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License renewals granted to many stations in Mississippi Friday
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What is the status of WZRX 1590 in Jackson. It's been off the air since Jan. 1. Do they plan to sell it? or just turn in the license. It didn't have the greatest signal but it sounded pretty good when you were in range. I haven't driven down I 220 lately so I'm wondering if any of the equipment or towers have been removed. If it stays vacant long it will get looted.
Station in on the silent list.FCC won't renew a license if the station is currently off air.But i love how some of these translators get renewed that have been off air for as long as 3 years.Never notified the FCC they were off.
Noticed WQBC got renewed ,the old wire trick.
Read along and have some Kleenex handy.you'll need it!!!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Exhibit 34
Description: CIRCUMSTANCES AND TEMPORARY ANTENNA
THE ENGINEER INSTALLING THE SYSTEM RAN OFF WITH THE EQUIPMENT. I NOW HAVE ANOTHER TRANSMITTER AND A NEW LOCAL ENGINEER.
THE PROPOSED ANTENNA WILL CONSIST OF A VERTICAL WIRE 18.28 METERS LONG SUSPENDED FROM THE CENTER OF A HORIZONTAL 'FLATTOP' APPROXIMATELY 79 METERS LONG AND APPROXIMATELY 18 METERS ABOVE GROUND (LESS SAG).
THE GROUND SYSTEM WILL CONSIST OF 50 COPPER GROUND WIRES BURIED SEVEN TO FOURTEEN CENTIMETERS (THREE TO SIX INCHES).
THE RADIATED FIELD WILL BE LESS THAN SPECIFIED IN SECTIONS 7.4 AND 7.5 BECAUSE THE GROUND SYSTEM IS BELOW THE MINIMUM THAT FCC FIGURE 8 WILL ACCEPT
THE EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES ARE MANIFOLD. WHAT CAUSED THE EMERGENCY IS DIRECTLY DUE TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER BEING EVICTED FROM THE TOWER SITE AND THE MAIN STUDIO. THE PREVIOUS OWNER DID NOT OWN THE LAND NOR THE MAIN SRUDIO BUILDING AND THE OWNER DECIDED TO SELL THE TOWER SITE TO A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS AND THE MAIN STUDIO BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED. CONTINUING, THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF 'HEIR PROPERTY' IN VICKSBURG, THE CITY OF LICENSE, AND WARREN COUNTY GENERALLY, ARE ALSO NEGATIVE MITIGATING FACTORS TO OUR EFFORTS TO MOVE TO A PERMANENT TOWER SITE. IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT SITE AS ACQUIRING 'CLEAR TITLE' TO LANDS FOR PURCHASE AND OR LEASE ARE RESTRICTED BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF LEGAL WILLS ON POTENTIAL TRANSACTIONAL PROPERTY. IN EFFECT, MISSISSIPPI LAW REQUIRES THAT ALL LIVING AND DEAD HEIRS HAVE TO AGREE ON SAID PROPERTY THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE PERMANENT TOWER SITE FOR A TRANSACTION TO BE CONSUMMATED. KNOW TOO, THAT SAID HEIRS TO PROPERTY HAVE TO BE LOCATED, CONTACTED AND SERVED BY OFFICIAL LEGAL DUE PROCESS. ADDITIONAL EXIGIENT CIRCUMSTANCES ARE DUE TO THE CATASTROPHIC RECENT FLOODING IN VICKSBURG, THE CITY OF LICENSE FOR WQBC. THE FLOODING AND TORNADOS IN WARREN COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE HAVE CAUSED THE LOCAL AND COUNTY OFFICIALS TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE, WHICH WAS GRANTED BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. THUS LOCAL RESIDENTS ALONG WITH FEMA, MEMA, LOCAL AND COUNTY GOVENRMENT OFFICIALS NEED WQBC ON AIR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO HELP WITH THE FLOW AND CONVERGENCE OF INFORMATION TO THE THOUSANDS OF DISPLACED VICTIMS OF THE FLOODING WHO ARE NOW LIVING IN TEMPORARY SHELTERS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS GARAGES ETC. THE AUTHORITIES DESPERATLY NEED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS ON THE PROCESS FOR FILING FOR ASSISTANCE AND TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR SAVING AND RESTORING LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS SUFFERED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGES TO LOCAL RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES IN VICKSBURG THE CITY OF LICENSE FOR WQBS. THUS, THE RADIO STATION WQBC IS A VITAL AND IMPORTANT VOICE AND COMMUNICATION TOOL TO HELP THE COMMUNITY SURVIVE THE CURRENT