KUMI-FM On the air? Same licensee as KNSJ-FM.

[sdwulfdawg]

Seems they never actually constructed the station even though they told the FCC they did on 7/15/2019.

Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554
June 24, 2021
Activist San Diego
P.O. Box 5631
San Diego CA 92165

Re: KUMI(FM), Ramona, CA
Facility ID No. 176023
Operational Status Inquiry

Dear Licensee: It has come to our attention that FM Station KUMI, Ramona, California (Station), licensed to Activist San Diego (ASD) may have been silent or operating with unauthorized facilities for over a year. However, Commission records show that the Station is licensed and operating. Pursuant to section 73.1740 of the Commission’s Rules, ASD is required to clarify this matter in writing within thirty days of the date of this letter. On October 13, 2020, two complaints were filed against the Station, one by the Pala Band of Mission Indians and the Southern California Tribal Chairman’s Association,

1 and the other by Ray Chuparossa, Chairman of the Los Coyotes Band of Cupeño and Cahuilla Indians (Los Coyotes).

2 Each complaint alleges that there is no station at the location specified in the Station’s license; specifically, there is no transmitter, tower, or antenna at the coordinates specified in File No. BLED-20190715AAA.

3 They further note that if such a station existed, it would have been constructed without the permission of the landowner, the Los Coyotes Band of Cupeño and Cahuilla Indians. Los Coyotes states that it was approached by ASD in the past with a proposal to construct a station on the reservation, and Los Coyotes rejected the proposal because they decided that ASD’s efforts were not in the best interests of the tribe or the community. Los Coyotes states that they denied ASD access or permission to develop a station anywhere on the reservation. Based on this information, it appears that the Station may have been silent (or failed to operate with authorized facilities) for more than one year.
Pursuant to Section 312(g) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, if a broadcast station fails to transmit broadcast signals with its authorized facilities for any consecutive 12-month period, then the station license granted for the operation of that broadcast station expires at the end of that period, notwithstanding any provision, term, or condition of the license to the contrary, except that the Commission may extend or reinstate such station license to promote equity and fairness.

4 1 Complaint, Pala Band of Mission Indians and the Southern California Tribal Chairman’s Association (Oct. 13, 2020). 2 Complaint, Ray Chuparossa, Chairman of the Los Coyotes Band of Cupeño and Cahuilla Indians (Oct. 13, 2020). 3 See File No. BLED-20190715AAA (granted on July 19, 2019). 4 47 U.S.C. §312(g).

The Commission has exercised its discretion under section 312(g) to extend or reinstate a 2 ASD must provide evidence documenting the Station’s operational status since July 19, 2019. This evidence must indicate the location, effective radiated power and antenna height above ground level for all periods of operation from July 19, 2019, to the present. Also include copies of all leases, personnel records (including payroll records appropriately redacted to protect the privacy of individual employees), engineering records, and station records, including EAS logs, and all correspondence (including emails and text messages) relating to the Station for that period of time. In addition, you must provide copies of all invoices, bills, checks written or received, credit card charges, wire transfers or deposits of funds relating to the Station’s operation.5 ASD must also include pictures of the Station’s studio facilities and transmission facilities during this timeframe, and provide exact coordinates for the Station’s transmitter site. We also note that it is imperative to the safety of air navigation that any prescribed painting and illumination of the Station’s towers shall be maintained.

Failure to respond to this letter within the specified time will result in adverse actions jeopardizing both the Station’s license and call letters.

Can you please put a direct link of this letter?

 

[Frequency1]

Correspondence Folder

Federal Communications Commission

licensing.fcc.gov

 

[sdwulfdawg]

Thank you! Much appreciated!

 

[sdwulfdawg]

On the one document I found, the letter from the FCC granting the authorization for the station has this provision:

1. The permittee/licensee in coordination with other users of the site must reduce power or cease operation as necessary to protect persons having access to the site, tower or antenna from radiofrequency electromagnetic fields in excess of FCC guidelines.
   
   
2. Grant of this license application is conditioned on the continuous operation of the licensed facility for the twelve-month period following grant.The failure of the facility to so operate will result in the rescission of this grant, dismissal of the license application and the forfeiture of the associated construction permit pursuant to 47

C.F.R. § 73.3598(e) unless the licensee rebuts the presumption that the authorized facilities were temporarily constructed.

47 CFR § 73.3598 - Period of construction.

www.law.cornell.edu

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

On the one document I found, the letter from the FCC granting the authorization for the station has this provision:

1. The permittee/licensee in coordination with other users of the site must reduce power or cease operation as necessary to protect persons having access to the site, tower or antenna from radiofrequency electromagnetic fields in excess of FCC guidelines.
   
   
2. Grant of this license application is conditioned on the continuous operation of the licensed facility for the twelve-month period following grant.The failure of the facility to so operate will result in the rescission of this grant, dismissal of the license application and the forfeiture of the associated construction permit pursuant to 47

C.F.R. § 73.3598(e) unless the licensee rebuts the presumption that the authorized facilities were temporarily constructed.

47 CFR § 73.3598 - Period of construction.

www.law.cornell.edu

Condition #1 isnt really anything special, its a requirement of all stations, really.

#2 is a new one for new stations, because in the last decade .permtis out in BFE will granted, people will build and sparsley operate them till they can move it somewhere bigger

 

[b-turner]

What I'm seeing is Class A, C1, 2 & 3s being granted but a minimal facility (ie 100 watts at say, 50 feet) is built, run via computer from elsewhere. After the required time frame, the station is put up for sale. Such a station might go silent a time or two along the way. The objective is keep the investment and operation minimal and hope for a big payout. That's not quite as easy these days.

