AUGUST EXTRA 2006: SECTION 1 of 2 ⇒ FCC Wants Your Comments Back Issues, & New HD Multicast Stations
This FCC item came up when we were working on the September edition. Obviously, it couldn't wait, so here is an "extra" edition of Radio News. FCC Wants Your Comments About Radio By September 1st! (Washington, DC -- August 18, 2006) ... Do you have comments or complaints about radio consolidation, like Clear Channel's 30+ stations between the Treasure Coast and the Keys? Are you for or against obscenity and/or censorship on the radio? The South Florida Radio Pages need your support! Please click the button above to donate via PayPal. Thank you! Are there too many or too few ethnic stations? Are you for or against IBOC? What about low-power Part 15 and LPFM stations? Now's your chance to make yourself heard by those bureaucrats who make the rules! The FCC wants your comments. Its web site contains a notice, THE COMMISSION SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE 2006 BIENNIAL REVIEW OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATIONS. They want your opinion by September 1. E-mail os OK. Here's the introduction from the notice: The FCC is in the process of conducting its comprehensive 2006 biennial review of telecommunications regulations pursuant to Section 11 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 161. This section requires the Commission (1) to review biennially its regulations “that apply to the operations or activities of any provider of telecommunications service,” and (2) to “determine whether any such regulation is no longer necessary in the public interest as the result of meaningful economic competition between the providers of such service.” The Commission is directed to repeal or modify any such regulations that it finds are no longer in the public interest.1 Pursuant to Section 1.430 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.430, we seek suggestions from the public as to what rules should be modified or repealed as part of the 2006 biennial review. Submissions should identify with as much specificity as possible the rule or rules that should be modified or repealed, and explain why and how the rule or rules should be modified or repealed. Parties should discuss how their suggested rule changes satisfy the standard of Section 11 as interpreted by the D.C. Circuit Court in Cellco Partnership. As with previous biennial reviews, we expect that FCC staff will prepare reports recommending which sections of the rules should be modified or repealed. You can snail mail or e-mail comments or use the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System. IMHO, the ownership rules should be changed so no company can own more than one AM and one FM in a market. What say you? PHILIPS HDD1630/17 GoGear 6GB MP3 Player BACK ISSUES OF SOUTH FLORIDA RADIO NEWS	CBS and Clear Channel to Indroduce Ten New HD Multicasts to Palm Beaches (August 18, 2006) ... This month, both Clear Channel and CBS Radio announced their intention to bring HD FM multicasts to their stations in the WPB market, for a total of ten new signals. A multicast is like a new station on the same frequency that can't be received on non-HD radios. But not all HD radios can receive multicasts; just the ones described as multicast-capable. Details of the new stations follow the HD radio pictured below. BOSTON ACOUSTICS Recepter Radio HD High Definition AM/FM Clock Radio The price on the BOSTON ACOUSTICS Recepter Radio HD High Definition AM/FM Clock Radio was recently reduced to less than $300. It is one of the few models capable of receiving HD multicasts as described below. Clear Channel and CBS Radio announced a total of ten new stations that will have HD2 broadcasts, per the tables below. Some of the interesting new formats to be tried include Country Southern Rock Blend, Old School Hip-Hop, Workout Channel, and Comedy. New CBS Radio Multicasts in WPB (New York, NY -- August 15, 2006) ... CBS Radio (formerly Infinity) announced today that it has added stations in four more markets to the already 110 that have HD2 programming. Stations in Austin, Buffalo, Rochester and West Palm Beach broadcasting in HD will launch their multicast format this fall. Almost half of CBS Radio's stations are now broadcasting in HD. In West Palm Beach, CBS's new HD2 choices will be: Station Main Channel HD2 Channel WPBZ-FM 103.1 Rock/ Alternative AAA WIRK-FM 99.9 Country Country Southern Rock Blend WMBX-FM 102.3 Rhythmic CH Old School Hip-Hop WEAT-FM 104.3 AC Hot AC WJBW-FM 106.3 Urban Gospel New Clear Channel Multicasts in WPB (San Antonio, TX -– August 17, 2006) ... Clear Channel Radio today announced that a full 269 of its radio stations in 66 markets are set to air HD digital multicasts. These additional stations represent the third wave of a larger launch begun in January. The new channels will also be made available at the company’s HD2 streaming site Clear Channel Music HD Radio, as they go live. In West Palm Beach, CC's new HD2 choices will be: Station Main Channel HD2 Channel WKGR-FM 98.7 Rock - Classic Rock - Variety WLDI-FM 95.5 CHR/Pop Workout Channel WOLL-FM 105.5 Classic Hits AC - Rhythmic Hits WRLX-FM 92.1 AC/Soft Jazz - Jazz Variety WZZR-FM Talk Comedy

AUGUST EXTRA 2006: SECTION 2 of 2 ⇒ WFTL History, Birthdays, RadioPages Store, & RadioInsight.com

New WFTL History Page WFTL will celebrate its 60th birthday next month -- even if it doesn't resemble the original, is on a new frequency, and transmits from way outside of Broward, south of South Bay, up near Lake Okeechobee. I've just renovated and moved the WFTL page, created last year with info about WFTL people and formats, past and present. And lots of pictures. There is also a LONG-TIME WFTL FAN shirt, mousepad, and other items, for people who enjoyed 100% local radio on WFTL 1400 in its heyday, from 1946 until just a few years ago. And if that's not enough, it also includes a link to Mike Sheridan's (remember him?) WFTL tribute site. RadioInsight.com's Miami Board (August 14, 2006) ... The Miami-Fort lauderdale-West Palm Beach Board of RadioInsight.com can now be viewed on the new main page of the South Florida Radio Pages. Also on this page are links to all pages that have been moved and updated ... plus radio-related T-shirts and stuff. South Florida Radio Pages Stuff See the RadioPages store for more radio stuff.

Birthdays This Month 2nd anniversary on WMXJ for Vance Phillips (Aug. 23, 2004) 7-midnight weekdays on WMXJ 15th anniversary of the World Wide Web (Aug. 6, 1991) 18th anniversary of the Rush Limbaugh Program (Aug. 1, 1988) afternoons on WIOD and WJNO 20th anniversary of Shalom South Florida (Aug. 1986) Sunday morning 9-10 AM on WLVJ 32nd anniversary of President Nixon's resignation (Aug. 8, 1974) 60st anniversary of WFTL (September 16th, 1946) 61st anniversary of V-J Day (Aug. 15, 1945) ?? birthday of Ken Held (Aug. 1) Sunday 6-9 PM on WJNA

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