FCC Web Documents citing 73.44

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  • March 7, 2007, the Kansas City Office issued to 127 another Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture proposing a forfeiture in the amount of $8,000 for the apparent willful and repeated violation of Section 73.1745(a) of the Rules. On March 21, 2007, the Kansas City Office issued to 127 a Notice of Violation for violations of Sections 11.35(a), 73.1125(d)(1), 73.1201(a)(2), 73.44(b), 73.1560, and 73.3615(a) of the Rules. 127 and the Bureau acknowledge that any proceeding that might result from the Investigation will require the significant expenditure of public and private resources. To conserve such resources and to promote compliance by 127 with the Act and the Rules, 127 and the Bureau hereby enter into this Consent Decree in consideration of the
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  • 13, 2008 Released: November 17, 2008 By the Regional Director, South Central Region, Enforcement Bureau: INTRODUCTION In this Forfeiture Order (``Order''), we issue a monetary forfeiture in the amount of six thousand four hundred dollars ($6,400) to Black Crow Radio, LLC, (``Black Crow''), licensee of AM Broadcast Station WNDB, in Daytona Beach, Florida, for willful and repeated violation of Sections 73.44(b) and 73.49 of the Commission's Rules (``Rules''). The noted violations involve Black Crow's failure to ensure that emissions removed by 60 kHz to 75 kHz from the WNDB fundamental frequency of 1150 kHz are attenuated 65 dB below the unmodulated carrier level and failure to maintain effective locked fences around the bases of two antenna towers. BACKGROUND On February 26,
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  • 0007309503 FORFEITURE ORDER Adopted: March 27, 2008 Released: March 31, 2008 By the Regional Director, Western Region, Enforcement Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION In this Forfeiture Order (``Order''), we issue a monetary forfeiture in the amount of four thousand dollars ($4,000) to JMK Communications, Inc. ("JMK"), licensee of AM Broadcast Station KREA, in Honolulu, Hawaii, for willful and repeated violations of Section 73.44(b) of the Commission's Rules ("Rules"). On August 7, 2007, the Enforcement Bureau's Honolulu Resident Agent Office issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (``NAL'') in the amount of $4,000 to JMK for failing to ensure that emissions removed by more than 75 kHz from the KREA fundamental frequency of 1540 kHz were attenuated 80 dB below the unmodulated carrier
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  • at the transmitter, including full compliance with the AM IBOC RF spectral mask requirements. Tests of the compatibility of MDCL with hybrid AM IBOC on various types of receivers are underway. We will permit AM stations broadcasting in hybrid AM IBOC mode to implement energy-saving MDCL technology provided the hybrid signal continues to comply with spectral emissions mask requirementsin Section 73.44,7and also provided that the relative level of the analog signal to the digital signal remains constant. AM licensees who wish to implement MDCL technology shall file with the Audio Division a letter requesting waiver of Section 73.1560(a) of the Rules, addressed to: MDCL Waivers Federal Communications Commission Audio Division, Media Bureau 445 12thStreet SW, Room 2-B450 Washington, DC 20554 A
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  • states, in relevant part, that ``the licensee of each AM... station... must make equipment performance measurements for each main transmitter ... annually, ... with not more than 14 months between measurements....'' Sections 73.1590(b) and (d) of the Rules further require that measurements ``for spurious and harmonic emissions must be made to show compliance with the transmission system requirements of § 73.44 for AM stations'' and that such measurements ``together with a description of the equipment and procedure used in making the measurements, signed and dated by qualified person(s) making the measurements, must be kept on file at the transmitter or remote control point for a period of 2 years, and on request must be made available during that time to duly
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  • 73.1570 (Modulation Levels: AM, FM and TV aural), and 73.1870 (Chief Operators). Columbia, MD District Office (10/27/00). He's Alive, Inc., Frostburg, MD, WLIC. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 11.61 (Tests of EAS Procedures), 73.1570 (Modulation Levels: AM, FM and TV aural), and 73.1870 (Chief Operators). Columbia, MD District Office (10/27/00). Bicoastal Media, LLC, Eureka, CA. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emission Limitations), 73.1400 (Transmission System Monitoring and Control), 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances), 73.1820 (Station Log), and 73.1870 (Chief Operators). San Francisco, CA District Office (10/27/00). 47 C.F.R. § 11.52 - EAS Code and Attention Signal Monitoring Requirements Donald A. Swanson, Sioux City, IA. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.61 (AM Directional Antenna Field Strength Measurements),
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  • (Cleaning and Repainting), 73.49 (AM Transmission System Fencing Requirements), 73.58 (Indicating Instruments), 73.1350 (Transmission System Operation), 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances), 73.1800 (General Requirements Related to the Station Log), 73.1870 (Chief Operator), and 73.3526 (Local Public Inspection File for Commercial Stations). Kansas City, MO District Office (12/8/00). KASA Radio Hogar, Inc. (KDAP Douglas, AZ). Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emission Limitations), 73.54 (Antenna Resistance and Reactance Measurements), 73. 1230 (Posting of Station License), 73.1350 (Transmission System Operation), 73.1545 (Carrier Frequency Departure Tolerances), 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances), 73.1590 (Equipment Performance Measurements), 73.1870 (Chief Operator), and 73.3526 (Local Public Inspection File for Commercial Stations). San Diego, CA District Office (12/19/00). AT&T Broadband and Internet Services, Burien
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  • 73.3526(a)(2) (failure to maintain a public inspection file). II. BACKGROUND 2. On November 17, 2000, the FCC's San Diego Field Office ("San Diego Office") conducted an inspection of radio station KDAP(AM) in Douglas, Arizona, after it received information from the Enforcement Bureau's High Frequency Direction Finding Center that KDAP(AM)'s carrier frequency measurement exceeded the frequency tolerance in violation of Section 73.44(b) of the Rules. The inspection revealed 10 different rule violations, including the violation of Section 73.44(b). On December 19, 2000, the District Director of the San Diego Office issued a Notice of Violation (``NOV'') for the violations. The District Director of the San Diego Office issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL'') to KASA Radio on February 15, 2001. 3.
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  • Communications Inc, Cary, NC. Chicago, IL District Office (6/13/01). AMFM Radio Licenses, L.L.C., San Antonio, TX. San Francisco, CA District Office (6/27/01). Regent Broadcasting of Watertown, Inc, WNER-FM, Watertown, NY. Other violation: 47 C.F.R. § 73.57 (Remote Reading Antenna and Common Point Ammeters). Buffalo, NY Resident Agent Office (6/27/01). 47 C.F.R. Part 73 - Radio Broadcast Services 47 C.F.R. § 73.44 - AM Transmission System Emission Limitations Regent Broadcasting of Utica/Rome, Inc., WTNY, Utica, NY. 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.57 (Remote Reading Antenna and Common Point Ammeters), 73.62 (Directional Antenna System Tolerances) and 73.158 (Directional Antenna Monitoring Points). Buffalo, NY Resident Agent Office (6/27/01). 47 C.F.R. § 73.1125 - Station Main Studio Location CEA Broadcasting, Cambridge, MD. Columbia, MD District Office (6/1/01).
