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Las Vegas KIOF-LP cancels license.

KVGK-LP (formerly KIOF-LP) Las Vegas is gone.
In re: KVGK-LP, Las Vegas, NV
Silent since September 4, 2022
Notification of License Cancellation
Dear Licensee:
This letter is to inform you that the license of Station KVGK-LP, Las Vegas, Nevada (Station), licensed to Las Vegas Public Radio Inc. (LVPR), has expired pursuant to section 312(g) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act). On November 7, 2022, LVPR filed a request for Special Temporary Authority (STA) to remain silent for the Station, stating that the licensee had intended to surrender its license, but then reconsidered this and ceased Station operation on September 4, 2022, while it moved to a new transmitter site. We granted that request, noting that the period of silence from October 4, 2022 through November 7, 2022, was without authority because the request was untimely. On May 5, 2023, LVPR requested an extension of silent STA for financial reasons. We granted that request, noting that the broadcast license for the Station would automatically expire as a matter of law if broadcast operations did not resume by 12:01 a.m., September 5, 2023. On August 21, 2023, LVPR filed a second extension of silent STA request,7 including 26 attachments, indicating that the Station would not resume operation by 12:01 a.m. on September5, 2023. In addition, we have not received a notice of resumption from LVPR stating that the Station resumed operation by that time and date.
Additional STAs were filed on August 24, 2023 (Application File No.0000219863),and August 31, 2023 (Application File No.0000220084); they have been consolidated into one request.
In addition, we have not received a notice of resumption from LVPR stating that the Station resumed operation by that time and date. The Commission’s discretion under section 312(g) is severely limited. The Commission has exercised its authority to reinstate an expired license to “promote equity and fairness” only where the station failed to provide service for 12 consecutive months due to compelling reasons beyond the licensee's control.10 Conversely, the Commission has declined to reinstate licenses where the failure to transmit a broadcast signal was due to the licensee's own actions, finances, and/or business judgments.11 Based on our review of LVPR’s filings, we find that LVPR’s failure to resume operation at the Station is based on LVPR’s unfounded and unreasonable belief that it could convert the Station to commercial operation. LVPR’s futile effort to pursue such a plan is a business decision within the licensee’s control, and therefore no reason in fairness and equity exists to extend the Station’s license beyond the 12-month period specified in section 312(g). We have therefore concluded that the Station failed to operate with authorized facilities for more than 12 months, and that its license has expired.
Therefore, the Commission's public and internal databases HAVE BEEN MODIFIED to indicate that the broadcast license for the referenced station is EXPIRED, that the station's license is CANCELLED as a matter of law, and that the station's call sign is DELETED.
 
Admin update filed today. They are still on another planet from what the FCC is.

"On October 4, 2023, the Commission (“FCC”) took action1 with a Notice of License Cancellation for KVGK-LP that was previously issued to Las Vegas Public Radio Inc. (“LVPR”) under LVPR’s Temporary Application for Provisional Commercial Use (“TAPCU”) project pertaining to KVGK-LP during pending Congressional Inquiries of which LVPR has not received responses back on to several of those inquiries by the 118th Congress.

LVPR believes this action was also taken in coordination with the upcoming Low Power FM (“LPFM”)Filing Window set to open for new LPFM applicants (third generation) from November 1, 2023 to November 8,2023 2.

LVPR understands the FCC has made a late update to the New Low Power FM Station Construction Permit Application in the FCC Licensing and Management System (“LMS”) for the Point System Factors/TieBreakers section. A new N/A radio button option was added to the Established Community Presence area3.LVPR believes this late update was made in connection to it’s own TAPCU project to allow commercial companies the option of applying for LPFM stations for the first time in 23+ years during the third generation of new LPFM applicant filings

The FCC failed to move the FCC Registration Number(s) (“FRN”) in FCC LMS for FCC Facility ID190166 of the special operating broadcast/license permit previously issued by the FCC back on May 12, 20234from LVPR (FCC FRN #: 0022306617) to Portsonic Communications, LLC (FCC FRN #: 0014318364), an approved U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contractor (SAM UEID: PRN6EPED3SW8) hereby referenced as“PC”

Ahead of the new LPFM applicants (third generation) filing window from November 1, 2023 toNovember 8, 2023, LVPR respectivly requests the FCC to perform the following actions under LVPR’s TAPCUproject as to not interupt the project and/or existing contracts as the other company (and company’s accoiatedto the project) may need to file it’s own Silent STA Extension prior to November 12, 2023 under it’s own FRN:

1. Remove LVPR (FCC FRN #: 0022306617) on FCC Facility ID 190166.
2. Add PC (FCC FRN #: 0014318364) to FCC Facility ID 190166.
3. PC (FCC FRN #: 0014318364) to logon to FCC LMS under it’s own FRN and is expected to see

FCC Facility ID 190166 so PC may file a Silent STA request prior to November 12, 2023 before license/permit expiration as processes are further tested with FRN changes.

LVPR’s expectations by these two actions at the FCC and one action by PC should show the correct commercial FRN and commercial company for FCC Facility ID 190166 ahead of the pool of LPFM new applicants who may be selecting the N/A radio button option previously added by the FCC in FCC LMS to the Established Community Presence area. This will test updates ahead of the upcoming filing window on previously grandfathered LPFM operators wishing to pivot their operations to a commercial company after the third generation filing window through minor changes of processes that have yet to be fully designed."
 
speer360 said:
Admin update filed today. They are still on another planet from what the FCC is.

