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FCC cites KBET-AM Las Vegas

They found an unlocked gate. Oh my this is the FCC crime of the century. Run for the hills, the sky is falling and Las Vegas is going to be destroyed!!! Hey FCC get freaking real. Hey Ed get one of your minions to go lock the gate. How hard can it be??????
 
The Fcc has a hard-on about two things when it comes to transmitter sites that the towers be properly painted and illuminated and as a pilot I fully agree with that, the second is that the sites be secure because there's nothing worse than having someone wander in there and cut guy wires or climb the towers and fall off. A lesser violation but still one that they nail people for is not having the facility ID information clearly posted. If you've been in radio any amount of times and you have not been told secure your transmitter site and make sure you facility ID is on the fence someone has given you very bad advice
 
K108 Sacramento said:
They found an unlocked gate. Oh my this is the FCC crime of the century. Run for the hills, the sky is falling and Las Vegas is going to be destroyed!!! Hey FCC get freaking real. Hey Ed get one of your minions to go lock the gate. How hard can it be??????
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As MRBIboredop said, this is considered by the FCC at the same degree of importance as tower light failures. I've known of cases of a station receiving a notice of violation for loose boards in a wooden fence, rusted chain-link fencing, and even a rusty padlock that meant that the station was not doing the required base current readings and "faking it".

Also famous was the case of 1150 AM in Gaithersburg, MD, where an inspector visited the site every day for several weeks and noted that there were no footprints in the snow to indicate base current reading omissions. The same station was shown to not do those readings in the summer when an inspection revealed a beehive in the tuning unit (ATU) at the tower base which would have prevented required readings for months.

Tower safety is very important. It is not enforced as much today due to limited human resources at the Commission, but when a violation of tower base safety is found, the actions are quite severe.

Note that in cases involving normally responsible stations, a notice is issued giving a time frame to fix the problem. These violations don't always result in fines or put the license in jeopardy.
 
Frequency1 said:
There is also the issue with the tower being hot and the idiot who goes to climb it get electrocuted.
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The shortest path from an insulated AM tower to ground is through the moron who touches the tower while standing on the copper mesh ground. This is a quick path to a crispy critter.
 
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