Entercom Turns In KDND License

The Media Action Center (MAC) is declaring victory after Entercom announced it will turn its license for radio station KDND in Sacramento. MAC had urged the Federal Communications Commission to hold a hearing on the station’s license renewal based on KDND’s 2007 “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” contest, which led to one of the contestants, Jennifer Strange, 28, dying of water intoxication.

Entercom is alerting listeners that the station’s format will live on at a new dial position as it takes over what has been hot AC “Star 106.5” KUDL, which has been the company’s lowest-rated FM in the ownership cluster. In a brief filing with the FCC, Entercom’s attorney said the company plans to power down KDND on Feb. 8, and then hand in the license with a request that the station authorization be canceled. The company makes no explicit mention of the situation that put KDND at risk.