Last Friday, MX applicants received an e-mail from Nexus Broadcast that had suggested that they may be the "losing" application in their MX group.   This e-mail promoted engineering services through RECnexus, a joint marketing operation of REC Networks and Nexus Broadcast. 

The e-mail was intended to be directed to applicants who were not the highest scoring applicants within their MX groups such as a 4-point applicant in a MX group that had a mix of 4 and 5 point applicants. Instead, the e-mail went to all MX applicants.

If you have 5-points, you should have never received that e-mail.  Some 4, 3 and 2 point applicants in groups without 5-point applicants should have also never received that e-mail.

REC Networks has released a completely new version of the popular REC Broadcast Query tool (http://recnet.net). 

The new tool features a wider window size and larger maps. 

MX LPFM applicants in the western USA should be prepared for the upcoming Public Notice that will announce the scores, tentative selectees and the window openings for settlement agreements and objections.  

The document is currently in "circulation" meaning that it is being reviewed by the full Commission for approval.  Any decisions that involve points in MX situations must go through the full Commission.  

On the day the Public Notice is released, day 1 of the windows will open the next day. 

On Thursday at the annual National Federation of Community Broadcasters conference in Reston, VA, an LPFM workshop was hosted by communications attorney Michael Couzens and featured guests from the FCC including Audio Division Chief Peter Doyle, Assistant Chief James Bradshaw and Staff Attorney Parul Desai.  

I am satisfied with today's FCC action regarding the Cesar Guel-assisted applications. While a determination of lack of candor and/or misrepresentation has not been determined, I do hope that the outcome of the investigation is in the public interest, convenience and necessity.

Over the past few months, I have been approached by churches who claim to be legitimate clients of Cesar Guel. I have offered to withdraw REC's informal objection against their applications if they can provide information that they are their own independent organization. Not one has done so yet. REC's offer still stands.