We fixed an issue with FCCdata where the LMS or eLMS database is showing no file number for an application. Users were not able to click on a link to view the application or engineering details. We have modified FCCdata so if there is no file number, FCCdata will show the text NoFileNumber therefore making the item clickable.
Radio History Project
FCCdata - AM engineering fix
Fixed an issue where FCC AM records were showing in the engineering section (left side) but no facility details were shown when the item was clicked. This was an issue associated with the recent retirement of CDBS. Records were not properly routing to the legacy BAPS data. This involved making changes to the underlying eLMS AM application list table to remove the references to application IDs assigned by LMS but contain no engineering data.
With the retirement of the FCC's CDBS Public Access website on January 2, 2025, REC has built a website that will replace CDBS Public Access on our own server.
The CDBS Historic Search tool has a similar look and feel to the FCC's retired tool and will include many of the features that the FCC tool had.
CDBS Historic View will only include applications and records that are in the CDBS data and is not a tool recommended to view information on current broadcast facilities that are now being handled through LMS.
REC has taken our efforts in the various projects over the past two weeks and is making them available free of charge to database developers. REC is making the following internal database tables available for download as open data:
REC Networks has finished the largest "mass run" project in our history. REC has been able to download and locally store most of the import letters from CDBS. Import letters are those correspondence from the FCC to applicants regarding specific applications or their facility in general. These import letters also contain the history cards.
Over the past few years, REC has obtained copies of import letters from CDBS based on facility ID. This includes many (but not all) history cards. REC had retained many of these documents in PDF form and others are in a text form as part of a past program that would convert the documents from PDF to text and then parse the form in order to determine what the subject of the import letter was.
With the recent FCC announcement that they will be retiring the remaining remnants of the Consolidated Database System (CDBS), the previous computer system used by the FCC to track broadcast applications, REC has been in the process of identifying and changing external and internal applications that links to CDBS applications and other resources in the FCC’s CDBS-related systems.
The Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission has announced that starting on January 2, 2025, the public access to the Commission's Centralized Database System (CDBS) will be discontinued. While all broadcast services have been transitioned to the License Management System (LMS), the CDBS Public View service has been retained. CDBS Public View provides users with access to the original versions of applications filed within the system.
Due to changes made by Mexico Instituto Federal de Telecommunicaciones (IFT) in their Sistema de Consulta y Preanalisis de Coberturas de Radiodifusion en Linea (CPCREL), we hade to make some changes to our backroom application used to read the data downloaded from this system. This system provides AM, FM and TV engineering data in individual KML files. In the latest CPCREL update, the IFT changed the file naming convention for the individual KML files. They also added information in the AM KML files that indicate a station's nighttime power.
We have built new functionality into System40 that will obtain new Bluesky API tokens once every 3 minutes for each bot application. This has resolved the rate limiting issue that we were experiencing with our live playlist bots for J1 and Michi-FM. These bots are now running stable. Those bots are located at:
REC has released myLPFM version 3.6. This version adds a new option for stations to add their Bluesky handle. This change can be made on on the visibility page (book icon). Simply enter your Bluesky handle (the part after '@') including the 'bsky.social' portion unless your Bluesky handle is associated with a Personal Data Server (PDS) or with a custom domain name where you would use that instead of the '___.bsky.social' format.
Bluesky addresses can now be listed in RadioDNS.
REC has started to launch services on the Bluesky social media platform. Bluesky offers an alternative to Twitter/X without the advertising and the questionable leadership. REC will be phasing out remaining operations on Twitter/X in favor of using Bluesky. We will not completely remove our Twitter/X presence for historical purposes and to reach a wider audience when necessary, especially during this time when many of our readers start a transition to the Bluesky platform.
REC has been using a third party service Uptime Robot to monitor system readiness for REC systems operated both internally and by third party providers as well as monitoring the various systems at the FCC that REC utilizes on an interactive basis.
We have installed a new application that will monitor the API at Uptime Robot to store the uptime data for all monitored applications.
On November 6, 2024 at 6:55PM EDT, the legacy server has been permanently shut down.
The REC System40 transition is now complete.
We will still be checking for bugs. We appreciate your bug reports.
Thank you for your patience during this transition.
Launched MantisBT (bug tracking software). A public view and reporting method is available at https://bugs.recnet.com
Finished recoding and completed transition of FCCdata.org.
Reported and resolve 24 bugs. The high bug rate was expected due to the complexity of this program.
With FCCdata being transitioned, we have discontinued the eLMS dual operation mode. eLMS is now running every 10 minutes during the weekdays, 30 minutes in the evenings and 60 minutes on the weekend.
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