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Re: [IRCA] The 980 Western Mysteries Continue
W. Curt Deegan wrote:
Adding some detail for what it's worth, 1700 WJCC Miami Springs, was
last noted on the air 10/28/05 in a post hurricane Wilma band scan.
Some time after that it left the air, first noted off 02/26/06. On
6/6/06 it was again noted back on the air briefly for testing. A few
days after that they resumed regular broadcasting and continue to do so
now.
This fits with what was happening at the FCC around that time - their
departure from the air in late 05/early 06 would have marked the five
year point since the X-band facility was licensed, at which point the
owner had to decide which license to keep, the parent station (WNMA
1210) or the X-band (WJCC 1700).
There was a petition for rulemaking in early '06 by a bunch of X-band
licensees challenging the FCC's rationale for imposing that five-year
rule, and while the FCC still hasn't acted on the petition, the mere
filing of it served as a stay of execution for the X-banders.
That's why we haven't seen more X-banders (or their parents) leaving the
air, and why a few stations that went off, like WJCC, were allowed back
on under STA.
It's my understanding that the X-band is a very sore subject at the FCC,
and they'd really like to wash their hands of it completely...which goes
a long way toward explaining why we also haven't seen a window for new
X-band apps, for instance.
s
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