The FCC usually does not rule on "after the facts"......had someone filed while the station was off the air for more than a year, the Field Office in Houston could have verified it...without such verification, all they have is hearsay from a consumer who "may have a beef"...
Also the "Petitions" filed above were done incorrectly (the following from the FCC's own web site):
Petition to Deny Requirements. First, to file a petition to deny, a person must be a “party in
interest” and have “standing.” That means, generally, that the person must have more than a
passing interest in the station. He or she must be a regular listener or viewer or have some other
contact with the station that gives the petitioner a real stake in outcome of the renewal process.
A petition to deny must contain a certification that a copy of the petition was also mailed to the
station, and must contain an affidavit of a person with personal knowledge attesting that the facts
contained in the petition are true.
Additionally, a petition to deny license renewal must be
“timely.” That is, as noted above,
a petition to deny must be filed at least one month prior to the license expiration date.
Finally, as noted above, failure to include a certification that a copy of the petition was also
mailed to the station and the affidavit may result in dismissal of the petition to deny.
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Informal Objections are easier to file (again from the FCC's web site):
Procedure for Filing Informal Objections . A person or entity opposing the grant of a radio
station's license renewal application may file an informal objection against the license renewal
application at any time prior to staff action on the license renewal application. An informal
objection is less formal than a petition to deny, but some requirements still apply. It may take
the form of a letter signed by the objector and mailed or delivered to one of the FCC addresses
above. An informal objection need not contain the affidavit required for a petition to deny. It
should, however, contain sufficient information to establish any violation alleged. Additionally,
an informal objection not received by the time the station’s license renewal application has been
granted by the Commission will not be considered.
A petition to deny must contain a certification that a copy of the petition was also mailed to the
station, and must contain an affidavit of a person with personal knowledge attesting that the facts
contained in the petition are true.
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However, once a license is renewed, the ONLY way to get it revoked is a Petition for Reconsideration and if it's not timely filed, it will be considered moot and denied. You cannot file a "Petition to Deny" but then call it an Informal Objection. You, since you have no interest in KROY's operation under FCC definitions, have no right to file a Petition To Deny (and the way you "filed" above is not under proper procedure anyway)....Filing an Informal Objection is allowed....but trying to get a transfer of control of a license that has been renewed and is still considered valid wont happen UNLESS you could prove that the buyer had taken control of the station prior to the FCC granting transfer of control (which is what you tried to do with Henderson's LPTV signals)...KSBJ, through its lawyers, will not do that...thus any complaint on that part will be thrown out (unless you can provide proof of such....it has been done before..I did it with an AM sale 5 years ago and the sale was denied....unfortunately, the FCC did not dismiss the sale WITH prejudice.....so the buyers eventually bought the station....after the station got hit with fines by the FCC for studio and local public file issues)
You seem hell bent on trying to stop Roy Henderson because you blame HIM for YOU not knowing the proper procedures, etc in your aborted attempt to try to acquire his LPTV signals. IF you want to get back at him you have to play by the rules and follow FCC procedure (your "petition to deny" is improperly done and will be denied)......but trying to do so after the fact does not work.....You CAN file a LEGIT complaint on any of his stations and try to get him fined.....trying to stop him from selling any of his licenses won't work unless YOU are in the area of such license (thus having an interest in it) and you need to file any complaints, of the signal being off the air for more than a year, BEFORE the licenses are renewed...to quote Christopher Imlay, general counsel of the SBE, "the FCC rules makes it VERY hard for a licensee to lose their license....its been DONE but only in rare exceptions"....
You COULD file a complaint with the FCC on local studio issues...but must back that up with PROOF....where is the main studio? Have you visited it? was anyone there while the station was on the air? If not, what proof do you have? (PICTURES, video, etc showing the visit and location)....IF someone was there, did you ask to view the public inspection files and was denied? THAT'S what the FCC needs to know before they investigate....Making petty statements such as "Googling Henderson and perjury" is not proof.
The Field Agents have too much to do to go looking after every little complaint unless they are backed up with EVIDENCE..
As to the alleged KROY trying to interfer with KVST, that is due to the engineer at KVST not knowing a damn thing about tropo and when KROY signed back on, tropo allowed it to interfer with KVST in North Houston....the FCC doesn't care about tropo issues and has stated so several times (Liberman tried to use the argument in a Calif FM issue and the FCC basically told Liberman to take a flying leap on that)..The accusations made by New Wavo were proven false by ERI's president, Tom Skillman. ERI is the company that sold Henderson the antenna used on the upgrade. The two "complaints" from listeners that were used by New Wavo were laughable. One was from outside KVST's 60dbU protected contour. The other was from a woman in The Woodlands...where only 31% of the community is within KVST's protected contour.
It was tropo that caused the interference; not a 5db gain as claimed by Dade Moore (CE of KVST) and Bert Goldman....I bet this past Sat night/Sunday morning it was horrible. BTW, your "petition to deny" would have to be against the sale of KROY to KSBJ (too late to file against a license renewal; the C2 license renewal was filed in 2013)....and if the FCC found there was a problem with KROY's current operation, it would be downgraded and allowed to operate under its current Class C2 license; it would not be revoked.
For those interested, here is the real link to the correspondence concerning KVST and KROY since the Facebook link above is no longer valid (enjoy the reading):
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws...fix=BLH&App_Arn=20140325AAE&Facility_id=77693
I laughed at Bert Goldman's assertions (and I worked with Bert at ABC....I am shaking my head that he actually tried to fool the FCC with his statements but I guess these days, he will do anything for cash!)...anyone with any sense what so ever would see right through that...also KVST's move NORTH is just stupid if they assert that KROY is hurting them....this will kill KVST in The Woodlands and a lot of Conroe....the original 103.5 operation on that same tower was the reason why Amato eventually moved it to 103.7 in Willis and then the move of 99.7 from Huntsville to Willis to replace 103.7 after he sold the station to Cumulus for $32 million.....It is a BAD move.
