Northeast Gospel Broadcasting

UTICA — Northeast Gospel Broadcasting’s 88.1FM (WVVC/Dolgeville) has a new sister. Low-power digital TV station WVVC-LP just cleared the FCC’s hurdle for final approval to broadcast on channel 33, licensed to Utica. And before you ask… no, WVVC-LP doesn’t interfere with the long-running WFXV, which brands itself as “Fox 33.”

WASHINGTON, DC — According to today’s “Broadcast Actions” list issued by the FCC’s Media Bureau, construction permit applications for dozens of new FM radio stations — including some in Central New York — have been dismissed.  The applications were “mutually exclusive” (plain English: they conflicted with other applications), forcing the FCC to get into a more-detailed

UTICA/ROME — Locally-owned radio station owner Roser Communications Network could soon be growing: reports say a religious broadcaster has filed an application to sell a Herkimer-based FM translator to RCN for $30,000.