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FCC Docket 05-210 - Seattle Radio

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dialtwisty

Guest
FCC Docket 05-210:

"Permitting Community of License Minor Change Applications – Proposes to allow AM and FM licensees and permittees to change their community of license by first-come/first-served minor modification applications, streamlining the current two-step procedures"...
============================================================================
Are we opposed to any regulation that allows licensees to further abandon their city of origin?

In Washington state there are 10 cities that have been "orphaned".
Only two cities are still being served by their station of origin.
In all other cases the stations cited here carry a majority metro news,
but do not serve their community of origin.

Those still covering their cities of origin are KCIS/KCMS, Edmonds and KAAP, Rock Island...

In the case of Burien, WA, whose station of license is KGNW-AM (820): It has slighted the community by not carrying any news of Burien (according to city officials) nor has it aired anything of the major decisions going on in that city that truly affect its future.

KGNW still says in their ID: KGNW, Burien, Seattle.
Originally 820 AM in Burien was a daytime signal.

It was boosted to fulltime on the promise that it would serve Burien better; That was 25 years ago.

Today it has abandoned the city and in the past 20 years there has been no community news of the city.

KIXI-AM (880 AM) whose city of license is Mercer Island has no news of that community.

KFNK, Eatonville, with studios in Tacoma, has no Eatonville news

KAAR, Kirkland, has no local news or service

KZIZ, Sumner, no local news or service

KEYF, Cheney, no local news or service, City officials were stunned to know that they still had a radio station!

KNWX, Auburn, recently sold, had no local news or service

KRWM, Bremerton, has no local news or service

KIXZ, Opportunity, no local news or service

KSOH, Wapato, no local news or service

If stations are to perform in the public interest, just where is their "public"?

The "community of license" is an excuse crafted to allow the 10 stations to abandon vital service to a very needed part of the community. In other words they are being allowed to discriminate against the communities that gave them their beginnings. The owners have abandoned them for the metro area, where the profits are huge and the signal can be automated for efficiency.

In the meantime those cities of original license are dying a slow death without a "voice" to promote them. All of the cities mentioned, save Bremerton, are dying economically.

Their vocal identity is now a ventriloquist piping the virtues of the big city and reaping big bucks. Is this really in the public interest and welfare?
 
> FCC Docket 05-210:
>
> "Permitting Community of License Minor Change Applications –
> Proposes to allow AM and FM licensees and permittees to
> change their community of license by first-come/first-served
> minor modification applications, streamlining the current
> two-step procedures"...
================> ============================================================
>
> Are we opposed to any regulation that allows licensees to
> further abandon their city of origin?
>
> In Washington state there are 10 cities that have been
> "orphaned".
> Only two cities are still being served by their station of
> origin.
> In all other cases the stations cited here carry a majority
> metro news,
> but do not serve their community of origin.
>
> Those still covering their cities of origin are KCIS/KCMS,
> Edmonds and KAAP, Rock Island...
>
> In the case of Burien, WA, whose station of license is
> KGNW-AM (820): It has slighted the community by not carrying
> any news of Burien (according to city officials) nor has it
> aired anything of the major decisions going on in that city
> that truly affect its future.
>
> KGNW still says in their ID: KGNW, Burien, Seattle.
> Originally 820 AM in Burien was a daytime signal.
>
> It was boosted to fulltime on the promise that it would
> serve Burien better; That was 25 years ago.
>
> Today it has abandoned the city and in the past 20 years
> there has been no community news of the city.
>
> KIXI-AM (880 AM) whose city of license is Mercer Island has
> no news of that community.

In mercer island news today, a middle class high school student was cited for smoking a bong.
>
> KFNK, Eatonville, with studios in Tacoma, has no Eatonville
> news
>
In local eatonville news today, a cow was cited for smoking a bong...and for mooning Mt. Rainier.

