THE M STREET JOURNAL Published Weekly Since 1984 304 Park Avenue S 7th Floor, New York, NY 10010 Phone (212) 473 -4668 FAX (212) 473 -4626 ROBERT UNMACHT, Editor Nov. 4, 1992 Vol. 9, No. 44 COPYRIGHT 1992 ( FORMAT CHANGES ( # change accompanies new ownership) // simulcast) formerly becomes AL Linden (Tucscaloosa) WNPT -FM -102.9 urban AC adds SMN - urban AC Tuscaloosa WNPT -1280 urban AC // FM adds SMN- urban AC / /FM AR Walnut Ridge KRLW -FM -106.3 country to be JSA - CW (1/93) Walnut Ridge KRLW -1320 country // FM to be country (1/93) CA Lake Isabella (Bksfld) KVLI -FM -104.5 new SMN - standards // FM Lake Isabella (Bksfld) KVLI -1140 variety SMN - standards Santa Cruz (Monterey) KFER -89.9* new MBN - religion DE Dover WDOV -1410 Unis. - standards CNN Headline - news FL Beverly Hills WXOF -97.1 new country "Fox 97" GA Fitzgerald WBHB -1240 oldies adds SMN Kool - oldies HI Aiea (Honolulu) KGUY -107.9 classic rock adds SMN- classic rock IL River Grove WRRG -88.9* modern rock dance CHR "Power 89" KS Caney KEOJ -101.1 new c. Christian / /KXOJ -FM Dodge City KDCK -95.5 CHR hot AC El Dorado KSPG -1360 # adult contemporary JSA - country KY Jeffersonvl. (Louis.) WQMF -95.7 rock classic rock Lancaster (Danville) WRNZ -105.1 JSA - AC JSA - oldies Winchester (Lexington) WLFX -100.1 # CHR soft AC (WLFX is being sold to crosstown WLAP /WMXL Lexington KY) LA Monroe KYFL -89.5* new religion ME Kittery (Portsmouth) WXBB -105.3 new Unis Hot - country (WXBB is co- owned /co- located with WXEM Rochester, N.H.) MD Annapolis WANN -1190 urban, blk gospel country Frederick WFRE -99.9 BBS - easy BBS - country (WFRE is the first affiliate of Bonneville's new country format.) MN Waseca KOWO -FM -92.1 AC, country JSA - adult contemp. Waseca KOWO -1170 AC, CW // FM JSA - country MS Natchez WTRC -FM -97.3 WRHG, new SMN Young - AC MO Kansas City KPRS -103.3 urban adds SMN - urban AC Monroe City KDAM -106.3 # CHR silent pending sale (KDAM is expected to return as an oldies station.) MT Butte KJLF -92.7 # religion JSA - CW upon sale (KJLF is being sold to crosstown KQUY /KXTL) Kalispell KBBZ -98.5 CHR rock Whitefish (Kalispell) KJJR -880 country adds EFM - talk (KJJR also adds local talk in mornings.) NE Fremont KFMT -105.5 JSA - AC JSA - country NV Pahrump (Las Vegas) KUDA -107.5 oldies adds Howard Stern NJ Newark (New York) WHTZ -100.3 CHR adds sex talk, 10p -12m OK Ada KTLS -93.3 adult contemporary adds SMN - AC Bartlesville KWON -1400 # country JSA -CW, talk upon sale (KWON is being sold to crosstown KYFM.) Byrg (Ada) KYKC -100.1 new country Sapulpa (Tulsa) KXOJ -1550 c. Christian / /FM religion, gospel (KXOJ is now a mix of teaching and praise /inspirational music.) TX Denton (Dallas) KOAI -106.1 jazz KHKS, CHR "Kiss FM" Eagle Pass KINL -92.7 adult contemporary JSA - country "K93" Fort Worth (Dallas) KCDU -107.5 rock AC KOAI, jazz "Oasis" Houston KYOK -1590 rap urban AC // KHYS (KYOK will do separate talk and oldies programs in middays.) Plainview KATX -97.3 SMN - AC SMN - country // KVOP