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摘要

The FCC Media Bureau granted Centennial Licensing a transfer of the assignment of the license ofnWLNI(FM), Lynchburg, Va., to Mel Wheeler. The bureau also denied a petition from 3 Daughters Media opposingnthe transfer, it said in an order (http://bit.ly/17NNTIo). Applicants said the transaction would result innWheeler having "cognizable interests in five FM and 2 AM stations in the Roanoke Metro," the bureau said. 3nDaughters argued that the transaction violates the local radio ownership rule and that BIA/Kelsey incorrectly includes WWZW(FM), Buena Vista, Va., WODI(AM), Brookneal, Va., and WOWZ(AM), Appomattox, Va.,nin that area's station count, it said. The bureau agreed to count WWZW(FM) and WODI(AM) in the stationncount for the Roanoke metro area, but it excluded WOWZ(AM), it said. 3 Daughters argued that WOWZnshould be excluded because it has "been off more than it has been on in the last three years," it said. "At thisntime, WOWZ(AM) has been silent for more than six months," the bureau said: It's "not a viable competitor."