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  • Broadcasting Enterprises, Inc., WGRA(AM), Cairo, GA. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 17.4(g) (Posting of Antenna Structure Registration Number) and 17.50 (Cleaning and Repainting). Atlanta, GA District Office (7/3/01) CSN International, Gillette, WY, (KLWD-FM, Facility ID #84184). Denver, CO District Office (7/31/01). 47 C.F.R. § 11.35 - Equipment Operation Readiness Marion R. Williams, WSTT(AM), Thomasville, GA. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emissions Limitations), 73.49 (AM Transmission System Fencing Requirements), 73.51 (Determining Operating Power), 73.58 (Indicating Instruments) and 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances).. Atlanta, GA District Offices (7/3/01). Champlain Radio, Inc., Champlain, NY. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 11.61 (Tests of EAS Procedures), 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emissions Limitations) and 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances). Buffalo, NY
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  • Office (8/22/01). 47 C.F.R. § 1.923 - Content of Applications Ocean City Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., KXI892, Ocean City, MD. Columbia, MD District Office (8/1/01). 47 C.F.R. Part 11 ­ Emergency Alert System 47 C.F.R. § 11.15 ­ EAS Operating Handbook Lifeline Radio Corporation, WANL, Albany, GA. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 11.52 (EAS Code and Attention Signal Monitoring Requirements), 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emission Limitations), 73.1230 (Posting of Station License), 73.1350 (Transmission System Operation), 73.1590 (Equipment Performance Measurements), 73.1745 (Unauthorized Operation), 73.1870 (Chief Operator) and 73.3526 (Local Public Inspection File for Commercial Stations). Atlanta, GA District Office (8/9/01). Bartow Broadcasting Co., Inc. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 11.52 (EAS Code and Attention Signal Monitoring Requirements), 11.61(Tests of EAS Procedures), 73.49
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  • (6/11/02). o Gold Coast Broadcasting Company, Santa Monica, CA. $10,000 NAL. Los Angeles, CA District Office (6/25/02). o Deans Cablevision, Inc., Conception Junction, MO. $10,000 NAL. Kansas City, MO District Office (6/26/02). o Lake Mobile Phone, Osage Beach, MO. $10,000 NAL. Kansas City, MO District Office (6/27/02). 4 47 C.F.R. Part 73 ­ Radio Broadcast Rules · 47 C.F.R. § 73.44 ­ AM Transmission System Emission Limitations o Monroe Area Broadcasters, Inc., WRKQ, Madisonville, TN. $9,000 NAL. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.1201 (Station Identification) and 73.1745 (Unauthorized Operation). Atlanta, GA District Office (6/27/02). · 47 C.F.R. § 73.49 - AM Transmission System Fencing Requirements o Wilson Broadcasting Co., Inc., licensee of Radio Station WAGF(AM), Dothan, Alabama. $7,000 NAL. Atlanta, GA
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  • ) FRN 0003-7200-59 Madisonville, Tennessee ) FORFEITURE ORDER Adopted: April 3, 2003 Released: April 7, 2003 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION In this Forfeiture Order (``Order''), we issue a monetary forfeiture in the amount of nine thousand dollars ($9,000) to Monroe Area Broadcasters, Inc. (``Monroe''), licensee of Station WRKQ(AM), Madisonville, Tennessee, for willful and repeated violation of Sections 73.44(b), 73.1201(a)(2) and 73.1745(a) of the Commission's Rules (``Rules''). The noted violations involve Monroe's failure to adequately attenuate WRKQ's transmission system emissions, failure to identify WRKQ by call sign, and operation of WRKQ at night with daytime power. On June 27, 2002, the Commission's Atlanta, Georgia Field Office (``Atlanta Office'') issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (``NAL'') to Monroe
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  • March 7, 2007, the Kansas City Office issued to 127 another Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture proposing a forfeiture in the amount of $8,000 for the apparent willful and repeated violation of Section 73.1745(a) of the Rules. On March 21, 2007, the Kansas City Office issued to 127 a Notice of Violation for violations of Sections 11.35(a), 73.1125(d)(1), 73.1201(a)(2), 73.44(b), 73.1560, and 73.3615(a) of the Rules. 127 and the Bureau acknowledge that any proceeding that might result from the Investigation will require the significant expenditure of public and private resources. To conserve such resources and to promote compliance by 127 with the Act and the Rules, 127 and the Bureau hereby enter into this Consent Decree in consideration of the
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  • 13, 2008 Released: November 17, 2008 By the Regional Director, South Central Region, Enforcement Bureau: INTRODUCTION In this Forfeiture Order (``Order''), we issue a monetary forfeiture in the amount of six thousand four hundred dollars ($6,400) to Black Crow Radio, LLC, (``Black Crow''), licensee of AM Broadcast Station WNDB, in Daytona Beach, Florida, for willful and repeated violation of Sections 73.44(b) and 73.49 of the Commission's Rules (``Rules''). The noted violations involve Black Crow's failure to ensure that emissions removed by 60 kHz to 75 kHz from the WNDB fundamental frequency of 1150 kHz are attenuated 65 dB below the unmodulated carrier level and failure to maintain effective locked fences around the bases of two antenna towers. BACKGROUND On February 26,
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  • radiation from KRPI increase when KRPI changes from its nighttime power (10 kW) to its daytime power (50 kW). See Reply to Opposition at Exhibit B1-2. Spurious emission limits, however, are not absolute values. Rather, these limits are related to the power of a station's carrier (the signal being radiated on a station's authorized frequency). See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. § 73.44(b). We therefore attach no significance to the Residents' measurements purporting to show that harmonic radiation increases when KRPI converts operations to its authorized daytime power level. See KRPI Engineering Statement (Photo Attachment). See Network Representation of TV Stations in National Spot Sales, Request of Spanish International Network for Waiver of § 73.658(i), Request of Telemundo Group for Waiver of §
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  • 0007309503 FORFEITURE ORDER Adopted: March 27, 2008 Released: March 31, 2008 By the Regional Director, Western Region, Enforcement Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION In this Forfeiture Order (``Order''), we issue a monetary forfeiture in the amount of four thousand dollars ($4,000) to JMK Communications, Inc. ("JMK"), licensee of AM Broadcast Station KREA, in Honolulu, Hawaii, for willful and repeated violations of Section 73.44(b) of the Commission's Rules ("Rules"). On August 7, 2007, the Enforcement Bureau's Honolulu Resident Agent Office issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (``NAL'') in the amount of $4,000 to JMK for failing to ensure that emissions removed by more than 75 kHz from the KREA fundamental frequency of 1540 kHz were attenuated 80 dB below the unmodulated carrier
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  • the transmitter, including full compliance with the AM IBOC RF spectral mask requirements. Tests of the compatibility of MDCL with hybrid AM IBOC on various types of receivers are underway. We will permit AM stations broadcasting in hybrid AM IBOC mode to implement energy-saving MDCL technology provided the hybrid signal continues to comply with spectral emissions mask requirements in Section 73.44, and also provided that the relative level of the analog signal to the digital signal remains constant. AM licensees who wish to implement MDCL technology shall file with the Audio Division a letter requesting waiver of Section 73.1560(a) of the Rules, addressed to: MDCL Waivers Federal Communications Commission Audio Division, Media Bureau 445 12th Street SW, Room 2-B450 Washington, DC
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  • 64.45 88850.71 91500.27 1338973 1344565 1349600 22.78 22.86 22.92 23.01 23.06 34924.42 36298.44 636275 638765 641136 4.72 4.74 4.76 4.78 4.80 16537.27 16728.68 26923 27153 27456 17.29 17.43 17.23 17.37 17.49 1022.37 1049.39 63645377 64005000 64367000 111.48 112.35 113.22 113.56 117.66 118.331766530.651869386.79 11598866 11672500 11746000 944.90 952.64 960.15 965.69 971.82 977.94 496648.77 528983.56 10678796 10696500 10712000 72.70 72.92 73.12 73.32 73.44 73.55 261783.44 272969.00 4021676 4022000 4022000 323.07 323.47 323.72 323.96 323.99 323.99 90307.64 95083.06 5325800 5341500 5357000 109.51 109.97 110.39 110.89 111.21 111.54 131696.99 136543.04 8342662 8401000 8460000 95.36 96.28 97.17 98.03 99.72 99.41 203718.45 215878.48 6698450 6752000 6806000 62.61 63.31 63.97 64.66 65.17 65.69 163499.55 174846.85 7405206 7454500 7503000 103.74 104.65 105.54 106.23 106.93 107.63 201049.05 212159.13 7643494 7791000
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  • states, in relevant part, that ``the licensee of each AM... station... must make equipment performance measurements for each main transmitter ... annually, ... with not more than 14 months between measurements....'' Sections 73.1590(b) and (d) of the Rules further require that measurements ``for spurious and harmonic emissions must be made to show compliance with the transmission system requirements of § 73.44 for AM stations'' and that such measurements ``together with a description of the equipment and procedure used in making the measurements, signed and dated by qualified person(s) making the measurements, must be kept on file at the transmitter or remote control point for a period of 2 years, and on request must be made available during that time to duly
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  • ) ) File Number EB-02-AT-092 NAL/Acct. No.20023248009 FRN 0003-7200-59 NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE Released: June 27, 2002 By the Enforcement Bureau, Atlanta Office: I. INTRODUCTION In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, we find that Monroe Area Broadcasters, Inc. (``Monroe''), licensee of AM radio station WRKQ at Madisonville, Tennessee, willfully and repeatedly violated Sections 73.1745(a), 73.1201(a)(2), and 73.44(b) of the Commission's Rules (``Rules''), by operating with daytime power at night, failing to identify the station by call sign, and failing to sufficiently attenuate transmission system emissions by the amount prescribed in the Rules. We find Monroe Area Broadcasters, Inc. apparently liable for forfeiture in the amount of nine thousand dollars ($9,000). II. BACKGROUND On March 21, 2002, the
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  • We conclude that Hogar is apparently liable for forfeiture in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). BACKGROUND 2. On November 6, 2000, the FCC's San Diego office received information from FCC's Columbia Operations Center in Laurel, MD that the carrier frequency measurement of the AM Broadcast radio station KDAP Douglas, AZ exceeded the frequency tolerance in violation of Section 73.44(b) of the Rules. The measurement was made using the remote monitoring equipment located at the FCC's Douglas, AZ Monitoring Facility. 3. On November 17, 2000 an agent from the FCC's San Diego office investigated the alleged violation by conducting an inspection of KDAP's studio and transmitter located at 2031 N. Sulphur Springs St., Douglas, AZ. During the inspection of KDAP
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  • 17, 2004 By the District Director, New Orleans Office, Enforcement Bureau: This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued pursuant to Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, to Shadowlands Communications, L.L.C., licensee of AM radio station WSHO. On March 5, 2004, agents of the Commission's New Orleans Office inspected AM radio station WSHO and noted the following violation(s): 47 C.F.R. §73.44(b): This section states in part that ``emissions between 60 kHz and 75 kHz of the carrier frequency must be attenuated at least 65 dB below the un-modulated carrier level.'' At the time of the inspection, the transmitter was producing an emission on 730 kHz that was measured at only 38 dB below the carrier level on 800 kHz. Pursuant to