UT Roy (Salt Lake City) KZQQ -FM -107.9 country adds Unis. - country l'AT McCRJMMEN, Associate Editor SEAN ROSS, Associate Edites Copyright 1992 M Street Corporation. ISSN 1052 -7109. The M Street Journal is published each week except the last week of December. All rights reserved. No portion of The M Street Journal may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher. Subscriptions are available to professionals in the broadcast industry and allied fields. Subsziption rates are $99.00 annually, including the M Street Radio Directory, or S30.00 per quarter. www.americanradiohistory.com THE M STREET JOURNAL page 2 Nov. 4, 1992 FORMAT CHANGES (cont'd) UT West Valley City (SLC) KRGQ -1550 CW // FM, Spanish adds Unis. - country VA Highland Spgs (Rchmnd) WCLM -1450 urban AC jazz WA Bremerton (Seattle) KBRO -1490 country reported silent Rock Island (Wenatchee)KXAA -99.5 country Unis. - oldies (KXAA enters into an LMA -to- purchase wi th rival country outlet KYSN E. Wenatchee) Silverdale (Seattle) KITZ -1400 adult contemporary adds Larry King WI Brillion (Green Bay) WEZR(CP) -107.5 new to be JSA - easy (12/1) NEW STATIONS: APPLICATIONS * non -commercial station) ( & reapplication) ( + competes with existing application) CO 103.7 Silverton 26000 w(h), -1910 ft Kenneth B. Kendrick GA 92.5 Douglas 6000 w, 328 ft Orchon Media, Inc. IN 90.7* Knightstown 400 w(h), 82 ft New Castle Area Voca. School MI 95.7 Oscoda 50000 w, 492 ft Central Michigan University MO 105.9 New London 25000 w, 328 ft Roderick M. Cox OH 91.5* Whitehall 250 w, 938 ft Lou Smith Ministries, Inc. TX 107.7 Benavides 50000 w, 492 ft Jalapeno Tejano Broadcasting VA 89.7* Winchester 100 w, -16 ft Shenandoah University Returned /Diamissad Applications FL 103.3+ Holly Hill (D) A. Wayne Atchley 103.3+ Holly Hill (D) Deborah B. King 103.3+ Holly Hill (D) Holly Hill Broadcasting 103.3+ Holly Hill (D) Intermart Broadcasting 103.3+ Holly Hill (D) King -Holly Hill, Ltd. 103.3+ Holly Hill (D) Modern Media 103.3+ Holly Hill (D) Morbak Communications 103.3+ Holly Hill (D) Seabreeze Broadcasting Group 103.3+ Holly Hill (D) Sun City Radio Group 103.3+ Holly Hill (Denied) Central Florida Comma. Group 103.3+ Holly Hill (Denied) Holly Hill Radio Partners 103.3+ Holly Hill (Denied) WALO Broadcasting, L.P. MS 89.1* Starkville (D) Mississippi State University NEW STATIONS: ACCEPTED FOR FILING AR 105.3 Marianna 10 -30 -92 L.T. Simes II & Raymond Simes 99.1 Waldo 10 -30 -92 TeHo, Inc. FL 106.5 Carrabelle 10 -30 -92 Richard L. Plessinger, Sr. 104.3+ Inglis 10 -30 -92 Lucille Ann Lacy 104.3+ Inglis 10 -30 -92 Sabbath Incorporated HI 95.9 Poipu 10 -30 -92 Lu Ann Uchida & William Lane IL 88.1* Decatur 10 -30 -92 Illinois Bible Institute 107.3+ Maroa 10 -30 -92 Mark L. Rollings 107.3+ Maroa 10 -30 -92 Maroa Broadcasters Partnership 107.3+ Maroa 10 -30 -92 The Cromwell Group Inc. of IL 104.3 Pinckneyville 10 -30 -92 Kenneth W. & Jane A. Anderson IN 102.9+ Edinburgh 10 -30 -92 Edinburgh Radio 102.9+ Edinburgh 10 -30 -92 Marion