What jurisdiction does the FCC possess to move forward with the proposed change in FM frequencies for two stations, including a Canadian operation?
Plenty, it turns out, as this Canadian FM is actually licensed to a small Texas town.
As RBR+TVBR first reported in May, Hispanic Target Media Inc. sought Commission approval to substitute a Class C1 facility at 104.9 MHz for the vacant 94.9 MHz, thereby adjusting the Table of Allotments in Canadian, Tex.
This would result in the move of KPQP-FM from 106.1 MHz, licensed to Panhandle, Tex., 73 miles to the southwest, to 94.9 MHz, where it would have a Class C3 facility.
The latter move would allow KPQP, branded as “Radio Amigo,” to increase its service area from 28,674 persons to nearly 145,400, its owner asserts.
The plan warranted consideration, Assistant Audio Division Chief Nazifa Sawez said, and a comment period was established.
No comments or counterproposals were received in response.
As such, the plan will move forward for the KPQP move, as Hispanic Target Media’s petition has been granted.
