www.insideradio.com had an article on Tuesday saying NM has filed a waiver request with the fcc to keep all the stations. I hope they don't get to keep them.
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NM wants to keep them all
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From my perspective I think they have a valid arguement. But if the FCC is using "Arbitrons Rules" to define the market boundaries then Next Media is screwed. Maybe the FCC should use the City Grade Contour to define whether a station belongs in a particular market or not. I don't think anyone should be penalized during this insane economic downfall. 
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YES! RF coutours are the only way to be fair. The Commission allows Newspaper / TV / Radio clusters in the same market like Cox in Atlanta. There other areas of greater concentrated radio ownerships. I can think of a Macon GA cluster and Elkins WV off the top of my head. I know both are much smaller but some Idea. If CC is allowed to have the Aloha Trust which it puts in and takes out stations as it needs to keep the FCC happy, then let NM have a “trust”. I think the only fair way to limit ownership is a set number of overlapping signal contours anywhere in the USA. AM night skip should not count. The trusts like Aloha should only be allowed when the FCC changes the rules, and only for a set number of Years. FM is about to get “AM tized” with a bunch of class D’s shoehorned in because of concentrated ownership.
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