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  • Office determined that the source of transmission on 1380 kHz was AM tower of KMBI which is licensed to operate at 1330 kHz. On March 10, 2004, an agent of the Commission's Seattle Office measured the signal present on 1380 kHz at approximately 35 dB below KMBI's modulated carrier on 1330 kHz. The following violation was noted: 47 C.F.R. § 73.44(b): ``...emissions 30 kHz to 60 kHz removed from the carrier must be attenuated at least [5 + 1 dB/kHz] below the unmodulated carrier level. In this case emissions would need to be attenuated to at least 55 dB below the unmodulated carrier level.'' Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 1.89 of the
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  • Office, Enforcement Bureau: . , located at Charleston, Illinois, and observed the following violation(s): 47 C.F.R. § 17.4(g): ``...the Antenna Structure Registration Number must be displayed in a conspicuous place so that it is readily visible near the base of the antenna structure.'' The antenna registration numbers were not posted on structures 2, 3, 4, and 5. 47 C.F.R. § 73.44(b) ``...emissions between 60 kHz to 75 kHz of the carrier frequency must be attenuated at least 65 dB below the unmodulated carrier level...'' At the time of inspection a spurious signal from 1270 kHz (WEIC) was detected at 1200 kHz in violation of this section. The spurious signal was measured to be 30 dB below the carrier frequency. , must
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  • is a Notice of Violation (``Notice'') issued pursuant to Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules to Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation , licensee of radio station WCMN-AM in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. On January 19, 2006, an agent of the Commission's San Juan Office inspected and monitored radio station WCMN-AM located at Arecibo, Puerto Rico and observed the following violation: 47 C.F.R. § 73.44(b): ``Emissions removed by more than 75 KHz must be attenuated at least 43 + 10 log (Power in watts) or 80 dB below the unmodulated carrier level'' At the time of inspection the attenuation at 1280 KHz from the licensed frequency was only 48dB using the 5 kilowatts transmitter and 50 dB using the 1 kilowatt transmitter. Pursuant to Section
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  • non-commercial educational FM stations authorized to operate with 10 watts or less output power, must make equipment performance measurements for each main transmitter as follows: Annually, for AM stations, with not more than 14 months between measurements.'' The WSNR contract engineer's records showed that the last equipment performance measurements were made from June 18 to June 20, 2005. 47 C.F.R. 73.44(b): ``Emissions [of stations in the AM service] removed [from the carrier] by more than 75 kHz must be attenuated at least 43 + 10 Log (Power in watts) or 80 dB below the unmodulated carrier, whichever is the lesser attenuation.'' WSNR was operating at 8,000 watts, and therefore any emissions removed from the carrier by more than 75 kHz must
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  • The station was monitored over several hours between February 15 and 17, 2007. The station identification was present during some hours and not present or cut off from airing during other hours. Specifically at the top of the 6am hour on February 16, 2007 the station identification was not present and the station was on the air. 47 C.F.R. § 73.44(b): ``Emissions removed by more than 75 kHz must be attenuated at least 43 + 10 Log (Power in watts) or 80 dB below the unmodulated carrier level, whichever is the lesser attenuation, except for transmitters having less than 158 watts, where the attenuation must be at least 65 dB below carrier level.'' At 7:15pm on February 15, 2007, a spurious
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  • meters ANTENNA ID: PR16.4-2-2D 3700.0000 - 4200.0000 MHz 36000F9 Points of Communication: 1 - ALSAT - (ALSAT) E870001 SES-RWL-20070410-00462E Date Effective: 04/12/2007 Class of Station: Temporary Fixed Earth Station Grant of Authority 05/17/2007 - 05/17/2022 Renewal CBS Television Stations Inc. Nature of Service:Domestic Fixed Satellite Service SITE ID: 1 DENVER, CO LOCATION: RS/SATCOM TECH 1 2.4 meters ANTENNA ID: 240KVO 73.44 dBW 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 36M0F8W 73.44 dBW 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 24M0F8W 45.84 dBW 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 40K0F3E 73.44 dBW DIGITAL AUDIO, VIDEO DATA 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 36M0F8F 45.84 dBW ANALOG TELEVISION 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 24M0F8F Page 8 of 13 45.84 dBW DATA 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 40K0F3E 66.70 dBW DIGITAL AUDIO, VIDEO DATA 14000.0000 -
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  • EB-07-HL-099 NAL/Acct. No.: 200732860001 FRN: 0007309503 NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE Released: August 7, 2007 By the Resident Agent, Honolulu Resident Agent Office, Western Region, Enforcement Bureau: INTRODUCTION In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture ("NAL"), we find that JMK Communications, Inc. ("JMK"), licensee of AM Broadcast Station KREA, in Honolulu, Hawaii, apparently willfully and repeatedly violated Section 73.44(b) of the Commission's Rules ("Rules") by failing to ensure that emissions removed by more than 75 kHz from the KREA fundamental frequency of 1540 kHz are attenuated 80 dB below the unmodulated carrier level. We conclude, pursuant to Section 503(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended ("Act"), that JMK is apparently liable for a forfeiture in the amount
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  • No:200832700018 FRN: 0005816590 NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE Released: September 24, 2008 By the District Director, Tampa Office, South Central Region, Enforcement Bureau: INTRODUCTION In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (``NAL''), we find that Black Crow Radio, LLC., (``Black Crow''), licensee of AM Broadcast Station WNDB, in Daytona Beach, Florida, apparently willfully and repeatedly violated Sections 11.35(a), 73.44(b), 73.49 and 73.3526 of the Commission's Rules (``Rules'') by failing to ensure that Emergency Alert System (``EAS'') equipment was installed so that the monitoring and transmitting functions were available during the times the station was in operation, failing to ensure that emissions removed by 60 kHz to 75 kHz from the WNDB fundamental frequency of 1150 kHz are attenuated 65
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  • 14500.0000 MHz 2M86G7D 60.88 dBW Data 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 2M00G7D 53.40 dBW Data 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 358KG7D 33.90 dBW Data 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 4K00G7D 55.18 dBW Data 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 538KG7D 56.43 dBW Data 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 717KG7D 47.42 dBW Data 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 90K0G7D 73.48 dBW Analog Video 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 36M0F3F 73.44 dBW Digital Video 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 36M0G7F 64.69 dBW Digital Video 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 4M80G7F 67.42 dBW Digital Video 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 9M00G7F Points of Communication: 1 - ALSAT - (ALSAT) Page 2 of 25 1 - ANIK E1 - (118.7 W.L.) 1 - ANIK E2 - (111.1 W.L) 1 - PAS-1R - (45.0 W.L.) 1 -
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  • 14500.0000 MHz 2M86G7D 60.88 dBW Data 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 2M00G7D 53.40 dBW Data 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 358KG7D 33.90 dBW Data 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 4K00G7D 55.18 dBW Data 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 538KG7D 56.43 dBW Data 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 717KG7D 47.42 dBW Data 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 90K0G7D 74.90 dBW Analog Video 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 36M0F3F 73.44 dBW Digital Video 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 36M0G7F 64.69 dBW Digital Video 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 4M80G7F 67.42 dBW Digital Video 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 9M00G7F Data 11700.0000 - 12200.0000 MHz 538KG7D Points of Communication: 1 - ALSAT - (ALSAT) 1 - ANIK E1 - (118.7 W.L.) 1 - ANIK E2 - (111.1 W.L) 1 - PAS-1R - (45.0 W.L.)
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  • Director, Atlanta Office, South Central Region Enforcement Bureau: This is a Notice of Violation (``Notice'') issued pursuant to Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules to Radio Disney Atlanta, LLC, licensee of Station WDWD, Atlanta, GA. On May 3, 2011, an agent of the Enforcement Bureau's Atlanta Office monitored Station WDWD, Atlanta, GA, and observed the following violation(s): 47 C.F.R. § 73.44: ``The emissions of stations in the AM service shall be attenuated in accordance with the requirements specified in paragraph (b) of this section...[E]missions between 60 kHz and 75 kHz of the carrier frequency must be attenuated at least 65 dB below the unmodulated carrier level. Emissions removed by more than 75 kHz of the carrier frequency must be attenuated at
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  • which ``could be extremely detrimental to smaller stations attempting to replicate their analog coverage and overcome man-made interference in their ever-expanding core marketing area.'' The NRSC AM report recommends that the Commission authorize daytime operation with the hybrid AM IBOC system as developed by iBiquity. This system has been designed to conform to the AM emission mask specified in Section 73.44 of the Commission's rules. The emission mask is integrally related to the Commission's AM allocations rules (principally Sections 73.37 and 73.182) which, in turn, rest on certain assumptions concerning tradeoffs between coverage and interference. Thus, the AM IBOC system confines the digital signal within the station's existing authorization. Based on the testing record and this system design, we agree with
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  • fc is the RF channel frequency and Re( ) denotes the real component of the complex quantity. For the All Digital waveform, z(t) is replaced with y(t). The AM IBOC DAB waveform is broadcast in the current AM radio band and its power levels and spectral content are limited to be within the spectral mask as defined in 47 CFR §73.44. See Supplement A. The carrier frequency spacing and channel numbering schemes are compatible with 47 CFR §73.14. Channels are centered at 10 kHz intervals ranging from 540 to 1700 kHz. Both the analog and digital portion of the hybrid waveform are centered on the same carrier frequency. The absolute accuracy of the carrier frequency is defined in Supplement A. GPS
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  • below, we deny KASA Radio's application for review. BACKGROUND 2. On November 17, 2000, the FCC's San Diego, California Field Office ("San Diego Office") conducted an inspection of Radio Station KDAP(AM) in Douglas, Arizona, after it received information from the Enforcement Bureau's High Frequency Direction Finding Center that KDAP(AM)'s carrier frequency measurement exceeded the frequency tolerance in violation of Section 73.44(b) of the Rules. The inspection revealed 10 different rule violations, including the violation of Section 73.44(b). On December 19, 2000, the District Director of the San Diego Office issued a Notice of Violation ("NOV") for the violations. On January 26, 2001, KASA Radio submitted a response to the NOV. On February 15, 2001, the District Director of the San Diego
