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Hank-FM Comes To Wichita Falls

Posted: 05 Apr 2020 10:30 AM PDT
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LKCM Radio Group has flipped Sports ESPN 95.5 KXPN-FM Scotland/Wichita
Falls TX to Classic Country 95.5 Hank-FM.

KXPN-FM is now simulcasting 92.1 Hank-FM KTFW-FM Glen Rose/Fort Worth as
the station becomes the first Sports station to fall due to the lack of
Sports being played right now. It becomes the second Classic Country
station in Wichita Falls competing against Falls Medias Big Country 97.5
KXXN Iowa Park. Falls Media previously operated KXPN-FM via Time Brokerage
Agreement in 2014 and 2015.




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FCC Report 4/5: LPFM Modernization To Be Voted On

Posted: 05 Apr 2020 10:00 AM PDT
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As part of its open meeting on April 23, the FCC will vote on a Report and
Order to modernize the LPFM technical rules to provide more regulatory
flexibility for licensees.

The six points the order intends to affect are to:

Expand the circumstances in which LPFM stations may use directional
antennas and allow custom models designed for specific locations instead of
only “off-the-shelf� models with parameters set by the manufacturer.
Redefine LPFM station “minor changes,� which an LPFM licensee can apply for
at any time without awaiting a filing window. The Order would revise the
current definition from a change in transmitter location that does not
exceed 5.6 kilometers to a change which either: (a) does not exceed 11.2
kilometers; or (b) involves overlapping 60 dBu contours of the station’s
own existing and proposed facilities.
Permit LPFM stations to own and operate FM booster stations, which amplify
and rebroadcast a station’s signal, usually in areas with irregular terrain.
Make available to LPFM stations and other broadcast stations operating on
the FM reserved band (88.1 to 91.9) waivers of the requirement to protect
television stations operating on television channel 6, which is adjacent to
the FM reserved band. An FM radio applicant may request such a waiver if
the TV6 station concurs or the applicant demonstrates that no interference
would result. The Order would defer to a future proceeding the question of
whether to sunset TV6 protections entirely after the July 13, 2021,
completion of the transition of low-power television operations from analog
to digital.
Clarify that LPFM stations that go silent must, like other broadcast
stations, notify the Commission if they are off-air for more than ten days
and request Commission authority to remain off-air more than 30 days.
Make non-substantive rule changes to conform provisions governing third
adjacent channel interference, correct repetitive language, and remove
outdated information.


The full Report and Order can be read here.
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