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Three Applicants For 92.1 Amherst

J

JustPastBuffalo

Medaille College, Buffalo is one of three applicants for non-com 92.1 Amherst:

NY BNPED-20100224AAO NEW 184302 MEDAILLE COLLEGE CP New Station.
E 92.1 MHZ AMHERST, NY

Also:

NY BNPED-20100226AJM NEW 185179 SMILE FM CP New Station.
E 92.1 MHZ AMHERST, NY

Also:

NY BNPED-20100226AIN NEW 185171 CALL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC. CP New Station.
E 92.1 MHZ AMHERST, NY


Applications at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-296647A2.txt

Medaille almuni in Buffalo, and there are many, might want to help their alma mater pursue the application. I'm sure there are a few other folks who'd prefer to see this frequency awarded to a local college rather than become a satellite downlink for a national religious group.
 
Medaille is interesting, and they do have a presence in Amherst. I can't help but wonder how much of a benefit a radio station is to a small, private college. And, is it a surprise that WNED doesn't seem to have a dog in this fight as a partner for WNED-AM?
 
Upon further review, my initial post might have better defined Smile-FM's orientation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_FM

As to Call-FM being a religious organization? Hearsay. (But I'm guessin'....)

Even Jackie Chiles knows that hearsay1, in most cases, is inadmissable in court. Thankfully, nobody ever mistook this forum for a courtroom, even though some of us on occasion may resemble the Simpsons' law talkin' guy, Lionel Hutz.

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1The Barrister of the Board may offer discussion.
 
I think WNED knew they wouldn't win because they already own licenses, and thus would almost certainly lose out to another applicant that would not (technically) own any licenses.

Or, equally possible, they convinced Medaille to apply and promised that they (WNED) would pay for everything in exchange for X number of hours of airtime per day. I don't know much about WNED or Medaille so I can't speculate on the likelihood of such a deal, but on the surface it could make a lot of sense for both parties; not unlike what WXXI does with WRUR. It's equally likely that Medaille just wanted their own station, though. (shrugs)

BTW, according to Fybush, there are 10 applications for this allocation...not just three. All except Medaille are religious, I think, and all but four are non-local. Of the four, it appears that the Helen Randall Church will win it, because they claim the most population/land area served by a substantial amount (approx. 850k vs 650k for the next biggest applicant). That's just a quick armchair analysis, though...I haven't really done a detailed analysis of it to be sure. Although I noticed that all four seem to use the same tower and same antenna pattern, although each has different heights and ERP's and I haven't delved into it enough to figure out why. Looks like some have different reference lat/long's versus facility lat/longs and some have the same for both, too.
 
"Of the four, it appears that the Helen Randall Church will win it, because they claim the most population/land area served by a substantial amount (approx. 850k vs 650k for the next biggest applicant)."

You have to wonder how serious that church in Williamsville is about building and operating a station, as opposed to getting the CP and selling it off to one of the national satellite preaching outfits for a nice chunk of cash.

Just for the hell of it I looked up that church's website and it turns out they're trying to raise money for a substantial rebuild of the church itself. Not a word about trying to launch a local radio ministry. CPs that allow you to build stations which can reach seven figure populations like an FM drop-in in Buffalo are very valuable pieces of paper worth healthy six figure sums even before you solder the first wire for your master control. You can sell them for whatever price you can get without ever having to put them on the air, to anyone who could pass muster as a licensee anywhere in the country. That could be what they're looking for--a way to raise substantial sums of cash to help pay for their priority projects through sale of the CP itself, without any cash outlay beyond a few thou for drawing up the plans and filing them. Most fundraising programs cost a lot more than that. And if some kindly and charitably inclined folks with legal and technical credentials volunteered their services as a pro-bono contribution to the church, it could even be a freebie.
 
Regardless of who wins the CP, whether it be one of the local churches, or one of the national chains, it seems that this frequency will become yet another channel on the western New York radio dial to be avoided at all costs.

Enjoy your reception of CKPC-FM while you can, folks.
 
JimPastrick said:
As to Call-FM being a religious organization? Hearsay. (But I'm guessin'....)
Click to expand...

It's a reasonable (and accurate) assumption: http://callfm.com

All their current stations are in Florida.

BTW, according to Fybush, there are 10 applications for this allocation...not just three.
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Yep:
"Monument of Faith Fellowship Center"
"JCM Radio of NY"
"Medaille College"
"Smile FM"
"Triangle Foundation"
"Helen M. Randall Memorial Baptist Church"
"Lockport Seventh Day Adventist Church"
"Calvary Chapel"
"Hispanic Family Christian Network"
"Call Communications Group"

Superficially, all ten appear technically grantable. (that's not the case everywhere; some of the applications in other cities seem to have specified too much power for the class of the channel)
 
You have to wonder how serious that church in Williamsville is about building and operating a station, as opposed to getting the CP and selling it off to one of the national satellite preaching outfits for a nice chunk of cash.
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Well, they do have to certify that they have the funds to build the facility and operate it for three months (I think) as part of their application. And usually when a CP is awarded based on points, as part of a MX group like this, you cannot sell/transfer the license for a minimum of four years after the license to cover is granted.

So if they're thinking they're going to cash in and get a payday? I think the FCC has other plans! On the other hand, I notice that Mark Humphrey did the engineering for them, and he works a lot with Family Life Networks. Perhaps an unofficial joint operation? Of course, Mark works a lot with a lot of non-comm stations, too...not just FLN.
 
I hope Medaille gets it. At least it's likely to be more interesting than canned religious spam.
 
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