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  • FCC Rcd at 19998, citing NRSC AM Report at 50. The radio frequency bandwidth of an analog AM signal is twice the audio bandwidth. For example, modulation of a carrier with a 10-kHz audio tone generates sidebands at +10 kHz and -10 kHz of the carrier frequency, for a total radio frequency bandwidth of 20 kHz. See 47 C.F.R. § 73.44. NRSC AM Report at 50. Id. at 51. Id. at 54. See DAB R&O, 17 FCC Rcd at 19998. The Commission has long recognized the need for AM station operation between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and local sunrise (the ``pre-sunrise'' hours) and between local sunset and 6:00 p.m. (the ``post-sunset'' hours). Section 73.99 of the rules provides for reduced-power
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  • FCC Rcd at 2315. Id.; see Docket No. 90-357 MO&O, 12 FCC Rcd at 5769. Docket No. 90-357 NPRM, 7 FCC Rcd at 7793 (Separate Statement of Commissioner Ervin S. Duggan). Docket No. 90-357 MO&O, 12 FCC Rcd at 5767. Id. at 5768-69. See id. at 5760; Docket No. 90-357 R&O, 10 FCC Rcd at 2314. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.44, 73.317. The IBOC FM 70-kHz digital sidebands would be positioned in the upper and lower 1st adjacent channels between +/-129 kHz and +/-199 kHz from the carrier frequency. See Petition at 47-48. The IBOC AM 5-kHz digital sidebands would be positioned between +/-5 kHz and +/-10 kHz from the carrier frequency. Id. at 70-71. Id. at 51. We do not
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  • sections of the authorized antenna(s) as an emergency antenna. * * * * * 33. Section 73.1690 is amended to read as follows: § 73.1690 Modification of transmission systems. * * * * * (a) * * * (2) Those that would cause the transmission system to exceed the equipment performance measurements prescribed for the class of service, (AM, § 73.44; FM, §§ 73.317, 73.319, and 73.322; TV and Class A TV, §§ 73.682 and 73.687). (b) * * * (2) Any change in station geographic coordinates, including coordinate corrections. FM, TV and Class A TV directional stations must also file a construction permit application for any move of the antenna to another tower structure located at the same coordinates. Any
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  • Office inspected radio station WEIC, located at Charleston, Illinois, and observed the following violation(s): 5.a. 47 C.F.R. 17.4(g): ``...the Antenna Structure Registration Number must be displayed in a conspicuous place so that it is readily visible near the base of the antenna structure.'' The antenna registration numbers were not posted on structures 2, 3, 4, and 5. 5.b. 47 C.F.R. 73.44(b) ``...emissions between 60 kHz to 75 kHz of the carrier frequency must be attenuated at least 65 dB below the unmodulated carrier level...'' At the time of inspection a spurious signal from 1270 kHz (WEIC) was detected at 1200 kHz in violation of this section. The spurious signal was measured to be 30 dB below the carrier frequency. Pursuant to
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  • educational FM stations authorized to operate with 10 watts or less output power, must make equipment performance measurements for each main transmitter as follows: Annually, for AM stations, with not more than 14 months between measurements." The WSNR contract engineer's records showed that the last equipment performance measurements were made from June 18 to June 20, 2005. e. 47 C.F.R. 73.44(b): "Emissions [of stations in the AM service] removed [from the carrier] by more than 75 kHz must be attenuated at least 43 + 10 Log (Power in watts) or 80 dB below the unmodulated carrier, whichever is the lesser attenuation." WSNR was operating at 8,000 watts, and therefore any emissions removed from the carrier by more than 75 kHz must
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  • station was monitored over several hours between February 15 and 17, 2007. The station identification was present during some hours and not present or cut off from airing during other hours. Specifically at the top of the 6am hour on February 16, 2007 the station identification was not present and the station was on the air. d. 47 C.F.R. S 73.44(b): "Emissions removed by more than 75 kHz must be attenuated at least 43 + 10 Log (Power in watts) or 80 dB below the unmodulated carrier level, whichever is the lesser attenuation, except for transmitters having less than 158 watts, where the attenuation must be at least 65 dB below carrier level." At 7:15pm on February 15, 2007, a spurious
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  • ) NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE Released: September 24, 2008 By the District Director, Tampa Office, South Central Region, Enforcement Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture ("NAL"), we find that Black Crow Radio, LLC., ("Black Crow"), licensee of AM Broadcast Station WNDB, in Daytona Beach, Florida, apparently willfully and repeatedly violated Sections 11.35(a), 73.44(b), 73.49 and 73.3526 of the Commission's Rules ("Rules") by failing to ensure that Emergency Alert System ("EAS") equipment was installed so that the monitoring and transmitting functions were available during the times the station was in operation, failing to ensure that emissions removed by 60 kHz to 75 kHz from the WNDB fundamental frequency of 1150 kHz are attenuated 65
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  • 73.3526(a)(2) (failure to maintain a public inspection file). II. BACKGROUND 2. On November 17, 2000, the FCC's San Diego Field Office ("San Diego Office") conducted an inspection of radio station KDAP(AM) in Douglas, Arizona, after it received information from the Enforcement Bureau's High Frequency Direction Finding Center that KDAP(AM)'s carrier frequency measurement exceeded the frequency tolerance in violation of Section 73.44(b) of the Rules. The inspection revealed 10 different rule violations, including the violation of Section 73.44(b). On December 19, 2000, the District Director of the San Diego Office issued a Notice of Violation (``NOV'') for the violations. The District Director of the San Diego Office issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL'') to KASA Radio on February 15, 2001. 3.
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  • below, we deny KASA Radio's application for review. BACKGROUND 2. On November 17, 2000, the FCC's San Diego, California Field Office ("San Diego Office") conducted an inspection of Radio Station KDAP(AM) in Douglas, Arizona, after it received information from the Enforcement Bureau's High Frequency Direction Finding Center that KDAP(AM)'s carrier frequency measurement exceeded the frequency tolerance in violation of Section 73.44(b) of the Rules. The inspection revealed 10 different rule violations, including the violation of Section 73.44(b). On December 19, 2000, the District Director of the San Diego Office issued a Notice of Violation ("NOV") for the violations. On January 26, 2001, KASA Radio submitted a response to the NOV. On February 15, 2001, the District Director of the San Diego
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  • FRN 0003-7200-59 Madisonville, Tennessee ) FORFEITURE ORDER Adopted: April 3, 2003 Released: April 7, 2003 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Forfeiture Order (``Order''), we issue a monetary forfeiture in the amount of nine thousand dollars ($9,000) to Monroe Area Broadcasters, Inc. (``Monroe''), licensee of Station WRKQ(AM), Madisonville, Tennessee, for willful and repeated violation of Sections 73.44(b), 73.1201(a)(2) and 73.1745(a) of the Commission's Rules (``Rules'').1 The noted violations involve Monroe's failure to adequately attenuate WRKQ's transmission system emissions, failure to identify WRKQ by call sign, and operation of WRKQ at night with daytime power. 2. On June 27, 2002, the Commission's Atlanta, Georgia Field Office (``Atlanta Office'') issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (``NAL'') to
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  • 7, 2007, the Kansas City Office issued to 127 another Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture proposing a forfeiture in the amount of $8,000 for the apparent willful and repeated violation of Section 73.1745(a) of the Rules. 3. On March 21, 2007, the Kansas City Office issued to 127 a Notice of Violation for violations of Sections 11.35(a), 73.1125(d)(1), 73.1201(a)(2), 73.44(b), 73.1560, and 73.3615(a) of the Rules. 4. 127 and the Bureau acknowledge that any proceeding that might result from the Investigation will require the significant expenditure of public and private resources. To conserve such resources and to promote compliance by 127 with the Act and the Rules, 127 and the Bureau hereby enter into this Consent Decree in consideration of
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  • Released: November 17, 2008 By the Regional Director, South Central Region, Enforcement Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Forfeiture Order ("Order"), we issue a monetary forfeiture in the amount of six thousand four hundred dollars ($6,400) to Black Crow Radio, LLC, ("Black Crow"), licensee of AM Broadcast Station WNDB, in Daytona Beach, Florida, for willful and repeated violation of Sections 73.44(b) and 73.49 of the Commission's Rules ("Rules"). The noted violations involve Black Crow's failure to ensure that emissions removed by 60 kHz to 75 kHz from the WNDB fundamental frequency of 1150 kHz are attenuated 65 dB below the unmodulated carrier level and failure to maintain effective locked fences around the bases of two antenna towers. II. BACKGROUND 2. On
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  • FORFEITURE ORDER Adopted: March 27, 2008 Released: March 31, 2008 By the Regional Director, Western Region, Enforcement Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Forfeiture Order ("Order"), we issue a monetary forfeiture in the amount of four thousand dollars ($4,000) to JMK Communications, Inc. ("JMK"), licensee of AM Broadcast Station KREA, in Honolulu, Hawaii, for willful and repeated violations of Section 73.44(b) of the Commission's Rules ("Rules"). On August 7, 2007, the Enforcement Bureau's Honolulu Resident Agent Office issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture ("NAL") in the amount of $4,000 to JMK for failing to ensure that emissions removed by more than 75 kHz from the KREA fundamental frequency of 1540 kHz were attenuated 80 dB below the unmodulated carrier
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  • states, in relevant part, that "the licensee of each AM... station... must make equipment performance measurements for each main transmitter ... annually, ... with not more than 14 months between measurements...." Sections 73.1590(b) and (d) of the Rules further require that measurements "for spurious and harmonic emissions must be made to show compliance with the transmission system requirements of S: 73.44 for AM stations" and that such measurements "together with a description of the equipment and procedure used in making the measurements, signed and dated by qualified person(s) making the measurements, must be kept on file at the transmitter or remote control point for a period of 2 years, and on request must be made available during that time to duly
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  • TX District Office (6/11/02). * Gold Coast Broadcasting Company, Santa Monica, CA. $10,000 NAL. Los Angeles, CA District Office (6/25/02). * Deans Cablevision, Inc., Conception Junction, MO. $10,000 NAL. Kansas City, MO District Office (6/26/02). * Lake Mobile Phone, Osage Beach, MO. $10,000 NAL. Kansas City, MO District Office (6/27/02). 47 C.F.R. Part 73 Radio Broadcast Rules * 47 C.F.R. 73.44 AM Transmission System Emission Limitations * Monroe Area Broadcasters, Inc., WRKQ, Madisonville, TN. $9,000 NAL. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. 73.1201 (Station Identification) and 73.1745 (Unauthorized Operation). Atlanta, GA District Office (6/27/02). * 47 C.F.R. 73.49 - AM Transmission System Fencing Requirements * Wilson Broadcasting Co., Inc., licensee of Radio Station WAGF(AM), Dothan, Alabama. $7,000 NAL. Atlanta, GA District Office (6/10/02).
