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100.7 FM simulcasting 91X / LMSD Staffing Changes

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radioarchivist

As of listening right now, 100.7 BIG FM is no more, and the frequency is being used to simulcast sister station 91X / XETRA-FM until Lotus takes over. Heard a quick KFBG legal ID on 91X in the car. Listening to the app/stream plays an audio loop explaining the sale and redirecting listeners to sister stations. Additionally, the website redirects to a page with a similar message.

From LMSD:
Last month, we sold 100.7 FM to Lotus Communications. We, Local Media San Diego, are currently in the final phase of turning over programming to the new owner. Our sincerest thank you for your support of 100.7 BIG-FM over the past five years. We hope you will continue to support local broadcasting by listening to our sister radio stations 91X (91.1), Z90 (90.3) and Magic 92.5, still locally owned and operated with the goal of serving the San Diego community. During this final phase we will be temporarily broadcasting 91X on 100.7 FM. Thank you again for your support of local radio.
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Looks like staffing changes across the board for LMSD too, some staff is out and some talent will be jumping stations.

From what I can gather from the On-Air pages of the websites:
  • Marty Whitney exits 91X mornings, replaced by PD Garett Michaels
  • Zach Van Lue exits afternoons, now hosted by APD/MD Hilary Doneux, no midday talent listed on website
  • Corey Dylan moves from 100.7 mornings to Z90.3 middays, nothing about existing midday host PJ
  • Zach and Marty are still listed on the 91X website, as "whenever needed;" it appears the only full-time on-air personalities at 91X are the program directors.
  • Magic 92.5's lineup seems unscathed at the moment
 
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That's very unfortunate that such a highly popular radio station is going away.

This surprises me. I figured Big FM would be relocated to 90.3.
 
I still say 'Adult Hits' will end up somewhere. The popularity of the format is on an upswing, and the fact that KFBG was doing well ratings wise That's too big of an audience size to leave on the table like that.
 
I'm noticing 91X (and therefore the simulcast on KFBG) is still running spots for local dispensaries, which I've only ever heard on Local Media SD's Mexican-licensed stations.

From my understanding, the FCC does not permit any radio/television advertisement for cannabis - and surely, if it was allowed, LMSD would have been selling the spots to air on KFBG for the past 5 years already, no? After doing a little digging, there seem to be some cases where it's legal to advertise on-air (to certain audiences where cannabis is legal) but it definitely seems like a gray area and I find it telling that none of the other operators in the market have attempted to capitalize on it.

Thoughts?
 
I've always thought depending on how you worded the spot, it would be something you likely could get by with, but most licensees don't want to take the risk.

Especially given the current FCC.
 
radioarchivist said:
From my understanding, the FCC does not permit any radio/television advertisement for cannabis - and surely, if it was allowed, LMSD would have been selling the spots to air on KFBG for the past 5 years already, no? After doing a little digging, there seem to be some cases where it's legal to advertise on-air (to certain audiences where cannabis is legal) but it definitely seems like a gray area and I find it telling that none of the other operators in the market have attempted to capitalize on it.
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By the letter of the law, at least by the attorneys at a client station in Colorado a few years ago, you can advertise dispensaries in states where marijuana is legal. What you cannot do is run those ads across state lines where it was not legalized so in our case we blocked all of them out on the stream. I have clients in multiple states where marijuana is legal running spots and remotes from dispensaries.
 
radioarchivist said:
From my understanding, the FCC does not permit any radio/television advertisement for cannabis - and surely, if it was allowed, LMSD would have been selling the spots to air on KFBG for the past 5 years already, no? After doing a little digging, there seem to be some cases where it's legal to advertise on-air (to certain audiences where cannabis is legal) but it definitely seems like a gray area and I find it telling that none of the other operators in the market have attempted to capitalize on it.
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I hear dispensary ads occasionally, but most of the big operators don't take those spots. I believe what Lance said is correct, but some broadcasters, particularly the larger ones, are concerned that the feds could cause them grief for carrying those spots. After all, they are federal licensees, and marijuana remains federally illegal.
 
radioarchivist said:
I'm noticing 91X (and therefore the simulcast on KFBG) is still running spots for local dispensaries, which I've only ever heard on Local Media SD's Mexican-licensed stations.

