Until the start of 2024, a pair of FM radio stations serving Las Vegas with “rimshot” signals had better coverage of St. George, Utah, than much of Southern Nevada. Then came the implementation of GeoBroadcast System’s MaxxCasting technology, prompting an October 2024 visit from then-Democratic FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks to gain first-hand knowledge of what the hyperlocal audio broadcasting opportunities are with the GBS product.
Today, Starks is gone from the FCC. And, the two FMs could soon be gone from the radio dial, even as a Nevada federal judge has blocked a subsidiary of American Tower Corporation from tearing down the stations’ broadcasting structure.
