We have appications for 95.5 and 104.1

[RickRose]

Cox just filed the applications that will make 104.1 licensed to Greenville and move 95.5 into the city. The application moves 95.5 to the 98.5/103.3/(upcoming 94.1) tower just east of town. 95.5 would become a C2 facilty but more people will get a clear signal than ever before.

 

[grmf]

?? 94.1 is already on the same tower/antenna as 98.5 & 103.3. They have been since about '88 - '89.

 

[RoddyFreeman]

You are correct. Star 94 has been on it since the beginning. And WABE-FM moved back to it last year.

 

[FloydB]

If their tower is in Atlanta, east of town, then why are Star's legals state "WSTR-Smyrna, Atlanta"? From what I remember in the laws, the legal ID has to state the city of license (where the tower is licensed, therefore located) for the tower and studio, if the two are in two different locations. If the studio is in Buckhead (city of Atlanta), wouldn't that put the tower in Smyrna, northwest of Atlanta?

 

[taylorengineer]

As long as the transmitter site will provide 'CITY GRADE" signal strength to the city of license, in this case Smryna, then all is OK.WKHX is licensed to Marietta, but the antenna is located off Braircliff Road, on Atlanta. There are other examples.....too many to list.

 

[ssnake]

Hmmm... wasn't a major rationale in the 95.5 city of license change to Doraville that the signal would remain the same and would continue to serve Athens?Someone needs to remind the FCC of this dishonest weaseling.

 

[taylorengineer]

Boy Bob, the Cox gang, and weasle words.

Dishonest weasling by Boy Bob and the nice folks at Cox?? Bite your forked tongue Ssnake!!Everyone knew what Cox Radio, including the FCC, was up to with this COL change. Cox radio just happens to have the money to make this stuff happen....it took many, many dollars to get this one.Deregulation of the broadcast industry has been the biggest mistake in my lifetime. I was born in 1957.....if you think about it, there have been some HUGE mistakes in that time frame.....but none as life changing as broadcast dereg. Most media is now controlled by morally/intellectually lacking miscreants.....and the governmental authorities are bending over backwards to give them more media outlets.I'm all for making a profit.....but media control by four or five groups is not in the public's interest. The argument that "radio needed help to compete for ad dollars" was/is an empty one.....just look at the pure,unadulterated,garbage being spooned out by the stations they already own. That's the reason radio is having trouble getting the ad dollar share they want. Furthermore....they want 100 percent of the ad dollars.......they are gonna' have to make radio a "whoooole lot better" if they want the whole pie!!!So you wonder why they use weasle words and claim they have the public's interest(s) at heart?? It's because we care more about the morning show at 99X than what's happening to our communications industries.....look at the posts on this board. No concern whatsoever about Cox,ClearChannel, Radio One et. al. swallowing every station in sight and spreading their diseased "entertainment" like syphilis. Until we become educated.....and concerned.....there will be more of the same!!BTW.....how is law school going Ssnake?

 

[ssnake]

Re: Boy Bob, the Cox gang, and weasle words.

Dishonest weasling by Boy Bob and the nice folks at Cox?? Bite your forked tongue Ssnake!!Everyone knew what Cox Radio, including the FCC, was up to with this COL change. Cox radio just happens to have the money to make this stuff happen....it took many, many dollars to get this one.Deregulation of the broadcast industry has been the biggest mistake in my lifetime. ...BTW.....how is law school going Ssnake?

I agree... the sad thing is no one is challenging them, and that is what lets them get away with it. Ironically, Infinity Broadcasting was the only entity to challenge their moving of the allotment to Doraville. And Cox was able to preempt any challenges to loss of service to Athens by claiming that any move would be "speculative" and "hypothetical." And Cox argued against a site restriction by claiming that "unforeseen technical issues" could force moving of the transmitter site... yeah right.The public interest factors weigh strongly for the denial of this "minor" change application. For one, Cox has not proposed any replacement of service for Athens, which is remarkably underserved compared to Atlanta. I'll have to go through the record for previous two-step moves. Plus there are the cross-ownership restrictions still in place of which they are seeking a waiver to process the application.It is possible to file an informal objection with the FCC for a minor change application, and I do believe that as an Athens resident, I have special standing to file such an objection. Unfortunately the FCC does not accept petitions to deny for "minor" changes.Two more final exams left and then I'll be done with the first year of law school; yay.