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  • 73.1570 (Modulation Levels: AM, FM and TV aural), and 73.1870 (Chief Operators). Columbia, MD District Office (10/27/00). He's Alive, Inc., Frostburg, MD, WLIC. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 11.61 (Tests of EAS Procedures), 73.1570 (Modulation Levels: AM, FM and TV aural), and 73.1870 (Chief Operators). Columbia, MD District Office (10/27/00). Bicoastal Media, LLC, Eureka, CA. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emission Limitations), 73.1400 (Transmission System Monitoring and Control), 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances), 73.1820 (Station Log), and 73.1870 (Chief Operators). San Francisco, CA District Office (10/27/00). 47 C.F.R. § 11.52 - EAS Code and Attention Signal Monitoring Requirements Donald A. Swanson, Sioux City, IA. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.61 (AM Directional Antenna Field Strength Measurements),
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  • C.F.R. § 17.51 (Time When Lights Should Be Exhibited) American Tower, Lancaster, PA. Philadelphia, PA Office (3/21/00). 47 C.F.R. Part 22 (Public Mobile Services Rules) 47 C.F.R. § 22.359 (Emission Masks) Metrocall USA Inc., Alexandria, VA. Philadelphia, PA Office (3/6/00). Airtouch Paging, Dallas, TX. New England District Office (3/14/00). 47 C.F.R. Part 73 (Broadcast Radio Service Rules) 47 C.F.R. § 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emission Limitations) Grace Broadcasters, Juana Diaz, PR. San Juan, PR Office (3/21/00). 47 C.F.R. § 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances) Atlantic Radio Broadcasting, LLC, WXRS, Ocean City, MD. Columbia, MD Office (3/20/00). 47 C.F.R. § 73.1590 (Equipment Performance Measurements) Straus Communications in VA, Inc., WFTR, Front Royal, VA. NOV also issued for violation of 47 C.F.R.
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  • (Cleaning and Repainting), 73.49 (AM Transmission System Fencing Requirements), 73.58 (Indicating Instruments), 73.1350 (Transmission System Operation), 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances), 73.1800 (General Requirements Related to the Station Log), 73.1870 (Chief Operator), and 73.3526 (Local Public Inspection File for Commercial Stations). Kansas City, MO District Office (12/8/00). KASA Radio Hogar, Inc. (KDAP Douglas, AZ). Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emission Limitations), 73.54 (Antenna Resistance and Reactance Measurements), 73. 1230 (Posting of Station License), 73.1350 (Transmission System Operation), 73.1545 (Carrier Frequency Departure Tolerances), 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances), 73.1590 (Equipment Performance Measurements), 73.1870 (Chief Operator), and 73.3526 (Local Public Inspection File for Commercial Stations). San Diego, CA District Office (12/19/00). AT&T Broadband and Internet Services, Burien
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  • Communications Inc, Cary, NC. Chicago, IL District Office (6/13/01). AMFM Radio Licenses, L.L.C., San Antonio, TX. San Francisco, CA District Office (6/27/01). Regent Broadcasting of Watertown, Inc, WNER-FM, Watertown, NY. Other violation: 47 C.F.R. § 73.57 (Remote Reading Antenna and Common Point Ammeters). Buffalo, NY Resident Agent Office (6/27/01). 47 C.F.R. Part 73 - Radio Broadcast Services 47 C.F.R. § 73.44 - AM Transmission System Emission Limitations Regent Broadcasting of Utica/Rome, Inc., WTNY, Utica, NY. 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.57 (Remote Reading Antenna and Common Point Ammeters), 73.62 (Directional Antenna System Tolerances) and 73.158 (Directional Antenna Monitoring Points). Buffalo, NY Resident Agent Office (6/27/01). 47 C.F.R. § 73.1125 - Station Main Studio Location CEA Broadcasting, Cambridge, MD. Columbia, MD District Office (6/1/01).
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  • Broadcasting Enterprises, Inc., WGRA(AM), Cairo, GA. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 17.4(g) (Posting of Antenna Structure Registration Number) and 17.50 (Cleaning and Repainting). Atlanta, GA District Office (7/3/01) CSN International, Gillette, WY, (KLWD-FM, Facility ID #84184). Denver, CO District Office (7/31/01). 47 C.F.R. § 11.35 - Equipment Operation Readiness Marion R. Williams, WSTT(AM), Thomasville, GA. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emissions Limitations), 73.49 (AM Transmission System Fencing Requirements), 73.51 (Determining Operating Power), 73.58 (Indicating Instruments) and 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances).. Atlanta, GA District Offices (7/3/01). Champlain Radio, Inc., Champlain, NY. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 11.61 (Tests of EAS Procedures), 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emissions Limitations) and 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances). Buffalo, NY
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  • District Office (8/22/01). * 47 C.F.R. 1.923 - Content of Applications * Ocean City Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., KXI892, Ocean City, MD. Columbia, MD District Office (8/1/01). 47 C.F.R. Part 11 Emergency Alert System * 47 C.F.R. 11.15 EAS Operating Handbook * Lifeline Radio Corporation, WANL, Albany, GA. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. 11.52 (EAS Code and Attention Signal Monitoring Requirements), 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emission Limitations), 73.1230 (Posting of Station License), 73.1350 (Transmission System Operation), 73.1590 (Equipment Performance Measurements), 73.1745 (Unauthorized Operation), 73.1870 (Chief Operator) and 73.3526 (Local Public Inspection File for Commercial Stations). Atlanta, GA District Office (8/9/01). * Bartow Broadcasting Co., Inc. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. 11.52 (EAS Code and Attention Signal Monitoring Requirements), 11.61(Tests of EAS Procedures), 73.49
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  • the transmitter, including full compliance with the AM IBOC RF spectral mask requirements. Tests of the compatibility of MDCL with hybrid AM IBOC on various types of receivers are underway. We will permit AM stations broadcasting in hybrid AM IBOC mode to implement energy-saving MDCL technology provided the hybrid signal continues to comply with spectral emissions mask requirements in Section 73.44, and also provided that the relative level of the analog signal to the digital signal remains constant. AM licensees who wish to implement MDCL technology shall file with the Audio Division a letter requesting waiver of Section 73.1560(a) of the Rules, addressed to: MDCL Waivers Federal Communications Commission Audio Division, Media Bureau 445 12th Street SW, Room 2-B450 Washington, DC
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  • 73.29 Class C stations on regional channels. [ [84]AM Classes ] [85]TEXT [86]PDF 73.30 Petition for authorization of an allotment in the 1605-1705 kHz band. [87]TEXT [88]PDF 73.31 Rounding of nominal power specified on applications. [89]TEXT [90]PDF 73.33 Antenna systems; showing required. [91]TEXT [92]PDF 73.35 Calculation of improvement factors. [93]TEXT [94]PDF 73.37 Applications for broadcast facilities, showing required. [95]TEXT [96]PDF 73.44 AM transmission system emission limitations. [97]TEXT [98]PDF 73.45 AM antenna systems. [99]TEXT [100]PDF 73.49 AM transmission system fencing requirements. [101]TEXT [102]PDF 73.51 Determining operating power. [103]TEXT [104]PDF 73.53 Requirements for authorization of antenna monitors. [105]TEXT [106]PDF 73.54 Antenna resistance and reactance measurements. [107]TEXT [108]PDF 73.57 Remote reading antenna and common point ammeters. [109]TEXT [110]PDF 73.58 Indicating instruments. [111]TEXT [112]PDF 73.61
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  • C.F.R. § 17.51 (Time When Lights Should Be Exhibited) American Tower, Lancaster, PA. Philadelphia, PA Office (3/21/00). 47 C.F.R. Part 22 (Public Mobile Services Rules) 47 C.F.R. § 22.359 (Emission Masks) Metrocall USA Inc., Alexandria, VA. Philadelphia, PA Office (3/6/00). Airtouch Paging, Dallas, TX. New England District Office (3/14/00). 47 C.F.R. Part 73 (Broadcast Radio Service Rules) 47 C.F.R. § 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emission Limitations) Grace Broadcasters, Juana Diaz, PR. San Juan, PR Office (3/21/00). 47 C.F.R. § 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances) Atlantic Radio Broadcasting, LLC, WXRS, Ocean City, MD. Columbia, MD Office (3/20/00). 47 C.F.R. § 73.1590 (Equipment Performance Measurements) Straus Communications in VA, Inc., WFTR, Front Royal, VA. NOV also issued for violation of 47 C.F.R.
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  • C.F.R. § 17.51 (Time When Lights Should Be Exhibited) American Tower, Lancaster, PA. Philadelphia, PA Office (3/21/00). 47 C.F.R. Part 22 (Public Mobile Services Rules) 47 C.F.R. § 22.359 (Emission Masks) Metrocall USA Inc., Alexandria, VA. Philadelphia, PA Office (3/6/00). Airtouch Paging, Dallas, TX. New England District Office (3/14/00). 47 C.F.R. Part 73 (Broadcast Radio Service Rules) 47 C.F.R. § 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emission Limitations) Grace Broadcasters, Juana Diaz, PR. San Juan, PR Office (3/21/00). 47 C.F.R. § 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances) Atlantic Radio Broadcasting, LLC, WXRS, Ocean City, MD. Columbia, MD Office (3/20/00). 47 C.F.R. § 73.1590 (Equipment Performance Measurements) Straus Communications in VA, Inc., WFTR, Front Royal, VA. NOV also issued for violation of 47 C.F.R.
