Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] WWDX, was Re: KQNK-1530 on late with K-State basketball

[Earl Higgins <earlthenut@xxxxxxxxx>]

OK, thanks, Scott. I figured you'd have something interesting to say about this, and you did not disappoint!

Earl Higgins
St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65)



----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Fybush <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 3:43 PM

On 11/14/2011 4:33 PM, Earl Higgins wrote:
> What's even stranger; if you go to
> http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_list.pl?Facility_id=54829
> and click on the first record (the only one dated 2011), they applied
> for, and apparently were granted, Special Temporary Authority to be
> silent earlier this year due to technical problems. I don't see any
> further correspondence indicating they have returned to the air. So
> apparently, not only are they a daytime station with no nighttime
> authority, they aren't even currently supposed to be on the air AT
> ALL.

A "silent STA" allows a station to be off the air, but does not mandate that it remain off the air.

It's possible (and not uncommon) for a station to request silent STA and then notify the FCC verbally that it has returned to the air. It may not be reflected in CDBS, and it may be annoying to us as DXers trying to figure out who's on and who's off, but it's kosher nonetheless in the eyes of the FCC.

s

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