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RO selling off the Mix signals

vchimpanzee said:
I think I first heard it on 96.7 FM in Myrtle Beach, though it might have been 91.7 in Florence. That Florence station I heard back when Loy 92 was beautiful music but I wasn't able to pick it up as soon as I wanted.
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Roger on that.

vchimpanzee said:
105.3 FM WGHJ used to be a beach music and oldies station in Whiteville. It has a great signal all the way from Bennettsville until 105.5 Hank FM messes it up near MB. I wish something more could have been done with the signal.
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Other than the beach, all due respect, Chimp, where'd that last part come from? Was it in reference to my questioning of 100.3? BTW, that, back home and in the olden days, was WGLD, Easy Listening/Beautiful Music, owned by Burny (sp) Mann. Used to listen to them as a little kid and worked with one of their DJs at WCLW.
 
fybush said:
Even I, as a former proprietor of tophour.com, long ago gave up on the "-FM" distinction.

If the FCC doesn't care enough to enforce it, how important can it really be?
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Thanks for tophour. Is it still around? Reckon I can just go and check LOL. Unfortunately, the FCC (or as an old friend used to say the Friendly Candy Company, all due respect) ain't as picky about some things, as they used to be or need to be.
 
vchimpanzee said:
I thought you would have a recording of WLNK going OFF the air.
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oh i do have one, as a matter of fact i filmed it within 2 minutes before they pulled their plug, that alongside me also doing another recording from a separate device of WMXG transitioning to the format they're on now. it's just that i'm waiting for 100.9 to come back on the air so then my full video can be a complete before/during/after transition phase of a video for the combined stations
 
fybush said:
You are arguing with someone who actually uses the FCC's systems.

And you're wrong.

You're using an outdated search based on the obsolete CDBS database system. The FCC now uses the LMS database, and if you do a search in LMS (or just click on the link I provided) you will see the CP.

Again - I do these filings for a living. The way I know that an application for a minor mod has been granted is that LMS sends me an email notifying me that my application has been granted and that the authorization (the CP) is attached.

There is no such thing as a granted application without a CP.
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I used FM Query and it’s not outdated. There’s a banner at the top of the page saying it pulls data from LMS, and if it was outdated then it wouldn’t pull up the days old applications.

But I did pull up the application again in LMS and do see the CP that you mentioned, and the status for both the WFNZ-FM and WLNK-FM applications are both set to “Granted, Active” so it does appear that you and Lance are correct. I also asked my engineering contact and he said y’all were right.

I know in the past when I’ve checked on apps it will show “Construction Permit” in FM Query, and “Granted, Construction Permit” in LMS. I don’t know when that changed, and why WFNZ is showing a permit in FM Query, while WLNK is not.
 
fybush said:
When a station changes calls, there's a little wiggle room in the FCC processes. A station can't legally change calls until the date it specifies in its application. For 100.9, that was May 14, so it can use the new calls at any point it chooses to.

There's no "license to cover" process for a call change.

However, as for the COL, it is still Indian Trail until the CP is built out and a license to cover is filed. It would actually not be correct for them to ID as Weddington until that happens.
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I think you’re probably right about the process, but why is their COL listed as Weddington everywhere now (LMS, Public File, FM Query)? In the past when I’ve looked these up, the COL didn’t change until the “License to Cover” was approved.
 
vchimpanzee said:
What I mean is the legal station ID in that video was WLNK, and the Wikipedia article is WLNK-FM.
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so? Most of the time, these days, the FCC doesn't care about small fish like that. They have lots of other things to worry about then sending out an enforcement agent to deal with an improper legal id.

I know an FM that's, by your standards, been IDing improperly for 11 years by not adding the FM Suffix that's very clearly on their license. No one cares
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
so? Most of the time, these days, the FCC doesn't care about small fish like that. They have lots of other things to worry about then sending out an enforcement agent to deal with an improper legal id.

I know an FM that's, by your standards, been IDing improperly for 11 years by not adding the FM Suffix that's very clearly on their license. No one cares
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I agree that it’s not a priority, and I know a lot of stations that have been misidentifying for years, but it’s still a liability for those stations. The FCC could be looking for a reason to nail a station, and you don’t want to give them one. Hell, Trump’s next distraction could be station misidentification is ruining the nation.
 
CLTRadio said:
I agree that it’s not a priority, and I know a lot of stations that have been misidentifying for years, but it’s still a liability for those stations. The FCC could be looking for a reason to nail a station, and you don’t want to give them one. Hell, Trump’s next distraction could be station misidentification is ruining the nation.
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Theyd have to really have something else to go after the station for or a have an FCC Field office nearby. Theyre not going to fine a station for not adding an FM Suffix
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
so? Most of the time, these days, the FCC doesn't care about small fish like that. They have lots of other things to worry about then sending out an enforcement agent to deal with an improper legal id.

I know an FM that's, by your standards, been IDing improperly for 11 years by not adding the FM Suffix that's very clearly on their license. No one cares
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I don't have any standards. If they don't want to do it, that's fine.

I think the Wikipedia article got "moved", as they call it, to a name that was different than the station at 107.9, to make it easier. The changing of all those Wikipedia articles' names was incredibly complicated.
 


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