DEVASTION. WQBC IS ALSO MISSISSIPPI'S OLDEST RADIO STATION SIGNING ON THE AIR IN 1928 AND STILL RETAINING IT'S ORIGINAL CALL LETTERS. IN ADDITION, VICKSBURG AND WARREN COUNTY IS ONE OF THE NATION'S POOREST COMMUNITIES WITH ONE OF THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE COUNTRY AS WELL AND THE RADIO STATION'S PRIMARY AUDIENCE IS AFRICAN-AMERICANS, POOR WHITES AND LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC SECTORS IN THE TOWN WHO, WITHOUT THE STATION, REALLY HAVE NO VOICE AND NO ONE TO EXERT THEIR INTEREST AND KEEP LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOCUSED ON THEIR NEEDS IN THIS CRITICAL TIME OF GREAT NEED. SO WE ARE ASKING THE COMMISSION TO GRANT OUR STA REQUEST WITH THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF POWER EXPEDITIOUSLY, AS THE AIRWAVES BELONG NOT ONLY TO THE RICH AND POWERFUL, BUT TO ALL AMERICANS NO MATTER WHAT THEIR CIRCUMSTANCE AND RIGHT NOW VICKSBURG IS SUFFERING AND OUR STATION CAN DO IT'S PART TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PAIN BY GETTING ON AIR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AS WE CONTINUE TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT SITE. WHICH WE WILL MOST DEFINEITELY GET ACCOMPLISHED.
THIS PROPOSED SITE IS 4.54 KILOMETERS AT 078 DEGREES FROM THE LICENSED SITE.
Read along and have some Kleenex handy.you'll need it!!!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Exhibit 34
Description: CIRCUMSTANCES AND TEMPORARY ANTENNA
THE ENGINEER INSTALLING THE SYSTEM RAN OFF WITH THE EQUIPMENT. I NOW HAVE ANOTHER TRANSMITTER AND A NEW LOCAL ENGINEER.
THE PROPOSED ANTENNA WILL CONSIST OF A VERTICAL WIRE 18.28 METERS LONG SUSPENDED FROM THE CENTER OF A HORIZONTAL 'FLATTOP' APPROXIMATELY 79 METERS LONG AND APPROXIMATELY 18 METERS ABOVE GROUND (LESS SAG).
THE GROUND SYSTEM WILL CONSIST OF 50 COPPER GROUND WIRES BURIED SEVEN TO FOURTEEN CENTIMETERS (THREE TO SIX INCHES).
THE RADIATED FIELD WILL BE LESS THAN SPECIFIED IN SECTIONS 7.4 AND 7.5 BECAUSE THE GROUND SYSTEM IS BELOW THE MINIMUM THAT FCC FIGURE 8 WILL ACCEPT
THE EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES ARE MANIFOLD. WHAT CAUSED THE EMERGENCY IS DIRECTLY DUE TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER BEING EVICTED FROM THE TOWER SITE AND THE MAIN STUDIO. THE PREVIOUS OWNER DID NOT OWN THE LAND NOR THE MAIN SRUDIO BUILDING AND THE OWNER DECIDED TO SELL THE TOWER SITE TO A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS AND THE MAIN STUDIO BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED. CONTINUING, THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF 'HEIR PROPERTY' IN VICKSBURG, THE CITY OF LICENSE, AND WARREN COUNTY GENERALLY, ARE ALSO NEGATIVE MITIGATING FACTORS TO OUR EFFORTS TO MOVE TO A PERMANENT TOWER SITE. IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT SITE AS ACQUIRING 'CLEAR TITLE' TO LANDS FOR PURCHASE AND OR LEASE ARE RESTRICTED BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF LEGAL WILLS ON POTENTIAL TRANSACTIONAL PROPERTY. IN EFFECT, MISSISSIPPI LAW REQUIRES THAT ALL LIVING AND DEAD HEIRS HAVE TO AGREE ON SAID PROPERTY THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE PERMANENT TOWER SITE FOR A TRANSACTION TO BE CONSUMMATED. KNOW TOO, THAT SAID HEIRS TO PROPERTY HAVE TO BE LOCATED, CONTACTED AND SERVED BY OFFICIAL LEGAL DUE PROCESS. ADDITIONAL EXIGIENT CIRCUMSTANCES ARE DUE TO THE CATASTROPHIC RECENT FLOODING IN VICKSBURG, THE CITY OF LICENSE FOR WQBC. THE FLOODING AND TORNADOS IN WARREN COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE HAVE CAUSED THE LOCAL AND COUNTY OFFICIALS TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE, WHICH WAS GRANTED BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. THUS LOCAL RESIDENTS ALONG WITH FEMA, MEMA, LOCAL AND COUNTY GOVENRMENT OFFICIALS NEED WQBC ON AIR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO HELP WITH THE FLOW AND CONVERGENCE OF INFORMATION TO THE THOUSANDS OF DISPLACED VICTIMS OF THE FLOODING WHO ARE NOW LIVING IN TEMPORARY SHELTERS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS GARAGES ETC. THE AUTHORITIES DESPERATLY NEED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS