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Four Syndicated Shows Gain Former Rick & Sasha Affiliates; KMJK Kansas City
Goes Local In Mornings

Posted: 11 Apr 2021 01:10 PM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...l-in-mornings/



With the announcement last month that Westwood One would be ceasing
distribution of the Rick Sasha morning show as of Friday, April 16, most
of Cumulus Medias stations carrying the program have moved to new shows.

The biggest gainer from the end of Rick Sasha is Reach Medias Rickey
Smiley Morning Show. The move of Smiley from Hip Hop to Adult RB stations
was part of the impetus for Cumulus to launch Rick Sasha as a competitor
for Tom Joyners former affiliates. Now Smiley has added distribution in
seven southeastern markets:

Magic 107.3\ WMGL Ravenel/Charleston SC
Magic 94.3 WCMG Latta/Florence SC
Kiss 103.1 WLXC Columbia SC
Magic 103.9 WTYB Bluffton SC/Savannah GA
Magic 106.1 WRRX Gulf Breeze/Pensacola FL
96.1 Jamz WHBX Tallahassee FL
Mix 106.1 WMXU Starkville/Columbus MS


Reach Medias Russ Parr Morning Show was added at 104.1 WDLT-FM
Saraland/Mobile AL.

Premiere Networks Steve Harvey Morning Show adds V100 100.1 WVIB Holton MI.

Compass Media Networks DeDe In The Morning hosted by DeDe McGuire adds a
pair of Louisiana markets with launches on 102.9 KMEZ Belle Chasse/New
Orleans and Magic 102.9 KVMA-FM Shreveport.

107.3 KMJK North Kansas City MO will launch a new local morning show hosted
by Sean Tyler and Tasha Mack on Monday, April 19. Tyler previously hosted
middays at KMJK, but is best known for his long run co-hosting mornings at
103.3 KPRS-FM Kansas City. Mack most recently was heard on a local
webcaster and has previously hosted at Community 90.1 KKFI Kansas City.

BIG Announcement: Starting on Monday April 19th at 5am its the NEW 107-3
Morning Wake Up with @SeanTylerKC1 and @tashafromthedot
https://t.co/fgVc7DjuP4

- 107.3 KC (@1073KC) April 8, 2021



Among the stations to not yet announce morning plans are Classic Hip Hop OG
97.9 W250BC/WWWQ-HD3 Atlanta and soon-to-be sold Radio 103.9 WNBM
Bronxville/New York.



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FCC Report 4/11: The Final 9/11 Displacement Seeks To Make Its Move
Permanent

Posted: 11 Apr 2021 12:17 PM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...ove-permanent/


FM Changes

Spanish Broadcasting Systems Spanish AC 93.1 Amor WPAT-FM Paterson NJ has
operated under STA from the Empire State Building since the stations
antenna atop the World Trade Center was destroyed on 9/11/2001. While other
stations such as 89.9 WKCR-FM and 103.5 WKTU found new permanent sites
years ago, WPAT-FM had to deal with pre-1964 short-spacing to 92.9 WMGS
Wilkes-Barre PA, 93.1 WHYN-FM Springfield MA and 93.3 WMMR Philadelphia.
Applications in 2002 and 2019 sought to operate WPAT-FM with 6kW/415m, but
both were dismissed due to the interference it would cause to WHYN-FM after
the FCC denied the waiver SBS sought to re�establish a technical facility
at ESB equivalent to the technical facility destroyed by terrorists on WTC.

Now SBS seeks to convert the facilities used by WPAT-FM via its
long-running STA into the permanent facilities with 4.8kW/415m.
FCC Actions

The FCC is opening a comment period from May 10 to May 24 on iHeartMedias
request to allow Global Media Entertainment to hold up to a 9.99% stake in
the company.

The FCC has denied Triangle Access Broadcastings objection to the license
renewal of Educational Media Foundations 96.1 W241AI Gorgas, 102.1 W271BN
Birmingham and 106.5 W293CM Graysville AL. Much like other objections filed
in recent years by Triangle Access Broadcasting, they attested that EMF had
not paid required application and regulatory fees for the translators. EMF
countered that it paid the required application fees and is exempt from
paying regulatory fees because it is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which the FCC
agreed with.

Metropolitan Management Corporation of Tennessees 1580 WNPZ Knoxville TN
has entered a consent decree for compliance with the Public File Rule.
Deletions

The FCC deleted Omni Broadcastings 1480 WKGC Southport/Panama City FL after
the agency inquired into the stations operating status. WKGCs license was
listed as expiring on November 5, 2020 following one year of silence. The
FCC states that after sending Omni owner Ron Hale a letter in December,
they did not respond but filed a notice of resumption of operation without
any explanation of the circumstances of resumption. After revoking that
notice, the FCC gave two more attempts to provide the documentation they
required, but none of which established that the station resumed operation
timely.

Iglesia Cristiana Ebenezers 90.1 KWEZ-FM Caney OK was deleted for being
silent of 365 days.

Self Retire Inc.s Homng Minority Radio 1600 Watertown MN and 3G Learning
Solutions 88.7 KMKZ Red Feather Lakes CO were deleted for failing to timely
file a license renewal application.
More FM Changes

Family Life Ministries applies for the move of its pending acquisition of
Classic Rock 101 The Met 100.9 WMTT-FM Horseheads NY into the Ithaca market.
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