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Has The HFS Alternative Brand Met Its Final Demise?

Posted: 01 Aug 2021 09:00 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/211249/has-the-hfs-alternative-brand-met-its-final-demise/



Audacy has flipped Alternative HFS @ 104.9 W285EJ White Marsh MD to a
simulcast of recently launched Sports Betting The Bet 1300 WJZ Baltimore.

Following the January 2005 flip of Alternative 99.1 WHFS Annapolis MD to Spanish Tropical El Zol, the HFS brand was resurrected in the Baltimore and Washington markets multiple times by former owner CBS Radio. It first
appeared on nights and weekends on Hot Talk Live 105.7 WHFS Catonsville/Baltimore from 2005 to 2007. After a move to 105.7-HD2, it was shifted to Washington on 94.7 WTGB-HD2 Bethesda as HFS2 in 2009. In 2011, a fully staffed version of the brand debuted on 97.5 W248AO/106.5 WWMX-HD2 Baltimore. After translator owner Hope Christian Church of Marlton was
unable to upgrade one of its other Baltimore area signals, it reclaimed
W248AO and HFS moved again in March 2014 to the 10w 104.9 W285EJ signal
that covered just a small portion of the Baltimore metro. The brand was
tweaked in September 2020 as Audacys restructuring of its Alternative
brands across the country brought on-air talent back the signal in this
case with the staff of Alt 92.3 WNYL New York voicetracking the Baltimore focused signal.

The original WHFS was located on 102.3 in Bethesda MD serving Washington DC shifting to Progressive Rock in the early 1970s. It was moved to 99.1
Annapolis allowing it to serve both the Baltimore and Washington markets in 1983 becoming one of the most influential Alternative Rock stations of the
late 80s and 1990s.

106.5 WWMX-HD2 Baltimore has shifted to the New Arrivals HD that runs on
the HD subchannels of many of Audacys Alternative stations.

The actual WHFS call letters are held by Beasley Media in use on their
Money Talk 1010 Seffner/Tampa FL since 2012. Following the end of 99.1
WHFS, the call letters have also spent time on 105.7 Catonsville MD, 1580 Morningside MD, 106.3 Jupiter FL, and 98.7 Holmes Beach FL.



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FCC Report 8/1: Hope Christian Church Surrenders One South Jersey FM To
Upgrade Another

Posted: 01 Aug 2021 08:00 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/211244/fcc-report-8-1-hope-christian-church-surrenders-one-south-jersey-fm-to-upgrade-another/


FCC Actions

Twenty years after being forced by the U.S. Court of Appeals to suspend collection of annual gather workforce composition data from broadcasters
until issues regarding confidentiality of the employment data were
resolved, the FCC is opening a comment period to refresh the record
regarding the collection of broadcaster workforce composition data and
obtain further input on the legal, logistical, and technical issues
surrounding FCC Form 395-B.


The FCC continues to reach consent decrees with operators over missing documents from their online political files. Each of the groups have agreed
to admission of liability and compliance plans:

Brandy Communications licensee of KOFO Ottawa KS
Carter Broadcast Group, Inc. licensee of KPRS Kansas City MO
Flood Communications of Beatrice, LLC licensee of KWBE Beatrice and KUTT Fairbury NE
Flood Communications West, LLC licensee of KSID and KSID-FM Sidney NE
Legacy Communications, LLC licensee of KMTY Gibbon and KRGI and KRGI-FM
Grand Island NE
McGrath Publishing Company licensee of KVSV and KVSV-FM Beloit KS
Reyes Media Group, Inc. licensee of KCZZ Mission and KDTD Kansas City KS
WJAG, Inc. licensee of KQKX and WJAG Norfolk NE and KEXL Pierce NE


The FCC has also entered into a consent decree with Donze Communications,
Inc.s 93.1 KBDZ Perryville MO for failure to maintain its online public
file.
Dismissals

The FCC has dismissed Roy Hendersons S Content Marketings June 2020
application to increase Country 98.3 KULM-FM Columbus TX from a Class A to
C1 with a move to 98.7 due to failure to comply with spacing requirements
and the involuntary channel substitution proposed for 98.7 KTXN-FM Victoria
to 98.3.
Deletions

Confirming to the FCC that 1450 WMVA Martinsville VA has been silent since January 2019, Martinsville Media has surrendered that stations license.

Hope Christian Church of Marltons has turned in the license of Christian Hope-FM 90.5 WLOM Somers Point NJ. Hope Christian Church acquired then WXGN
in 2020 for $100,000. The surrender of WLOM allows the church to upgrade
one of its other stations (see below).
FM Changes

With the surrender of WLOM, Hope Christian Church of Marlton applies
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