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WQMA-AM 1520, Marks, MS is suppose to be slient!

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ROCKO11

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To all of you FYI on WQMA-AM 1520, Marks, MS

WQMA has had its licensed deleted by the FCC. Mr. Jason Konarz, licensee of WQMA, should not to be on the air at all. The station is to cease and desist. Mr. Konarz has a $20,000 fine from the FCC that he has not paid; he did not file his license renewal on time with the FCC, and has not operated WQMA in the technical fashion, according to how WQMA is licensed. WQMA is (or was now) a daytime only operation, with no Pre Sunrise, nor Post SunSet Authority. The station was on the air at night. In addition there was no EAS equipment or logs of EAS Logs, and various other technical problems.
Mr. Korarz has filed a Special Temporary Authority Application with the FCC that was granted, but now has expired. I’m sure some of you in the upper part of the state can hear WQMA. Bear in mind, WQMA does not exist, according to the FCC, and Mr. Konarz is now considered a pirate broadcaster.
His mistake is that he should have sought an FCC Attorney when he started getting in to trouble and before his license was deleted.

R
 
ROCKO11 said:
To all of you FYI on WQMA-AM 1520, Marks, MS

WQMA has had its licensed deleted by the FCC. Mr. Jason Konarz, licensee of WQMA, should not to be on the air at all. The station is to cease and desist. Mr. Konarz has a $20,000 fine from the FCC that he has not paid; he did not file his license renewal on time with the FCC, and has not operated WQMA in the technical fashion, according to how WQMA is licensed. WQMA is (or was now) a daytime only operation, with no Pre Sunrise, nor Post SunSet Authority. The station was on the air at night. In addition there was no EAS equipment or logs of EAS Logs, and various other technical problems.
Mr. Korarz has filed a Special Temporary Authority Application with the FCC that was granted, but now has expired. I’m sure some of you in the upper part of the state can hear WQMA. Bear in mind, WQMA does not exist, according to the FCC, and Mr. Konarz is now considered a pirate broadcaster.
His mistake is that he should have sought an FCC Attorney when he started getting in to trouble and before his license was deleted.

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Don't always count on the FCC online database as being totally accurate. I've known of STA requests that weren't posted for several months but were timely filed. If WQMA is operating illegally, the FCC will get around to them eventually.

RFB
 
It's amazing how people on these message boards know everything about situations they have no involvement in. I have read an amazing number of inaccurate information here regarding WQMA.

I can assure everyone here that the station is operating legally under an STA issued by the FCC.

Hope this helps,

Jason
WQMA
 
I hope it stays on the air. I've listened to the stream a few times. Was the stream ever down? It was kinda weird listening to a station that technically didn't exist. Good oldies though.
 
flytrap said:
I hope it stays on the air. I've listened to the stream a few times. Was the stream ever down? It was kinda weird listening to a station that technically didn't exist. Good oldies though.
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I strongly appreciate your comments. The emails we get from listeners are very different than the posts in this message board. I understand why but it's sometimes frustrating since I understand some people make their opinions from these boards.

The stream itself was not down. The AM was not down long, but was down. We complied fully with the FCC.

Jason
WQMA
 
jasonk said:
It's amazing how people on these message boards know everything about situations they have no involvement in. I have read an amazing number of inaccurate information here regarding WQMA.

I can assure everyone here that the station is operating legally under an STA issued by the FCC.

Hope this helps,

Jason
WQMA
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Glad to hear WQMA is operating legally. As I said earlier... some STA requests don't make it to the FCC online database until several months have passed. I learned that from personal experience.

RFB
 
Jason deserves to be beat up. He's an idiot. I told him when license renewal was due, yet he failed to file. When he failed to file on time, I advised him to get an FCC attorney. He didn't. It was only after his license was cancelled that he got around to filing a renewal and asking for an STA. He filed bankruptcy trying to get out from under the money he owned me and the FCC. He may have stiffed me, but bankruptcy doesn't erase debt owed to the FCC. Also, quite a bit of equipment went missing from WROX during the time he was the LMA operator. He blames others, but as the LMA operator, he was responsible for it.

