Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HJR0367 Compare Versions

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4	4	HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 367
5	5	By Reedy
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8	8	HJR0367
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12	12	A RESOLUTION to honor WQMV upon its twentieth anniversary.
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14	14	WHEREAS, local radio stations have been important community cultural institutions
15	15	since the early days of the radio industry, as the new medium brought local, national, and world
16	16	events to listeners in a timely fashion and opened doors to music, sports, weather, and other
17	17	features; and
18	18	WHEREAS, WQMV, owned by Dean and Connie Duke, is one such vital station, which,
19	19	for twenty years, has served as a beacon of local news and entertainment for the residents of
20	20	Humphreys County; and
21	21	WHEREAS, WQMV AM 1060 signed on the air in May 2005 under the ownership of C &
22	22	L Broadcasting; in 2006, DCDL Media, which is owned by Dean and Connie Duke, was brought
23	23	in to manage the daily operations; and
24	24	WHEREAS, DCDL Media selected a classic rock music format for the station and made
25	25	use of online streaming to provide coverage of the sports teams of Humphreys County's two
26	26	high schools; and
27	27	WHEREAS, in 2010, C & L Broadcasting ceased operational service to Humphreys
28	28	County and allowed the frequency to go silent before DCDL Media entered into a licensing
29	29	agreement in March 2010 to take over the station's operating expenses and other obligations,
30	30	keeping WQMV on the air; and
31	31	WHEREAS, DCDL Media purchased the station in March 2011 and petitioned the FCC
32	32	to acquire its license, with DCDL becoming the officially licensed owner of the radio station on
33	33	July 1, 2011; and
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38	38	WHEREAS, in 2016, DCDL took steps to acquire an FM translator and relocate it to
39	39	Waverly as part of the FCC's AM revitalization program; subsequently, it became one of the first
40	40	stations in Tennessee to be approved for the program, as the FCC gave DCDL Media six
41	41	months to have the new FM translator operational; and
42	42	WHEREAS, on July 4, 2016, FM translator W228DG was added, providing FM service in
43	43	WQMV's coverage area of Humphreys, Houston, Benton, and parts of Dickson counties; and
44	44	WHEREAS, today, WQMV AM 1060 and FM 93.5 continue to provide community affairs,
45	45	sports, and musical programming to the listeners in its coverage area and serve as the
46	46	emergency management information provider for Humphreys County; and
47	47	WHEREAS, for twenty years, WQMV has provided countless hours of reliable
48	48	information, quality entertainment, and caring public service to thousands of listeners and has
49	49	earned a hallowed place in the hearts of its patrons; now, therefore,
50	50	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED
51	51	FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE , THE SENATE
52	52	CONCURRING, that we honor WQMV and owners Dean and Connie Duke on the occasion of
53	53	the station's twentieth anniversary, extending to this important institution our best wishes for
54	54	much continued success.
55	55	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
56	56	for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to
57	57	the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear
58	58	without House or Senate designation.