"On October 4, 2023, the Commission (“FCC”) took action1 with a Notice of License Cancellation for KVGK-LP that was previously issued to Las Vegas Public Radio Inc. (“LVPR”) under LVPR’s Temporary Application for Provisional Commercial Use (“TAPCU”) project pertaining to KVGK-LP during pending Congressional Inquiries of which LVPR has not received responses back on to several of those inquiries by the 118th Congress.

LVPR believes this action was also taken in coordination with the upcoming Low Power FM (“LPFM”)Filing Window set to open for new LPFM applicants (third generation) from November 1, 2023 to November 8,2023 2.

LVPR understands the FCC has made a late update to the New Low Power FM Station Construction Permit Application in the FCC Licensing and Management System (“LMS”) for the Point System Factors/TieBreakers section. A new N/A radio button option was added to the Established Community Presence area3.LVPR believes this late update was made in connection to it’s own TAPCU project to allow commercial companies the option of applying for LPFM stations for the first time in 23+ years during the third generation of new LPFM applicant filings

The FCC failed to move the FCC Registration Number(s) (“FRN”) in FCC LMS for FCC Facility ID190166 of the special operating broadcast/license permit previously issued by the FCC back on May 12, 20234from LVPR (FCC FRN #: 0022306617) to Portsonic Communications, LLC (FCC FRN #: 0014318364), an approved U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contractor (SAM UEID: PRN6EPED3SW8) hereby referenced as“PC”

Ahead of the new LPFM applicants (third generation) filing window from November 1, 2023 toNovember 8, 2023, LVPR respectivly requests the FCC to perform the following actions under LVPR’s TAPCUproject as to not interupt the project and/or existing contracts as the other company (and company’s accoiatedto the project) may need to file it’s own Silent STA Extension prior to November 12, 2023 under it’s own FRN:

1. Remove LVPR (FCC FRN #: 0022306617) on FCC Facility ID 190166.
2. Add PC (FCC FRN #: 0014318364) to FCC Facility ID 190166.
3. PC (FCC FRN #: 0014318364) to logon to FCC LMS under it’s own FRN and is expected to see

FCC Facility ID 190166 so PC may file a Silent STA request prior to November 12, 2023 before license/permit expiration as processes are further tested with FRN changes.

LVPR’s expectations by these two actions at the FCC and one action by PC should show the correct commercial FRN and commercial company for FCC Facility ID 190166 ahead of the pool of LPFM new applicants who may be selecting the N/A radio button option previously added by the FCC in FCC LMS to the Established Community Presence area. This will test updates ahead of the upcoming filing window on previously grandfathered LPFM operators wishing to pivot their operations to a commercial company after the third generation filing window through minor changes of processes that have yet to be fully designed."
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huh??
 
My head still hurts. oy vey
 
Frequency1 said:
The FCC just reinstated their license. What a joke.
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There would have been some documentation to that extent. Even though there isn't any, LMS doesn't show everything. What is likely to have happened is a call sign change to remove the "D" in the call sign database. It is pretty clever, but it won't work. Different things handled by different methods.
 
Frequency1 said:
I think it takes overnight for the LMS to show a change.
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kc4rae said:
There would have been some documentation to that extent. Even though there isn't any, LMS doesn't show everything. What is likely to have happened is a call sign change to remove the "D" in the call sign database. It is pretty clever, but it won't work. Different things handled by different methods.
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Correct. This was simply one hand not knowing what the other is doing. The person who handles call sign changes is not involved with license cancellations, STAs, amendments that are not amendments, etc... She simply saw a call change application and processed it. Doesn't even mean it will change the call status. She simply processed it.
 
So did others:
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Western Media Associates Corp
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Las Vegas NV
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Victor B Cohen Foundation
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MT CHARLESTON NV
250L1​
USA Church in the Hills
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Portsonic Communications, L…

They did not file as a non profit.
 
This was a response to congressperson letter to the FCC.

Dear Congressman Gosar:

Thank you for your letter on behalf of your constituent, Mr. Gregory La Porta, President of Portsonic Communications, LLC, the licensee of low-power FM (LPFM) station, KVGK-LP. I appreciate the opportunity to respond.

Mr. LaPorta’s correspondence appears to indicate that he seeks a “congressional waiver” for commercial LPFM service. As you know, federal statute requires LPFM stations to operate on a noncommercial basis. Neither the Media Bureau nor the Commission may waive this requirement.

I hope this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me for further assistance
 
Frequency1 said:
Our final KIOF-LP 97.9 FM broadcast today concludes with this official email message to the FCC that the general public's 1st Amendment Rights have now been fully taken away and the United States of America has completed it’s conversion to full communism with facts in this email that show the full conversion was done in 2022.
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I've worked in countries that have leaned far towards socialism (there is no true communist nation anywhere if you bother to read Das Kapital and other defining works). The United States has vastly greater freedoms than any other major nation in the world, and is firmly based in capitalism as it tries to find a modern adaptation of our system that also gives protection to those who have impairments that don't allow them to sustain themselves ("impairment" may be physical, mental or prejudices of society in this case).

You write like someone who has never lived anywhere else, and, as someone who does not realize that "we the people" are responsible for aiding those who need assistance, just as Christ, Moses and Muhammad taught.

On the other hand, I am really glad that you no longer have the station.
Harvey_Dogg said:
This is a strange story. LINK
"This is why we're going out of the country. Our own f—ing country has let us down," LaPorta said. "They don't want to support us? F— them."
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I challenge him to find a country with as liberal an interpretation of "freedom" as this one.
 
Sammi Brie said:
The FCC needs to just tell these people it's time to go.
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I can email them a map and pictures of where they should go...

The fauna there seems to mostly be these red-colored creatures with spiked tails and horns.
 
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