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  • of Communication: 1 - IKONOS-1 - (NGSO) E870001 SES-MOD-20000113-00217 GROUP W/CBS TELEVISION STATIONS PARTNERS, INC. Class of Station: Temporary Fixed Earth Station Application for Modification Nature of Service:Domestic Fixed Satellite Service Modification filed to add new emission designators, and to decrease EIRP and EIRP density. SITE ID: 1 DENVER, CO LOCATION: 240KVO RS/SATCOM TECH 1 2.4 meters ANTENNA ID: 36M0F8W 73.44 dBW 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 24M0F8W 73.44 dBW 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 40K0F3E 45.84 dBW 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz Page 3 of 8 36M0F8F 73.44 dBW DIGITAL AUDIO, VIDEO DATA 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 24M0F8F 45.84 dBW ANALOG TELEVISION 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 40K0F3E 45.84 dBW DATA 14000.0000 - 14500.0000 MHz 36M0G7W 66.70 dBW DIGITAL AUDIO, VIDEO DATA 14000.0000 -
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  • FCC Rcd at 2315. Id.; see Docket No. 90-357 MO&O, 12 FCC Rcd at 5769. Docket No. 90-357 NPRM, 7 FCC Rcd at 7793 (Separate Statement of Commissioner Ervin S. Duggan). Docket No. 90-357 MO&O, 12 FCC Rcd at 5767. Id. at 5768-69. See id. at 5760; Docket No. 90-357 R&O, 10 FCC Rcd at 2314. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.44, 73.317. The IBOC FM 70-kHz digital sidebands would be positioned in the upper and lower 1st adjacent channels between +/-129 kHz and +/-199 kHz from the carrier frequency. See Petition at 47-48. The IBOC AM 5-kHz digital sidebands would be positioned between +/-5 kHz and +/-10 kHz from the carrier frequency. Id. at 70-71. Id. at 51. We do not
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  • sections of the authorized antenna(s) as an emergency antenna. * * * * * 33. Section 73.1690 is amended to read as follows: § 73.1690 Modification of transmission systems. * * * * * (a) * * * (2) Those that would cause the transmission system to exceed the equipment performance measurements prescribed for the class of service, (AM, § 73.44; FM, §§ 73.317, 73.319, and 73.322; TV and Class A TV, §§ 73.682 and 73.687). (b) * * * (2) Any change in station geographic coordinates, including coordinate corrections. FM, TV and Class A TV directional stations must also file a construction permit application for any move of the antenna to another tower structure located at the same coordinates. Any
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  • AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 38 (SOUTH DAKOTA) 700 MHZ REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE FIRST MEETING. (DA No. 08-2524). PSHSB [13]DA-08-2524A1.doc [14]DA-08-2524A1.pdf [15]DA-08-2524A1.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- TEXTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- BLACK CROW RADIO, LLC. Issued a monetary forfeiture of $6,400 to Black Crow Radio, LLC, licensee of AM Broadcast Station WNDB, in Daytona Beach, Florida, for willful and repeated violation of Sections 73.44(b) and 73.49 of the Commission's Rules. Action by: Regional Director, South Central Region, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 11/13/2008 by Forfeiture Order. (DA No. 08-2503). EB [16]DA-08-2503A1.doc [17]DA-08-2503A1.pdf [18]DA-08-2503A1.txt POST-TRANSITION DTV TABLE OF ALLOTMENTS, 47 C.F.R. 73.622(I), GLENDIVE, MONTANA.. Amended station KXGN-DT's DTV channel from 10 to 5. Proceeding Terminated. (Dkt No. RM-11446, 08-113). Action by: Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau. Adopted:
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  • No.20023248009 Madisonville, Tennessee ) ) FRN 0003-7200-59 ) NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE Released: June 27, 2002 By the Enforcement Bureau, Atlanta Office: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, we find that Monroe Area Broadcasters, Inc. (``Monroe''), licensee of AM radio station WRKQ at Madisonville, Tennessee, willfully and repeatedly violated Sections 73.1745(a), 73.1201(a)(2), and 73.44(b) of the Commission's Rules (``Rules''),1 by operating with daytime power at night, failing to identify the station by call sign, and failing to sufficiently attenuate transmission system emissions by the amount prescribed in the Rules. We find Monroe Area Broadcasters, Inc. apparently liable for forfeiture in the amount of nine thousand dollars ($9,000). II. BACKGROUND 2. On March 21, 2002,
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  • conclude that Hogar is apparently liable for forfeiture in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). II. BACKGROUND 2. On November 6, 2000, the FCC's San Diego office received information from FCC's Columbia Operations Center in Laurel, MD that the carrier frequency measurement of the AM Broadcast radio station KDAP Douglas, AZ exceeded the frequency tolerance in violation of Section 73.44(b) of the Rules. The measurement was made using the remote monitoring equipment located at the FCC's Douglas, AZ Monitoring Facility. 3. On November 17, 2000 an agent from the FCC's San Diego office investigated the alleged violation by conducting an inspection of KDAP's studio and transmitter located at 2031 N. Sulphur Springs St., Douglas, AZ. During the inspection of KDAP
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  • the District Director, New Orleans Office, Enforcement Bureau: 1. This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued pursuant to Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules,1 to Shadowlands Communications, L.L.C., licensee of AM radio station WSHO. 2. On March 5, 2004, agents of the Commission's New Orleans Office inspected AM radio station WSHO and noted the following violation(s): 2.a. 47 C.F.R. 73.44(b): This section states in part that ``emissions between 60 kHz and 75 kHz of the carrier frequency must be attenuated at least 65 dB below the un-modulated carrier level.'' At the time of the inspection, the transmitter was producing an emission on 730 kHz that was measured at only 38 dB below the carrier level on 800 kHz. 3. Pursuant
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  • Seattle Office determined that the source of transmission on 1380 kHz was AM tower of KMBI which is licensed to operate at 1330 kHz. On March 10, 2004, an agent of the Commission's Seattle Office measured the signal present on 1380 kHz at approximately 35 dB below KMBI's modulated carrier on 1330 kHz. The following violation was noted: 47 C.F.R. 73.44(b): ``...emissions 30 kHz to 60 kHz removed from the carrier must be attenuated at least [5 + 1 dB/kHz] below the unmodulated carrier level. In this case emissions would need to be attenuated to at least 55 dB below the unmodulated carrier level.'' 3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,2 and Section 1.89 of
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  • Office inspected radio station WEIC, located at Charleston, Illinois, and observed the following violation(s): 5.a. 47 C.F.R. 17.4(g): ``...the Antenna Structure Registration Number must be displayed in a conspicuous place so that it is readily visible near the base of the antenna structure.'' The antenna registration numbers were not posted on structures 2, 3, 4, and 5. 5.b. 47 C.F.R. 73.44(b) ``...emissions between 60 kHz to 75 kHz of the carrier frequency must be attenuated at least 65 dB below the unmodulated carrier level...'' At the time of inspection a spurious signal from 1270 kHz (WEIC) was detected at 1200 kHz in violation of this section. The spurious signal was measured to be 30 dB below the carrier frequency. Pursuant to
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  • a Notice of Violation (``Notice'') issued pursuant to Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules1 to Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation , licensee of radio station WCMN-AM in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. 2. On January 19, 2006, an agent of the Commission's San Juan Office inspected and monitored radio station WCMN-AM located at Arecibo, Puerto Rico and observed the following violation: 2.a. 47 C.F.R. 73.44(b): ``Emissions removed by more than 75 KHz must be attenuated at least 43 + 10 log (Power in watts) or 80 dB below the unmodulated carrier level'' At the time of inspection the attenuation at 1280 KHz from the licensed frequency was only 48dB using the 5 kilowatts transmitter and 50 dB using the 1 kilowatt transmitter. 3. Pursuant to
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  • educational FM stations authorized to operate with 10 watts or less output power, must make equipment performance measurements for each main transmitter as follows: Annually, for AM stations, with not more than 14 months between measurements." The WSNR contract engineer's records showed that the last equipment performance measurements were made from June 18 to June 20, 2005. e. 47 C.F.R. 73.44(b): "Emissions [of stations in the AM service] removed [from the carrier] by more than 75 kHz must be attenuated at least 43 + 10 Log (Power in watts) or 80 dB below the unmodulated carrier, whichever is the lesser attenuation." WSNR was operating at 8,000 watts, and therefore any emissions removed from the carrier by more than 75 kHz must
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  • station was monitored over several hours between February 15 and 17, 2007. The station identification was present during some hours and not present or cut off from airing during other hours. Specifically at the top of the 6am hour on February 16, 2007 the station identification was not present and the station was on the air. d. 47 C.F.R. S 73.44(b): "Emissions removed by more than 75 kHz must be attenuated at least 43 + 10 Log (Power in watts) or 80 dB below the unmodulated carrier level, whichever is the lesser attenuation, except for transmitters having less than 158 watts, where the attenuation must be at least 65 dB below carrier level." At 7:15pm on February 15, 2007, a spurious
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  • ID 39773 ) ) NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE Released: August 7, 2007 By the Resident Agent, Honolulu Resident Agent Office, Western Region, Enforcement Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture ("NAL"), we find that JMK Communications, Inc. ("JMK"), licensee of AM Broadcast Station KREA, in Honolulu, Hawaii, apparently willfully and repeatedly violated Section 73.44(b) of the Commission's Rules ("Rules") by failing to ensure that emissions removed by more than 75 kHz from the KREA fundamental frequency of 1540 kHz are attenuated 80 dB below the unmodulated carrier level. We conclude, pursuant to Section 503(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended ("Act"), that JMK is apparently liable for a forfeiture in the amount
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  • ) NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE Released: September 24, 2008 By the District Director, Tampa Office, South Central Region, Enforcement Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture ("NAL"), we find that Black Crow Radio, LLC., ("Black Crow"), licensee of AM Broadcast Station WNDB, in Daytona Beach, Florida, apparently willfully and repeatedly violated Sections 11.35(a), 73.44(b), 73.49 and 73.3526 of the Commission's Rules ("Rules") by failing to ensure that Emergency Alert System ("EAS") equipment was installed so that the monitoring and transmitting functions were available during the times the station was in operation, failing to ensure that emissions removed by 60 kHz to 75 kHz from the WNDB fundamental frequency of 1150 kHz are attenuated 65
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  • South Central Region Enforcement Bureau: 1. This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued pursuant to Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules to Radio Disney Atlanta, LLC, licensee of Station WDWD, Atlanta, GA. 2. On May 3, 2011, an agent of the Enforcement Bureau's Atlanta Office monitored Station WDWD, Atlanta, GA, and observed the following violation(s): a. 47 C.F.R. S: 73.44: "The emissions of stations in the AM service shall be attenuated in accordance with the requirements specified in paragraph (b) of this section...[E]missions between 60 kHz and 75 kHz of the carrier frequency must be attenuated at least 65 dB below the unmodulated carrier level. Emissions removed by more than 75 kHz of the carrier frequency must be attenuated at
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  • 73.3526(a)(2) (failure to maintain a public inspection file). II. BACKGROUND 2. On November 17, 2000, the FCC's San Diego Field Office ("San Diego Office") conducted an inspection of radio station KDAP(AM) in Douglas, Arizona, after it received information from the Enforcement Bureau's High Frequency Direction Finding Center that KDAP(AM)'s carrier frequency measurement exceeded the frequency tolerance in violation of Section 73.44(b) of the Rules. The inspection revealed 10 different rule violations, including the violation of Section 73.44(b). On December 19, 2000, the District Director of the San Diego Office issued a Notice of Violation (``NOV'') for the violations. The District Director of the San Diego Office issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL'') to KASA Radio on February 15, 2001. 3.
