Ohio’s LPFM Application Invasion

OK, so it’s not an invasion yet, as many of the nearly 2,800 LPFM applications that recently landed at the FCC won’t breathe a bit of (electronic) air.

Thanks to our new content partnership with NorthEast Radio Watch and RadioInsight, with heavy data lifting by Lance Venta, Scott Fybush, and long-time friend Garrett Wollman at The Archives @ BostonRadio.org, we have a list of 56 applicants for new LPFM stations in Ohio.

We’ll break out the applicants in the OMW Coverage Area (basically, Northeast Ohio) and fill in information as we find it.

After that, we’ll reprint the entire list of 56 Ohio applicants below. You can find the entire list at Scott Fybush’s fybush.com.

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To quote Scott Fybush about the nature of these applications:

A few caveats: all the data you see here is just as it was submitted to the FCC. Some of the “city of license” data is a little suspect, and a few of the coordinates end up out in the water somewhere. These applications required no filing fee and didn’t mandate the use of an expert technical consultant, so there’s some questionable work here.

We’ll be following closely in the weeks to come as the FCC digests all these applications. Some will be tossed almost immediately as ungrantable (if, for instance, they’re on the same frequency as a full-power station in the same community). Many will end up in complex mutually-exclusive (MX) groups that will need to be resolved through the use of a points system or through time-sharing agreements. The rest – probably no more than a few hundred – will be declared “singletons,” will appear in a list to be issued by the Media Bureau in the next few weeks, and will be granted relatively quickly.

Here we go, in alphabetical order by Northeast Ohio city:

Akron – 96.9, The Way of Mind and Body
The community group, known as “WOMB” for short, operates a center on Akron’s East Market Street.
http://wayofmindandbody.org/

Ashland – 94.5, Ashland Christian School
http://ashlandchristian.org/

Canton – 102.5, NEOPA
From its website: “We are a not-for-profit organization whose vision is to implement Community Radio for Greater Stark County.”
http://neopa.org/

Cleveland – 94.5, West Cleveland Community Radio
From the group’s FCC application (warning, CAPS LOCK ahead!): “WE ARE ORGANIZED AS A NON-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION, WITH THE GOAL OF OFFERING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR USE BY THE SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY (I) ADDRESSING IMPORTANT SOCIAL AND HEALTH BURDENS AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY, AND (II) IMPROVING THE OVERALL EDUCATIONAL LEVEL OF THE COMMUNITY.”
The group lists an address of 3000 Euclid Avenue, which is/has been the First United Methodist Church…across the street and the RTA HealthLine station from a certain ABC affiliate at 3001 Euclid…

Cleveland, 95.9 – Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc.
From the group’s website: “Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Incorporated (BBC) is a non-profit neighborhood development organization founded in 1990 that serves most of Cleveland’s Ward 5. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life for residents of Ward 5 by initiating and cultivating housing, retail, employment, and recreation opportunities through effective partnerships with residents, community groups, government, corporations and institutions.”
http://www.bbcdevelopment.org/

Cleveland, 101.7 – Neighborhood Leadership Institute
From the group’s website: “Neighborhood Leadership Institute exists to develop grassroots leaders who help rebuild the bonds of community and improve the quality of life for neighborhood residents throughout Greater Cleveland.”
http://neighborhoodleadership.org/

Cuyahoga Falls, 96.1 – City of Cuyahoga Falls
This would presumably be a low-power FM replacement for the city’s Travelers Information Station at 1650 AM.

Dover, 102.3 – Dover-New Philadelphia Educational Broadcasting
From the group’s FCC filing:
“The charitable purposes of this organization are predominately to provide educational and ‘hands-on’ experience for young people and adults alike in broadcast communications.”

Garfield Heights, 95.9 – Substance of Life Enterprises Inc.
From the group’s website: “Substance Of Life Enterprises, Incorporated (SOLE INC) A Non-Profit 501 (c) 3 African American Women’s Educational Organization”
The organization apparently brokers time on Radio One talk/brokered WERE/1490.
http://www.substanceoflife.org/
http://www.substanceoflife.org/Page_2.html

Lorain, 93.7 – Carillon Communications
From the FCC filing: “CARILLON COMMUNICATIONS PROPOSES TO PROVIDE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR ITS GEOGRAPHIC AREA. THIS WOULD INCLUDE NEWS REPORTS, LECTURES, TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS, COURSES, PERFORMANCES, COMMUNITY EVENTS, MUSIC, SPORTS, RECORDINGS, AND READINGS ON SUBJECTS OF LOCAL INTEREST, INCLUDING SCIENCE, HISTORY, ECONOMICS, THE ARTS, LITERATURE, BUSINESS, CURRENT EVENTS, AND OTHER TOPICS (NON-FICTION AND FICTION) THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE LISTENING AUDIENCE.”

