The FCC gave KWBT(FM) Mexia, Texas, 30 days to show why it should be...
The FCC gave KWBT(FM) Mexia, Texas, 30 days to show why it should be able to move the city of license to Bellmead, where M&M Broadcasters said it met the agency’s allotment priorities because it would be the first outlet.…
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The company’s application was deficient because it didn’t show Bellmead is independent of the Waco urbanized area, which has other stations, an Audio Bureau letter Wednesday to the company said (http://xrl.us/bnoiin). “We therefore do not find that the relocation is supported by the alleged need for KWBT’s current programming. Consistent with the Commission’s stated goal of protecting listeners in smaller communities and rural areas from the loss of needed transmission and reception services, we conclude that the public interest would be better served by retention of Station KWBT as a second local transmission service at Mexia, rather than by the addition of an eighth local transmission service at Waco.” A 2011 order approved by commissioners made moving radio stations closer to urban areas harder (CD March 4/11 p10).