KLUV Coming Back to DFW

[Deleted member 108832]

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For someone who "doesn't have a legal right" to this particular set of calls, Witkovski isn't letting that stop him from filing to exchange the calls on 2 of his facilities, and placing KLUV on the homeless 1540.

What is the strategy here? I get that he's in the middle man business, but heritage calls won't make the facility any more attractive to a buyer, having no permanent site from which to operate, no attached FM translator, and no presence whatsoever within the market, in the last couple of years.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Has anything been done with the assignment of the KLUV call to an EMF CP in Huron, South Dakota, which was actually filed first? We currently have two KLUVs on silent FMs; the Texas station should have had its request for the call rejected, but apparently there is a glitch in the automated FCC filing procedure.

 

[Bill Betten]

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For someone who "doesn't have a legal right" to this particular set of calls, Witkovski isn't letting that stop him from filing to exchange the calls on 2 of his facilities, and placing KLUV on the homeless 1540.

What is the strategy here? I get that he's in the middle man business, but heritage calls won't make the facility any more attractive to a buyer, having no permanent site from which to operate, no attached FM translator, and no presence whatsoever within the market, in the last couple of years.

I am not following what is happening here,,,he wants KAMM for KLUV?

 

[Mediafrog+]

I am not following what is happening here,,,he wants KAMM for KLUV?

He wants to swap the KLUV call to 1540 and the KAMM call to the co-owned silent FM in Oakwood, Texas.

However the KLUV call also appears to be assigned to the CP for an EMF FM in South Dakota, due to an FCC screwup that has not been resolved. EMF applied for the call first.

 

[TheBigA]

Just as a reminder, Audacy transferred the call letters to EMF:

Audacy Transfers KLUV Call Letters To Educational Media Foundation

The next piece of the transfer of the KLUV intellectual property to Educational Media Foundation has been filed with the

radioinsight.com

So you're right, those call letters are supposed to be in SD.

 

[Bill Betten]

I wonder if either of the groups are currently using KLUV caller letters OTA? I don't know if Oakwood is broadcasting.

 

[lanceventa]

Just as a reminder, Audacy transferred the call letters to EMF:

Audacy Transfers KLUV Call Letters To Educational Media Foundation

The next piece of the transfer of the KLUV intellectual property to Educational Media Foundation has been filed with the

radioinsight.com

So you're right, those call letters are supposed to be in SD.

This happened to a few stations over the summer as part of the LMS switchover, but the FCC has done nothing about it. Another AM took a set of calls that a couple weeks later the FCC granted to an LPTV without their written consent. My belief is both of these happened because they were applied for as a Call Letter Exchange between two stations and not a one-off change.

I wonder if either of the groups are currently using KLUV caller letters OTA? I don't know if Oakwood is broadcasting.

The EMF KLUV is a Construction Permit. The Wikovski KLUV has been silent.

 

[Bill Betten]

This happened to a few stations over the summer as part of the LMS switchover, but the FCC has done nothing about it. Another AM took a set of calls that a couple weeks later the FCC granted to an LPTV without their written consent. My belief is both of these happened because they were applied for as a Call Letter Exchange between two stations and not a one-off change.



The EMF KLUV is a Construction Permit. The Wikovski KLUV has been silent.

He lost the KDNT call letters from Oakwood, is this lil fiasco. They went to Cali.

 

[Deleted member 108832]

He lost the KDNT call letters from Oakwood, is this lil fiasco. They went to Cali.

Not a big deal. He's selling 95.1 in J'Ville without the calls, so it's feasible he just ends up with the FM side of KEBE in Oakwood.

 

[speer360]

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EMF Filed a "PETITION TO REVOKE CALL SIGN ASSIGNMENT AND TO DISMISS CALL SIGN EXCHANGE REQUEST"

"Educational Media Foundation (“EMF”), permittee of FM broadcast station KLUV
(formerly KLHU), Huron, South Dakota (Facility ID No. 767500) (the “Huron Construction
Permit”), hereby submits this Petition to Revoke Call Sign Assignment and to Dismiss Call Sign
Exchange Request (“Petition”) with regard to the above-captioned application (the “KLUV-
KAMM Call Sign Exchange Request”) filed by North Texas Radio Group, L.P. (“NTRG”) for
consent to the exchange of the call signs for KLUV(FM) (formerly KDNT), Oakwood, Texas
(Facility ID No. 198814) (the “Oakwood Station”), and KAMM(AM), University Park, Texas
(Facility ID No. 63551) (“KAMM”). For the reasons stated herein, the Commission should
dismiss the KLUV-KAMM Call Sign Exchange Request and revoke the assignment of the
“KLUV” call sign to NTRG because the call sign was previously assigned to EMF for use with
the Huron Construction Permit"

 

[Mediafrog+]

Surprised it took EMF so long to file this; thought it would have happened right after the duplicate call was assigned to NTRG.

EMF should easily win this, and the Oakwood station will have to find a fresh call, as KDNT has already been assigned elsewhere.

 

[lanceventa]

Surprised it took EMF so long to file this; thought it would have happened right after the duplicate call was assigned to NTRG.

EMF should easily win this, and the Oakwood station will have to find a fresh call, as KDNT has already been assigned elsewhere.

They were through backchannels I'm told, but this application forced them to move to a more heavy-handed approach.

There were a handful of other stations this happened to last spring during the LMS transition where an LPFM or LPTV were given their calls without permission as well. At least one of them is waiting on the outcome of this for a roadmap of how to resolve their issue.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Update: The FCC has dismissed NTRG’s request for the KLUV/KAMM call swap, so it looks like the wheels are in motion for correcting the duplicate call screwup.

 

[nd2023]

Maybe he will be happier with the call letters DKLUV. EMF would gladly let him have that callsign.

 

[lanceventa]

Update: The FCC has dismissed NTRG’s request for the KLUV/KAMM call swap, so it looks like the wheels are in motion for correcting the duplicate call screwup.

Not so fast. They dismissed it but then quickly returned it to pending status.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Not so fast. They dismissed it but then quickly returned it to pending status.

Yeah, I noticed that. The FCC might have to go through some administrative and legal gymnastics first to invalidate the erroneous grant of the duplicate KLUV call to NTRG, which would then allow them to dismiss the call swap application.

EMF will still wind up winning this, but I wonder if NTRG might want some financial compensation due to the FCC screwup…though NTRG was almost certainly aware of the duplicate call issue before filing the swap request.

 

[Deleted member 108832]

Maybe he will be happier with the call letters DKLUV. EMF would gladly let him have that callsign.

Considering how little 94.5 has actually been on the air in its brief existence, the "D" would be fitting. I can't even tell you how long it's been off this time.

 

[lanceventa]

Considering how little 94.5 has actually been on the air in its brief existence, the "D" would be fitting. I can't even tell you how long it's been off this time.

All it takes is someone else filing an informal objection to the call swap with at least some form of proof of it being off to get the FCC to force Witkovski to come up with documents proving he operated.

 

[nd2023]

All it takes is someone else filing an informal objection to the call swap with at least some form of proof of it being off to get the FCC to force Witkovski to come up with documents proving he operated.

94.5 KLUV has a silent STA. So the proof would have to be that station being silent without an STA

 

[lanceventa]

94.5 KLUV has a silent STA. So the proof would have to be that station being silent without an STA

They filed the STA in July after the call change when they apparently thought EMF would send someone to check on it. If the station has been silent for longer as @rosecitymedia alleges, the license would be deemed expired if over a year unless Witkovski can prove it has operated.