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Entercom Releases Statement On KDND License Revocation Hearling

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 09:16 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headli...tion-hearling/



Following yesterdays FCC decision to hold a hearing regarding whether to
renew Entercoms license for CHR 107.9 The End KDND Sacramento, CEO David
Field has released the following statement about the situation:



“What happened at KDND in 2007 was a terrible tragedy that pains us deeply.
Throughout our 48-year history, we have had a steadfast commitment to being
a caring and responsible corporate citizen, firmly committed to public
service. We take great pride in all of the work we have done to serve our
communities. Nonetheless, we fully recognize that all of our good work
cannot undo that tragic event nine years ago.

We do believe it is important to note that the jury that heard this case
concluded that Entercom Communications Corp. was not negligent. What
happened was the result of unauthorized and appalling actions by certain
station employees who violated corporate procedures. None of that
diminishes our sadness and we remain committed to continuous improvement in
our efforts to serve the public.�



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Station Sales Week Of 10/28

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 05:30 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headli...-week-of-1028/


Station Sales

Quicksilver Broadcasting sells Classic Rock Z104 104.1 WMZK and Classic
Country 730 The Patriot WJMT Merrill/Wausau WI to WRVM Inc. for $260,000.
WRVM will convert both stations to non-commercial simulcasts of Christian
102.7 WRVM Suring WI.

Broadway Media sells Silent 107.9 KAOX Shelley/Idaho Falls ID to Frandsen
Media for $25,000. As part of the deal Frandsen will also assume Broadways
obligations for the frequency changes required at 99.1 KNYN Fort Bridger WY
(to 103.9), 103.9 KGNT Smithfield UT (to 99.1), and 95.9 KLZX Tremonton UT
(to 99.9 Weston ID) as part of previous upgrades to allow Broadways
predecesors to upgrade their signals in the Salt Lake City market. KAOX
previously completed its move from 107.3 in Kemmerer WY.

Desert Broadcasters is acquiring Silent 920 KPSI Palm Springs and 1340 KWXY
Cathedral City CA from RR Radio Corporation for $375,000. Both stations
went dark in August as its elderly owners sought to cut back on their
assets.

Alex Media sells the CP for 97.7 KPDS Blanca CO to Mainstreet Broadcasting
Company for $55,000.

The estate of James Hoffman sells Gospel 106.3 WOAH Glennville GA to
Liberty Radio, Inc. for $200,000.

Charles Carver Jr. is acquiring the 50% of AC simulcast The Choice 960 WATS
Sayre PA and 102.1 WAVR Waverly NY from Todd Bowers for $200,000.
Sale Withdrawals

Todd Robinsons WVJT Inc. has withdrawn its application to acquire AAA 101.5
The Valleys Music Place WVMP Vinton/Roanoke VA from Dr. William Amos
Community Media Group LLC. WVJT had begun operating the station via Time
Brokerage Agreement on August 1 and intended to pay $600,000 to acquire it.
Translator Sales
Station State Seller Buyer Price To Rebroadcast Station State
Seller Buyer Price To Rebroadcast 106.5 K293BZ Beaumont CA Calvary
Chapel of Costa Mesa Disney $45,000 1110 KDIS Los Angeles 101.1 W266CJ
Beechwood OH Kent State University Educational Media Foundation
$40,000 99.5 WGAR-HD3 Cleveland 105.3 K287AK Prineville OR Sunriver
Broadcasting Eads Broadcasting $30,000 920 KSHO Lebanon 106.1 W291CE
Marathon FL Call Communications Fort Myers Broadcasting $55,000 1460
WNPL Golden Gate 101.7 W269CG Priceville AL James Henderson Lifetalk
Radio $35,000 1360 WBLC Lenoir City TN 102.5 W273CH Middlebury VT Sun
Signals Sugar River Media $90,000 1320 WCVR Randolph 92.9 W225AV
Ironwood

95.1 W236AS Park Falls MI

WI WRVM Inc. Midwest Family Broadcasting $72,000 1480 WLMV Madison

1670 WOZN Madison 105.5 K288GU Lufkin TX E-String Wireless Martin
Broadcasting $35,000 1500 KANI Wharton 107.5 K298BW Jackson MO
Covenant Network WIBH Inc. $25,000 1440 WIBH Anna IL 95.7 W239CF
Albion MI Friends of Christian Radio Lafayette TV $38,000 1410 WSHY
Lafayette IN 102.3 W272AU Hanover NH Vermont Public Radio Kurt Jackson
$32,000 1250 WARE Ware MA 100.5 W263CJ Immokalee FL Glades Media
Alliance Broadcasting Network $55,000 1170 WAVS Davie 97.5 W248CI
Brevard NC Radio Training Network Vance Patterson $50,000 1490 WSVM
Valdese 92.3 K222CK Clearlake CA One Ministries Akal Broadcasting
$45,000 1310 KMKY Oakland 96.3 K242CN Aspen CO Educational
Communications of Colorado Springs Wolf Creek Broadcasting $25,000 1450
KGIW Alamosa 97.5 W248AH Brunswick GA Debra Sears Graham 321
Corporation $35,000 1300 WKQK Cocoa Beach FL 102.7 W274AZ Woodlawn VA
Golden West Media Johnson Broadcast Ventures Price Not Submitted 1230
WCBT Roanoke Rapids NC 104.9 K285GT Aspen CO Educational Communications
of Colorado Springs Wolf Creek Broadcasting Ten Year Tower Lease 1400
KWUF Pagosa Springs 102.3 W272DF Ocean City NJ CSN International Press
Communications $55,000 1410 WHTG Eatontown 101.1 W266CI Ithaca NY
Edward Farmer Win Radio Broadcasting $65,000 740 WNYH Huntington 99.9
K260CO Mammoth Lakes CA Western Inspirational Broadcasters Jeri Lyn
Broadcasting $25,000 1220 KHTS Santa Clarita 99.1 K256BT Goodland KS
First Ventures Capital Partners Kath Broadcasting $12,000 1490 KGOS
Torrington WY 105.9 K290CC Seguin TX Wildcatter Wireless Enduring Oil
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KDND License Renewal Hearing To Be Held Before Administrative Law Judge