> KAAR, Kirkland, has no local news or service

In kirkland news today, whoever applied for these call letters was way too emotionally atteched to the evil twin of KITT in the Knight Rider series...known as KARR
>
> KZIZ, Sumner, no local news or service

Ain't got' nuthin for sumner
>
> KEYF, Cheney, no local news or service, City officials were
> stunned to know that they still had a radio station!

In Cheney news today a third rate university has expelled a student for smoking a bong.

>
> KNWX, Auburn, recently sold, had no local news or service
Dude, it was an ALL NEWS STATION, if there was news to report about auburn they would have done it.
>
> KRWM, Bremerton, has no local news or service
>
In Bremerton news today there is a traffic problem getting to tacoma.
> KIXZ, Opportunity, no local news or service
>
> KSOH, Wapato, no local news or service
>
Dude, wapato? dust storm? drunken fly? come on.


>
>
> In the meantime those cities of original license are dying a
> slow death without a "voice" to promote them. All of the
> cities mentioned, save Bremerton, are dying economically.
>
Yes...small towns are dying and its all RADIO's fault...scuze me while I chuckle at that thought.
>
 
> > FCC Docket 05-210:
> >
> > "Permitting Community of License Minor Change Applications
> –
> > Proposes to allow AM and FM licensees and permittees to
> > change their community of license by
> first-come/first-served
> > minor modification applications, streamlining the current
> > two-step procedures"...
> ================>
> ============================================================
>
> >
> > Are we opposed to any regulation that allows licensees to
> > further abandon their city of origin?
> >
> > In Washington state there are 10 cities that have been
> > "orphaned".
> > Only two cities are still being served by their station of
>
> > origin.
> > In all other cases the stations cited here carry a
> majority
> > metro news,
> > but do not serve their community of origin.
> >
> > Those still covering their cities of origin are KCIS/KCMS,
>
> > Edmonds and KAAP, Rock Island...
> >
> > In the case of Burien, WA, whose station of license is
> > KGNW-AM (820): It has slighted the community by not
> carrying
> > any news of Burien (according to city officials) nor has
> it
> > aired anything of the major decisions going on in that
> city
> > that truly affect its future.
> >
> > KGNW still says in their ID: KGNW, Burien, Seattle.
> > Originally 820 AM in Burien was a daytime signal.
> >
> > It was boosted to fulltime on the promise that it would
> > serve Burien better; That was 25 years ago.
> >
> > Today it has abandoned the city and in the past 20 years
> > there has been no community news of the city.
> >
> > KIXI-AM (880 AM) whose city of license is Mercer Island
> has
> > no news of that community.
>
> In mercer island news today, a middle class high school
> student was cited for smoking a bong.
> >
> > KFNK, Eatonville, with studios in Tacoma, has no
> Eatonville
> > news
> >
> In local eatonville news today, a cow was cited for smoking
> a bong...and for mooning Mt. Rainier.
>
> > KAAR, Kirkland, has no local news or service
>
> In kirkland news today, whoever applied for these call
> letters was way too emotionally atteched to the evil twin of
> KITT in the Knight Rider series...known as KARR
> >
> > KZIZ, Sumner, no local news or service
>
> Ain't got' nuthin for sumner
> >
> > KEYF, Cheney, no local news or service, City officials
> were
> > stunned to know that they still had a radio station!
>
> In Cheney news today a third rate university has expelled a
> student for smoking a bong.
>
> >
> > KNWX, Auburn, recently sold, had no local news or service
> Dude, it was an ALL NEWS STATION, if there was news to
> report about auburn they would have done it.
> >
> > KRWM, Bremerton, has no local news or service
> >
> In Bremerton news today there is a traffic problem getting
> to tacoma.
> > KIXZ, Opportunity, no local news or service
> >
> > KSOH, Wapato, no local news or service
> >
> Dude, wapato? dust storm? drunken fly? come on.
>
>
> >
> >
> > In the meantime those cities of original license are dying
> a
> > slow death without a "voice" to promote them. All of the
> > cities mentioned, save Bremerton, are dying economically.
>
> >
> Yes...small towns are dying and its all RADIO's
> fault...scuze me while I chuckle at that thought.
> >
>
Everyone should also know that this NPRM 05-210 was brought to you by your friends at First Broadcasting of Dallas. Texas
These are the same people who are trying to wipe out the local educational KMIH-FM and move KMCQ from The Dalles, Oregon to Seattle, Wa (Oh sorry, I meant "Covington")

If they take over and win the channel, KMIH and KCFL will likely be wiped out and taken off the air, and The Dalles will forever lose its strongest FM station.

