Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
December 27, 2006
  DA  06-2604
In Reply Refer to:  1800B3-BSH
Released:  December 27, 2006
Radio One Licenses, LLC
c/o Richard J. Bodorff, Esq.
Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP
1776 K Street, N.W., 
Washington, D.C.  20006
Entercom Boston License, L.L.C.
c/o Brian M. Madden, Esq.
Leventhal Senter & Lerman PLLC
2000 K Street, N.W., Suite 600
Washington, D.C.  20006-1809
In re: WKAF(FM), Brockton, MA
Facility ID No. 19633
File No. BALH-20060823ACP
Application for Assignment of License
Petitions to Deny
Dear Counsel:
We have before us the above-captioned application (“Assignment Application”) proposing to assign 
the license of Station WKAF(FM) (formerly WILD-FM), Brockton, Massachusetts, from Radio One 
Licenses, LLC (“Radio One”) to Entercom Boston License, L.L.C. (“Entercom”).  A significant number of
WKAF(FM) listeners have filed comments with the Commission regarding the Assignment Application, 
expressing strong appreciation for the current programming on the station and asking the Commission to bar 
the proposed sale to Entercom. We hereby extend the formal public comment period through the date of this 
letter and will accordingly consider each such submission to be a petition to deny the Assignment 
Application. For the reasons stated below, we deny the petitions and grant the Assignment Application.
While the Commission recognizes that WKAF(FM)'s “classic R&B” music format and 
programming relating to the African-American community have attracted a devoted listenership, it is 
well-settled policy that the Commission does not scrutinize or regulate programming formats, nor does it 
take potential changes in programming formats into consideration in reviewing assignment applications.  
In 1976, the Commission issued a Policy Statement in which it concluded that review of program formats 
was not required by the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, would not benefit the public, and 
would deter innovation, as well as impose substantial administrative burdens on the Commission.1  The 
Supreme Court of the United States has upheld this policy and the Commission’s determination that “the 
public interest is best served by promoting diversity in entertainment formats through market forces and 
  
1  See Changes in the Entertainment Formats of Broadcast Stations, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 60 FCC 2d 
858, 865-66 (1976), recon. denied, 66 FCC 2d 78 (1977), rev'd sub nom. WNCN Listeners Guild v. FCC, 610 F. 2d 
838 (D.C. Cir. 1979), rev'd, 450 U.S. 582 (1981).  
 
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competition among broadcasters. . .” and that a change in programming is not a material factor that should 
be considered by the Commission in ruling on applications for approval of license assignments or 
transfers.2   
Based on the above, we find that no petitioner has raised a substantial and material question of fact 
warranting further inquiry.  We further find that Entercom Boston License, L.L.C. is qualified as the assignee 
and that grant of the Assignment Application is consistent with the public interest, convenience and necessity.  
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, that the petitions to deny filed by the petitioners ARE DENIED, and that the 
application to assign the license of station WKAF(FM), Brockton, Massachusetts (File No. BALH-
20060823ACP) from Radio One Licenses, LLC to Entercom Boston License, L.L.C. IS GRANTED.  
Sincerely,
Peter H. Doyle
Chief, Audio Division
Media Bureau
cc:  Petitioners
  
2 FCC v. WNCN Listener’s Guild, 450 U.S. at 585.