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Another Resurrection Attempt Fails For Deleted Kentucky AM
In May 1981, Monty McAnnally signed on a Class D daytime-only AM radio station with a secular rock n’ roll format. Fast-forward to 2000, when Rev. Gerald Parks acquired the station, moved it to Main Street in Williamsburg, Ky., and established a 24/7 Gospel format. For 20 years, the...
Kentucky Owner Faces New Setback In Effort To Win New License For Now-Silent AM.
The Federal Communications Commission says a Kentucky broadcaster is not entitled to an open-ended license term after he failed to pay several years of annual regulator fees. The FCC in 2020 canceled the license for “Gospel 710” WEKC, Williamsburg, KY after it didn’t receive the annual fee from Gerard Parks, who also failed to file the paperwork seeking a reconsideration of its decision for 18 months — well outside the 30-day response deadline.
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