This is all for the sake of a few bucks. If this NPRM goes through, don't think for a minute that you'll will be notified, since everything becomes a "minor change" and people like First will be able to wipe out stations in the dead of night, w/o anyone ever knowing it until it's too late to mount any opposition.
 
> Dialtwisty: Thanks for the very thoughtful message. The roots of the problem you speak of stem from deregulation in 1996 (under Clinton's watch and Michael Powell's FCC. Your post is excellent and should be re-routed to your Congressperson or Senators.



FCC Docket 05-210:
> "Permitting Community of License Minor Change Applications –
> Proposes to allow AM and FM licensees and permittees to
> change their community of license by first-come/first-served
> minor modification applications, streamlining the current
> two-step procedures"...
================> ============================================================
>
> Are we opposed to any regulation that allows licensees to
> further abandon their city of origin?
>
> In Washington state there are 10 cities that have been
> "orphaned".
> Only two cities are still being served by their station of
> origin.
> In all other cases the stations cited here carry a majority
> metro news,
> but do not serve their community of origin.
>
> Those still covering their cities of origin are KCIS/KCMS,
> Edmonds and KAAP, Rock Island...
>
> In the case of Burien, WA, whose station of license is
> KGNW-AM (820): It has slighted the community by not carrying
> any news of Burien (according to city officials) nor has it
> aired anything of the major decisions going on in that city
> that truly affect its future.
>
> KGNW still says in their ID: KGNW, Burien, Seattle.
> Originally 820 AM in Burien was a daytime signal.
>
> It was boosted to fulltime on the promise that it would
> serve Burien better; That was 25 years ago.
>
> Today it has abandoned the city and in the past 20 years
> there has been no community news of the city.
>
> KIXI-AM (880 AM) whose city of license is Mercer Island has
> no news of that community.
>
> KFNK, Eatonville, with studios in Tacoma, has no Eatonville
> news
>
> KAAR, Kirkland, has no local news or service
>
> KZIZ, Sumner, no local news or service
>
> KEYF, Cheney, no local news or service, City officials were
> stunned to know that they still had a radio station!
>
> KNWX, Auburn, recently sold, had no local news or service
>
> KRWM, Bremerton, has no local news or service
>
> KIXZ, Opportunity, no local news or service
>
> KSOH, Wapato, no local news or service
>
> If stations are to perform in the public interest, just
> where is their "public"?
>
> The "community of license" is an excuse crafted to allow the
> 10 stations to abandon vital service to a very needed part
> of the community. In other words they are being allowed to
> discriminate against the communities that gave them their
> beginnings. The owners have abandoned them for the metro
> area, where the profits are huge and the signal can be
> automated for efficiency.
>
> In the meantime those cities of original license are dying a
> slow death without a "voice" to promote them. All of the
> cities mentioned, save Bremerton, are dying economically.
>
> Their vocal identity is now a ventriloquist piping the
> virtues of the big city and reaping big bucks. Is this
> really in the public interest and welfare?
>
 