R. Williams 102.9+ Edinburgh 10 -30 -92 McLean County Broadcasters, Inc 102.9+ Edinburgh 10 -30 -92 Sabbath Incorporated KS 91.3* Hays 10 -30 -92 Kansas Nebraska Christian Bcst MS 91.7* Richton 10 -30 -92 Richton School District 97.3 Sumrall 10 -30 -92 Larry Rogers Scott MO 93.9 Boonville 10 -30 -92 Big Country of Missouri, Inc. NM 107.5+ Los Alamos 10 -30 -92 Jeffrey Rochlis 107.5+ Los Alamos 10 -30 -92 KREL, Inc. 107.5+ Los Alamos 10 -30 -92 La Voz Broadcasting Co., Inc. NY 98.5+ Lake George 10 -28 -92 William H. Walker III NC 100.3+ Harker's Island 10 -30 -92 East Coast Communications, LP 100.3+ Harker's Island 10 -30 -92 Hope Communications, Inc. 100.3+ Harker's Island 10 -30 -92 Sidney Popkin 102.3 Pine Knoll Shores 10 -30 -92 WMBL Inc. ND 97.5 Bismarck 10 -30 -92 James & Connie Bartels SC 97.9 Blackville 10 -30 -92 Dallas M. Tarkenton TN 91.7* Murfreesboro 10 -30 -92 Moody Bible Institute of Chic. 101.3 Tiptonville 10 -30 -92 WENK of Union City, Inc. WA 92.3 Ephrata 10 -30 -92 TRMR, Inc. WV 93.1 Ravenswood 10 -30 -92 Osborne Enterprises, Inc. WI 93.3 Ashland 10 -30 -92 Gerald James Hackman www.americanradiohistory.com THE M STREET JOURNAL page 3 Nov. 4, 1992 NEW STATIONS: GRANTS FL 103.3 Holly Hill 3000 w, 328 ft Michelle N. Terzynski MP 100.3 Garapan(Mariana) 1300 w, 1489 ft Commonwealth Radio, Ltd. NM 105.5 Grants 100000 w, 1489 ft Margaret Everson ND 91.5* Jamestown 18600 w, 363 ft Prairie Public Bcstg., Inc. SC 91.7* Florence 10000h /9200v, 492 ft South Carolina Radio Fellowshp WA 96.3 Royal City 800 w, 1656 ft Northwest Chicano Radio Net. WY 90.5* Rock Springs 93810 w, 1191 ft University of Wyoming TRANSLATORS /BOOSTERS /SYNCHRONOUS XMTR: APPLICATIONS AZ new -95.9 Bullhead City 11 w, KDKB Vine Communications CA new -95.5* Eureka 250 w(v), KLVR Educational Media Found new -89.7* Fort Bragg 41 w(v), KLVR Educational Media Found GA new -92.3* Thomasville 34 w, WFSQ Florida State Univ. ID new -105.3 Bonners Ferry, etc. 11 w(v), KEYF-FM Boundary Cnty TV Trans. IN new -95.9 Bloomington 27 w, WTTS Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. MT new -88.9* Great Falls 25 w(h), KEAR Family Stations, Inc. new -105.5* Lewistown 30 w(h), KXEI Lewistown Translators NM new -88.1* Las Cruces 63 w(h), KLYT Christian Bcstg. Acad. NY new -88.1* Long Lake 8 w, WMHR Good News Radio, Inc. TX new -93.1* Bryan, College Stn. 250 w, KSBJ KSBJ Educational Found. TRANSLATORS /BOOSTERS /SYNCHRONOUS XMTR: GRANTS AZ K224CD -92.7 Lake Hasiasu City 10 w, KKLT Quinton W. Goode CONSTRUCTION PERMIT ACTIVITY AL WACQ- FM(CP)99.9 Tuskegee granted extension of time (4th) AZ KWRK(CP) -96.1 Window Rock requests replacement of expired permit AR KLPQ(CP) -102.5 Cabot requests extension of time (3rd) CA KCEA -89.1* Atherton cancelled CP to change to -175 ft KQBR -105.5 Davis moves to 104.3 MHz, 2960 w, 462 ft KDON -FM -102.5 Salinas cancelled CP to correct geographic coordinates to 36 45 23 - 121 30 05 CO KMJI-100.3 Denver cancelled CP to change to 1302 ft, change xmtr location, change ant.