ON THE PROCESS FOR FILING FOR ASSISTANCE AND TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR SAVING AND RESTORING LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS SUFFERED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGES TO LOCAL RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES IN VICKSBURG THE CITY OF LICENSE FOR WQBS. THUS, THE RADIO STATION WQBC IS A VITAL AND IMPORTANT VOICE AND COMMUNICATION TOOL TO HELP THE COMMUNITY SURVIVE THE CURRENT DEVASTION. WQBC IS ALSO MISSISSIPPI'S OLDEST RADIO STATION SIGNING ON THE AIR IN 1928 AND STILL RETAINING IT'S ORIGINAL CALL LETTERS. IN ADDITION, VICKSBURG AND WARREN COUNTY IS ONE OF THE NATION'S POOREST COMMUNITIES WITH ONE OF THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE COUNTRY AS WELL AND THE RADIO STATION'S PRIMARY AUDIENCE IS AFRICAN-AMERICANS, POOR WHITES AND LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC SECTORS IN THE TOWN WHO, WITHOUT THE STATION, REALLY HAVE NO VOICE AND NO ONE TO EXERT THEIR INTEREST AND KEEP LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOCUSED ON THEIR NEEDS IN THIS CRITICAL TIME OF GREAT NEED. SO WE ARE ASKING THE COMMISSION TO GRANT OUR STA REQUEST WITH THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF POWER EXPEDITIOUSLY, AS THE AIRWAVES BELONG NOT ONLY TO THE RICH AND POWERFUL, BUT TO ALL AMERICANS NO MATTER WHAT THEIR CIRCUMSTANCE AND RIGHT NOW VICKSBURG IS SUFFERING AND OUR STATION CAN DO IT'S PART TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PAIN BY GETTING ON AIR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AS WE CONTINUE TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT SITE. WHICH WE WILL MOST DEFINEITELY GET ACCOMPLISHED.
THIS PROPOSED SITE IS 4.54 KILOMETERS AT 078 DEGREES FROM THE LICENSED SITE.
HA! Still not on the air, rode by his proposed site the other day, there is a building out there but nothing else.
He has been trying to get me to build that temporary antenna and get it on the air for some time, every time I mention money he runs the other way, he already stiffed another local engineer from some money on the planning.
I'm not naming any names here, but warning anyone thats contacted to beware.
edit: he sure does not mention the 5 other operating stations in the area that do a fine job of getting infomation out to the public...
He has been trying to get me to build that temporary antenna and get it on the air for some time, every time I mention money he runs the other way, he already stiffed another local engineer from some money on the planning.
I'm not naming any names here, but warning anyone thats contacted to beware.
edit: he sure does not mention the 5 other operating stations in the area that do a fine job of getting infomation out to the public...
Actually an FM purchased in the auction is calhoun city.102.1, i believe. It will be a tough go! Another Bruce repeat i'm afraid. Bruce could have possibly been moved some,maybe a tupelo rimshot,but that's all we need,more signals in Tupelo.It's way over radioed now..You did good getting rid of ole Brucie boy!!
There has been a Calhoun City allocation for 102.3 more than once I think. I wonder if it will come to fruition this time.
I see that one just had a CP filed on 5/9/2012 1.5kw at about 120 feet. City Grade signal ends a few feet past the hospital. It will cover Calhoun City and Derma.
go to Recnet.com and search by owner: VALLEYDALE BROADCASTING, LLC
They have a bunch of CP's for tiny signals covering tiny towns and even one that covers a bunch of mountains and no towns in N. Alabama. There is one in LA that covers a Lake, the gulf of mexico, and an unincorporated town of 400 ppl.
They only station they have on the air they are using something like a 90 dbu map showing they cover 277,000 people.
http://www.939theduck.com/about
60 dBu coverage here:
http://maps.google.com/?q=http://tr...q=93.9&contour=60&city=LYNCHBURG&state=TN.kml
There was also once a 250 watt am WJRL in Calhoun City.
I have heard B100 in Grenada play requests for Calhoun City a few times. Calhoun City is just outside their 60dBu coverage. It still sounds good on a car radio there.