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  • below, we deny KASA Radio's application for review. BACKGROUND 2. On November 17, 2000, the FCC's San Diego, California Field Office ("San Diego Office") conducted an inspection of Radio Station KDAP(AM) in Douglas, Arizona, after it received information from the Enforcement Bureau's High Frequency Direction Finding Center that KDAP(AM)'s carrier frequency measurement exceeded the frequency tolerance in violation of Section 73.44(b) of the Rules. The inspection revealed 10 different rule violations, including the violation of Section 73.44(b). On December 19, 2000, the District Director of the San Diego Office issued a Notice of Violation ("NOV") for the violations. On January 26, 2001, KASA Radio submitted a response to the NOV. On February 15, 2001, the District Director of the San Diego
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  • FRN 0003-7200-59 Madisonville, Tennessee ) FORFEITURE ORDER Adopted: April 3, 2003 Released: April 7, 2003 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Forfeiture Order (``Order''), we issue a monetary forfeiture in the amount of nine thousand dollars ($9,000) to Monroe Area Broadcasters, Inc. (``Monroe''), licensee of Station WRKQ(AM), Madisonville, Tennessee, for willful and repeated violation of Sections 73.44(b), 73.1201(a)(2) and 73.1745(a) of the Commission's Rules (``Rules'').1 The noted violations involve Monroe's failure to adequately attenuate WRKQ's transmission system emissions, failure to identify WRKQ by call sign, and operation of WRKQ at night with daytime power. 2. On June 27, 2002, the Commission's Atlanta, Georgia Field Office (``Atlanta Office'') issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (``NAL'') to
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  • 7, 2007, the Kansas City Office issued to 127 another Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture proposing a forfeiture in the amount of $8,000 for the apparent willful and repeated violation of Section 73.1745(a) of the Rules. 3. On March 21, 2007, the Kansas City Office issued to 127 a Notice of Violation for violations of Sections 11.35(a), 73.1125(d)(1), 73.1201(a)(2), 73.44(b), 73.1560, and 73.3615(a) of the Rules. 4. 127 and the Bureau acknowledge that any proceeding that might result from the Investigation will require the significant expenditure of public and private resources. To conserve such resources and to promote compliance by 127 with the Act and the Rules, 127 and the Bureau hereby enter into this Consent Decree in consideration of
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  • Released: November 17, 2008 By the Regional Director, South Central Region, Enforcement Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Forfeiture Order ("Order"), we issue a monetary forfeiture in the amount of six thousand four hundred dollars ($6,400) to Black Crow Radio, LLC, ("Black Crow"), licensee of AM Broadcast Station WNDB, in Daytona Beach, Florida, for willful and repeated violation of Sections 73.44(b) and 73.49 of the Commission's Rules ("Rules"). The noted violations involve Black Crow's failure to ensure that emissions removed by 60 kHz to 75 kHz from the WNDB fundamental frequency of 1150 kHz are attenuated 65 dB below the unmodulated carrier level and failure to maintain effective locked fences around the bases of two antenna towers. II. BACKGROUND 2. On
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  • FORFEITURE ORDER Adopted: March 27, 2008 Released: March 31, 2008 By the Regional Director, Western Region, Enforcement Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Forfeiture Order ("Order"), we issue a monetary forfeiture in the amount of four thousand dollars ($4,000) to JMK Communications, Inc. ("JMK"), licensee of AM Broadcast Station KREA, in Honolulu, Hawaii, for willful and repeated violations of Section 73.44(b) of the Commission's Rules ("Rules"). On August 7, 2007, the Enforcement Bureau's Honolulu Resident Agent Office issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture ("NAL") in the amount of $4,000 to JMK for failing to ensure that emissions removed by more than 75 kHz from the KREA fundamental frequency of 1540 kHz were attenuated 80 dB below the unmodulated carrier
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  • states, in relevant part, that "the licensee of each AM... station... must make equipment performance measurements for each main transmitter ... annually, ... with not more than 14 months between measurements...." Sections 73.1590(b) and (d) of the Rules further require that measurements "for spurious and harmonic emissions must be made to show compliance with the transmission system requirements of S: 73.44 for AM stations" and that such measurements "together with a description of the equipment and procedure used in making the measurements, signed and dated by qualified person(s) making the measurements, must be kept on file at the transmitter or remote control point for a period of 2 years, and on request must be made available during that time to duly
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  • TX District Office (6/11/02). * Gold Coast Broadcasting Company, Santa Monica, CA. $10,000 NAL. Los Angeles, CA District Office (6/25/02). * Deans Cablevision, Inc., Conception Junction, MO. $10,000 NAL. Kansas City, MO District Office (6/26/02). * Lake Mobile Phone, Osage Beach, MO. $10,000 NAL. Kansas City, MO District Office (6/27/02). 47 C.F.R. Part 73 Radio Broadcast Rules * 47 C.F.R. 73.44 AM Transmission System Emission Limitations * Monroe Area Broadcasters, Inc., WRKQ, Madisonville, TN. $9,000 NAL. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. 73.1201 (Station Identification) and 73.1745 (Unauthorized Operation). Atlanta, GA District Office (6/27/02). * 47 C.F.R. 73.49 - AM Transmission System Fencing Requirements * Wilson Broadcasting Co., Inc., licensee of Radio Station WAGF(AM), Dothan, Alabama. $7,000 NAL. Atlanta, GA District Office (6/10/02).
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  • 73.1570 (Modulation Levels: AM, FM and TV aural), and 73.1870 (Chief Operators). Columbia, MD District Office (10/27/00). He's Alive, Inc., Frostburg, MD, WLIC. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 11.61 (Tests of EAS Procedures), 73.1570 (Modulation Levels: AM, FM and TV aural), and 73.1870 (Chief Operators). Columbia, MD District Office (10/27/00). Bicoastal Media, LLC, Eureka, CA. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emission Limitations), 73.1400 (Transmission System Monitoring and Control), 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances), 73.1820 (Station Log), and 73.1870 (Chief Operators). San Francisco, CA District Office (10/27/00). 47 C.F.R. § 11.52 - EAS Code and Attention Signal Monitoring Requirements Donald A. Swanson, Sioux City, IA. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.61 (AM Directional Antenna Field Strength Measurements),
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  • C.F.R. § 17.51 (Time When Lights Should Be Exhibited) American Tower, Lancaster, PA. Philadelphia, PA Office (3/21/00). 47 C.F.R. Part 22 (Public Mobile Services Rules) 47 C.F.R. § 22.359 (Emission Masks) Metrocall USA Inc., Alexandria, VA. Philadelphia, PA Office (3/6/00). Airtouch Paging, Dallas, TX. New England District Office (3/14/00). 47 C.F.R. Part 73 (Broadcast Radio Service Rules) 47 C.F.R. § 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emission Limitations) Grace Broadcasters, Juana Diaz, PR. San Juan, PR Office (3/21/00). 47 C.F.R. § 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances) Atlantic Radio Broadcasting, LLC, WXRS, Ocean City, MD. Columbia, MD Office (3/20/00). 47 C.F.R. § 73.1590 (Equipment Performance Measurements) Straus Communications in VA, Inc., WFTR, Front Royal, VA. NOV also issued for violation of 47 C.F.R.