Posted: 27 Oct 2016 07:39 PM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headli...ive-law-judge/



The January 2007 Hold Your Wee for a Wii contest at Entercom CHR 107.9 The
End KDND Sacramento that led to the death of Jennifer Strange could lead to
the loss of the stations license as the FCC has scheduled a hearing
proceeding before an Administrative Law Judge to determine whether the
stations license should be renewed.

On January 12, 2007 the stations Morning Rave morning show held the contest
where listeners had to drink as much water as long as possible without
urinating to win a Nintendo Wii video game system. Jennifer Strange had
finished in second place during the contest but after returning to work
that day died from water poisoning. Program Director Steve Weed (now SVP
Programming for iHeartMedia Central California), morning hosts Steve Maney
(now at WNKS Charlotte), Lukas Cox (now at KRBB Wichita), and Trish Sweet
(now Jayde Donovan at WPLJ New York) and six others were swiftly fired. In
2009 Stranges husband won $16.5 million compensation in a wrongful death
lawsuit against Entercom.

Now the consequences will be much higher. KDNDs license renewal filings in
2005 and 2013 will be heard by a judge to determine whether Entercom will
be able to continue operating the station after petitions to deny from
Media Action Center and Ed Stolz and an informal objection by Roger Smith.
The FCC states that Based on the totality of the evidence, there are
substantial and material questions of fact as to whether Entercom: (i)
designed and conducted a contest that was inherently dangerous; (ii)
increased the danger to the contestants by changing the announced Contest
terms; (iii) was aware of the potential dangers of the Contest and water
intoxication; (iv) failed to protect the contestants from the potential
dangers of the Contest; (v) failed to warn the contestants of the Contest’s
potential dangers; (vi) prioritized entertainment value over the welfare of
the contestants; and (vii) failed to conduct adequate training and exercise
appropriate supervision of Station KDND employees and the Contest to ensure
the safety of the contestants.

The renewal hearing will be held within nine months of todays order.

Negligently causing the death of a member of the Station’s listening
audience, as the jury found of Entercom at the Trial, appears to be prima
facie contrary to the public interest. Accordingly, we are unable to make
the finding required by Section 309(k)(1)(A). We therefore designate
Entercom’s license renewal Applications for hearing in order to develop a
more complete record and provide Entercom with an opportunity to raise
additional facts and circumstances, including those not related to the
Contest, that may be relevant to our public interest determination. In
addition, we specify that the hearing proceeding will commence no later
than the first business day after the nine-month anniversary of the release
of this Order. We further expect that the Presiding Judge and the parties
will move through this case expeditiously and that, upon conclusion of the
hearing, the Presiding Judge will make all reasonable efforts to issue his
Initial Decision on an expedited basis.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 309(e) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 309(e), Applications
for Renewal of License for KDND(FM), File Nos. BRH-20130730ANM and
BRH-20050728AUU, are DESIGNATED FOR HEARING in a proceeding before an
Administrative Law Judge in Washington, D.C. to be commenced no later than
the first business day after the nine-month anniversary of the release of
this Order, upon the following issues:

(a) To determine whether Entercom designed and conducted a contest that was
inherently dangerous;

(b) To determine whether Entercom increased the danger to the contestants
in the “Hold Your Wee for a Wii� contest by changing the contest terms;

(c) To determine whether Entercom was aware of the potential dangers of the
“Hold Your Wee for a Wii� contest and water intoxication;

(d) To determine whether Entercom failed to protect the contestants of the
“Hold Your Wee for a Wii� contest from its potential dangers;

(e) To determine whether Entercom failed to warn the contestants of the
“Hold Your Wee for a Wii� contest of the contest’s potential dangers;

(f) To determine whether Entercom prioritized entertainment value over the
welfare of contestants of the “Hold Your Wee for a Wii� contest; Federal
Communications Commission FCC 16-153 35

(g) To determine whether Entercom failed to properly train and exercise
appropriate supervision of Station KDND(FM) staff and the “Hold Your Wee
for a Wii� contest to ensure the safety of the contestants;

(h) To determine, in light of the evidence adduced under the foregoing
issues and the totality of circumstances, whether Entercom License, LLC
operated Station KDND(FM) in the public interest during the most recent
license term; and

(i) To determine, in light of the evidence adduced under the foregoing
issues and the totality of circumstances, whether Entercom’s Applications
for Renewal of License for KDND(FM), File Nos. BRH-20130730ANM and
BRH-20050728AUU, should be granted.


The FCC has concurrently dismissed Stolz challenges to Entercoms license
renewals of stations in other markets. The full order can be read here.



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October 2016 (9/8 - 10/5) Nielsen Audio PPM Ratings Day 4

Posted: 27 Oct 2016 04:41 PM PDT
http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=...e=75862 030d3