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  • Media Bureau Announces the Release of Requests for Quotation for Media Ownership Studies...[FCC]

    06/24/2010 3:10:31 PM PDT · by Cindy · 5 replies · 1+ views
    The following text SNIPPET is a quote: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-10-1084A1.pdf PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12thSt., S.W. Washington, D.C.20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 10-1084 Released: June 16, 2010 MEDIA BUREAU ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF REQUESTS FOR QUOTATION FOR MEDIA OWNERSHIP STUDIES AND SEEKS SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL STUDIES IN MEDIA OWNERSHIP PROCEEDING MB Docket No. 09-182 Suggestions for Additional Studies Deadline:July 7, 2010 Requests for Quotation for Media Ownership Studies. As part of the Commission’s 2010 Quadrennial Media Ownership proceeding,1the Commission is commissioning nine economic studies to evaluate the current marketplace and the state of...
  • A farewell message to WJDA (loss of "local" Boston radio)

    02/26/2006 9:49:23 PM PST · by raccoonradio · 3 replies · 260+ views
    Boston Globe ^ | 02/26/06 | Donna Halper
    Most people don't think about a radio station changing format until, suddenly, it happens. One day, you turn on your favorite station and it's not there anymore. It's playing programs you don't recognize, or maybe has a different name. It's all part of a process that starts when the station is sold. The old owner departs, and the new owner takes over. People who worked there for years lose their jobs. Perhaps a small group of fans who liked the old station will try to save it. They'll write letters and sign petitions. But the FCC won't step in, and...
  • Sale gets poor reception on North Shore (Longtime MA local radio station sold)

    02/17/2006 12:11:27 AM PST · by raccoonradio · 3 replies · 503+ views
    Salem (MA) News ^ | 02/16/06 | Paul Leighton
    Growing up in Peabody, Nancy Zarella couldn't brush her teeth or comb her hair in the morning without listening to WESX. "We were brought up on it," said Zarella, who is now 70 and lives in Salem. "It was part of our lives." The small AM radio station in Salem and later Marblehead has spent the last 67 years telling listeners who won the elections, scored the touchdowns and robbed the banks in their communities. But the WESX that generations have come to know and love will soon cease to exist. The station, along with its sister station in Quincy,...