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  • (Cleaning and Repainting), 73.49 (AM Transmission System Fencing Requirements), 73.58 (Indicating Instruments), 73.1350 (Transmission System Operation), 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances), 73.1800 (General Requirements Related to the Station Log), 73.1870 (Chief Operator), and 73.3526 (Local Public Inspection File for Commercial Stations). Kansas City, MO District Office (12/8/00). KASA Radio Hogar, Inc. (KDAP Douglas, AZ). Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emission Limitations), 73.54 (Antenna Resistance and Reactance Measurements), 73. 1230 (Posting of Station License), 73.1350 (Transmission System Operation), 73.1545 (Carrier Frequency Departure Tolerances), 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances), 73.1590 (Equipment Performance Measurements), 73.1870 (Chief Operator), and 73.3526 (Local Public Inspection File for Commercial Stations). San Diego, CA District Office (12/19/00). AT&T Broadband and Internet Services, Burien
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  • Communications Inc, Cary, NC. Chicago, IL District Office (6/13/01). AMFM Radio Licenses, L.L.C., San Antonio, TX. San Francisco, CA District Office (6/27/01). Regent Broadcasting of Watertown, Inc, WNER-FM, Watertown, NY. Other violation: 47 C.F.R. § 73.57 (Remote Reading Antenna and Common Point Ammeters). Buffalo, NY Resident Agent Office (6/27/01). 47 C.F.R. Part 73 - Radio Broadcast Services 47 C.F.R. § 73.44 - AM Transmission System Emission Limitations Regent Broadcasting of Utica/Rome, Inc., WTNY, Utica, NY. 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.57 (Remote Reading Antenna and Common Point Ammeters), 73.62 (Directional Antenna System Tolerances) and 73.158 (Directional Antenna Monitoring Points). Buffalo, NY Resident Agent Office (6/27/01). 47 C.F.R. § 73.1125 - Station Main Studio Location CEA Broadcasting, Cambridge, MD. Columbia, MD District Office (6/1/01).
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  • Broadcasting Enterprises, Inc., WGRA(AM), Cairo, GA. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 17.4(g) (Posting of Antenna Structure Registration Number) and 17.50 (Cleaning and Repainting). Atlanta, GA District Office (7/3/01) CSN International, Gillette, WY, (KLWD-FM, Facility ID #84184). Denver, CO District Office (7/31/01). 47 C.F.R. § 11.35 - Equipment Operation Readiness Marion R. Williams, WSTT(AM), Thomasville, GA. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emissions Limitations), 73.49 (AM Transmission System Fencing Requirements), 73.51 (Determining Operating Power), 73.58 (Indicating Instruments) and 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances).. Atlanta, GA District Offices (7/3/01). Champlain Radio, Inc., Champlain, NY. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. §§ 11.61 (Tests of EAS Procedures), 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emissions Limitations) and 73.1560 (Operating Power and Mode Tolerances). Buffalo, NY
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  • District Office (8/22/01). * 47 C.F.R. 1.923 - Content of Applications * Ocean City Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., KXI892, Ocean City, MD. Columbia, MD District Office (8/1/01). 47 C.F.R. Part 11 Emergency Alert System * 47 C.F.R. 11.15 EAS Operating Handbook * Lifeline Radio Corporation, WANL, Albany, GA. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. 11.52 (EAS Code and Attention Signal Monitoring Requirements), 73.44 (AM Transmission System Emission Limitations), 73.1230 (Posting of Station License), 73.1350 (Transmission System Operation), 73.1590 (Equipment Performance Measurements), 73.1745 (Unauthorized Operation), 73.1870 (Chief Operator) and 73.3526 (Local Public Inspection File for Commercial Stations). Atlanta, GA District Office (8/9/01). * Bartow Broadcasting Co., Inc. Other violations: 47 C.F.R. 11.52 (EAS Code and Attention Signal Monitoring Requirements), 11.61(Tests of EAS Procedures), 73.49
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  • ) FRN 0003-7200-59 Madisonville, Tennessee ) FORFEITURE ORDER Adopted: April 3, 2003 Released: April 7, 2003 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION In this Forfeiture Order (``Order''), we issue a monetary forfeiture in the amount of nine thousand dollars ($9,000) to Monroe Area Broadcasters, Inc. (``Monroe''), licensee of Station WRKQ(AM), Madisonville, Tennessee, for willful and repeated violation of Sections 73.44(b), 73.1201(a)(2) and 73.1745(a) of the Commission's Rules (``Rules''). The noted violations involve Monroe's failure to adequately attenuate WRKQ's transmission system emissions, failure to identify WRKQ by call sign, and operation of WRKQ at night with daytime power. On June 27, 2002, the Commission's Atlanta, Georgia Field Office (``Atlanta Office'') issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (``NAL'') to Monroe
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  • radiation from KRPI increase when KRPI changes from its nighttime power (10 kW) to its daytime power (50 kW). See Reply to Opposition at Exhibit B1-2. Spurious emission limits, however, are not absolute values. Rather, these limits are related to the power of a station's carrier (the signal being radiated on a station's authorized frequency). See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. § 73.44(b). We therefore attach no significance to the Residents' measurements purporting to show that harmonic radiation increases when KRPI converts operations to its authorized daytime power level. See KRPI Engineering Statement (Photo Attachment). See Network Representation of TV Stations in National Spot Sales, Request of Spanish International Network for Waiver of § 73.658(i), Request of Telemundo Group for Waiver of §
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  • which ``could be extremely detrimental to smaller stations attempting to replicate their analog coverage and overcome man-made interference in their ever-expanding core marketing area.'' The NRSC AM report recommends that the Commission authorize daytime operation with the hybrid AM IBOC system as developed by iBiquity. This system has been designed to conform to the AM emission mask specified in Section 73.44 of the Commission's rules. The emission mask is integrally related to the Commission's AM allocations rules (principally Sections 73.37 and 73.182) which, in turn, rest on certain assumptions concerning tradeoffs between coverage and interference. Thus, the AM IBOC system confines the digital signal within the station's existing authorization. Based on the testing record and this system design, we agree with
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  • fc is the RF channel frequency and Re( ) denotes the real component of the complex quantity. For the All Digital waveform, z(t) is replaced with y(t). The AM IBOC DAB waveform is broadcast in the current AM radio band and its power levels and spectral content are limited to be within the spectral mask as defined in 47 CFR §73.44. See Supplement A. The carrier frequency spacing and channel numbering schemes are compatible with 47 CFR §73.14. Channels are centered at 10 kHz intervals ranging from 540 to 1700 kHz. Both the analog and digital portion of the hybrid waveform are centered on the same carrier frequency. The absolute accuracy of the carrier frequency is defined in Supplement A. GPS
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  • FCC Rcd at 19998, citing NRSC AM Report at 50. The radio frequency bandwidth of an analog AM signal is twice the audio bandwidth. For example, modulation of a carrier with a 10-kHz audio tone generates sidebands at +10 kHz and -10 kHz of the carrier frequency, for a total radio frequency bandwidth of 20 kHz. See 47 C.F.R. § 73.44. NRSC AM Report at 50. Id. at 51. Id. at 54. See DAB R&O, 17 FCC Rcd at 19998. The Commission has long recognized the need for AM station operation between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and local sunrise (the ``pre-sunrise'' hours) and between local sunset and 6:00 p.m. (the ``post-sunset'' hours). Section 73.99 of the rules provides for reduced-power
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  • 73.29 Class C stations on regional channels. [ [84]AM Classes ] [85]TEXT [86]PDF 73.30 Petition for authorization of an allotment in the 1605-1705 kHz band. [87]TEXT [88]PDF 73.31 Rounding of nominal power specified on applications. [89]TEXT [90]PDF 73.33 Antenna systems; showing required. [91]TEXT [92]PDF 73.35 Calculation of improvement factors. [93]TEXT [94]PDF 73.37 Applications for broadcast facilities, showing required. [95]TEXT [96]PDF 73.44 AM transmission system emission limitations. [97]TEXT [98]PDF 73.45 AM antenna systems. [99]TEXT [100]PDF 73.49 AM transmission system fencing requirements. [101]TEXT [102]PDF 73.51 Determining operating power. [103]TEXT [104]PDF 73.53 Requirements for authorization of antenna monitors. [105]TEXT [106]PDF 73.54 Antenna resistance and reactance measurements. [107]TEXT [108]PDF 73.57 Remote reading antenna and common point ammeters. [109]TEXT [110]PDF 73.58 Indicating instruments. [111]TEXT [112]PDF 73.61
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  • 73.29 Class C stations on regional channels. [ [37]AM Classes ] [38]TEXT [39]PDF 73.30 Petition for authorization of an allotment in the 1605-1705 kHz band. [40]TEXT [41]PDF 73.31 Rounding of nominal power specified on applications. [42]TEXT [43]PDF 73.33 Antenna systems; showing required. [44]TEXT [45]PDF 73.35 Calculation of improvement factors. [46]TEXT [47]PDF 73.37 Applications for broadcast facilities, showing required. [48]TEXT [49]PDF 73.44 AM transmission system emission limitations. [50]TEXT [51]PDF 73.45 AM antenna systems. [52]TEXT [53]PDF 73.49 AM transmission system fencing requirements. [54]TEXT [55]PDF 73.51 Determining operating power. [56]TEXT [57]PDF 73.53 Requirements for authorization of antenna monitors. [58]TEXT [59]PDF 73.54 Antenna resistance and reactance measurements. [60]TEXT [61]PDF 73.57 Remote reading antenna and common point ammeters. [62]TEXT [63]PDF 73.58 Indicating instruments. [64]TEXT [65]PDF 73.61