FM Applications: Six Groups Want Cedar Rapids Frequency

A half-dozen groups are competing for a new FM station in Cedar Rapids after college returned its radio license.

Cornell College returned the license of Class A station KRNL-FM/89.7 (Mount Vernon) last year. Now, six groups have applied for a larger station on 89.9 in the Cedar Rapids area.

In the FCC’s recent filing window, applications for the frequency were filed by Calvary Chapel Iowa, Community Public Radio, Extend the Dream Foundation, Friendship Baptist Church, Rising Tide Broadcasting, and Vida Ministry (click on the links to see details of the proposed facilities).

REC Networks, which has made an initial analysis of applications nationwide, notes the possibility that some of the applicants could end up in a time-share situation if the FCC deems their applications equally worthy.

The FCC is still conducting its own analysis to first identify mutually-exclusive applications. It will then move on to the decisionmaking process for competing applications.