Another interesting way to lose your license...

Offered without comment, from FCC DA 09-2436:

Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554

November 18, 2009

DA 09-2436
In Reply Refer to 1800B3-TSN
Released: November 18, 2009

Ms. Sandra Soho
P.O. Box 111
Klamath Falls, OR 97601

Ms. Sandra Soho
1604 Kimberly Drive
Klamath Falls, OR 97601

Ms. Sandra Soho
P.O. Box 235
Klamath Falls, OR 97601

In re: KRAT(FM), Altamont, Oregon
Application for Renewal of License
File No. BRH-20060130AJR
Facility ID No. 71963
Notification of License Expiration / Deletion of Call Sign / Notice to Cease Broadcast Operations

Dear Ms. Soho:

On July 30, 1999, the Commission issued a license for station KRAT(FM), Altamont, Oregon, to
George J. Wade (“Wade”), with a listed address of P.O. Box 235, Klamath Falls, OR 97601.1 On
January 30, 2006, Wade purportedly filed an application for renewal of the KRAT(FM) license (the
“Renewal Application”).2 The Renewal Application was dismissed on April 20, 2007, under the
Commission’s “red light” rules, which prohibit the staff from granting an application when an applicant is delinquent on debts owed to the Commission.3 No petition for reconsideration or other challenge to the dismissal of the Renewal Application was filed.

We find, therefore, that KRAT(FM) has no current authority to operate, as it has no pending
renewal application. As discussed above, the Renewal Application that KRAT(FM) filed was dismissed on April 20, 2007, for failure to pay regulatory fees. Given that the fees have not been paid and that the Renewal Application has not been re-filed in over two years, we find that KRAT(FM)’s license expired on February 1, 2006.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the call sign of station KRAT(FM), Altamont, Oregon, IS DELETED, and that station KRAT(FM) MUST CEASE BROADCAST OPERATIONS IMMEDIATELY. We caution you that it is imperative to the safety of air navigation that any prescribed painting and illumination of the station’s tower be maintained until the tower is dismantled. Accordingly,
the owner of the tower where KRAT(FM)’s transmitting antenna is located is required, pursuant to
Section 303(q) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,4 to maintain the tower in the manner prescribed by our rules and the terms of the expired KRAT(FM) license.5

Sincerely,
Peter H. Doyle
Chief, Audio Division
Media Bureau
cc: Binh Nguyen, FCC Resident Agent, Portland, Oregon


1 File No. BLH-19990428KD.

2 File No. BRH-20060130AJR. We use the term “purportedly” in recognition of the fact that, in the case of State of Oregon v. Sandra Soho, George J. Wade testified under oath that he was not the licensee of KRAT(FM), and that he was unaware that a license for KRAT(FM) had been issued in his name until so notified by Internal Revenue Service investigators. Other evidence adduced at trial established that Soho was at all times the owner and operator of KRAT(FM), and used Wade’s name fraudulently as the purported owner of KRAT(FM), as well as for the purpose of concealing income and assets from the State of Oregon while fraudulently obtaining public assistance and food stamps. Sandra Soho was subsequently convicted of eight felony counts of unlawfully obtaining public assistance, five felony counts of first-degree theft, four felony counts of unlawfully obtaining a food stamp benefit, and one misdemeanor count of second-degree theft, all counts on which she was charged. On February 12, 2009, Soho was sentenced to 38 months in prison and 30 days in county jail, fined in the amount of $499,308, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $8,746.79. State of Oregon v. Sandra Soho, Judgment, Case No. 0602044CR (Circuit
Court, Klamath County, Feb. 12, 2009) (“Soho Judgment”). We hereby take official notice of the Soho Judgment and of Wade’s testimony and, in so doing, recognize Soho to be the de facto licensee of KRAT(FM). State of Oregon v. Sandra Soho, CourtSmart Transcription CD No. 2 of 8, at 7:12:35; 47 U.S.C. § 309(d)(1).

3 George J. Wade, Letter (MB Apr. 20, 2007). See Amendment of Parts 0 and 1 of the Commission’s Rules – Implementation of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 and Adoption of Rules Governing Applications or Requests for Benefits by Delinquent Debtors, Report and Order, 19 FCC Rcd 6540 (2004). See also 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.283, 1.1910(b)(3).

