Even Before Trial, Entercom KDND License Fight Marches On

The Federal Communications Commission’s hearing into whether Entercom should be allowed to continue holding the license for CHR “107.9 The End” KDND, Sacramento (CA) isn’t likely to occur until spring 2017 at the earliest, but the legal maneuvers behind the scenes have begun. Legal teams from the company and the challengers to its license met recently in what chief administrative law judge Richard Sippel says led to “extensive” discussions about how evidence will be collected. The outcome has cleared the way for the Enforcement Bureau to begin serving requests for e-mails and other information from KDND.

Sippel has ordered that rather than requiring Entercom follow the standard 10-day deadline for filling requests, the company will be permitted to turn over documents in two batches. The first will be due Jan. 13 with a second due date set for Feb. 10. The discovery process is expected to focus on the planning and execution of the station’s 2007 ill-fated “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” contest where the contestant who was able to drink water every 15 minutes for the longest time without urinating or vomiting won a Nintendo Wii video game console. One of the constants, Jennifer Strange, 28, died of water intoxication.