 

[The Writings on the Wall]

I totally agree with the both of you on that about corporate consolidation of radio and other forms of media. It has created more chaos and joblessness more than an aid. Cox Enterprises is an example of corporate crap at its best. They have purchase more stations and ran them into the ground faster than Clear Channel could ever have. Most of Cox stations sound like crap and very few if any try to serve the public interest via community information/news. Just look over the stateline and use Cox Birmingham as an example. Its ashame that the FCC is letting this occur and continue to turn the other cheek. IMO, CBS Radio seems to be the only radio corporation around that still tries to do what radio was meant to do and that is serve the community and provide the public's best interest.

 

[70sdj]

Great Americans Anthony and Opie. So that's why CBS hired them again. The public interest. Thanks for the info.

 

[littlejohn]

C'mon now, don't fault the players for playing by the rules. When the rules change, the game changes. Why shouldn't 95.5 migrate to the Big City? After all, precedent certainly exists. I'd think 100.5 from the top of Peachtree Plaza probably bills in a month what it did in a year from the top of the mountain in Anniston, Alabama. Don't like thge rules? That's why your friendly legislooter is there.... give him a call and demand some change.

 

[ssnake]

C'mon now, don't fault the players for playing by the rules. When the rules change, the game changes. Why shouldn't 95.5 migrate to the Big City? After all, precedent certainly exists. I'd think 100.5 from the top of Peachtree Plaza probably bills in a month what it did in a year from the top of the mountain in Anniston, Alabama. Don't like thge rules? That's why your friendly legislooter is there.... give him a call and demand some change.

They didn't play by the rules - their first application showed a lack of candor calculated to preempt challenges to loss of service to Athens/Gainesville. The FCC has discretion on these allotments by weighing public interest factors. Cox is the one asking for a waiver of the Commission's rules on media cross-ownership.Unlike with the 100.5, 107.9 or 105.3 move-ins, Cox has NOT proposed any replacement for the loss of service caused by the 95.5 move. It merely rests on the proposition that Athens is already amply served by WFSH. Count how many commercial stations put a 70 dBu into Athens... there aren't many.95.5 already serves Atlanta; there is no reason why it needs to move further in at the expense of service to Athens, its former community of license.

 

[littlejohn]

Cross ownership has no bearing on the discussion at hand.Moving 95.5 closer to Atlanta will open up an allocation someplace else... and the troops with the software will find it and file for it.Moving 105.5 resulted in the construction of a station serving Birmingham... hardly benefit to Anniston.Again, if the rules aren't to your liking, petition your elected representative to have them changed. Money talks, if you got enough of it you'll have your way. Meantime, buy some Cox stock.. they look to be doing all right.

 

[ssnake]

Cross ownership has no bearing on the discussion at hand.Moving 95.5 closer to Atlanta will open up an allocation someplace else... and the troops with the software will find it and file for it.Moving 105.5 resulted in the construction of a station serving Birmingham... hardly benefit to Anniston.Again, if the rules aren't to your liking, petition your elected representative to have them changed. Money talks, if you got enough of it you'll have your way. Meantime, buy some Cox stock.. they look to be doing all right.

Cross ownership does affect this; Cox is applying for a waiver of the media cross ownership rules because they own WSB-TV, the leading newspaper and the radio stations. The FCC had lifted the rules, but the implementation is stayed. Note media ownership is not considered as part of the allotment stage and was not in consideration in changing the COL to Doraville.Check the allotments created by the 100.5 move-in.... 100.7 A at Ashland, Ala., and 100.1 C3 at Anniston. The 100.5 move-in to Birmingham was separate from the original proceeding. It is doubtful that the FCC would have granted the 100.5 move in to College Park had Susquehanna not engineered the other two Alabama allotments compared to Preston Small's competing proposal.Really, this all is a game. Go look at the proceedings for docket 98-112. That is the issue of moving 100.5 from Anniston to College Park. "As shown herein, the public interest would not be served by removing WHMA from Anniston in favor of the well-served Atlanta radio market."Whose words? Cox Radio!