From my understanding, the FCC does not permit any radio/television advertisement for cannabis - and surely, if it was allowed, LMSD would have been selling the spots to air on KFBG for the past 5 years already, no? After doing a little digging, there seem to be some cases where it's legal to advertise on-air (to certain audiences where cannabis is legal) but it definitely seems like a gray area and I find it telling that none of the other operators in the market have attempted to capitalize on it.

Thoughts?
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I'm surprised that anything even related to cannabis is permitted on any "SD Mexican licensed station" or any other Mexican radio station for that matter.
 
TomásEstefan said:
I'm surprised that anything even related to cannabis is permitted on any "SD Mexican licensed station" or any other Mexican radio station for that matter.
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They are not allowed, in fact they can be subject to a serious sanction by the government. I think that nobody notices why the ads are in English.
 
Cannabis can be advertised on US radio/TV. As of now, the FCC has not ruled on cannabis advertising. Im sure they’re treating it as beer/liquor ads in the 40s-50s. A few of the states hadn’t legalized alcohol but advertising it was acceptable on a federal level.

As mentioned above, the big operators won’t touch them (partially because of corporate legal issues, partially because a lot of dispensaries are like local restaurants—they want the cheapest ads available and would prefer trade outs)
 
What about CBD products that do not contain the psychoactive component of THC? It seemed like ads for those products were everywhere on both TV and radio up until about a year ago or so. I know here in San Diego, there has been a crackdown on retail establishments selling them outside of the dispensaries.
 
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What about CBD products that do not contain the psychoactive component of THC? It seemed like ads for those products were everywhere on both TV and radio up until about a year ago or so. I know here in San Diego, there has been a crackdown on retail establishments selling them outside of the dispensaries.
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CBD is 100% A-OK. Hell, I saw an ad for CBD ointment on Newsmax last week.

California has rather goofy cannabis rules and (like most of anything the state government touches), quite over-regulated IMHO. Considering the local grocery store by my house in the Sierra foothills sold CBD items, I doubt it’s that…more than likely it’s delta-8 products (or people selling these CBD items/delta-8 stuff in communities that don’t allow dispensaries)
 
So do we have any idea when 100.7 FM KFBG switches to its new format? It’s a shame they scrapped the BIG FM format, it was rather good and quite successful.
 
exbloguero said:
They are not allowed, in fact they can be subject to a serious sanction by the government. I think that nobody notices why the ads are in English.
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To expound on this, the Ley Federal de Telecomunicaciones y Radiodifusión (and its forthcoming successor) reserves to the Secretariat of Health the regulation of advertising of "food supplements, biotechnological products, alcoholic beverages, medicines, herbal remedies, prosthetics, orthotics, functional aids, diagnostic agents, dental supplies, surgical materials, pesticides, plant foods and toxic or dangerous substances and others that may be determined in the applicable legislation" (Artículo 219 Fracc. III).

This suggests that we need to look in more specific legislation. This was published on January 12, 2021, and is called the Ley General de Salud en Materia de Control Sanitario para la Producción, Investigación y Uso Medicinal de la Cannabis y sus Derivados Farmacológicos. Articles 77–80 deal with the advertising and marketing of cannabis medication and notes that this shall be directed exclusively at health professionals, "and as such the promotion and advertising directed at the general public is prohibited".

It should be noted that bans on recreational use have been struck down by the courts, but legislation clarifying its status has not been crafted.
 
seattlesarchiebunker said:
CBD is 100% A-OK. Hell, I saw an ad for CBD ointment on Newsmax last week.

California has rather goofy cannabis rules and (like most of anything the state government touches), quite over-regulated IMHO. Considering the local grocery store by my house in the Sierra foothills sold CBD items, I doubt it’s that…more than likely it’s delta-8 products (or people selling these CBD items/delta-8 stuff in communities that don’t allow dispensaries)
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This is the crackdown on hemp related products I was referring to, that started late last year.

www.10news.com

California's crackdown on hemp THC products could cut off Point Loma teen from 'life-changing' medicine

Kristin Bowker says the latest looming ban on hemp THC products in California could cut off families like her own from the medicine they need most.
www.10news.com www.10news.com
 
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