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FCC pulls Wasco and Kettleman licenses

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radiotwit

From RadioInsight.com : The FCC has deleted Hispanic Target Media’s 92.7 KQQH Wasco and 107.7 KZQT Kettleman City CA for being constructed on the wrong tower thus not operating within their licensed for over a 365 day period. Both stations signed-on in November 2016 from towers owned by American Tower, although both stations were licensed to operate from sites owned by Crown Castle. KQQH was constructed .55 miles from where it was supposed to, but KZQT was 5.5 mile away from its licensed facility. Hispanic Target Media confirmed to the FCC that it failed to construct the stations properly in STAs filed in 2018 and 2019 following visits from the enforcement bureau in 2017 blaming “confusion on the part of its engineering team” as the reason.
 
radiotwit said:
From RadioInsight.com : The FCC has deleted Hispanic Target Media’s 92.7 KQQH Wasco and 107.7 KZQT Kettleman City CA for being constructed on the wrong tower thus not operating within their licensed for over a 365 day period. Both stations signed-on in November 2016 from towers owned by American Tower, although both stations were licensed to operate from sites owned by Crown Castle. KQQH was constructed .55 miles from where it was supposed to, but KZQT was 5.5 mile away from its licensed facility. Hispanic Target Media confirmed to the FCC that it failed to construct the stations properly in STAs filed in 2018 and 2019 following visits from the enforcement bureau in 2017 blaming “confusion on the part of its engineering team” as the reason.
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Curious from those who know: Does the FCC tend to take a no BS, hard-lined stance on situations like these 2 and just cancel the license right away, or would they have contacted the licensees first to get their take, their side of the story, then give them a chance to resolve the infractions with perhaps just a hefty fine for the time they were in violation - with license cancellation a last step in the process?
 
The article says they were doing that since 2017 or 2016.

This particular company has at least 1 station in Texas that has been off for longer than a 365 day period... They should exit the radio business if you ask me.
 
KQQH and KZQT frequencies were acquired in FCC Auction 94 for $158,000 and $147,000 respectively. KZQT originally was assigned to San Joaquin but the Community of License changed at some point.
 
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