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This LPFM does not exist

Michi said:
I think in some (but not all) of these cases, the licensee has a misunderstanding of their state's nonprofit laws and policies and simply forget to file their annual reports. States are aware of this. When an organization gets suspended for not filing, all they normally have to do is file an annual report (or all of the back annual reports) and perhaps pay a fee and they will be reinstated retroactive to the lapse, like it never happened. The FCC will recognize those retroactive reinstatements.
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You are correct. I know of a full power station that had it's corporation revoked because they had failed to file reports with the Secretary of State. They caught this at license renewal time. Meanwhile a couple volunteers formed a corporation and took their former corporation name. They filed the license renewal with them on the board.

The original board saw this as a hostile takeover and illegal transfer of control. They had to get a new name. Their attorney was able to cancel the first renewal application as unauthorized and refile with the original board. The FCC renewed the license under the new corporate name because there was no transfer of control.

The FCC visited the station for an inspection. They found the volunteers didn't know how to use the EAS. They were cited for that violation.
 
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Time Warp said:
Meanwhile a couple volunteers formed a corporation and took their former corporation name. They filed the license renewal with them on the board.
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There are stations on the above lists that have a similar appearance, where an identical organization name was registered after the original organization had dissolved. While the names are identical, they have different Entity numbers.
 
Not all broadcasting opportunities are created equal. Some are tickets to bankruptcy. Don't get involved in a 100,000 watt radio station out west in a town with under 2,000 population and few people in the primary contour K-Love gave someone charity when they took that loser for $150,000.

LPFM can attract wealthy and educated listeners who will support the station if you give the people what they want to hear.
 
The biggest LPFM clown show took place near Dayton Ohio. Two groups claimed to control a not for profit corporation. They both built an LPFM station on the same frequency right across the street from each other. They jammed each other for about half a year until an Ohio court ruled which corporation was the real one.
 
Time Warp said:
The biggest LPFM clown show took place near Dayton Ohio. Two groups claimed to control a not for profit corporation. They both built an LPFM station on the same frequency right across the street from each other. They jammed each other for about half a year until an Ohio court ruled which corporation was the real one.
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I don't see how this would even be possible. A CP is issued to the person of record for a particular applicant, not a second person of record. In many cases, that's the lawyer/law office who represents the applicant. In other words; just because I set up shop across the street and call myself The Time Warp Educational Media Foundation, wouldn't mean I would receive correspondence or a second CP to build a copycat station. Even if something went completely 'Outer Limits' and two stations were built on the same frequency, one station complaining of interference likely would have caused the Commission to shut down both until whoever the proper licensee and person responsible were finally established.
 
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There was only one CP and both groups claimed it. The FCC allowed the two LPFM's to trash each other until the Ohio court sorted it out.
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So both organizations had the same mailing address?

Scott or Michelle, have either of you heard about this?
 
Not only were the two LPFM's built across the street from each other on the same frequency. They both applied for a license to cover. Links above.
 
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Time Warp said:
Not only were the two LPFM's built across the street from each other on the same frequency. They both applied for a license to cover. Links above.
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How did this end up?
 
In my travels across the country I have noticed so many stations that are silent without an STA. Mostly LPFMs and translators, but I’ve noticed a few full powers silent. Whenever I come across a station that’s silent, I look up the station to see if there’s an STA.
It’s not right to hoard a frequency by being silent without filing an STA to get the clock running. If a station has been silent for a year, they should lose their license so that someone else who wants to broadcast can do so.
 
As we know, stations that stay silent for a year theoretically get the ax. But what I've noticed is that the FCC will let them linger beyond the year time limit. Why I don't know. Case in point, KYGS-LP Nipomo, CA. Silent since September 2020. What is it still doing in the database? Is the Commission hoping for a miraculous resurrection?
 
ZebraRadio said:
As we know, stations that stay silent for a year theoretically get the ax. But what I've noticed is that the FCC will let them linger beyond the year time limit. Why I don't know. Case in point, KYGS-LP Nipomo, CA. Silent since September 2020. What is it still doing in the database? Is the Commission hoping for a miraculous resurrection?
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KYGS-LP is a habitually silent station as evidenced by the record. If you notice carefully, you will see that their renewal application filed in 2021 remains pending.

The FCC internal processes for handling these things are notoriously slow. A part of the process is where the Audio Division sends an operational status inquiry to the station to provide information that demonstrates that the station has not been silent for over a year. The station can reply, but then it takes forever for action because of the caseload on the attorneys in the Audio Division. If this station is renewed, it will likely be renewed for a shortened period where they will need to keep their nose clean. The FCC will not renew a license while it is silent. No amendments have been made to the renewal application to certify that it is not silent.
 
KYGS-LP has never been on the air. Multiple local engineers have checked it out since the license to cover was originally filed. It
was checked a few days after they filed a notice that they had resumed operations. There is no visible antenna on the site either.
 

Looks like they filed their resumption of operations after the license expired for being silent. Look at the long list of things they were supposed to send to Vicky to prove they weren't off the air. I don't think you can just resume broadcasting after the license is cancelled without complying with the FCC's document request.

If it's true the station was never built? The Commission's Audio Division needs to know.
 
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