 

[sdwulfdawg]

What I'm seeing is Class A, C1, 2 & 3s being granted but a minimal facility (ie 100 watts at say, 50 feet) is built, run via computer from elsewhere. After the required time frame, the station is put up for sale. Such a station might go silent a time or two along the way. The objective is keep the investment and operation minimal and hope for a big payout. That's not quite as easy these days.

The mothership station, KNSJ, is run from an old Windows PC on Wightman Street in San DIego in the City Heights where they also go live...

 

[Signal Geek]

KNSJ is a pretend radio station who have convinced themselves they are impacting the San Diego radio market and taking over the world with their drivel with their matchstick transmitter in the middle of the desert.

The signal may not be comparable to San Diego's commercial FM's, but it's also not a "matchstick transmitter." They're a B1 facility, broadcasting from 6,200-ft Monument Peak, virtually the highest point in San Diego County. This is not considered the desert. Although it's only a few hundred watts, they're directional towards the city. And with their huge elevation, KNSJ can be heard in many parts of mid-city San Diego, 45-50 miles away.

 

[davideduardo]

The signal may not be comparable to San Diego's commercial FM's, but it's also not a "matchstick transmitter." They're a B1 facility, broadcasting from 6,200-ft Monument Peak, virtually the highest point in San Diego County. This is not considered the desert. Although it's only a few hundred watts, they're directional towards the city. And with their huge elevation, KNSJ can be heard in many parts of mid-city San Diego, 45-50 miles away.

The 60 dbu does not even reach Alpine. There are just 10 thousand people in that contour, and 3,900 in the 65 dbu contour.

It may not be Death Valley, but it sure is not anything but arid "high desert".

Towards downtown it has about 180 watts, and towards Escondido less than 100 watts ERP. Most of the signal goes on an arc from 0° to 180° where there are nearly no people. It has a better signal in Brawley than in San Diego.

See it at https://fccdata.org/?call=knsj&facid=&city=&state=&ccode=1&country=US

It's a classic case of someone who wanted a radio station so badly that they accepted a very bad radio station.

 

[sdwulfdawg]

Seems they never actually constructed the station even though they told the FCC they did on 7/15/2019.

Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554
June 24, 2021
Activist San Diego
P.O. Box 5631
San Diego CA 92165

Re: KUMI(FM), Ramona, CA
Facility ID No. 176023
Operational Status Inquiry

Dear Licensee: It has come to our attention that FM Station KUMI, Ramona, California (Station), licensed to Activist San Diego (ASD) may have been silent or operating with unauthorized facilities for over a year. However, Commission records show that the Station is licensed and operating. Pursuant to section 73.1740 of the Commission’s Rules, ASD is required to clarify this matter in writing within thirty days of the date of this letter. On October 13, 2020, two complaints were filed against the Station, one by the Pala Band of Mission Indians and the Southern California Tribal Chairman’s Association,

1 and the other by Ray Chuparossa, Chairman of the Los Coyotes Band of Cupeño and Cahuilla Indians (Los Coyotes).

2 Each complaint alleges that there is no station at the location specified in the Station’s license; specifically, there is no transmitter, tower, or antenna at the coordinates specified in File No. BLED-20190715AAA.

3 They further note that if such a station existed, it would have been constructed without the permission of the landowner, the Los Coyotes Band of Cupeño and Cahuilla Indians. Los Coyotes states that it was approached by ASD in the past with a proposal to construct a station on the reservation, and Los Coyotes rejected the proposal because they decided that ASD’s efforts were not in the best interests of the tribe or the community. Los Coyotes states that they denied ASD access or permission to develop a station anywhere on the reservation. Based on this information, it appears that the Station may have been silent (or failed to operate with authorized facilities) for more than one year.
Pursuant to Section 312(g) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, if a broadcast station fails to transmit broadcast signals with its authorized facilities for any consecutive 12-month period, then the station license granted for the operation of that broadcast station expires at the end of that period, notwithstanding any provision, term, or condition of the license to the contrary, except that the Commission may extend or reinstate such station license to promote equity and fairness.

4 1 Complaint, Pala Band of Mission Indians and the Southern California Tribal Chairman’s Association (Oct. 13, 2020). 2 Complaint, Ray Chuparossa, Chairman of the Los Coyotes Band of Cupeño and Cahuilla Indians (Oct. 13, 2020). 3 See File No. BLED-20190715AAA (granted on July 19, 2019). 4 47 U.S.C. §312(g).

The Commission has exercised its discretion under section 312(g) to extend or reinstate a 2 ASD must provide evidence documenting the Station’s operational status since July 19, 2019. This evidence must indicate the location, effective radiated power and antenna height above ground level for all periods of operation from July 19, 2019, to the present. Also include copies of all leases, personnel records (including payroll records appropriately redacted to protect the privacy of individual employees), engineering records, and station records, including EAS logs, and all correspondence (including emails and text messages) relating to the Station for that period of time. In addition, you must provide copies of all invoices, bills, checks written or received, credit card charges, wire transfers or deposits of funds relating to the Station’s operation.5 ASD must also include pictures of the Station’s studio facilities and transmission facilities during this timeframe, and provide exact coordinates for the Station’s transmitter site. We also note that it is imperative to the safety of air navigation that any prescribed painting and illumination of the Station’s towers shall be maintained.

Failure to respond to this letter within the specified time will result in adverse actions jeopardizing both the Station’s license and call letters.

Activist San Diego/KUMI-FM's Day of Reckoning is on Thursday, July 23rd.........................

 

[KEXPSD]

Thursday the 23rd, hmmm?