4 47 U.S.C. § 303(q).

5 See 47 C.F.R. §§ 17.1, et seq., and 73.1213. See also Report and Order in MM Docket 95-5, 11 FCC Rcd 4272 (1996).

New AM station applications amended

Easton, California: 1150KHz:
Application amended
from 10,000w day/700w night, directional, different patterns day & night, 36-51-53/119-34-04
to 5,000w day/260w night, directional only at night.
Two sites: 36-51-18/119-38-00 day; 36-46-10/119-45-01 night.

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Mesquite, Nevada: 1250KHz:
Application amended
from 2,500w day/750w night, directional only at night, 36-46-17/114-06-26
to 5,000w day/480w night, directional day & night with different patterns, 36-48-26/114-02-19.

New AM stations granted

Holt, Alabama: 1340KHz:
Permit granted for new station.
1,000 watts day and night, non-directional.
33-13-09N/87-30-31W
Anderson Communications.

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Conway, New Hampshire: 1340KHz:
Permit granted for new station.
620 watts day and night, non-directional.
43-58-48N/71-06-39W
Mt. Washington Radio & Gramophone.

Major AM change granted

Montreal, Quebec: 1410KHz:
CJWI granted frequency change from 1610KHz.
Power to increase to 10,000 watts day and night;
transmitter to relocate to 45-22-01N/73-37-23W.

Probably to be directional with different patterns day & night, though it doesn't say so in the decision. The 1410 frequency was previously used by ethnic station CFMB, which moved to 1280 years ago.

New AM station

Fayette, Alabama: 1490KHz:
Permit granted for new station.
1,000 watts day and night, non-directional.
33-41-06N/87-49-16W

New AM stations

Redding, California: 600KHz:
Permit granted for new station. (Ether Mining Corp.)
620 watts daytime
1,000 watts nighttime
Directional day & night, different patterns.
40-30-16/122-07-18

This frequency was formerly used by now-defunct KSXO.

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Mulberry, Florida: 780KHz:
Permit granted for new station. (Radio 780)
250 watts day and night
Directional day & night, different patterns.
27-53-48/81-57-18

Mulberry is in Polk County west of Orlando.

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Winchester, Nevada: 1500KHz:
Permit granted for new station. (Andrew Johnson) (no, not the president...)
1,200 watts daytime
1,500 watts nighttime
Directional at night only.
36-18-19/115-05-47

Winchester lies on the Las Vegas Strip.

AM call changes

Mobile, Alabama           1410 WNGL from WLVV
Sumiton, Alabama          1540 WKDG from WRSM
Oildale, California        660 KWVE from KGDP
Quincy, California        1370 KRAC from KPCO
Johnstown, Colorado       1250 KDCO for new station
Pueblo, Colorado           690 KWRP from KSIP
Dover, Delaware           1600 WAMS from WDPZ
Leesburg, Florida         1410 WRHB from WQBQ
Atlanta, Georgia          1340 WIFN from WALR
Hazard, Kentucky          1390 WZQQ from WKIC
Orange-Athol, Mass.        700 WTUB from WVBB
St. Joseph, Missouri      1550 KESJ from KSFT
Charlotte, N. Carolina    1660 WBCN from WBMX
Woodruff, S. Carolina     1510 WQUL from WDRF
Salt Lake C., Utah         570 KACP from KNRS
Midlothian, Virginia      1410 WOOK for new station
Jackson, Wyoming          1450 KJCV for new station

New AM station (not)

Reno, Nevada: 1180KHz:
Eastern Sierra Broadcasting's application for a new station dismissed.

More military AM tests

The FCC today released a list of grants of experimental licenses.

A license has been issued to Hatfield & Dawson Consulting Engineers to operate an experimental station on 530, 890, and 1680KHz under a contract to the U.S. military "...to modernize and transform psychological operation equipment." (i.e., temporary portable radio stations)

When BAF Systems has received similar contracts, I'm afraid all they've aired is tone -- but that tone has been heard across a wide swath of the country!

WD2XUM are the calls.