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Townsquare Cancels KVLL-FM Wells

Ryan Williams said:
It's gone for sure, but clearly there is a lot of miscommunication or disfunction at Townsquare.

I did just turn on the stream and "Fun 94-7" is indeed still going strong. How? Is anyone in Lufkin-Nacogdoches... is it still on the air too as a pirate?

The Public File is also still up. If you look in the Issues and Programs List folder they have Q1 for 2025 only and then a "Note_to_File_Silent_Station" uploaded on April 10th 2025 which states:

"Townsquare License, LLCCommunity of License – Wells, Texas Effective 3/9/2025, radio station KVLL-FM, Facility ID 68130, is licensed but silent."

Interestingly, Townsquare filed to cancel the entire facility more than two weeks before that on March 25th, 2025 which was granted by the FCC two days later on the 27th.

I don't know how to square all this...
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@fybush was recently telling me that when a license is listed as DD such as this in LMS, it means it has been reactivated following a cancellation. I'm writing a blurb today about one in New York state that was surrendered in September, restored after the government shutdown in November and sold this week.

Based on the LMS, i see no application from Townsquare to restore KVLL-FM though.
 
What is the story behind three Ds being applied to a forfeited license, then? A semi-local example of this being the former KYHT-LD in Lake Charles.
 
lanceventa said:
@fybush was recently telling me that when a license is listed as DD such as this in LMS, it means it has been reactivated following a cancellation. I'm writing a blurb today about one in New York state that was surrendered in September, restored after the government shutdown in November and sold this week.

Based on the LMS, i see no application from Townsquare to restore KVLL-FM though.
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I have never seen the "DD" before today. Maybe Townsquare had an issue filing the application to restore and it was requested and performed by FCC staff manually. In the case of KVLL, it appears it went from DKVLL-FM to DDKVLL-FM on May 12th.

My understanding and personal experience is that this is a somewhat common occurrence, due to the complexity of multiple layers/generations of systems used (cbds, lms, etc.) that are slow, incomplete, and often unreliable.

Regardless, if what Rose is saying about when KVLL went off air is correct, if Townsquare were planning an eventual comeback, the clock is running out soon due to § 73.1750 and the 12 months without operations rule.
 
Ryan Williams said:
Regardless, if what Rose is saying about when KVLL went off air is correct, if Townsquare were planning an eventual comeback, the clock is running out soon due to § 73.1750 and the 12 months without operations rule.
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I sometimes have a hard time keeping up with the quota of a broken clock in any 24 hour period, but on this particular instance I am absolutely certain.

Hey, what'd ya know? I only need one more opportunity, and I'll be on par with that clock for the day.

KULF, the former KACO at Belleville (near Brenham) briefly sported the double D, fwiw.
 


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