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FCC Report 8/8: FCC Seeks Updates To Political Rules

Posted: 08 Aug 2021 09:00 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/211466/fcc-report-8-8-fcc-seeks-updated-to-political-rules/



The FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to update the rules for political programming and recordkeeping for the first time since 1991.

The rulemaking asks for comments towards revising the definition of legally qualified candidate for public office to add the use of social media and creation of a campaign website to the existing list of activities that may
be considered in determining whether an individual running as a write- in candidate has made a substantial showing of his or her bona fide candidacy
and revising the political file rules to conform with the Bipartisan
Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which included within the political file requirements any request for the purchase of advertising time that “communicates a message relating to any political matter of national importance” (such as issue ads) and specify the records that must be maintained. The full notice can be read here.


Autaugaville Radio, Inc.s Gospel 920 WXKD Brantley/106.3 W292HL Troy AL has been issued a Notice of Apparent Liability with a proposed fine of $4500
for failing to timely file a license renewal application. WXKD and W292HLs license renewals were due by April 1, 2021 but were not filed until June 18 with no explanation provided.

Range Paging, Inc.s 103.9 K280AT Ely MN was issued a Forfeiture Order for a $1500 fine upholding what its Notice of Apparent Liability proposed in June
for it failing to timely file its license renewal. K280AT rebroadcasts
Midwest Communications 96.1 WDKE Coleraine MN.

The FCC continues to reach consent decrees with operators over missing documents from their online political files. Each of the groups have agreed
to admission of liability and compliance plans:

Elk River Broadcasting licensee of WEKR Fayetteville TN
Flood Communications licensee of KUSO Albion NE
Flood Communications of Omaha licensee of KBBX-FM Nebraska City NE
KTRS-AM License LLC. licensee of KTRS St. Louis MO
Magic Air Communications licensee of KDZN Glendive MT
Red Beacon Communications licensee of KNEN Norfolk NE

Deletions

Migala Communications Corporation ceased operations of 1450 WCEV
Cicero/Chicago IL in January 2020. As the station never resumed operations within one year, the FCC deleted the license for WCEV. WCEV previously
operated on a timeshare basis from 1-10pm Monday through Friday, 1-8:30pm Saturday and 5am-10pm on Sundays with Midway Broadcasting’s The Real 1450 WRLL Cicero operating at all other times. WRLL has had an application
pending since March to move to 24 hour operation.

College of the Desert has surrendered the licenses of 1450 KCOD Palm
Springs and 99.9 K260DE Palm Desert CA. The college took the stations
silent in August 2020 due to significant financial distress and attempting
to sell the licenses. The stations Alternative Coachella-FM programming
moved to online only operations at that time.

Jesus Pena Acostas 98.5 KJJT Los Ybanez TX was deleted for being Silent for over one year.

Two of the so-called Franken-FMs have surrendered its license after the shutdown of analog broadcasts. Delta Media Corporation turned in KXKW-LP Lafayette LA. That station had been simulcasting Regional Mexican Caliente 105.3 KSLO-FM Simmesport.

Viva Media, which operates three FMs around Amarillo TX, has surrendered
the license of what had been Spanish Christian M87.7 KBEX-LP Amarillo
rather than convert it to digital television. Due to a filing issue, the
FCC first deleted and then restored the license for Vivas Regional Mexican
La Poderosa 96.1 KBEX Dalhart TX.

The following stations were deleted for failing to file their license
renewal applications:

Stellar Medias 1230 KOZA Odessa TX
Chapel of Lights 1530 KLBW New Boston TX
Plains Independent School Districts 90.3 KPHS Plains TX

AM Changes

Centro Familiar Cristiano applies to move Spanish Christian 1230 KDYM
Sunnyside WA to
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