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A September 2021 application that would have seen the creation of new service of The Public's Radio in Westerly, R.I., has been dismissed by the head of the FCC's Audio Division. Here's why Rhode Island Public Radio's plans were scrubbed by the Commission.

It's a Class B radio station at 1080 kHz with a mix of local and syndicated conservative talk programming serving the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz market. The facility also covers the San Jose market. Now, the licensee of this AM faces a potential fine for operating "at a variance from its authorized parameters."

The FCC announced several leadership changes within the Media Bureau’s Industry Analysis Division (IAD).  Effective Oct. 1, Radhika Karmarkar, currently a d

Entravision has already convinced the FCC to allow it to make a pair of upgrades to Phoenix-market stations, moves that will also require Arizona’s Prescott Valley Broadcasting Company-owned AC “Mix

UK – POLAR, established supplier of key industry brands to the installation, MI and professional audio markets, has announced the expansion of its team w

MediaCo is the latest company to be slapped by the FCC for public file rule violations. The owner of urban AC WBLS and urban contemporary “Hot 97” WQHT has agreed

Gulfport, Miss., is the home of an FM translator its licensee hoped would serve this coastal city along the Gulf of Mexico. There's just one issue — the facility was built, it seems, outside the parameters of what the licensee was authorized to do. As such, Audio Division Chief Al Shuldiner has rescinded the grant for the FM translator, which sought more time to remain silent as it figured out what to do to get on the air permanently.

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more…

El-Dinary is the 2022 recipient of the NAB Radio Engineering Achievement Award.

The FCC Media Bureau has chosen another 19 applicants to get new noncom educational FM station licenses.