Lorain, 93.7 – Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church

Wadsworth, 97.1 – Downtown Wadsworth Inc.
The former Main Street Wadsworth organization, to promote that Medina County city’s downtown area, has a website:
http://www.mswadsworth.org/

Here’s the entire list of 56 Ohio LPFM applications, thanks to the aforementioned Mr. Wollman, Mr. Venta and Mr. Fybush…(Wollman, Venta and Fybush may well be the name of a law firm…)

                applicant                 | freq  |    comm_city
------------------------------------------+-------+------------------
 THE WAY OF MIND AND BODY                 |  96.9 | AKRON
 ANTWERP COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE | 101.3 | ANTWERP
 ASHLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL                 |  94.5 | ASHLAND
 BUCKEYE BROADCASTING INC.                | 101.9 | CAMBRIDGE
 NEOPA                                    | 102.5 | CANTON
 NORTH CINCINNATI COMMUNITY RADIO         |  92.1 | CINCINNATI
 CINCINNATI COMMUNITY RADIO               | 103.1 | CINCINNATI
 WEST CLEVELAND COMMUNITY RADIO           |  94.5 | CLEVELAND
 BURTEN, BELL, CARR DEVELOPMENT, INC.     |  95.9 | CLEVELAND
 NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE        | 101.7 | CLEVELAND
 COLUMBUS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY JOUR |  91.9 | COLUMBUS
 COLUMBUS COMMUNITY RADIO                 |  92.9 | COLUMBUS
 FILM COUNCIL OF GREATER COLUMBUS, INC    |  92.9 | COLUMBUS
 CENTRAL OHIO GREEN EDUCATION FUND        |  94.1 | COLUMBUS
 SEMM FOUNDATION                          |  94.1 | COLUMBUS
 NORTH COLUMBUS COMMUNITY RADIO           |  95.9 | COLUMBUS
 CHRISTIAN MEDIA, INCORPORATED            |  96.7 | COLUMBUS
 OHIO HISPANIC COALITION                  |  96.7 | COLUMBUS
 THE NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK                 |  96.7 | COLUMBUS
 CITY OF CUYAHOGA FALLS                   |  96.1 | CUYAHOGA FALLS
 CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH                       | 104.3 | DAYTON
 DC RADIO GROUP, INC.                     |  92.9 | DEFIANCE
 DELHI PUBLIC RADIO, INC.                 |  98.1 | DELHI TOWNSHIP
 DOVER - NEW PHILADELPHIA EDUCATIONAL BRO | 102.3 | DOVER
 THE HARAMBEE ACADEMY, INC.               |  91.9 | DUBLIN
 CHRISTOPHER CENTER CORPORATION           | 104.1 | FOSTORIA
 CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF EVANGELICAL FAITH PE |  94.1 | GALLOWAY
 SUBSTANCE OF LIFE ENTERPRISES INC.       |  95.9 | GARFIELD HEIGHTS
 HOPE RADIO OF HILLSBORO                  |  92.1 | HILLSBORO
 ST.MARY CATHOLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM     | 106.9 | HILLSBORO
 SPRINGFIELD BOARD OF EDUCATION           |  97.7 | HOLLAND
 VILLAGE OF HUNTSVILLE,OHIO               | 101.3 | HUNTSVILLE
 3M COMMUNITY BROADCASTING, INC           | 106.9 | JEFFERSONVILLE
 CALVARY CHAPEL OF LIMA                   | 101.1 | LIMA
 CARILLON COMMUNICATIONS                  |  93.7 | LORAIN
 SHILOH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH         |  93.7 | LORAIN
 CENTRAL OHIO ASSOICATION OF CHRISTAIN BR | 104.7 | MARION
 MARION COMMUNITY RADIO                   | 107.1 | MARION
 MARION MIDGET FOOTBALL                   | 107.1 | MARION
 WHEELING JAMBOREE, INC.                  | 101.1 | MARTINS FERRY
 UC AMATEUR RADIO CLUB                    |  97.5 | MARYSVILLE
 RADIO FREE MOSCOW INC                    |  95.5 | MOSCOW
 LEGION OF MARY                           | 104.1 | MT GILEAD
 DAVID BONINSEGNA                         |  97.1 | OTTAWA
 PAULDING JB ANTWERP RADIO, INC.          | 102.7 | PAULDING
 PIQUA CHRISTIAN LIFESTYLE RADIO          |  95.1 | PIQUA
 VILLAGE OF ROCKFORD                      | 101.3 | ROCKFORD
 CALVARY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP             | 105.9 | ST MARYS
 COMMUNITY OF GOD'S LOVE                  |  97.9 | STEUBENVILLE
 SAN RAPHAEL RADIO, INC.                  | 103.3 | TIFFIN
 NUESTRA GENTE COMMUNITY PROJECTS         | 106.1 | TOLEDO
 TOLEDO INTEGRATED MEDIA EDUCATION, INC.  | 106.1 | TOLEDO
 TROY COMMUNITY FM                        | 107.1 | TROY
 TROY COMMUNITY FM                        | 107.1 | TROY
 TROY COMMUNITY FM                        | 107.1 | TROY
 DOWNTOWN WADSWORTH INC.                  |  97.1 | WADSWORTH
 HENDEE BROADCASTING, INC.                | 106.7 | WILMINGTON
 HOPE RADIO OF WINCHESTER                 |  88.1 | WINCHESTER