> > > FCC Docket 05-210:
> > >
> > > "Permitting Community of License Minor Change
> Applications
> > –
> > > Proposes to allow AM and FM licensees and permittees to
> > > change their community of license by
> > first-come/first-served
> > > minor modification applications, streamlining the
> current
> > > two-step procedures"...
> > ================>
> >
> ============================================================
>
> >
> > >
> > > Are we opposed to any regulation that allows licensees
> to
> > > further abandon their city of origin?
> > >
> > > In Washington state there are 10 cities that have been
> > > "orphaned".
> > > Only two cities are still being served by their station
> of
> >
> > > origin.
> > > In all other cases the stations cited here carry a
> > majority
> > > metro news,
> > > but do not serve their community of origin.
> > >
> > > Those still covering their cities of origin are
> KCIS/KCMS,
> >
> > > Edmonds and KAAP, Rock Island...
> > >
> > > In the case of Burien, WA, whose station of license is
> > > KGNW-AM (820): It has slighted the community by not
> > carrying
> > > any news of Burien (according to city officials) nor has
>
> > it
> > > aired anything of the major decisions going on in that
> > city
> > > that truly affect its future.
> > >
> > > KGNW still says in their ID: KGNW, Burien, Seattle.
> > > Originally 820 AM in Burien was a daytime signal.
> > >
> > > It was boosted to fulltime on the promise that it would
> > > serve Burien better; That was 25 years ago.
> > >
> > > Today it has abandoned the city and in the past 20 years
>
> > > there has been no community news of the city.
> > >
> > > KIXI-AM (880 AM) whose city of license is Mercer Island
> > has
> > > no news of that community.
> >
> > In mercer island news today, a middle class high school
> > student was cited for smoking a bong.
> > >
> > > KFNK, Eatonville, with studios in Tacoma, has no
> > Eatonville
> > > news
> > >
> > In local eatonville news today, a cow was cited for
> smoking
> > a bong...and for mooning Mt. Rainier.
> >
> > > KAAR, Kirkland, has no local news or service
> >
> > In kirkland news today, whoever applied for these call
> > letters was way too emotionally atteched to the evil twin
> of
> > KITT in the Knight Rider series...known as KARR
> > >
> > > KZIZ, Sumner, no local news or service
> >
> > Ain't got' nuthin for sumner
> > >
> > > KEYF, Cheney, no local news or service, City officials
> > were
> > > stunned to know that they still had a radio station!
> >
> > In Cheney news today a third rate university has expelled
> a
> > student for smoking a bong.
> >
> > >
> > > KNWX, Auburn, recently sold, had no local news or
> service
> > Dude, it was an ALL NEWS STATION, if there was news to
> > report about auburn they would have done it.
> > >
> > > KRWM, Bremerton, has no local news or service
> > >
> > In Bremerton news today there is a traffic problem getting
>
> > to tacoma.
> > > KIXZ, Opportunity, no local news or service
> > >
> > > KSOH, Wapato, no local news or service
> > >
> > Dude, wapato? dust storm? drunken fly? come on.
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > In the meantime those cities of original license are
> dying
> > a
> > > slow death without a "voice" to promote them. All of the
>
> > > cities mentioned, save Bremerton, are dying
> economically.
> >
> > >
> > Yes...small towns are dying and its all RADIO's
> > fault...scuze me while I chuckle at that thought.
> > >
> >
> Everyone should also know that this NPRM 05-210 was brought
> to you by your friends at First Broadcasting of Dallas.
> Texas
> These are the same people who are trying to wipe out the
> local educational KMIH-FM and move KMCQ from The Dalles,
> Oregon to Seattle, Wa (Oh sorry, I meant "Covington")
>
> If they take over and win the channel, KMIH and KCFL will
> likely be wiped out and taken off the air, and The Dalles
> will forever lose its strongest FM station.
>
> This is all for the sake of a few bucks. If this NPRM goes
> through, don't think for a minute that you'll will be
> notified, since everything becomes a "minor change" and
> people like First will be able to wipe out stations in the
> dead of night, w/o anyone ever knowing it until it's too
> late to mount any opposition.
>
Yes, the friendly folks at First Broadcasting from the big RED state of Texas want to make some more money. Now's your chance to make your comments public in docket 05-210.

KMIH might have a chance here, but KCFL and it's satalator on 94.5 Mhz will get BLOWN OFF THE FACE OF THIS EARTH. Stay tuned.
 
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