FCC Actions
SDK Franco has agreed to a consent decree and a $50,000 fine to settle multiple violations at is 92.5 K223CW and 105.3 K287BQ Houston.
Among the violations the decree settles are both translators changing parent station or originating programming at various times, taking premature control of the licenses before FCC approval and violating foreign ownership rules during that time, utilizing unauthorized antennas, that also created interference to an LPFM, and failing to file STAs when off-the-air and operating at lower power at times. The Houston market has been a focus lately with Centro Cristiano de Vida Eterna’s 94.1 K231CN Houston was issued a notice of violation last month for originating programming and utilizing an incorrect antenna, while Nielsen acknowledged that Centro Cristiano de Vida Eterna was improperly attributing two other translators that were originating programming.
Silent Notifications
- Withers Broadcasting’s 1210 WILY Centralia IL (Company restructuring)
- Withers Broadcasting’s 98.9 WISH-FM Galatia IL (Company restructuring)
- Withers Broadcasting’s 1060 WMCL McLeansboro IL (Company restructuring)
- Friends of mvyradio’s 91.5 WMVC Edgartown MA (Tower site temporarily unavailable)
- Withers Broadcasting’s 1170 KJXX Jackson MO (Company restructuring)
- Carter Media’s 1270 KIIK Waynesville MO (Loss of tower lease)
- Carter Media’s 1390 KJPW Waynesville MO (Loss of tower lease)
- Jackson Radio LLC’s 970 WFQY Brandon MS (Loss of tower site)
- Lucky Boy Educational Media’s 89.9 KQNV Fallon NV (Loss of site lease)
- Smith and Fitzgerald Partnership’s 100.3 KACG Goldfield NV (Transmitter failure)
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s 91.5 WRPI Troy NY (Lightning damage)
- KW Ministries’ 1230 WITO Ironton OH (Financial constraints)
- Southeastern Broadcast Associates’ 860 WLBG Laurens SC (Loss of tower site)
- 97.5 Licensee TX’s 920 KQBU El Paso TX (Permitting and vandalism issues)
