Robert Jackson, former CEO ofFirst Delta Federal Credit Union, is heading an effort to build a50,000-watt radio station to serve as an educational and communityresource for Mississippi Delta residents.
Jackson, who is also currently a Mississippi state senator, isheading up the radio effort as CEO of the Quitman CountyDevelopment Organization Inc. That organization also sponsoredFirst Delta when it opened as Quitman Federal Credit Union in1981.
“We received notification in 2007 that the FederalCommunications Commission was going to make some space availablefor a non-commercial radio station in our area and we were urged toapply,” Jackson said. “We applied and were approved, but anotherorganization also applied and it took from 2007 to April 2014 forthe FCC to settle all the conflicting claims.”
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