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Seneca Nation acquires radio station permit |
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North East News
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 07 April 2009 |
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Seneca Nation acquires radio station permit  By Gale Courey Toensing Story Published: Apr 7, 2009 SENECA NATION, CATTARAUGUS TERRITORY – By the end of the year, Seneca Nation members and their neighboring communities could be waking up to the sound of Native music, news and information broadcast on the nation’s own radio station.
The Seneca Nation announced March 25 that it has purchased a license to operate an FM radio station on nation territory and a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC assigned the station to 105.9 on the FM dial, but call letters have not yet been assigned.
The tribal council authorized negotiations for the purchase of the radio permit, which had an initial asking price of $550,000. The radio construction permit was appraised at $280,000 and the permit was ultimately purchased for $250,000.
On March 14, the council passed a resolution creating the charter to establish Seneca Broadcasting, LLC, a 100 percent, wholly-owned subsidiary of Seneca Holdings, LLC, an entity of the Seneca Nation.
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