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Re: [IRCA] The 980 Western Mysteries Continue
Bruce Portzer wrote:
Barry McLarnon wrote:
I was wondering about KHOS too... although their license was
cancelled, there are still a lot of references to them on the net,
showing them on the air with religious content. It wouldn't be the
first time a deleted station remained on the air... one current
example is WJCC-1700, heard a few days ago by Chris Black. And I
think there's one in Michigan, but the call and frequency escape me
right now.
The Michigan sttaion was WOLY-1500 Battle Creek. According to a
12/29/08 document on the FCC website, the Commission lowered their fine
from $10,000 to $5,000 but otherwise re-re-reaffirmed the decision to
revoke the station's license.
There are, in a sense, two categories of "deleted" stations.
WJCC 1700 (formally "DWJCC" in the FCC's database at the moment) is
actually broadcasting legally, notwithstanding its cancelled
license/deleted callsign status.
That's because it applied for Special Temporary Authority back in June
2006 to remain on (or perhaps return to?) the air as the FCC reevaluated
its failed attempt to use the X-band to winnow out stations (like WNMA
1210, WJCC's parent station) that were significant causes of
interference on the "standard" AM band.
While that STA expired on 12/1/06, WJCC's application to renew it
remains in FCC limbo, and as long as the FCC avoids acting on it, WJCC
can continue to operate as though it were still a licensed station.
WOLY, on the other hand, was never granted an STA...indeed, it was
explicitly denied an STA when it applied, and was later ordered (and
re-ordered) off the air.
From what I can find about KHOS, it was never granted an STA, either,
after its renewal app was dismissed in 2005. If it's operating now, it's
doing so illegally, best I can tell.
There's a pretty easy way to tell which status is which. I use
FCCinfo.com to search the FCC's database - and when I plug "DWJCC" into
the AM call search box, it returns results. Plugging in "DWOLY" or
"DKHOS" doesn't return anything, UNLESS I check the "include archived
records" box beneath the callsign search box.
Once the records are archived, the station is gone...or at least it's
supposed to be gone.
s
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