I see that one just had a CP filed on 5/9/2012 1.5kw at about 120 feet. City Grade signal ends a few feet past the hospital. It will cover Calhoun City and Derma.
go to Recnet.com and search by owner: VALLEYDALE BROADCASTING, LLC
They have a bunch of CP's for tiny signals covering tiny towns and even one that covers a bunch of mountains and no towns in N. Alabama. There is one in LA that covers a Lake, the gulf of mexico, and an unincorporated town of 400 ppl.
They only station they have on the air they are using something like a 90 dbu map showing they cover 277,000 people.
http://www.939theduck.com/about
60 dBu coverage here:
http://maps.google.com/?q=http://tr...q=93.9&contour=60&city=LYNCHBURG&state=TN.kml
There was also once a 250 watt am WJRL in Calhoun City.
I have heard B100 in Grenada play requests for Calhoun City a few times. Calhoun City is just outside their 60dBu coverage. It still sounds good on a car radio there.
There is also a vacant allocation in Vardaman for another Class A on 99.5.
At one time they were trying change the allocation to 103.7 when the 103.9 allocation was being moved from Columbus to Okolona.
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/view?id=5507721484
I believe there were no takers for that one but I could be wrong. The Calhoun City allocation went for $9,800 in the same auction.
At one time they were trying change the allocation to 103.7 when the 103.9 allocation was being moved from Columbus to Okolona.
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/view?id=5507721484
I believe there were no takers for that one but I could be wrong. The Calhoun City allocation went for $9,800 in the same auction.
Best of luck to all parties.To me it's throwing good money after bad.Ask Debut,they know!!
I have a friend from Calhoun City who recently left for greener pastures in another state. Good luck to anyone hoping to turn a profit in Calhoun County, it's a nice little slice of Americana but just too few people too spaced out to be worthwhile. Being between Grenada, Oxford and Tupelo doesn't help, radio-wise. I think the local paper there may have folded up, too.
Haven't lived there for almost 6 years but I do feel qualified to offer a few more facts and opinions on WCMR.
Financial circumstances may not have been the primary reason for owner surrendering. Owner was a non comm. I suspect that out of state management was harder than they anticipated.
Maybe more commercial potential now than before since WCPC in Houston was sold. Robin Mathis is truly an institution (and we were lucky to have him and WFCA as primary radio competitors--both were always honest, ethical and very nice to us). Sports were very important to us and you'll likely need sports to make it there. At one point in the past it appeared that the station could move to the NE--far enough to require city of license change but not far enough to relly be a Tupelo station. And who would want to be a single station Class A owner with non-city coverage there?
IIRC, Calhoun City signal was diminished and made directional, that wil be tough to make $$ with. Vardaman is also a tough geographical spot, IIRC, proposed site is SW of town, deep in the woods. WCMR landed in a pretty good spot, a circle 20 miles from the XMTR went thru Calhoun City, Houston and Pontotoc.
Calhoun City weekly paper folded, Bruce paper seems to be doing very well.
Financial circumstances may not have been the primary reason for owner surrendering. Owner was a non comm. I suspect that out of state management was harder than they anticipated.
Maybe more commercial potential now than before since WCPC in Houston was sold. Robin Mathis is truly an institution (and we were lucky to have him and WFCA as primary radio competitors--both were always honest, ethical and very nice to us). Sports were very important to us and you'll likely need sports to make it there. At one point in the past it appeared that the station could move to the NE--far enough to require city of license change but not far enough to relly be a Tupelo station. And who would want to be a single station Class A owner with non-city coverage there?
IIRC, Calhoun City signal was diminished and made directional, that wil be tough to make $$ with. Vardaman is also a tough geographical spot, IIRC, proposed site is SW of town, deep in the woods. WCMR landed in a pretty good spot, a circle 20 miles from the XMTR went thru Calhoun City, Houston and Pontotoc.
Calhoun City weekly paper folded, Bruce paper seems to be doing very well.
Not in radio any longer. When we first moved to Missouri I worked as a small business consultant at a university SBTDC, mostly with startups. For a little over a year, now I am working for a consulting company focusing on manufacturers. We help them with lean, six sigma, ISO registration, energy efficiency, marketing and the like. I still get to meet a lot of great people, they just don't quite talk right when you get north of the Bootheel.
Still like lurking here on the boards, though.
Talked to someone from the company I work for today who was coming home from a vacation and she was in Batesville at the Cracker Barrel eating lunch.
Still like lurking here on the boards, though.
Talked to someone from the company I work for today who was coming home from a vacation and she was in Batesville at the Cracker Barrel eating lunch.
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