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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
Certified Mail #7001 0320 0002 9838 7257
Return Receipt Requested
In the Matter of )
)
New Wave Broadcasting, L.P. ) File No. EB-04-HL-
036
Licensee of FM Broadcast Station )
KPOI-FM )
1833 Kalakaua Avenue, Suite 500 ) NOV No.
V20043286011
Honolulu, HI 96815 )
)
)
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: July 7,
2004
By the Honolulu Office, Enforcement Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued
pursuant to Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules,1 to New
Wave Broadcasting, L.P., licensee of FM broadcast station
KPOI-FM.
2. On July 1, 2004, an agent of the Commission's Honolulu
Office monitored the transmissions of FM broadcast station
KPOI-FM on 97.5 MHz, and observed the following violation:
47 C.F.R. § 11.61(a)(1)(v): ``Required Monthly Tests
of the EAS header codes, Attention Signal, Test
Script and EOM code...must be retransmitted within
60 minutes of receipt by broadcast stations...in an
EAS Local Area or State.'' KPOI-FM did not
retransmit the July Required Monthly Test (RMT)
complete and in its entirety. On July 1, 2004, at
approximately 11:18AM HST, KPOI-FM rebroadcast the
RMT EAS header codes, and then resumed regular
programming. The station interrupted programming to
rebroadcast the RMT test script and once again
resumed regular programming. KPOI-FM finally
rebroadcast the RMT EOM code after a further delay.
3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended,2 and Section 1.89 of the Commission's
Rules, New Wave Broadcasting, L.P. must submit a written
statement concerning this matter within 20 days of release
of this Notice. The response must fully explain each
violation, must contain a statement of the specific
action(s) taken to correct each violation and preclude
recurrence, and should include a time line for completion of
pending corrective action(s). The response must be complete
in itself and signed by a principal or officer of the
licensee. All replies and documentation sent in response to
this Notice should be marked with the File No. and NOV No.
specified above, and mailed to the following address:
Federal Communications Commission
Honolulu Office
P.O. Box 971030
Waipahu, Hawaii 96797-1030
4. This Notice shall be sent by certified mail, return
receipt requested, to New Wave Broadcasting, L.P., 1833
Kalakaua Avenue, Suite 500, Honolulu, HI 96815.
5. The Privacy Act of 19743 requires that we advise you
that the Commission will use all relevant material
information before it, including any information disclosed
in your reply, to determine what, if any, enforcement action
is required to ensure compliance. Any false statement made
knowingly and willfully in reply to this Notice is
punishable by fine or imprisonment under Title 18 of the
U.S. Code.4
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
John R. Raymond
Resident Agent
Honolulu Office
_________________________
1 47 C.F.R. § 1.89.
2 47 U.S.C. § 308(b).
3 P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).
4 18 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.