndavis

Lance at RadioInsight notes that Dorrana Stewart, licensee of 93.7 KFJE Wickenburg has turned in its license after being silent for over a year.

It's hard to piece all of it together because so many of the online records went poof, but here's what I can piece together:

- The Stewarts, after downgrading to a class A, got the station built and on the air one day before the construction permit ran out in August 2019. To their credit, they could literally provide the receipts to the FCC, showing that they indeed hired the engineers, bought the transmitter and antenna, leased the tower space, and put the station on the air.
- About a week later, they filed a silent STA, citing being unable to get programming to the transmitter.
- The silent STA expired this August and they never filed a notice of resumption. When the FCC inquired, they responded by turning in the license.

My hat is off to them for taking the honest approach, as you know how many operators don't.

Wasn't Art Mobley involved in winning the auction on this frequency?
 
johndavis said:
Lance at RadioInsight notes that Dorrana Stewart, licensee of 93.7 KFJE Wickenburg has turned in its license after being silent for over a year.

It's hard to piece all of it together because so many of the online records went poof, but here's what I can piece together:

- The Stewarts, after downgrading to a class A, got the station built and on the air one day before the construction permit ran out in August 2019. To their credit, they could literally provide the receipts to the FCC, showing that they indeed hired the engineers, bought the transmitter and antenna, leased the tower space, and put the station on the air.
- About a week later, they filed a silent STA, citing being unable to get programming to the transmitter.
- The silent STA expired this August and they never filed a notice of resumption. When the FCC inquired, they responded by turning in the license.

My hat is off to them for taking the honest approach, as you know how many operators don't.

Wasn't Art Mobley involved in winning the auction on this frequency?
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Maybe they figured like KAZV 107.3 before it, it would not be a viable signal in the Phoenix area.
 
What were the plans for this station? Old-fashioned mom-and-pop radio? Satellite-fed music or talk? Dollar-a-holler preaching?
 
CTListener said:
What were the plans for this station? Old-fashioned mom-and-pop radio? Satellite-fed music or talk? Dollar-a-holler preaching?
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Given who was involved, I was under the impression it would be the return of African-American targeted radio to the Phoenix market (the last station to target that audience was sold 20 years ago). But, given the location, it wouldn't have been the best move.
 
EricStein said:
Maybe they figured like KAZV 107.3 before it, it would not be a viable signal in the Phoenix area.
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Considering how poorly 93.7 got into Phoenix when KSWG was on that frequency, the smarter move would be not to bid on a 93.7 Wickenburg allocation if your intention was to move it to Phoenix.
 
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