LF
 
Ok Jason,

An STA from the commission is only good 90 days for emergencies only. This is NOT AN emergency. It's covering up your screw ups in not filing your renewal "ON TIME", and operating the station in the proper fashion according to your license. The FCC came in and found your transmitter operating over 400 watts, instead of your authorized 250 watts. I ask why?
Your STA was granted on 6/22/06. So, why not post your STA Letter you got from the commission showing you have authority to be operating. Larry Fuss sold you that station in good faith and in hopes you would be on the ball, like the rest of the broadcasters, keeping your business operating correctly. Plus you stiff Larry out of a bunch of money!
And to the rest of you, this does not have a damn thing to do about programming, nor how well Jason is serving the community. Most of you don't know a thing about communications law. If you did, you would have a degree in it, and be in Washington make mega dollars.
It's like having a drivers license, if it's suspended, your not suppose to drive. The FCC's CDBS database is ALWAYS up to date, dispite what RFB is saying. Also, Jason, where is your FCC Attorney in all of this?
 
In Jason's defense, He requested an STA that expires on December 22nd, 2006.

he can legally ask for another 6 month STA, which would put him at June 22, 2006 if Im not mistaken.

However, the way I see the law.. unless the issue is not cleared up then, poof.. buh bye.. once the STA's expire, sionora.

The FCC will NOT grant a 3rd STA, based upon non compliance and past history.

I sure hope there's a working EAS, a complete public file, a valid license posted(oh wait, can't post what you DON'T have), and that you're operating at authorized powering and signing off when you're supposed to if Leroy from Metarie happens to stop by again in the next few weeks!
 
For the record - I was paid for WQMA. It was WROX that Jason stiffed me on. I terminated his LMA when he kept getting further and further behind in his LMA payments. When I sued him, he filed bankruptcy. A lot of the equipment from WROX turned up missing. Jason, of course, blames others, yet he was responsible for it. It's just like if I lease you a house and when the lease terminates I find the bathtub and the built-in microwave oven are gone. Trying to blame it on one of your friends or on the neighbor doesn't cut it. You - the lessee - are responsible. I'm still pursuing legal action aginst him.

LF
 
Good for you Larry, go for it.. if I can help.. you know how to find me!
 
lfuss said:
For the record - I was paid for WQMA. It was WROX that Jason stiffed me on. I terminated his LMA when he kept getting further and further behind in his LMA payments. When I sued him, he filed bankruptcy. A lot of the equipment from WROX turned up missing. Jason, of course, blames others, yet he was responsible for it. It's just like if I lease you a house and when the lease terminates I find the bathtub and the built-in microwave oven are gone. Trying to blame it on one of your friends or on the neighbor doesn't cut it. You - the lessee - are responsible. I'm still pursuing legal action aginst him.

LF
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in bankruptcy court is that treated as unsecurred debt whereas 20 cents on the dollar is paid?
 
That would make sense. Tryin to cover up one thing by doing another... clever..
 
In response to Paul's claim on the STA, Paul, has he showed you his letter from the FCC saying that his STA is good until December? Has he paid his reg. fees this year? I'm shocked that the Commission granted such of a thing. This is NOT an emergency. This is one of his damn screw ups.

When the field inspector came to inspect the station, they could have had a heyday! I guess Jason they took pitty on you. You tower site is a mess, and that is why your Armstrong Transmitter wouldn't work correctly with the antenna and ATU. That transmitter must see 50 ohms in order for it to work. That old GE will load into any impedence. Those old tube rigs are so for giving they will load into a coat hanger.

And no my information does not come from Paul! I know enough about this whole mess without Paul, or even Larry Fuss saying a word.
 
The CDBS Database says the STA is good till December 22nd and since it's only a 6 months STA, Jason can request another one.
 
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